14 Sovereign Strait, Karalee QLD 4306

Large family home with room for home business or tradespersons.

This home ticks all the boxes, for money saving and the environment including low running costs and light environmental footprint.

Perched on an elevated block 40 metres above the Brisbane River, this house has restful river viewsthrough the lightly timbered embankment. Well above flood level this house also enjoys the most magnificent sunsets changing on a daily basis.

Fresh air cooling, using louvre windows that allow through ventilation from the river breeze.

Solar power; 4.5Kw solar array generates enough to sell back to the grid as well as use what you want.There is plenty of roof space to expand this even further.

85,000 litres of water can be stored to provide filtered water for all use from washing to showering to gardening. Mains water easily available to the house as required.

Fresh water self cleaning solar heated swimming pool

Internally Bamboo flooring with beautiful soft gleam and ease of cleaning, soaring ceilings to living spaces with plenty of natural light from sheltered windows

Reverse cycle airconditioners to all bedrooms and living areas for visitors over summer, just in case.

Cosy gas heater in Family room takes care of the chilliest night.

Property has been designed to be wheel chair friendly with ramps front and back, wide passageways and doorways and accessible bathrooms.
Two large garages, one suitable for caravan and boat storage with a headroom of 2.7m and the second has parking for two vehicles with a defined workshop area.

The Great Room has stacking doors opening out on to the large cantilevered deck suspended over the river bank with views on a clear day to Cunningham's Gap and along the two reaches of the river. The deck also overlooks Kookaburra Park which will never be built out.

On the opposite side of the Great Room is a fresh water pool with outside shower and cabana with toilet facilities. The pool can be easily supervised from the kitchen or butlers pantry through the glass pool fencing. The Butlers Pantry window can be used as a servery for the pool deck

The kitchen and pool area are surrounded by a resort style tropical garden.

At the end of the Great Room there is an outdoor BBQ with full kitchen. This is under cover for all year round cooking. On the opposite side of the Great Room there is a Butler's Pantry complete with integrated dish washer and large sink for the largest pots and pans. At the other end of the Butler's Pantry there is room for additional fridge or freezer together with a home office or study nook.

The zoned living areas of the house, has the master wing with a large master bedroom incorporating two door access, either side of the bed to the full ensuite, with a shower with a view of the river, so relaxing! An enormous WIR at the other end of the room completes the suite, which also has a private balcony out to the river view. This westerly wing has a study room also with the restful river view.

In the easterly wing, on the other side of an outdoor breezeway, are three other bedrooms with a full bathroom, second to none. A cleverly designed door from the entrance provides entry to the bathroom for visitors. A laundry completes this second wing with an external door to a deck across the breezeway, and access back into the Master suite for ease of doing bedding, towels etc. This house is well thought out for ease of living!

At the end of the east wing is an area suited to many different uses. It could be independent living or can be used as a home business area, consulting room, or an air B&B for additional income. The space is full size with its own entrance ( also ramp accessible ) with its own full bathroom, and is exceptionally well zoned off from the rest of the house. This is also air conditioned.

This house really does have it all with two large garages plus a workshop. A sustainable native garden which requires minimal fuss, there are no lawns to mow, and it has a very relaxed air of a holiday abode. In the much sought after Karalee River View estate in Sovereign Strait it is
surrounded by other large properties but very few with the magical view of the river that is to be discovered here.

A very extraordinary home of 4 bedrooms, a study, three bathrooms and pool cabana, 2x2car garages, self cleaning swimming pool, outdoor entertaining, all with great environmental credentials and a superb view to boot!