Natural Beauty in Abundance with Peace and Tranquillity

Description

Immersed in natural beauty and exuding ¾ acreage style ambience, this lovingly maintained family home is compelling from entry to outlook and offers a magical lifestyle positioned for spectacular glowing sunsets. Steeped in history, the home is punctuated by classic original features with the timeless allure of leadlight and sash windows, French doors, polished timber floors and exposed beams combined with contemporary comfort and a prestigious Ferny Creek postcode. Here, the silence really is golden, broken only by the comforting sound of the abundant birdlife that reside yet you can walk through the picturesque forest or along the road to the iconic village of Sassafras and enjoy cafes, chic boutiques and speciality shops. You can also walk to school and enjoy local walks including meandering through Burnham Beeches, George Tindale and Alfred Nicholas Gardens and the Sherbrooke Forest trails to walk off the delicious buttermilk waffles available at Braw Restaurant just 500m away.

Talking Points:
•Inviting wrap around verandah that flows from the sitting, lounge and dining rooms for alfresco appeal and seamless indoor/outdoor living among the treetops. Here you can enjoy sunsets, siestas or soirees with friends and family.
•Stylish kitchen and adjacent meals opening to the porch via stunning leadlight doors. You’ll love light and airy feel of the kitchen with abundant space and storage and chic pressed metal splash back that maintains the vintage aesthetic.
•Enchanting sitting room with grand stone fireplace as a centrepiece with leafy fern outlooks to enjoy as you curl up with your favourite book.
•The privately positioned master bedroom with walk-in robe, double robes and charming French doors out to the large and private deck surrounded by rhododendron and camellia trees.
•A fourth bedroom/study downstairs to accommodate the largest of families or ideal for guests or in-laws.
•The downstairs slate bathroom is enhanced by a corner spa with louvre window box and lush leafy outlook for your downtime. Light the candles, pour a glass of bubbly and immerse yourself in another world.
•Two double robed bedrooms on the upper floor are serviced by a tiled family bathroom.
•Meandering Edna Walling inspired pathways dot the just under ¾ acre allotment framed by lush ferns and tree ferns with gardens awash with camellia and rhododendron trees that bloom with colour throughout the seasons.
•Magically appearing from within the gardens is a chimney style stone fire creating yet another alfresco space to toast marshmallows or create the perfect crust on those woodfire pizzas.
•Plenty of flat lawn spaces to sit and soak up the peaceful ambience accompanied by birdsong. The resident Lyrebirds, Parrots, Rosellas, Kookaburras, Honey Eaters, blue wrens and night owls all sing a different tune.
•Take the stone steps up to the secret garden "Bird Nest" studio ideal as a work from home space, artist’s retreat or home business.
•Extras such a double carport, garage/workshop and 3 tanks for water plus open fireplace, ducted heating and split cycle heater/aircon in main living room.

Insider’s Secret:
The home’s natural setting is home to a veritable botanical garden of native flora which makes the ideal habitat for resident wildlife including echidnas and many birds that make their home in this safe haven. Every day the setting sun throws a glowing golden light throughout the garden and brings an array of birds to the little ponds for an evening bath. The artists studio is a perfect separate space recently rewired, insulated , re-plastered and painted throughout !! Simply magical!

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