Your enviable West Hobart lifestyle awaits with this 1920's Californian bungalow style home.
Nestled in tightly held Faraday Street, with plenty of scope for renovation and offering city and river views this wonderful property has so much to offer. The distinct historical frontage, gives you an idea of the elegance you can create inside. Your private urban sanctuary, offering the ultimate proximity to Hobart city life.
With high ceilings, picture rails and mantelpieces, wide entry hallway, and original timber flooring just waiting to be discovered, you're sure to let your imagination run wild with ideas to bring this grand old dame back to her former glory.
Inside your own white picket fence the verdant gardens are pleasing to the eye, with roses and pelargoniums offering a splash of colour amongst the green of the grapevines and established shrubs. Offering a place to sit and enjoy the garden space, the generous front patio is a feature of the Californian bungalow style, so popular in Australia from the 1920's to the 1940's.
Beckoning you inside, the high ceilings in the wide hallway immediately offer a spacious feel, and entice you to discover what's on offer here. Each of a generous size, the three bedrooms open off the hallway, the largest boasting a fireplace and room for an ensuite and walk-in-robe.
With pretty green and opaque glass in the original windows, the charming north facing room accessed from the patio and the main living area, offers options such as a work from home space, playroom for the children or the perfect spot for indoor plants to thrive.
A fireplace in the eat-in kitchen offers ambience, and with city and river views from the window, this room will become the hub of the home. Perhaps explore the possibilities of opening up the living room, kitchen and sunroom to create an enormous family living space with views for miles, ideal for modern living and entertaining.
The other option would be to take advantage of the massive backyard, which is rare in West Hobart, and potentially extend or even develop STCA.
Downstairs:
· 4.5 x 5.4m Workshop
· 3.7 x 5.3 Cellar
· 2 separate large storage areas - total 4.5 x 11.8
· 2nd toilet and 2nd laundry area - ideal for use as a mudroom for cleaning up after a day in the garden
· Covered tandem carport and OSP
· 2nd patio
At a glance:
· Three generous bedrooms
· Large living room
· Eat-in kitchen
· Sunroom with city and river views
· Laundry areas upstairs and downstairs
· Ducted heating, electric panel heating and three original fireplaces
· Huge storage areas downstairs with 2nd toilet and laundry area
· Potential for renovations, extensions or development
The beauty of our Tasmanian bush is to be had from the extensive walking and riding trails of Knocklofty Reserve are just a few minutes drive away. Surrounded by quality period homes, close to Hill Street Grocer and Train Park, so popular with families. With the centre of Hobart 1.4km in one direction and less than 2km to the café, restaurant and cinema precinct of North Hobart in the other, this home is perfectly positioned for your West Hobart lifestyle.
As you know, homes in this blue chip suburb sell fast, so make that call to Enrico today and discover the potential of 42 Faraday Street for yourself.
*The information contained herein has been supplied to us and we have no reason to doubt its accuracy, however, cannot guarantee it. Accordingly, all interested parties should make their own enquiries to verify this information.
