McDonagh Blake

Pleasurable surprises, both in and around this spacious two storey double brick home, invite you to participate in a life of rich domesticity and upper north shore success. Comprising 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and 3 car accommodation, character, charm and refinement sees the Geoff Dwyer design harmoniously blend Dutch Colonial Revival with French Provincial styling. This is expressed in dormer windows punctuating its gambrel roof and by double French windows, doors and shutters. Dappled light, reminiscent of an Impressionist painting, spills across a private patio, across the timber floors of the formal lounge with its elegant open fire place, while the spacious Sundeck upstairs creates the relaxing holiday feelings, as it surveys the wide and distant views into Ku-ring-gai National Park. The garden is a creation of Gordon Sykes and the interior decor includes ornate pendant light fittings and carefully crafted wallpaper to compliment detailed cornices. Ultimate privacy is achieved by the building being set sympathetically to the topography of its 967.5sqm approx site, with positioning and landscaping maximising northern light, creating leafy vistas from every room and four secret' gardens, each with a fountain. The family room opens onto a shaded breakfast patio and then to the pool with a glorious wisteria covered pergola on one end. The dining room, beside the kitchen, is large and suitably formal. You will adore entertaining from the kitchen which is spacious and airy, overlooks the pool, and serves both the family room and dining room. The concealed internal laundry has a housekeepers nook., The king-sized master bedroom has a WIR and ensuite. The double-sized bedroom opens to a private deck and sandstone garden retreat. It, and the 2 single bedrooms, have built-ins. The undercroft provides 2 car spaces in front of the SLUG (with poolside bathroom adjacent). Included are a marble main bathroom and B2B alarm. Its name, Weatherbury, alludes to the Thomas Hardy novel, and while indeed being situated far from the madding crowd', it is still close enough to city style infrastructure and access to prestigious private schools, to make it the ideal base for you and your children to lead lives filled with success on every level. Walk to local shops at either Hampden Avenue or Eastern Road, and bus or drive about 5-10mins for larger scale shops at Turramurra, St Ives Village or Westfield infrastructure at Hornsby. Sports, golf, tennis, regional recreation parks and waterways abound in the district.