73 Guildford Road, Surrey Hills

Completely reimagined while remaining ever-true to c. 1915 origins, this elegant, endearing, and entirely sun-soaked family prize with an additional backyard unit offers a cultured take on practical luxury. Rising high above its prestige street with lush greenery and elaborate detail typical of the era, a charismatic façade preludes an interior renovated with the utmost care for quality, functionality, and streamlined day-to-day life. Enlivened with ornate details in fireplaces, high ceilings, timber wall panelling, and modern herringbone parquetry, a free-flowing interior sees three broad bedrooms and a versatile sitting room joined by walk-in and built-in robes, a chic main-room ensuite, and central bathroom with a soaker tub, separate powder room and kitchen open to dining and living. In the plan’s point of focus, inside and out come together seamlessly, with a bright and open living/dining area stepping into a backyard brilliant for poolside barbecues and lounging in northern sun. Making clever use of rear frontage to Sir Garnet Road, a self-contained, two-storey unit sees a ground-floor lounge/meals area and added upstairs studio accompany a fourth bedroom with excellent robe storage and a skylit ensuite, ideal for visiting family, multi-generational living, a home professional, or teenager seeking their own space to claim. A sumptuous abode with all the room and flexibility a family could ever ask for, other highlights include a gourmet kitchen with stone benches, Smeg/Bosch appliances, and a walk-in pantry, comprehensive heating/cooling in both residences, gas pool and spa heating, a full-size laundry, gas-log fire for cosy winter nights, and double garage plus wheelchair accessibility to the home via Sir Garnet Road. In a prestige position defined by its grand homes, wealth of trees, lifestyle attractions, and elite schools in every direction, it’s brilliantly located between Canterbury’s pristine parklands and the buzz of Box Hill, just steps from Union and Chatham Stations, Union Road coffee and cuisine, Whitehorse Road trams, and Canterbury Sports Ground at the end of the street.