Cottage gardens wrap this charming 1940's extended red brick home (256m2 approx.), creating outdoor zones which are as beautiful as the inside spaces of this special residence. An elegant and sophisticated home, where every care has been taken to produce a boisterous and honest livable family hub, whilst at all times respecting the design and character of the original.
Significantly extended in 1996, the residence offers quality modern appointments with the most incredible craftsman kitchen built by Gino Monteleone, of Select Custom Joinery. Recycled hardwood cabinetry, with hand painted tiles, bespoke timber hearth and inlaid leadlight doors, and all centralised around a kitchen table. Open to the garden through French doors, and then a vast family room, with sunny breakfast/reading area and family sized entertainment space. Bedrooms 2, 3 and 4 are well sectioned at the rear of the home, and can be easily closed off.
Filling the original front cottage is a sublime formal dining room with Jarrah china cabinet, also built by Select Custom joinery, formal lounge room with Jetmaster fireplace and adjoining sitting room. Plus a generous master bedroom suite, large 5th bedroom/study/nursery and a full sized main bathroom with bath, shower, toilet & double vanities.
Sitting on a large 949sqm block, meandering red brick paths lead through richly planted cottage gardens, soft Japanese maples, camelias, roses and hydrangeas, plus hundreds of springtime bulbs. Enjoy the surprise of fresh figs, lemons, apricots, feijoa, apples, pomegranate, persimmon and pink grapefruit through the seasons. A lovely level private lawn and paved alfresco entertaining space is skirted with abundant flower beds, throwing colour year round.
This is an opportunity to purchase a piece of Canberra's history in a prized locale, whilst enjoying the convenience of a short stroll to Manuka Village, Kingston and Griffith.
• Tightly-held location in an exclusive suburb, across from the gardens which is a special treat
• Stunningly and sympathetically renovated and extended
• Large main bathroom and adjacent powder room
• Combined Butler's pantry/ laundry with ample storage
• Ducted gas heating, plus new reverse cycle air conditioning and Jetmaster fireplace, ceiling fans, quality window treatments
• Picture rails, rounded cornices, timber sash windows, towering high ceilings
• Solar panels on roof, double glazed windows to 5th bedroom, formal lounge and dining room
• Solar hot water system, gas Rinnai to front of house
• A very special garden, lovingly planned and planted, a rich array of thriving plants and trees, also across the road from sprawling parkland, double carport to front, fully fenced garden, two garden sheds
• Telopea Park School, St Edmunds College, Canberra Grammar School and Narrabundah College, Red Hill Primary and St Bedes, all within an easy walk
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