38A Franklin Street, Maldon VIC 3463

Sew ngapa/ maiem (welcome) to Coconut Island, a modern Australian tropical style four-bedroom home in the heart of Maldon, inspired and designed in the Torres Strait. Bespoke in design and completed to a high standard, the property has a six-star energy rating and a passive solar design. It's time to sit back and enjoy Coconut Island.

Tucked away privately from the street, on an impressive 4224 sqm, the floorplan features a wide front porch leading into a spacious entrance with Jarrah detailing. Central to the home is the living space, highlighted by an impressive high vaulted timber-clad ceiling and a wall of windows capturing the landscape outside. Open plan to the living and dining, the kitchen features WA Karri benchtops, a large Tasmanian Oak island bench, a British Belling freestanding double oven with an induction cooktop, and an Asko dishwasher. The north-facing living room with a Canadian-made Alderlea fireplace has sliding doors that lead out onto an entertaining deck overlooking the garden. Completing the living space are three additional rooms, a tv room or home office, a walk-in pantry with laundry and external access and a concealed entrance that opens into a formal dining room.

On either side of the house are four generous bedrooms with built-in robes and ceiling fans, two bathrooms, one with a deep bath, a shower, and a toilet, and the second with a shower and a toilet. A guest powder room completes the internal floor plan. Additional details include double glazing throughout, plantation shutters, solar hot water, and NBN cable connection.

Externally, with just over one acre of land, there is a 9m x 6m garage, a 9m x 3.5m and 3.7m x 5.2m carports, a chook shed, and a water tank with a total capacity of 32,000 litres. Once a Chinese market garden during the Gold Rush, the rich soil features a fenced paddock at the back, a small dam, a cubby for the kids, tropical gardens, vegetable beds and an orchard with citrus, apples, nashi, plums, pears, macadamia, cherries, mulberry, plums complete with an established irrigation system.

A short walk into historic Maldon for retail, cafes, and a primary school, a 15-minute drive to Castlemaine and just over 30 minutes to Bendigo, this is country living, tropical style, combining the best of both worlds into one, a home that says, sew ngapa/ maiem (welcome).