On the north-east side of one of the highest ridges in Upper Brookfield, with views across trees and mountains to the sand dunes of Moreton Island, is a design masterpiece. Inspiration is drawn from the beauty of the Australian bush and contemporary European design.
Every room is filled with views and breezes in this breathtaking home that presides over a garden designed to look after itself, a hoop pine plantation, and a native forest with walking trails and waterfalls that flow after rain.
The sound of bell birds and whip birds carries through the trees.
King parrots, lorikeets, rosellas, and butterflies appear like jewels in the bush.
This private sanctuary is cooled by north-east breezes all summer long and shaded from the western sun by the ridge. In winter, the home is protected from the westerlies.
Originally designed in 1991 by architect Ian Webb, the home was beautifully renovated and extended in 2012 honouring the original intent to be peaceful and at one with the bush.
The owners, a structural engineer and an interior designer, ensured a meticulous build and an elegant aesthetic.
The transformation features an award-winning chef's kitchen, a wood-fired pizza oven, a French fireplace, a light-filled library, an exquisite master retreat, a pool with glass edges and views to the horizon, and Colorbond steel and Matrix exterior cladding.
When you walk through the home's glass entrance, you step into views of the bush, the mountains, the bay and the sky.
The views fill the entire open plan living, dining and kitchen space.
Brushbox timber floors are cool underfoot. Vaulted cedar ceilings are a canopy overhead. Sliding glass doors open to the vast north-east verandah.
The home's blue-grey palette reflects the blues of the mountains and sky and the greys of the ironbark trees.
Here is an exceptional setting for your everyday life, as well as special dinners and large celebrations.
The kitchen, designed for easy entertaining, won the HIA Kitchen of the Year Award in 2012 and has featured in home magazines.
Built by Kim Duffin of Sublime Architectural Interiors, it is inspired by European furniture-style kitchens that are sleek and clutter-free.
The 5 metre long island bench showcases blue glass, touch-to-open doors and drawers. The seamless Caesarstone benchtop houses the Neff induction cooktop and flows into custom-made stainless steel that houses the sinks and extends gracefully to the floor.
The cabinets' doors retract to reveal work zones such as the coffee machine zone with its own sink, the pantry, Neff oven, Neff dishwasher, and Liebherr refrigerator.
A few steps away on the north-east verandah is the Zesti wood-fired pizza oven from Perth, while the suspended fireplace from France is the centrepiece of the living area.
Winter nights are wonderful here with freshly baked pizzas and a fireplace that can turn towards the living area or the verandah.
The dining area has the showstopping view as its backdrop.
The north-east library, filled with natural light and an enclosed fireplace, includes 2 work stations and yet has space for 4 people to work comfortably.
The king size master retreat is sublime. An open plan space with glass walls brings in the bush. You can watch wallabies graze while you're soaking in the stone bath or lying in bed.
There is a tranquil flow between the elements of the ensuite, the bed, the private verandah and the walk-in-robe.
At the other end of the home, three more bedrooms have bush views and built-in-robes. Two are king size while one is queen size. One of the king size rooms is currently a gym with views to the mountains.
The main bathroom features a glass basin, a laundry chute to keep the space clutter-free, and a pebble floor to massage bare feet. The pebble floor is featured in all 3 of the home's bathrooms.
There's a powder room next to the open plan living, dining and kitchen space.
On the home's lower level, the undercover pool area is ethereal. From the glass edged, solar heated pool and the spa, you look across the trees to the mountains. Being immersed in water and the bush fills your senses.
Sliding cedar doors open an entire wall of the pool bathroom to bush views.
The air conditioned wine cellar has room for around 600 bottles.
The home has ducted air conditioning throughout but is rarely needed.
The large laundry has an undercover clothesline.
2 garages house 3 vehicles. The driveway has space for up to 5 vehicles and the guest parking at the front gate has space for many more.
Meander along garden paths through subtropical plants and succulents, past bluestone walls and under shaded arbours. This beautiful garden is low maintenance and fully fenced.
The enclosed vegetable garden, with its raised wicking beds, requires minimal watering.
2.5 kilometres of signposted walking trails loop past the hoop pine plantation and through the native forest and gullies to places where there are waterfalls after rain.
You can get very fit without leaving the property.
Good schools, Brookfield Showground and Kenmore Village are close by yet you arrive home to the bush.
This inspired way of life is greatly enriched by the exceptional design throughout the home and property. Properties of this calibre in such an idyllic location do not become available often. Inspect as soon as you can.
Features:
North-east facing, architect designed home on 4 hectares with stunning views, breezes
Native forest with walking trails, hoop pine plantation, fenced garden
Exceptional indoor-outdoor spaces
Award-winning European inspired kitchen
Solar heated pool with views to horizon
Rainwater tanks 51,500 litres, solar power 11 kW
Close to primary schools and Brookfield Showground
10 km approx. to Kenmore Village
21 km approx. to CBD
