Open the tall wrought-iron gates in this high brick fenceline, follow a sweeping driveway through landscaped approx 1338 sqm grounds and find an unparalleled family lifestyle in one of the last great estates of this iconic address. A gracious presence in grand old gardens, this five bedroom plus home-office, 2.5 bathroom manor-style home is beautifully conceived for modern family life with an in-demand ground-floor master-domain (opening through French doors to the garden), and a dedicated treetop children’s level (with an immense fifth bedroom easily repurposed as first-floor lounge). Built on the grandest scale with a traditional formal lounge and bay-windowed dining, the home fits a big, busy beachside lifestyle with a soaring family zone topped by a lofty timber-lined vaulted ceiling, a versatile rear lounge to suit work, play and entertaining (complete with kitchenette-bar) ...and a beautiful transition to the garden with French-doors to encircling verandas at every turn. Brought into the modern day in understated style with a state-of-the art prestige appliance kitchen, there’s the luxury of a sleek bathroom and ensuite (each with a freestanding bath), the ease of streamlined custom robes (built-in AND walk-in for the master) and the fresh style of warm wideboard oak floors and cool stone benchtops. Appointed with ducted heating and cooling, airy ceilings fans and an imposing timber-mantled fireplace for each of the main living zones, the blend of grace, space and easy family living extends to the great outdoors with dual-door garaging on an easy circle, broad lawns...and space for a future pool front or rear. Just 350m to the path to the beach and half a dozen doors to local shops, restaurants & cafes, this grand estate is located for a great family life with Brighton Grammar and Firbank’s Junior School, Sandringham House, just a walk across nearby Royal Ave parklands, and the village and station within an easy beachfront walk.
