Some homes have a personality all their own. Set amid delightful gardens on a quiet street near Merri Creek, this beautifully renovated and extended period home brings a country sense of comfort and calm to family life, with the best of Coburg on your doorstep. Its owners did the work as their forever home, and it shows: quality materials, careful detail and no shortcuts.
A portico entry introduces an expansive, light-filled living and dining room, where timber-framed glass bi-fold doors open to a deck and rear garden. It's a room made for long family lunches and slow weekends, with the garden always in view. The new adjacent kitchen brings its own sense of style, with stainless steel benchtops, ample storage, Miele induction cooktop and oven, and integrated Bosch dishwasher. Beyond that, three generous bedrooms share an updated central bathroom with a shower over the bath.
Step outside and the garden takes centre stage. A large second deck sets the scene for alfresco dining. Seasonal produce grows alongside established raspberries and lemon, peach, olive and feijoa trees. And for those who prefer a slow pace, an outdoor bath offers a lovely reason to linger.
A separate studio or home office with hardwired internet, power and heating and cooling gives work or creative pursuits a dedicated space, while a garage and additional off-street space provide parking for two cars. Other features include hydronic heating, split-system heating and cooling, evaporative cooling, double glazing, a 2nd WC, separate laundry, garden shed and water tanks.
There's a lovely sense of community here, with Cox Reserve's playground and popular Brewlands cafe and community centre just down the street. Merri Creek's parks and trails are close by, along with transport, schools, childcare, Pentridge's shops, eateries and cinema and the Coburg Pool. A little further afield, Sydney Road offers plenty of choice for coffee, dinner and everything in between.
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