There are houses you buy because they tick every box, and then there are houses that make you reconsider what you want everyday life to look like. This is the latter. Set high on the headland at Diamond Beach, with the Pacific Ocean rolling out beyond it and the mountains completing the ever-inspiring view, this 2020 architectural masterpiece brings a resort-like quality to life on the NSW Barrington Coast. Mornings begin with sunrise over the ocean, afternoons lean towards the heated pool and evenings belong to the two alfresco pavilions, cocktail bar and star-filled sky. The beach is five minutes away on foot, Hallidays Point and Diamond Beach villages are an easy eight-minute drive, and Sydney is just 3.5 hours south - close enough for your weekend escape, yet compelling enough to make you stay.
Built for people who appreciate the finer things, the two-level design is beautifully resolved around space, privacy and entertaining. Three large bedroom suites each deliver their own walk-in robe and ensuite, with two boasting a private balcony, while a fourth self-contained apartment is located on another wing and has its own bedroom, built-in robe, ensuite, kitchen and sitting room - suited to grandparents, teenagers, guests, or a live-in carer/nanny. Downstairs, the architecture turns up the volume with a double-height foyer, grand staircase, open plan living, media room, three gas fireplaces, chef's kitchen, backlit marble cocktail bar, a Balinese-inspired courtyard, and walls of glass opening to a dream pool and poolside terrace framed by mature gardens. A three-person internal lift, wide wheelchair-accessible corridors and bathrooms add something rarely seen in a home of this calibre - the foresight to make all-inclusive living work beautifully for the long term.
The setting raises the bar further. Five minutes on foot puts your feet in the sand; ten minutes by car puts you at Tallwoods Country Club and Golf Club, while Forster-Tuncurry is around 20 minutes away and Port Macquarie an hour. Offshore, whales make their annual migration and dolphins pass through the blue; while overhead the night sky puts on its own show. The adjoining apartment already has a proven holiday-rental history, with the current owners achieving a strong return and more than 110 five-star reviews, adding another layer of possibility to an address that can be whatever you need it to be: permanent coastal sanctuary, seriously good holiday house, multi-generational base or an investment with a difference. This is not a house designed for everyone. It is for someone who knows exactly how they want to live.
- Elevated northeast-facing position within a private and peaceful residential estate
- Panoramic Pacific Ocean, beach and mountain views as your daily companion
- Beautiful collection of living zones for formal and informal occasions
- Fully equipped chef's kitchen boasting high-performance appliances and butler's pantry
- Hotel-inspired backlit marble cocktail bar with dedicated wet bar
- Ground floor media room features a touch-light gas fireplace
- Three spacious bedrooms, all with an ensuite, three with a walk-in dressing room, and two with balcony access
- Showroom quality bathrooms feature heated floors and de-fogging mirrors, deep bathtubs in three
- Touch-screen smart-home system, Toshiba air conditioning, built-in safe, recessed and dimmable mood lighting, security cameras
- Internal hydraulic three-person lift across both levels, wheelchair-accessible corridors, bedrooms and ensuites
- Attached double and single garages with internal access plus driveway parking for two additional vehicles
- Alfresco living pavilion with gas fireplace, walled Winter courtyard with Balinese daybed
- Heated, self-cleaning 8 x 4m pool with built-in cover, sun-drenched tiled pool terrace and secluded courtyards
- Separate self-contained one-bedroom apartment with garage and keypad entry
- Completed in 2020 with only one owner over its lifespan
