A quality two-storey home with a great family layout plus the smart interventions of a creative designer owner, and the results are spectacularly good. Inspired use of colour, a brilliant Carrara marble kitchen and a sparkling pool set in refined landscaping are among the highlights. There are two living areas, a dedicated dressing room or nursery, a lovely north-facing master suite and a study zone upstairs with an airy outlook, as the elevated block offers long treetop views. This is a delightful neighbourhood by the Fremantle border, with parks and the primary school a stroll away.
The imposing street presence in deep grey frames the fabulous bright green front door. Inside, a very striking digital print tile from Italy is inset in the engineered oak floors. A living room, with a dramatic black backdrop for the art, opens to an outdoor sitting area by the ornamental pear in the front courtyard.
Perfectly placed on the northern side and opening to a limestone-walled outdoor space, the master bedroom features a walk-in-robe, travertine ensuite, spa bath and separate toilet. Over the corridor is a dressing room that could easily serve as a nursery or home office. The new powder room nearby is a joyful thing: a big green tap towers over a suspended engineered stone vanity flecked with bright colour.
It gets even better as it opens up to living, dining and finely equipped kitchen, where a wall of sleek black cabinetry is the backdrop for a remarkable waterfall island in genuine Carrara marble. Through the window splashbacks, it’s a relaxing outlook to the pool’s surface and its green setting, and perfect for keeping an eye on the children in the water. Black-framed glass doors stack open to the generous timber-ceilinged alfresco to the north.
Upstairs, textured resin floors flow to the study zone, and the terrace embraces the treetop vista. Western windows are double-glazed, a spacious ensuite has dual access, and three bedrooms welcome the natural light. All bedrooms feature the excellent storage found throughout the home, which includes a storeroom in the double garage.
It’s all practical and well laid out for family living, but the atmosphere that arises from fine finishes and imaginative design is what really lifts 98C Edmund Street well out of the ordinary.
• Contemporary two-storey family home by Fremantle border
• Re-invented with inspired interior finishes
• Brilliant kitchen: Carrara marble, sleek black cabinetry
• Gorgeous pool, refined landscaping, northern alfresco
• Lovely master suite with northern outdoor flow
• Upper balcony, long treed outlook from second storey
• Separate dressing room, could be nursery or office
• Second living room with French doors to front terrace
• Excellent storage everywhere
• Reverse cycle air-conditioning, alarm system
Council Rates: $3,054.42 per annum (approx)
Water Rates: $1,573.63 per annum (approx)
