Make history with a marvellous garden and magazine-worthy style! A rare period original within a walk of Highett’s future-forward restaurant and rail strip, this cutting-edge three bedroom, 2.5 bathroom Californian Bungalow steps into today with an uncompromising designer renovation in approx 600sqm 'Home Beautiful' feature gardens! A superior example of the era (starring lofty decorative ceilings, fabulous fretwork and lavish leadlight), this breathtaking Bungalow is graced with a free-flowing multi-living floorplan with a traditional formal lounge (with an arched French door to the garden), central dining flowing to casual living (beside a curvaceous meals area) and an all-weather al fresco zone (in a lushly lawned rear yard).Sleekly sophisticated with an up-to-the-minute American Shaker-style kitchen featuring a vintage-style Ilve range, an immense fully-appointed butler’s pantry and state-of-the-art bathrooms (one an elegant ensuite, the main with a luxe freestanding bath), this designer showpiece stars icy Calacatta-stone benchtops, dark stained timber floors, monochromatic encaustic tiles and deep charcoal panelling. In this grand design, open fireplaces (one gas, one open) warm the formal and casual zones, designer pendants (in brass, tin and wicker light the dining spaces, and designer tiles include subway (for bathrooms) and fish-scale (for kitchen). Perfectly practical with walk-in and built-in robes, a storeroom and grand library shelving, this centrally heated and cooled home features a ducted vacuum with kick-sweep function, multiple ceiling fans and clever concealed cistern WCs. Lavishly landscaped with rose-filled front gardens, a serene side courtyard and an all-weather entertainers’ backyard with lawns for pets and kids to play, even the high-gabled two-car carport walks the line between designer style and period beauty. A walk to Highett’s station, shopping and cafes, a minute to Southland, and in reach of Bayside beaches and cafes, this a Californian designer dream! For more information about this designer renovation contact Christian De Frece at Buxton Hampton East on 0417 779 966
