When this once "ugly duckling" emerged as the renovated and extended proverbial "swan", its owners were quick to praise their hallowed architect…
And rightly so. The transformation from single fronted cottage to custom 2-storey family design with a secure rear lane carport and entertainer's patio addition on a 283sqm footprint is as mind-blowing as it is ground-breaking.
Nine years here, these owners knew that big wasn't the point - efficient, functional, and family-friendly was - so too, those nano seconds to The Avenues, Cibo, Nourish'd Café, and Magill Road…
What evolved was bespoke, architectural, and visually exciting with a soaring 6.5m void, northern sunlight, and raw exposed brickwork – a legacy kept beside the silken timber stairs – while remembering its fond cottage past via the bullnose verandah, opening hallway, and 2 main level bedrooms.
Then, it leaps into full-blown modern.
First, via the main bathroom: its crisp palette retaining a hit of timber, set behind a galley-style European laundry, splicing its vintage front end from open plan back.
Open plan living sprawls across polished concrete floors framed by full height, uPVC double glazed, tilt and turn windows with exit benefits. All giving their nod to passive temperature control. With ample space downstairs offering the alternative of a second living space, more room for the growing family to enjoy.
Essastone adds the milky layer to the sleek custom kitchen passing platters outside via sliding panes and nudging the uber cool cushioned banquette dining, lit from the void above.
And outside, the timber deck, reclaimed brick retaining walls and patio covers all ground, all seasons, for play and entertaining in leafy privacy.
Upstairs is for parental luxury; a loft of highlight panes, pitched ceilings, and a living zone to keep the kids in earshot. The generous master suite collapsing into calm, claiming the ensuite/2nd bathroom.
There is no comparable to urban chic like this; some 4kms east of the city and stamped with coveted school zoning (East Adelaide Primary, Adelaide, and Adelaide Botanic High Schools) the hunt for high style stops here.
You'll love:
- Architecturally designed & extended cottage
- Double brick construction
- Versatile floor plan offering a second living space
- Landscaping & garage conversion (2017)
- Renovated, rewired & replumbed (2014)
- Light-filled 6.5m void
- Valuable rear lane access
- Evaporative cooling/gas wall heater
- Underfloor heating to bathrooms
- 12ft. ceilings to bedrooms
- Essastone kitchen tops, gas cooktop & oven
- Upper bathroom plumbed to rainwater
- 7m x 3.5m (approx.) powered shed
- Zoned to East Adelaide Primary, Adelaide & Adelaide Botanic High School
- 3-minute walk to Payneham Road bus
- And more…
Specifications:
CT / 5117/698
Council / City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters
Zoning / RC'15.1
Built / 1890
Land / 283m2
Frontage / 7.52m
Council Rates / $1658.06pa
SA Water / $254.14pq
ES Levy / $168.70pa
School Zones / East Adelaide School, Open Access College, OAC Marden Campus, Adelaide Botanic H.S, Adelaide H.S, Marden Senior College
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