Wind down, spread out and soak in the views; hills living lifts the lifestyle bar with award-winning architectural flair, a short but scenic drive to Hahndorf and the freeway to town.
Named for the fine avenue of liquidambars serenading the length of its long, sealed driveway, Amberdene offers the perfect 20-minute disconnect from fast-paced city life, complete with 4 sheep-grazed paddocks, ample water supply and a 9.6kw solar system.
What begins as a 2000-built Federation Home, wrapped in verandas, rolling scenery and family life, ends as a model for sophisticated country entertaining and outright winner of the 2014 HIA-CSR South Australian Housing Awards Renovation of the Year.
Today you arrive at a 3-car garage with attached art studio, guest parking bay and covered walkways that steer you, dry and unruffled, into extended family areas lit from on high, and a dream all-weather entertaining pavilion with an outdoor kitchen and wood-fired oven at arm's reach.
As summer calls, open café doors and blinds to blend seamlessly with sunken terrace leisure ringed by artisan stone walling and a full botanic spread, seasonally on song with weeping mulberries, Chanticleer ornamental pears, pencil pines, golden weeping cypresses and a watering system you can set and forget.
Nearby, an epic timber platform sits on sturdy steel stilts, orbiting one of the property's mighty Candlebark gums. With architectural plans ready to progress, today's party deck is tomorrow's high-end guest studio with ensuite, barbecue balcony and income-earning potential STCC.
Meanwhile, the 5-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom floorplan offers multiple living areas and a separate children's wing with more winning ways. Armed with a 3-way spa bathroom, large laundry, powder room and dormitory-sized retreat, you could also enjoy a leasable 3-bedroom option after your brood has flown.
But back to those views and the looked-for privacy of a master bedroom that scoops Mt Lofty outlooks along with a walk-in robe, double-vanity ensuite and a spacious study ready to flip to nursery needs - all with the buffer of bay-window formal spaces radiating open-fireplace ambience and terrace drift.
And just as designer kitchen updates will have you catering like a pro with top of the range Gaggenau appliances, metres of granite benchtops, soft-close blackwood storage and a walk-in pantry, enjoy the perfect warm home as winter cools with ducted air conditioning, radiant heating and programmable panel heaters in each of the bedrooms and master ensuite.
Add a 4-bay shed, dog yard, caged vegetable patch and unmissable opportunity to keep a few horses, with that perfect spot for an arena ...
Truth to tell, there aren't too many places where you can live 20 minutes from a capital city and have a lifestyle like this!
Features:
Award winning additions designed by Tim Geue of Built Design
Architectural plans for treehouse guest accommodation
9.6kw solar system (64 panels)
Ducted r/c air conditioning (2 Mitsubishi units)
Radiant ceiling heating (living areas)
Nobo programmable panel heaters (bedrooms & master ensuite)
Wood-burning fireplace (formal lounge)
Thermally efficient double glazing (2014 additions)
Gas overhead heaters (pavilion)
Gaggenau oven & steam oven, Neff 90cm gas cooktop, Miele dishwasher. integrated
fridge & freezer
Electrolux barbecue & wok burner (marine ply & stainless-steel outdoor kitchen)
Wood-fired pizza oven
Spa bath (family bathroom)
Triple garage with auto roller doors adjacent level paved parking for 4
Sealed driveway to house & compacted road base track to pavilion
Art studio or home office
4-bay shed with workshop, concrete floor, light and power
Dog yard
4 paddocks - all fenced with water laid on.
2 dams, 1 bore, 2 x 130,000-litre concrete tanks
3 smaller tanks for garden irrigation, automated watering system
Fire pump & 1 km of 2-inch ring main
Fully automated garden watering system
Rabbit proof fence extending around house & down driveway to entry gate (automated)
Caged vegetable garden with raised beds & fruit trees
Citrus grove
Close to pretty townships & world-class wineries
