Extraordinary 2-storey home with multiple options, available to the astute buyer.
This maintenance-free Hardiplank and Colorbond family home has a sense of grandeur with its lofty outlook and cottage-garden. The smell of salt and crushed birch underfoot, bring back memories of seaside holidays.
The main dwelling comprises a 2-bedroom penthouse with open-plan living flowing to an all-weather outdoor room; while below, a studio with a large outdoor entertaining space is perfect for guests.
A timber deck (adjacent to the council conservation block) offers a shady spot for afternoon sundowners or BBQs and is a regular feature for neighbourhood events. For the mornings, several courtyards connected by mosaic stepping-stones, provide sunny nooks for conversation over coffee.
Tucked to the side of the house, is a fully-fenced cottage with timber decking and bay glimpses. It generates a tidy rental income, or adds a further option for extended-family living.
Gravel pathways and retaining walls provide good drainage and easy maintenance. There’s onsite parking for at least 4 vehicles, including a carport and plenty of other spots in this quiet, no-through street.
PENTHOUSE
Upstairs is where the action is and constant mesmerizing view of the bay. The enormous outdoor-room (built 2016) swallows-up a couple of lounges, a dining-setting for 8, laundry, benchtop with 8 deep-drawers, a BBQ and a fridge.
The railing acts as a bar, perfect for evening cocktails overlooking Ooncooncoo Bay. The glassed-in verandah is well-insulated and provides all-year alfresco living, while capturing the sea-breeze and opening the home right-up.
Indoors, a large living area with raked ceilings is kept temperate by the 6.5Kw air-conditioner and ceiling fans. A separate dining area flooded with natural light through the picture windows, reflects the vista from outside and the swaying palms beyond.
The gourmet kitchen is divided by an island-bench with a 4-seater breakfast bar. It provides ample storage with a pantry, loads of cupboards, open-shelving and banks of drawers in crisp white, under black-granite flecked with gold. A 900mm Blanco freestanding oven and cooktop completes the contemporary look.
Textured, slate-coloured wool carpet to the living and bedrooms adds a luxurious feel, while the more practical wide-timber-look vinyl floors are used in the kitchen. A surround-sound system in the living room brings a home-cinema experience—just add popcorn and sit back in your spacious lounge.
White tiled-floors bring a fresh look to the bathroom, with its generous shower stall, vanity and ‘loo with a view’.
One bedroom has a ceiling fan and built-ins, while the other has bay views. Great space for an artist, or alternatively, use one as your dressing room and the other for enjoying the waterways when you wake.
Extensive use of glass and clever mirror placement, optimise the views from inside the home, and out.
STUDIO
Downstairs, an air-conditioned studio with private access and outdoor entertaining areas, offers a great space for independent-living or setting up a home-business. The block-walls keep it cool and tranquil, while the security screens provide peace-of-mind.
There’s a kitchenette area with tiled feature-wall, a Chef electric cooktop/oven and open-shelving. It continues the black-granite and glossy-white theme from upstairs, with dark timber-look floors throughout.
A bathroom with large shower-recess, double-vanity and a separate toilet, is convenient for entertaining outdoors, or for those guests that stay longer and require their own space.
Ceiling fans lend a breezy feel and when you open-up the sliding doors, the perfume from the garden wafts through the light-filled rooms.
Basic in design, you could use this area for many things: a teenage hangout; private office; or guest accommodation.
COTTAGE
If this isn’t enough, a fully-fenced cottage with separate power meter and hot water service, also graces the property (returning a consistent income of $300+ per week).
Linked by a series of wide decks, past the pool-security fencing, you’ll find this quaint ‘happy place’. Inside, the black-and-white kitchen theme continues, with a Fisher and Paykel electric cooktop/oven and Westinghouse dishwasher.
The space is bright with lots of windows and the high ceilings create a feeling of calmness. A breakfast-bar for three, leans into the dining nook and the cosy lounge-room with ceiling fan and air-con, boasts a bay aspect.
The wide-timber-look vinyl floors repeat throughout. The white bathroom has a shower and loo. Both rooms have security screens, ceiling fans and built-ins.
Outside, there are two storage sheds, concealed clothes-drying zone, raised garden-beds, seating areas and an entertaining deck. Pool-fencing all around the cottage provides secure access, while protecting kids and pets.
This is a great neighbourhood with an eclectic mix of people who look-out for each other while living a fabulous life in this little community, nestled at the quiet-end of Bay Drive.
Already a big home with lovely grounds, but if you’re after more space for your boats and caravan, why not buy the adjacent corner-block? Yes, number 64 is up for Auction on 25 September and opens-up the potential for a pool and tennis court, to complete your island resort lifestyle.
You really must see this property to appreciate what’s on offer. If you like what you see, there’s an option to buy it fully-furnished, ready for your summer holiday.
Been longing for a place in the sun? Then, act now and call Chris McGregor on 0420 555 997 to experience life in the exclusive Bay Drive precinct.
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