A thoughtful renovation by MCJ Design architects and evocative landscaping harmonise the past and the present, creating a continuous and lasting story. Floor-up timber framed, double glazed windows keep family life in touch with the natural world and the subtle materiality echoes the soothing qualities of the nearby bushland. The gentle unfolding narrative of this four (or five) bedder elevates the everyday, imbuing life with a sense of balance, a felt experience of ebb and flow.
The story begins on a quiet crescent, moments from Haig Park and all the enticements of O’Connor Shops. You can walk beneath the ancient pines all the way to Braddon or follow the bike trails to the CBD. The ANU is within arm’s reach and there is a dream surrounding of age-old street trees, vintage homes, striking new builds. It is an easy stroll to O’Connor Ridge Nature Park, with its wide paths that travel beneath a forest of Eucalypts.
Clipped hedging screens the home, which is further privatised my mature leafy trees. One travels through the garden, across neatly laid red brick paving, past installations of Corten Steel. A sheltered deck floats within a leafy courtyard, framing the front door. This wonderful feeling of seclusion continues within, as a surrounding of high green walls allow the whole home to openly embrace light and air.
It is hard to tell where the original cottage begins or ends, the home seamlessly pushed outward and into the garden at both ends. The central hub is an airy affair, combining cooking, dining and living with multiple doors that connect to the garden and a second internal courtyard filled with ferns. There is also a graceful second living area, the original open fireplace retained, in a gesture to the past. Bespoke joinery informs every room, allowing life to unfold without clutter so the elegant materiality and the feeling of endless space can take centre stage.
Ceramic, marble and stone contribute to the quiet luxury…speckled greys, moody blacks, dramatic veining, think eggshell, ash, lightening across a dark sky. Pops of warm timber add a gentle warmth, perfectly complementing the hardwood floors, the endless timber windows.
The master wing is oh so roomy and secluded, with floor-up windows framing mature Japanese maples. The three additional rooms are over-sized and all the bedrooms have wonderful bespoke storage. There is an ensuite to the master with bathtub and a large family bathroom, heated flooring and an elegant laundry.
The garden story continues to the rear of the home…linear red brick walls and garden beds acting like directional threads, pulling you along, across the soft lawn to a north-easterly, alfresco deck that connects straight to the kitchen via a servery window. A productive lemon tree partly crowds the window and a wall of bamboo is contained in patinaed edging. Native grasses, natural rock beds, magnolias and magnificent tree ferns complete the effortless backyard ecology, illuminated by thoughtfully placed ambient lighting which casts a gentle glow in the evenings
.features
.beautifully renovated and extended four (or five) bedroom, red brick cottage in leafy Turner by MCJ Design architects
.unbeatable Inner North location in one of the first rings of houses close to the city with only two owners in the last 30 years
.hardwood timber floors
.high ceilings and custom joinery
.architecturally designed front deck and entrace
.NE facing open plan kitchen, dining and living area with gas log fire
.separate formal lounge with floating console and shelving
.kitchen with marble bench and splashback, stainless steel worktops, electric oven, gas hob, plate warmer, Qasair rangehood
.wall of kitchen storage
.generous master bedroom with built-in-storage at both ends
.ensuite bathroom with bathtub
.double sized second bedroom with built-in-robe, desk and bench seat
.bedrooms three and four with built-in-robes
.main bathroom combined laundry with underfloor heating
.double glazed cedar windows
.skylights with volets/electronic covers
.solar array 6.48kw SolarEdge, battery-ready PV system
.sound proofed internal walls
.alarm system
.dual heating and cooling
.gas fireplace
.additional original fireplace
.gardens landscaped by Harris Hobbs with established plantings, including magnolias, gardenia, Japanese maples, camelia, star jasmine, natives, lemon tree
.full smart, wifi-controlled irrigation system
.custom brick raised vegetable and herb bed
.Corten steel edging and feature walls
.single garage with remote access
.additional off-street parking
.Minutes walk to O’Connor shops and local favs -the Duxton and the RUC
.close to tennis courts, ANU gym facilities, Polish club, Black Mountain
.3.5 kms to the CBD
FINE DETAILS (all approximate):
Land size: 920 m2
House size: 249.50m2 (approx.)
Garage size: 35m2
EER: 2.0
Rates: $7,731.36 pa
Land tax: $16,663.00 pa (investors only)
UV: $1,370,000 (2025)
Rental Opinion: $1300 to $1400 pw
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5 Hale Crescent
Turner
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