When these owners were looking to build their dream home, they had a very specific set of criteria.
They were looking for a refreshing escape from typical suburban living, with a no neighbours feel, and none of the usual constraints of colorbond fences and high density living.
They wanted that million miles away from the city feel, yet less than 10 minutes away access to everyday conveniences, like great coffee, a full suite of services and shops, top schooling and extra curricular options, with superb surf beaches close by, and a back to nature lifestyle, that they could enjoy well into their retirement years too, once the kids moved out.
The Beach, Bush and Lake reality, and the one of a kind, innovative, and at one with nature, nothing like typical estate living, made Murrays Beach the natural choice!
When it came to choosing where they would build, they had their choice of blocks, craving privacy, and a sense of space, where they could live indoors and outdoors all on the one level, this wonderfully orientated block, with its beautifully refreshed by sea breezes in summer and drenched in winter sun fabulous backyard and rear indoor and outdoor living was perfect.
Elevated from the road, no one passing by sees into your home or backyard, with no neighbours looking in at or over you either, instead you look out to and open on to a luscious green lawn and protected habitat corridor, with peeps of blue Lake from your master suite.
Stroll across the road for waterfront access to a magical Lake foreshore walk and cycle way, that takes you to Murrays' very own Jetty, Cafe Restaurant, and Residents Only Pool in one direction, with Rafferty's jetty, sandy bottom beach swimming, new waterfront tavern, and Cams Wharf amazing boat ramp in the other direction!
Having found and secured the dream site, it was time to design and create the dream home.
The brief was all about embracing the very best elements of this magnificent location, inviting the outdoors inside at every opportunity, taking full advantage of the aspect, and feeling a real connection to all of the natural beauty surrounding them.
Wanting that single level feel, where family and guests alike, could drift between indoor and outdoor deck living, and beyond to a fantastic level backyard, framed by on point, yet easy care landscaping, against a backdrop of nothing but nature pristine bush, a dedicated, preserved for life, protected owl sanctuary.
The architect nailed the brief, creating a very private, yet superbly open home, with gorgeous outlooks and vistas to a sea of green and pockets of blue and sublime dedicated different zones for everyday living and entertaining inside and out, sleeping and bathing, working from home, with separate living areas, as well as extensive garaging, and off street parking for a boat, motorhome or caravan.
The perfect, as small, or as big as you need home, couples looking towards retirement, as well as families with young children, will love the lower level ground floor living and easy same level connection to the backyard, with sleeping and bathing quarters upstairs, messy teenagers and guest bedrooms aren't on display.
With a ground floor powder room, second living and dedicated work from home generous office or 5th bedroom, you spend your days and evenings enjoying floor to ceiling glass vistas to the outdoors, and only head up top to bathe and sleep, with an easy minimalist shower add on, you could live entirely on the lower level if you wanted or needed to.
Custom designed and built, this isn't a cookie cutter project home you can find everywhere, instead it has its own contemporary style, with a unique look, and more importantly a fabulously welcoming and comfortable feel, with every inch of the property designed to suit and take full advantage of the magic features and perfect orientation of this amazing block and location, while maintaining incredible privacy and a sense of seclusion ....
- Love the almost single level living to a beautifully established flat backyard
- Appreciate the connection to nature & easy flow between indoors & outdoors
- Wrapped by delicious, covered decks, where you can chase the sun or breeze
- Entertain & live on your lovely return verandah back deck that flows to the yard
- Relax & kick back on your front deck & enjoy water views with your coffee
- Appreciate open style, light filled spacious living at the same level as the yard
- Discover a scrumptious kitchen with an outlook to the deck, backyard & living
- Lots of natural light, island bench breakfast bar, stone tops & pendant lighting
- Enjoy open style dining that flows effortlessly off the stone tops open kitchen
- Open to the dining & kitchen, the good size living area has a deck outlook
- Delight in the games room or second living perfect for kids or grandkids & TV
- Expect a generous master suite with best of both world views ? water & greenery
- Love the quality ensuite & the plentiful walk in robe space & stunning outlooks
- Bedrooms all cater for king size bedrooms and look outdoor to visions of green
- Separate powder rooms upstairs & down are fantastic for guests & family alike
- Working from home is easy with office, studio or extra ground floor bedroom
- Great side access to park a boat or caravan with internal garage access
- Large garage with privacy windows for lots of natural light & mezzanine storage
- A light filled, superbly private, entry foyer makes a real & very stylish statement
- Perfect inside & out, where the outdoors is invited indoors at every chance
- Where your own wonderful backyard flows out to an open wildlife sanctuary
- You have sublime privacy, a green extension of your backyard for looks/play
- Directly opposite another big vista of nature corridor that leads to The Lake
- Cross the road, stroll through the shade trees & walk the foreshore everyday
- Head along the Lake foreshore & swim at the sandy beach just off Rafferty's
- Head off the other way & come across Murrays' own jetty, restaurant & pool
- Just minutes from Swansea's shops, cafes & services & amazing beaches too
- Love the proximity to Sydney & Newcastle, just an hour or half an hour away
- Feel like you're a million miles away from city traffic & ugly colorbond fences
- Yet enjoy great coffee, schools & everything you need day to day, close by
- On the shores of The Lake, minutes to top beaches & surrounded by nature
- This is your perfect sea change & tree change, like minded neighbourhood
- The homes are refreshingly different & an outdoors lifestyle is truly on offer
- Set in a street full of waterfronts, enjoy the Lake being wonderfully close by
A one off opportunity, locations and homes like this don't come along often, and you could never buy this block and build again here, and if by some miracle you could, it would most certainly cost you so much more, not only financially, but in terms of time and stress too, and who needs that, when you're trying to escape city stresses for an easier, more relaxed, back to nature lifestyle?