NOW and NEXT…

There are homes you walk into and immediately start imagining your life there – where the kids would sleep, where you’d have your morning coffee, what Sunday afternoons might look like. This is one of them. A large, well-built brick-and-iron family home sitting on a generous 3,475 sqm corner block with two street frontages, zoned R30 – meaning the picture here isn’t only about the present – It’s about what this place is right now, and what it can become.

• 5 bed 2 bath 3 WC
• Zoned for development
• Open plan living zone
• Renovated kitchen
• Renovated bathrooms
• Games room & pool
• Powered workshop
• Solar & scheme water
• R30 – 3,475 sqm block
• Corner dual frontage

The entry hall is the first clue. It’s large and unhurried, the kind of scale that tells you something about everything that follows. To the right, the principal suite – east-facing, freshly carpeted with a plush textured pile and fitted with a walk-in robe. The ensuite is fully tiled, finished in soft, calm tones and tucked behind a barn-hung door. It’s a room that’s easy to be in. Quiet. Settled.

The kitchen, family room and meals area occupy the middle of the home, where most of daily life will happen. The kitchen has been properly updated – stone benchtops, white soft-close cabinetry, a 900mm oven, gas hob and dishwasher. A slow-combustion fireplace anchors one end of the room. A split-system handles all seasons. Doors open to the alfresco area, and a north-facing window frames the pool. On a winter afternoon with the fire going, this room makes a strong case for itself.

Three carpeted bedrooms for the kids, each with built-in robes, share a bathroom that’s been renovated in a similar vein to the ensuite – calm finishes, full tiling, a tub. A walk-through laundry sits nearby. The layout of this part of the home is straightforward and practical.

Step outside, and the scale of the block starts to make itself known. The entertaining area is paved and looks over the pool and gazebo, with a built-in BBQ for good measure. The games room adjoins the pool directly – air-conditioned, bar-equipped, big enough for a pool table. Beside the gazebo, a separate structure houses a third WC and dedicated storage for pool equipment.  It’s the kind of setup that makes you think about summer differently.

Through a rear gate, and with vehicle access via a side lane, is a powered and plumbed 8 m x 8 m workshop with a lean-to. A small garden offers additional storage space.

The current owners call the long stretch of open lawn along the Byfield Street frontage “the oval” and on weekends it earns the name with games, kick-to-kick and backyard cricket. It’s also the most obvious place to start a conversation about what this block could look like in ten years. With R30 zoning and two street frontages, the development potential (STCA) is straightforward and real. The land is there. The zoning is there. The rest is timing.

There’s a version of this property that looks exactly as it does today – full of a family who never want to leave. There’s another version that looks quite different in ten or fifteen years. This home asks you to think about both – and gives you enough room, in every sense, to answer that question on your own terms.

To arrange an inspection of this property, call Brent Falkingham on 0407 564 677.