Nestled in the leafy heart of the peninsula within footsteps of the primary school and city buses, this striking family home is beautifully poised high above the street to capture sweeping district panoramas stretching to the ocean's horizon. A character home redesigned for modern functionality and versatility, the superbly appointed residence features an extensive living and dining area with an adjoining stone island kitchen flowing to the rear alfresco terrace, a family room, fitted home office or fifth bedroom and a full master suite with an ocean view balcony. Placed on 417sqm of established landscaped tropical gardens with a covered entertainers' terrace spilling onto private near-level rear lawns, it is a seven minute stroll to village shops and around a 10 minute walk to Tania Park, North Harbour Reserve or Clontarf Beach.
* Expansive district panoramas stretch to St Patrick's Seminary and wide sweeps of the ocean's horizon
* Elegant cement-rendered façade on a sandstone base hidden behind lush tropical gardens and a frangipani
* Front security gate opens to a Travertine pathway and stairs leading to a portico and entrance foyer
* An extensive living and dining space opens via glass bi-fold doors to a covered northwest-facing entertainers' terrace
* Deluxe stone island kitchen with gas cooktops, wall and microwave ovens, s/steel dishwasher
* The upstairs family room and the main bedroom open to a wide sunny balcony with mesmerising district and ocean vistas
* Palatial main bedroom with a walk-through robe and a full ensuite with a standalone bath set beneath a north window
* Three additional large bedrooms with built-ins, two have ocean outlooks, and the second has a sunroom
* Home office or flexible fifth bedroom with a built-in timber desk, cabinetry and a walk-in storeroom, stylish modern bathrooms
* High ceilings, wide blackbutt floorboards, plantation shutters, ducted air conditioning and a gas heating outlet
* Private near-level rear lawn framed by tropical gardens, a viburnum hedge and a fence cloaked in fragrant jasmine
* Footsteps to Balgowlah Heights Public School, 330m to Manly and city bus services, 350m to Bareena Park tennis courts
* 530m to The Heights Cafe, 700m to Balgowlah Heights Village, 940m to Tania Park and 900m to Castle Rock Beach
* 970m to North Harbour Reserve, 1.1 km to Clontarf Beach, and minutes to Balgowlah Village, Manly Beach and the city
* Large auto double lock-up garage; a hot/cold outdoor shower is perfectly positioned on the front path for beachy feet Council: $3,398pa approx Water: $808pa approx
