In order to understand the feeling that architect Leo van Veenendaal has achieved in this unique property, you have to visit it. From the moment you enter, a sense of peace and calm surrounds you. The clever use of high studs, floor to ceiling windows, natural timber floors, joinery and feature panelling has the effect of drawing your eye to the surrounding 200 year old trees and creating a seamless flow between inside and outside.
Built over three levels, this home has been designed with flexible use in mind.
It is ideal as a home for smaller families with an excellent separation of areas, or as a home with office areas, or as a home with great spaces for visitors to come and stay without interrupting your everyday way of life, or as a home for another generation to share with you.
The top floor master suite consists of a large bedroom with a balcony, dressing room, bathroom plus a study or sitting room. The views are magical, and the sun and light wonderfully dappled.
The entry level has a main foyer which provides peeps of the rooms and views beyond. The kitchen adjoins the family sitting room, which has windows on three sides and decks to the north. There is great sun, light and for the winter months a central gas fireplace. There are also two other rooms that can be used as a dining room or another sitting room plus study or office. These rooms could also be used as work-from-home spaces. Another bathroom, laundry and double garage complete the service areas on this level.
Below, there is another living room or library, two more bedrooms, another study plus two bathrooms.
The quality of the build is evident everywhere you look - brick and copper cladding, copper spouting and downpipes, wooden joinery and shutters.
But what this home is really all about is the sheer peace, tranquillity and calm that the architecture, in harmony with the environment, has created.
We have never before experienced anything like it.