A 1930’s house is re-imagined, balancing vintage details with contemporary notes and a dreamy spill to magical gardens. Multitudinous, original timber windows welcome moving, changing light, varying sight lines, and connections to the lushness of the curated landscape. Delivering three bedrooms and multiple social spaces, the home feels ready for relaxed family life, sophisticated hosting, and easy celebrations and all within a heritage sense of refinement, sunlight and nature.
The quiet loop street is famed for its circular connectivity, central tennis club and historical garden city significance. Despite the otherworldly enchantment, the home is underpinned by the quite, dynamic, and well-connected urban lifestyle – it is an easy stroll to Glebe Park, the Lonsdale hub, and the CBD.
Textured render, architectural flourishes, and terracotta tiled roof coalesce with flowering camellias, weeping blossom, rhododendron, azalea, magnolia, endless ground covers. Entry is via garden paths that usher to a classic shady portico. There is also a private driveway that connects to a freestanding garage set deep within the corner block.
A welcoming foyer opens via elegant French doors into the roomy front living area where the original fireplace has been retained as a focal point. A sunroom or home office sits within the north-east corner and is visited by golden light. Marbled ceramic floors flow underfoot, and there is a feast of period details – picture rails, decorative high ceilings, timber sash windows – lending a rarified ambience.
The kitchen is a study in tranquility and utility as walls of glass frame the garden, and light falls across the texture of granite worktops. There are banks of white drawers and cupboards, and the clever inclusion of both a corner and open Butler’s pantry. The appliances are from Miele, and the combined cooking and dining space is all informed by a visual and physical connection to trees, deck, and sunken reflection pool.
A sequestered master haven seems to float within the garden, as walls of glass forge an effortless dialogue between outside and in. There is a walk-in robe with seamless cabinetry and an elegant ensuite bathroom. There are two additional bedrooms, one with built-in robe and the charm of windows crowded with flowering camellias. The family bathroom has a feeling of secret remove, and both bathrooms deliver heated flooring, generous stone-topped vanities, and luxurious rain showers.
A cosy second living area or TV room adds another flexible dimension to the home and is perfect for movie nights, private escape, or a place for the kids to hang while you entertain. Think sophisticated dinner parties spilling joyfully deck side, where champagne can be enjoyed beneath the reaching arms of an old-growth tree. One imagines garden tours or private moments stolen within the layered gardens that story and envelope the property.
features.
.beautifully renovated 1930’s cottage in heritage Reid
.three bedrooms, two bathrooms, three social spaces and a home office
.coveted locale – circular loop street, central tennis club, garden city design
.edging the CBD, Ainslie and Braddon
.story book form – peaked rooftop, rough rendered double brick walls, timber framed windows, classic portico
.lush corner block, stunning gardens with a myriad of beautiful trees, hedges, shrubs and ground covers
.meandering garden paths
.private driveway ushering to a freestanding double garage
.fusion of old and new with preserved vintage details – high ceilings with baton work, picture rails, original door handles and light switches
.welcoming foyer
.French doors opening into a peaceful living area with original fireplace
.open flow into a north-easterly sunroom or home office
.expansive modern kitchen combined dining area with glass doors opening to the deck and rear garden
.granite worktops, banks of drawers and cabinets, step-in-corner pantry, open Butler’s scullery, quality appliances from Miele including an induction cooktop and dishwasher
.deck with sunken reflecting pond
.second living or sitting area/TV room
.both living areas with Bose ceiling speakers
.master bedroom with north facing connection to the deck and garden, walk-in-robe and ensuite with heated floors
.two additional bedrooms (one with built-in-robe) and garden views
.family bathroom with bathtub and heated floors
.hallway with wall of in-built storage cabinets
.linen cupboard
.internal laundry with great storage
.combo of ceramic floors and carpet
.ducted gas heating
.water tank
.1.2 kms to Lonsdale Street, Braddon
.2.8 kms to Ainslie Shops
.1 km to the Canberra Centre
FINE DETAILS (all approximate):
Land size: 1081 m2
Living size: 176 m2 (approx.)
EER: 0.5
Build year: 1926
Rates: $10,021.72 pa
UV: $1,620,000 (2026)
Rental Opinion: $1000 to $1100.00 per week
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21 Dirrawan Gardens
Reid
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