Description
Gloriously private and with a certain quality and character all-of-its-own. Imagine coming home to a secluded haven tucked away amongst a very special garden setting all around the home. It really does feel like your very own estate – secure behind custom steel fencing and automatic gates, there are two driveways and the land is an impressive 1015sqm!
Circa 1963. You can just tell that this has been a cherished home to one family for 60 years!
The floorplan will appeal to a variety of buyers, there is a detached studio with its own bathroom,
while outdoor living and a fully-tiled concrete in-ground pool is simply superb. Out in the backyard it all feels a bit like a holiday – think of weekends at home in a lush and tranquil setting shaded by a canopy of beautiful greenery, it is peaceful and oh’ so private!
A concrete driveway provides access to a great size double garage under-main-roof, while the other has its own carport and provides plenty of room for guest parking. The garage has remote entry, a wall-to-wall work bench, and is complete with a mechanics pit and wine-cellar for 600 bottles! It is also handy to be able to open the roller door at the back where there is wood and rainwater storage.
With eyes on this fine home for the first time, it is a very attractive and has a particular grandness. You can just tell it was built by a Master-Builder and complemented with bespoke features. The tiled roof line is impressive and extends all the way out to the garden where a random slate verandah is the perfect entry – it is a nice spot to relax and admire pathways of wandering gardens and exquisite plantings, so beautifully established over the years that you can’t see anything but green.
Inside, the formal entry opens to a fabulous main living room. Immediately warm and inviting with polished Australian Oak floors and a wall of windows looking out to those front yard gardens. A brilliant feature is the open fire place – magnificent in its blue-stone surround and full-length hearth, and unique with an engineered heat exchange and ash disposal system. A formal dining area close to the kitchen and looking out to the backyard entertaining is a delightful complement.
A separate sitting room with custom-built cabinetry and shelving is perfect spot to lounge around the TV. A versatile room that feels connected to the main living area, and separate when you need it to be – it is a relaxing space with a real feeling of retreat, and will also come into its own when entertaining with French doors that extend this multi-purpose room to the backyard verandah and outdoor entertaining areas.
In its day, the custom-built timber kitchen was a classic! And today, with a practical and timeless character, it works beautifully. Looking out through a servery to an atrium style everyday dining and backyard gardens is a treat, a double-fridge is included, there is a dishwasher, raised oven and zoned electric cooking.
At the end of the hall are three bedrooms. The main bedroom has a wall of built-in storage. All rooms feel private and enjoy a peaceful outlook to the gardens. They share a main bathroom where you can relax in a deep soaking spa-bath, and the separate toilet is by the laundry.
Verandah’s provide sheltered outdoor living areas all around the home, especially out the back where they link together to create a seamless connection from the home to the studio-retreat and outdoor entertaining area. It all works so well! The fabulous studio-retreat has great dimensions – it has its own bathroom and walls of windows that look out to the amazing backyard setting – Stramit ceilings provide warmth, insulation and acoustic properties, and with timber beams, exposed brick and natural slate flooring – it’s fall in love.
Vaulted ceilings and random slate flooring to the entertaining and verandah areas create a unique feeling and are a huge complement to this home – the way they effortlessly combine indoor-outdoor living and connect with the garden environment and pool setting is very special.
There are many extra features to explore – there is a solar PV system, solar heating to the pool, a 25m bore that feeds 10,000 litre storage tanks and a comprehensive irrigation system to the entire property, storage is plenty and extends into the roof space!
What a place to live. Equidistant and connected to everything! A private slip-lane separates this home from Marion Road frontage, sited well back from the road and makes for very simple access. Brighton and Seacliff foreshore is 5-minutes, Flinders Complexes, Westfield Marion, Westminster School, the popular Marion Hotel is down the street – it is Location Perfect!
This Fine Home and its 1015sqm parcel of land – could be Especially Yours!