Private and secluded, in one of Hyde Park’s most beautiful Jacaranda lined streets, this understated 1900s villa has been a wonderful home for the current owners who have enjoyed all that is on offer in this superb location for more than 25 years.
Stepping inside the home, there is an immediate sense of fascinating character. Leadlight surrounds the front door into an entry hall with two bedrooms to either side. An attractive leadlight door opens into a spacious living room with an attractive fireplace as a centrepiece. With three to four bedrooms there is the opportunity for rooms to be configured flexibly to suit personal and family needs. A home office or study is one option with one bedroom boasting French doors to the outside offering a separate entrance.
To the rear of the home the family room is filled with light and enjoys a magnificent northerly aspect and an outlook to a garden that is a wonderful private haven. In winter the wood heater creates added wonderful ambience. The kitchen is cleverly designed to maximise working and storage space while the bathrooms have been updated in recent years with laundry, second bathroom and powder room creating a utility area with similarly well considered use of space.
With the home positioned to the front of the allotment, the rear garden is a beautiful retreat. From the family room there is a view of lush green disappearing intriguingly into the secret garden beyond. It beckons to meander to the very back garden where we expect to find Peter Rabbit in what is an amazing produce garden filled with vegie plots, citrus and espaliered fruit trees. The shed is reminiscent of a picture book potting shed and there is every opportunity to be self-sufficient, simply add some chooks. A wonderful garden for children to run and play, for adults to relax and escape. Alternatively, there is plenty of space to recreate and develop around the interests and aspirations of a new family.
The family of the current owners have appreciated attending excellent local schools, they have walked to work or caught the nearby bus to the city with ease. They have enjoyed the local bikeways and walks. Heywood Park at the end of Westall Street is a pleasant outing for the new playground and of course this family has frequented the cafes and restaurants of King William Road. Well known for boutique shopping, there is the also the added convenience of the Hyde Park corner with the pub, bakery, post office, newsagent and mini mart just a short walk away.
A fabulous home situated so enviably with everything on offer locally.
In detail:
- kitchen: Neff oven, Smeg 5 burner gas cooktop, Qasair exhaust canopy, Miele dishwasher. Smart use of space, step-in pantry, soft-close drawers - 2x split system air conditioning to living areas - temperature set instant gas hot water system - generous storage: built-in robes to main bedroom & bedroom 4, built-ins & bookshelves to lounge, - carport for up to three vehicles - wine cellar - large shed, workshop & entertaining gazebo - large produce garden with vegie beds & espaliered fruit trees