The gift of good architecture is endurance. Decades on, Canberra-born designer-builder Gary Willemsen's homes still feel right. His work earned Housing Industry Association awards for its villas and townhouses, and it rests on a few simple ideas: big glass, efficient space, and a private patch of green for every residence.
No. 8 Shackleton Park has all of that, and something its neighbours don't: it has been sympathetically renovated from end to end, ready to move straight into.
The home stands on a generous parcel within this manicured enclave. Large-scale double glazed windows gather the morning into the living zone and master suite, there's greenery in view wherever you stand, and from the front door the eye carries over the treetops to Mt Taylor and the Brindabellas. It's the balance of privacy, light and connection that marks Willemsen's vision of medium-density living done well.
The renovation respects that vision instead of fighting it. The kitchen is crisp and new, with marble-look benchtops, a Westinghouse oven and cooktop, a double sink with a pull-out mixer, deep drawers, and a door straight out to the front courtyard for coffee in the sun. Living and dining share one bright, easy space, kept comfortable by ducted heating and cooling.
The master is generous enough for a reading nook. It has its own split system and a walk-through robe with a dressing table and fluted vessel basin, leading on to a renovated ensuite. Three more bedrooms, two with built-in robes, share a fresh main bathroom. Timber-look floors and plush new carpet run throughout.
Outdoors, a covered pergola and rock-edged beds create quiet corners at either end of the home, and the body corporate tends most of the grounds. The gardens stay picture-perfect while you keep your weekends.
The Mawson local centre is a short stroll away, Woden and Canberra Hospital are minutes by car, and Mt Taylor's tracks are close enough for a sunrise climb before work.
It doesn't chase trends. It was designed well, renovated with care, and is ready for its next chapter.
Features
• Detached Willemsen-designed four-bedroom ensuite townhouse in Shackleton Park
• Sympathetically renovated throughout and move-in ready
• Designed around solar passive principles and private green space
• Large-scale double glazing throughout
• Treetop views to Mt Taylor and the Brindabellas
• New kitchen with marble-look benchtops and Westinghouse appliances
• Renovated ensuite and main bathroom
• Master with a reading nook, walk-through robe, dressing table and split system
• Built-in robes to two further bedrooms
• Daikin climate control
• New timber-look flooring and plush carpets
• Covered pergola with outdoor spaces at both ends of the home
• Manicured grounds, largely maintained by the body corporate
• Remote double garage and visitor parking
• Moments to Mawson shops, Woden, Canberra Hospital and Mt Taylor
FINE DETAILS (all approximate):
Living size: 148.8m2 (approx)
Land Parcel: 934m2 (approx)
EER: 3.5
Build year: 1986
Strata
Admin fund: $1,485.00 pq
Sinking fund: $151.25 pq
Total: $1,636.25 pq
Rates: $3,392.02 pa (approx)
UV: $514,800 (2026)
Number of units in complex: 18
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