84 Atherton Street
DownerAuction 11:30am Saturday 27 September

This gorgeous vintage home has been reimagined for modern life, creating a dreamy sequence of light filled spaces, informed by nature. Endless glass and sunshine deliver natural warmth, enhancing both the lived experience and the all important environmental rating. Insulation has been boosted and walls have been removed for convivial open plan living and there is a continuous connection to professionally landscaped gardens that teem with life and colour.

Atherton is a quiet loop street that circles parkland and pre-school, placing you close to both Downer and Watson shops and the treed expanse of Watson Woodlands. Green hedges screen a garden room, where curved Corten steel edges garden beds crowded with beautiful plantings. A large olive tree castes dappled shade and a nearby acacia glows golden yellow. There is a private driveway that ushers to a gated garage that sits deep within the block and charms with its living green walls.

The presence of the house is gentle and welcoming, its light brick form punctuated by attractive expanses of timber framed windows, gifting a peak-a-boo feel into what lies within. There is a broad front veranda shaded by a curtain of green climbers and a handsome teal double front door, which can be opened fully to allow the grace of the garden to inform the interiors.

White walls, light, timber and joy abound as open plan living flows circular and magnificent flowering camelias crowd the windows. There is a lovely transparency at work, generating the delightful feeling of living within the garden. Lounging is arranged beneath the impressive banks of glass, and there is a warming slow combustion fireplace. The dining space sit perfectly adjacent to the kitchen and overlooks the expanse of the private rear gardens.

The kitchen is cute and welcoming with its timber cabinetry and sits just next door to a renovated laundry that drifts to outside. Here alfresco living is celebrated, as a dedicated recycle brick expanse delivers enough space for a large table. There is also an intimate seating nook, romantically placed beneath the bowing shapes of twin camelias. One imagines sitting amongst a sea of flowers taking in the expanse of soft lawns, luxuriating within silence and privacy as the vegetables grow within their netted enclosure.

Light tumbles into the two front facing bedrooms, scattering shade patterns across the beds and floor. Big timber framed windows frame the picture perfect gardens creating quite a special experience. The third bedroom overlooks an avenue of roses and all three bedrooms have built-in-robes for seamless storage. There is the delight of the renovated family bathroom with its floating tub, rain shower and separate toilet. We love the considered finishes – natural hues, large format tiling and contrasting white walls.

Underpinning it all is the city lifestyle…stroll to the local for live music, enjoy sociable trivia nights, fab flea markets at Gang Gang or grab great coffee, dine alfresco. Or walk to the much-loved Watson shops for a bite to eat and Lola and Lola. Explore the vibrant Braddon scene or head to the Dickson precinct for essential services, shopping and international cuisine. The home is handy to Burn and Tardent Street Playgrounds and it is not far to Watson Micro-Forest and the walking trails of Mt Ainslie. The home is also handy to schools and transport, including the light rail, whisking you straight to the CBD.

.features list
.gorgeous three-bedroom home in the heart of the coveted inner-north
.thoughtful and adaptively renovated, generating a vintage home with an impressive environmental rating
.insulated walls, ceiling and underfloor
.nestled within professionally landscaped gardens
.charming brick form, peaked terracotta roof, generous front veranda
.circular flowing living, dining, and kitchen
.hardwood timber floors
.RC split system and slow combustion fireplace
.bank of timber framed window within the living area capturing light and garden views
.dining area with big windows framing flowering camelias
.kitchen with warm timber cabinetry, electric oven, gas hob, rangehood and dishwasher from Miele
.three bedrooms, all with built-in-robes
.renovated family bathroom with freestanding bathtub and rain shower
.renovated separate toilet
.renovated internal laundry opening to rear garden
.ducted gas heating
.top down cellular blinds to living area and two bedrooms
.recycled brick alfresco area for dining and relaxing
.dedicated firepit area
.soft lawn and netted vegetable garden with raised beds
.auto-irrigation to lawn, front and back garden and vegetable beds
.private driveway ushering to a gated garage greened with vines
.ideally located close to playgrounds, pre-school and woodlands
.handy to both Watson and Downer shops and the famous Gang Gang Café and Bar
.moments from the bustling Dickson and Braddon precincts
.close to transport including the light rail and stone’s throw from the CBD and ANU

fine details (all approximately)
.eer 3.5
.living size 108m2
.land size 694m2
.uv $817,000
.rates $4,446 p/a
.build date 1962