Soar tall and find hidden depths in this c.1929 beauty. Set in deep approx 9200sqft/855sqm grounds, this substantial four bedroom plus home-office, 2.5 bathroom period beauty combines unique period detail and contemporary family living in a respectful renovation. Featuring fine formal lounge and dining rooms, expansive casual family living beneath a lofty 3m ceiling and a first-floor kids' lounge lit by the clerestory window of a soaring 7m central void, this impressive home is graced with vintage cedar cabinetry (including an original servery to the dining room), tall French doors topped by leadlight recycled from the front of the home and deep cornices echoing the elaborate ceilings of the front rooms.Designed for an entertaining lifestyle with a Blanco and Corian kitchen, a vine-draped entertainer's deck and plumbed-in BBQ in the depths of the backyard, the home is zoned for a modern family with a beautiful bay-windowed ground floor master-suite and first-floor kids' quarters. Centrally heated, cooled and alarmed, there's amazing storage (including understair cellaring and attic), gracious fireplaces (one open, one gas and one a woodfire heater) and an abundance of off-street parking. Walk to the Village, station, schools and bay; this substantial home has the bus to Southland at the door and the Sandbelt Golf Courses within easy reach. Grandly proportioned and wonderfully well-located, there's extraordinary family living to be found in these hidden depths. For more information about this substantial home contact Danny Corcoran or Sam Harrison
