Exquisite Art Deco Oasis With A Huge North Garden
SOLD By Miles Real Estate.
Elevated to capture magnificent city skyline views in Walter Burley Griffin's prestigious Mount Eagle Estate, 'Keeyuga' c1937 is an exquisite three bedroom, 2.5 bathroom Art Deco residence opening to a huge north-facing rear garden on an expansive 944m2 allotment (approx).
Layers of established greenery introduce the attractive clinker brick façade of this beautiful light-filled home where authentic period character shines throughout coupled with sympathetic modern updates including hydronic heating for relaxed and flexible, single-level family enjoyment.
Honed bluestone steps to a secure entrance porch reveal a stunning reception hall where polished hardwood floorboards, intricate cornices, plate rails and an ornate starburst ceiling panel highlight the refined craftsmanship of the era as showcased through all of its adjoining spaces.
Generous interconnecting living spaces evoke classic refinement and comfort: an inviting living room with a tuckpointed brick open fireplace, and a versatile lounge/study or dining room (OFP) that opens to a wisteria-fringed alfresco terrace providing an idyllic vantage point when entertaining backdropped by spectacular city views.
A wonderful modern kitchen includes Electrolux and Miele appliances, and with a big eat-in meals area is ideal for a family, while further is a sunroom/study area, a powder room and a full-size laundry.
Three spacious bedrooms include a huge front main with built-in robes and a stylish ensuite, coupled with two additional bedrooms that are perfectly complemented by a large central bathroom featuring a corner spa bath and a separate shower.
Under the house is a remote-control tandem lock-up garage, along with a wine cellar and storerooms, while a deep rear garden is a north-facing landscaped oasis everyone - including children, guests and pets - will love with its adaptable fire pit or games terrace surrounded by lawns and productive fruit trees.
A Mount Eagle Estate opportunity rich with original charm and family functionality, this captivating home with scope to further enhance if desired is enviably located close to Eaglemont Village train station, East Ivanhoe Village cafes, main Ivanhoe restaurants and supermarkets, parkland, primary and private schools, Burgundy Street and the Austin and Mercy Hospitals.
