#soldbysally #soldbyash $1,485,000
From the outside the home reads like a series of pavilions, a secluded eco-lodge that seems to dissolve within the peaceful natural surrounds. The big room within, utilises joinery and exposed beams to create a feeling of enclosure or a house within a house, demarcating and domesticating the grand proportions. Here glass on both sides can be flung open, allowing breezes off the wetlands to permeate the space, delivering you into the wildness of a living eco-system designed to be enjoyed all year round. The northern side paints a more curated, urban picture, think sheltered alfresco patio, trimmed lawns, and bench seating that runs beneath a spectacular, espaliered fruiting orchard.
Wow! Springs to mind…from the get-go you know you have stumbled across something quite special. Perhaps it’s the gentle grey of the besser blocks, the rich timber baton work and the granite pathways that invite you to explore the wrap around gardens, traversing the bridge across the Koi pond and taking in the park and wetlands that sidle the home.
Created by the award winning Turco and Associates, this unique four bedroom home serves up thoughtful innovations, exacting architectural design. Even the floors are an experience, combining the honeyed tones of Sydney Blue Gum with the speckled delight of poured concrete. Clever joinery takes care of study, storage, sleeping and entertainment in one continuous statement, throwing in chimes of grandness and welcoming generosity. The timber baton work continues within, the upper living space, which is both open and intimate, becoming fully private with the easy slide of secret doors.
The sunken open plan kitchen, living and dining space is framed by bold lines and opens to the world on both sides, welcoming a celebratory pavilion experience. The kitchen is all waterfall stone worktops, large island, endless storage and quality appliances. Window seats run the length of the upper gallery so you can nature bathe and glass sliders spill to the north, where sheltered alfresco living lets you commune with family and friends within the warming sunshine.
The master is a haven unto itself and reads like a luxury hotel room with its open ensuite and bankable windows that allow you to sit within the trees. There is bathtub, twin basins, a toilet screened by frosted glass and a cleverly tucked away, walk-thru-robe.
A duo of additional bedrooms open via glass doors onto a private deck, stepping down to the garden. The family bathroom features a bathtub perfectly placed beneath corner windows so you can soak beneath the roses. Both bathrooms are gorgeously finished in gentle earthy tones with floor-to-ceiling tiling. And there is a fourth bedroom, tucked away at the front of the home, fitted with clever storage creating a versatile space that also works as a private home office.
The double garage has full cedar automatic doors and direct access to the rear garden. There is a pull-down ladder that ushers to a large loft, kitted out with a blackboard and a wall hung television, creating a fun space for the kids to hang. And the garden is yours to discover and enjoy …dedicated fire pit area, vegetable beds, mature crepe myrtle, elegant white roses, crab apple, cherry, peaches, pear and apple trees blend with a mix of gorgeous natives. It’s all established, easy-care, fully irrigated and feels effortlessly in-tune with the relaxed, organic ethos of the entire home.
features.
.stunning four-bedroom home in new McKellar
.siding park and wetlands
.architecturally designed by Michael Turco, then of Turco Hunter
.built in 2008
.Sydney Blue Gum flooring
.polished concrete on a double concrete base
.new carpet to bedrooms
.extensive innovative storage throughout home
.attic ladder and storage above walk-in robe
.wired home theatre and pay TV dish
.double garage with loft/kids retreat
.freshly painted
.upper living area with foldable desk and sliding doors that fully enclose
.grand open plan kitchen, dining and living with bespoke joinery
.upper gallery with window seating and views across to the wetlands
.custom built kitchen, bathrooms and laundry by Benchmarc
.stainless steel Smeg and Omega appliances, with 900mm oven and five burner gas cooktop
.plumbed fridge
.fitted microwave
.double drawer Fisher and Paykel dishwasher
.three metre Caesarstone chef’s waterfall benchtop
.double drawers to kitchen with soft closing
.LED lighting to splashbacks
.sequestered master bedroom with window seat, water views, open ensuite with full bath tub and walk-thru-robe
.two large additional bedrooms with built-in-robes and glass sliders onto deck and garden
.fourth bedroom or home office with fixed joinery including a fold down bed
.large family bathroom with bathtub and heated towel racks
.laundry with stone counters, lots of storage and built in ironing board
.fully secured rear garden with northerly aspect
.sheltered alfresco patio giving way to flat lawns
.professionally landscaped gardens by The Living Room with mature trees including Japanese Maples
.two 10,000 litre underground water tanks linked to auto irrigation servicing the entire garden
.new water pump
.orchard of espaliered fruiting trees
.new koi pond with pump and filter
.fully insulated
.hydronic under floor heating throughout home
.split system aircon to living area and ducted aircon to bedrooms
.10 KW solar array
fine details (all approximately)
.eer 3
.living size 225m2
.garage 47m2
.land size 890m2
.uv $589,000
.rates $3,363 p/a
.build date 2009
