35B Somers Street, Bentleigh VIC 3204

More than prestige design, more than a prized address, this is the benchmark for architectural family living in the Allnutt Park precinct. Leading the way in sun-bathed space and solar-passive design, this ground-breaking home from architect, Nicholas Murray, unfolds beyond a high-gabled façade to offer innovative three bedroom, 2.5 bathroom accommodation with an energy-efficient edge.
Opening at ground-level with a well-fitted home-office and garden-access master-suite, this outstanding design raises north-facing principal living to a lofty 3.6m height, and steps out to a retractable awning-shaded, water-feature garden with a top-of-the-range Jacuzzi hot-tub. Rising to a lofty first-floor lounge (with its own soaring vaulted-roofline), the home shines with bold design statements at every turn...including a glass 'bridge" to cross to the upstairs bedroom wing!
Appointed to a demanding architectural specification with an elite appliance kitchen beyond a sleek stone-wrapped dining-island and fully-tiled bathrooms punctuated by Kit-Kat tile features, the home's interiors are curated in cutting-edge style. Starring icy white stone benchtops, towering stretches of pillarless double-glazing, and warm timber floors echoed in curvaceous timber cabinetry and roof-panelling, there are linen-sheers, block-outs and automated kitchen blinds to manage the sun, and great storage including a butler's pantry and bespoke walk-in and built-in robes.
Climate-controlled over zones upstairs and down, this clever design has all the smart home options from ducted vacuum, to alarm and video-intercom. As might be expected of this smart solar-passive design, this high tech home appointed for energy-efficiency too; with a German Skantherm thermal-mass woodfire complemented by a dual-action Big-Ass fan, solar/gas hot-water and a battery-compatible 7kW micro-inverter solar energy system.
A remarkable example of high design set in lushly established low-maintenance surrounds, there's all-day sun in the northerly rear, and all the parking you could need including an auto-garage with workshop area. Best of all, there's this prime lifestyle location just around the corner from the Elster Trail to Allnutt Park, 400m to Centre Rd's cafes, shopping and bus-routes and less than half-a-dozen blocks to Bentleigh station.