Expansive double storey family home in a prominent Northcote position
Cherished by the same family for over 50 years, this expansive double storey home is ready for the next generation to establish an enduring lifestyle in a prominent Northcote position, with direct access to city transport and strolling distance to vibrant High Street. Bordered by a laneway on approximately 462sqm, the versatile layout reveals lovingly maintained light-filled accommodation with multiple living areas and future scope to personalise, plus ample off-street parking.
Set privately back from the street behind towering landscaped gardens, you are welcomed by a home of abundant warmth and sprawling dimensions. Complete with high ceilings and picture windows, it presents a spacious lounge and dining area, superb formal dining room that connects to the sunny front porch, and huge functional kitchen with gas cooking, great storage and a large adjacent meals area. Step outside to the quiet paved patio nestled in leafy surrounds, which is ideal for entertaining. Also downstairs is a generous bedroom (or optional living room) with patio access, bright additional bedroom and neat bathroom with a bath, shower and handy two-way w/c. Upstairs, you will find a fantastic family retreat, three generous bedrooms each with wall-to-wall built-in robes, and a pristine second bathroom.
Features include a good-size laundry, ducted gas heating, under-stair storage and attic storage, a separate workshop with a wine cellar and an attached storeroom, garden shed and four car spaces (three securely gated) along the side driveway. Enjoying easy vehicle access from the north and south, this marvellous home is located just a short walk to Croxton station, Northcote's popular cafes and restaurants, Northcote Plaza, All Nations Park and Merri Creek Trail. Zoned to Northcote High School zone.
