Enter this home blind-folded and you may well imagine you’re waking up in a trendy nook of Fitzroy or East Brunswick. This unique Japanese-themed industrial conversion goes far beyond conventional design to offer a home that will stimulate your senses on many levels.
There is little to hint, apart from an orange front door, at the striking architecture and imaginative interior design that lays beyond. Be ready to be wowed!
It opens straight into a short hallway and stand-alone room that contains a mezzanine sleeping area and double glass doors overlooking a Japanese engawa garden of raked stones and a lavish stand of towering bamboo. Currently configured with a desk and sitting area it could also make the perfect work-from-home office.
Continue along a private open-air verandah, pausing to take in the intricate landscaping and use of natural materials.
The second, main section of the home will stop you in your tracks as your eyes try to absorb a labyrinth of design elements and living spaces. The black concrete floor, steel beams and roof trusses pay homage to its former life as a 1920’s steel fabrication workshop.
A full wall of windows of various shapes and sliding glass doors on three different levels bring light into the home as well as glimpses of garden, tree canopies and the sky.
Dark stained timbers, twin stair cases, a floating bridge and openings to private areas all beckon. On the ground level is a bedroom, with BIRs, large bathroom with a striking free-standing oval bath mounted on a raised platform with a toilet, vanity and walk-in shower. A large laundry is opposite.
Further on is a cosy lounge area and a Japanese tansu-style stepped sitting space with a backdrop of built-in black timber display boxes. Upstairs you’ll land in the sunken living zone with more steps up to the kitchen/dining area. The kitchen commands the space with a large island bench, plenty of cupboards, ILVE five-burner gas stone and oven, a Siemens dishwasher and mirrored splashback.
A myriad of pendant lights dangle from the ceiling around a towering steel flu from the combustion stove. Double sliding doors will take you to a first floor deck with views of Geelong’s high-rise skyline.
Cross the timber bridge into the master suite, stepping up into a delightful refuge of its own with an ensuite/dressing room with a wall of timber cabinetry, large walk-in shower, toilet and vanity.
The home has reverse cycle air conditioning and double glazed doors and windows with easy access to Pakington Street, the CBD, Geelong station, the Ring Road and La Trobe Terrace.
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