This spacious, charming return verandah villa is one of West Croydon's grandest old homes situated on a prime allotment of some 836m2. A wonderful blend of traditional elegance and modern living, this home is overflowing with impeccable character features with its high ceilings, exquisite ornate plasterwork, open fireplaces, sash windows, leadlight, picture rails and warm polished floor boards.
The centerpiece of the grand home is the expansive, gracious and elegant sitting room. The delightful leadlight window welcomes the morning sun into this enormous, adaptable space. There is plenty of room for a large family, with three large bedrooms and a study (easily big enough for a fourth bedroom). A second living area with jarrah boards is perfect for family weeknight dinners and relaxing by the slow combustion stove in winter.
For budding master chefs, the kitchen is divine with its big island bench, stainless-steel gas cooktop with a gas and fan-forced oven, ceramic butler's sink, and dishwasher. There is extensive storage for all your kitchen appliances, with beautiful lustrous jarrah bench-tops.
Stunning 2017 European-style bathroom, powder room, and laundry/boot-room (designed by award-winning designer Sophie Doumbiotis at Alby Turner & Son), with sleek and stylish bespoke cabinetry, a clever charging station for the family's i-devices, quality bathroom fittings and underfloor heating for those chilly winter mornings.
Stepping outdoors via the French doors in the kitchen brings you into the sprawling and gorgeous garden oasis. This green retreat is a perfect combination of calm space and productive areas. Relax in the shade under the decades-old vine, have a hit of cricket on the lawn, or grow your own produce in the veggie patch. The garden features orange, blood orange, lime, and ruby grapefruit trees, as well as enormous old olive and fig trees. With a few chooks in the (fox-proof) chook house, you're almost self-sufficient!
The back garden is serviced with a manual watering system and 8000 litre water tanks, and the front garden has an automatic watering system.
Don't worry about the extremes of Adelaide's climate: the evaporative air-conditioning cools the house beautifully and is augmented by a reverse cycle unit in the lounge/dining room. Winter is toasty warm with panel heaters in the bedrooms plus the wonderful slow combustion wood heater.
West Croydon is one of Adelaide's last truly undiscovered suburbs and is highly sought-after. Jump on the train and be in the CBD in less than 10 minutes. You are a short walk from the cafes and boutiques of Rosetta and Queen Street, Entertainment Centre down the road and with excellent shopping a few minutes away at Welland Plaza, or a quick trip in to the Central Market.
Additional features we love:
- Dry Cellar
- Security front door
- Tessellated front verandah
- Paved entertaining area
- Garden shed
- Carport accommodation for up to three vehicles
- Gas hot water service
- Screened by well established pittosporums
Specifications:
CT / 5358/64
Council / City of Charles Sturt
Zoning / RC"69
Built / 1900
Land / 836m2
Frontage / 16.79m
Council Rates / $1727.75pa
SA Water / $236.48pq
ES Levy / $157.70pa
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