Auction Location: on site

Parkland fronted properties are tightly held globally and this freestanding Torrens Title mid-century modern home with two street frontages in the heart of prestigious North Adelaide is therefore a rare offering indeed!

Around the corner from the popular Kentish Arms boutique hotel and within walking distance to Melbourne Street, Adelaide University and the Adelaide Oval, it was purchased by the current owner just under a decade ago because it enabled him to accommodate adult children who lived in London and Paris when they visited in a separate apartment at the rear of the home with its own street address of 16 Francis Street East.

When he moved overseas after renovating the front part of the home, he rented out both properties for several years, most recently earning a total of $1450 a week.

Both tenancies have ended and the walls have been repainted and new floorboards and new carpets laid earlier this month to welcome new owners.

There are currently three bedrooms, three living rooms and three bathrooms in a versatile layout that work for a single family, downsizers, a multi generational family who wants a little more space or as an owner occupant with an income earning asset at the rear of the property or perhaps a home office or a mixture of the lot.

Video front gate access with remote control panels on both levels, provides security and the very private north facing front courtyard is a gorgeous place to entertain friends or relax and listen to the birdlife in the beautiful natural parklands directly outside the front gate. Fragrant jasmine and a large fruiting lemon tree and magnolia bushes are among the plantings.

The Kingston Terrace horse bridle track runs past and being in a quiet no-through section of Kingston Terrace, there is little traffic to interrupt the sounds of nature.

Two large north facing floor to ceiling picture windows in the living room overlook the front courtyard and the borrowed backdrop of majestic parkland trees.

The room features beautiful original timber floorboards and an electric fireplace and while the current owner carefully covered the original exposed mid-century brick walls with gyprock, it would be possible for a mid-century modern lover to uncover the brick features that are in pristine condition beneath.

Overlooking the front living room is a stunning kitchen with gleaming two-pack joinery, Caesarstone benchtops, under bench lighting and Miele appliances.

The kitchen opens to a second alfresco area that also leads via French doors to a conservatory style second living room that could be turned into a glorious ground level bedroom and is adjacent to an immaculate bathroom with a frameless shower and vanity unit.

The front staircase leads up-to two bedrooms and a bathroom. There were originally three bedrooms but as the wife of the current owner was a newspaper and magazine fashion editor and she had the room converted into a fitted dressing room. It could be converted back if another bedroom or study was required.

The front two bedrooms have window walls of north facing light and doors that provide access to a north facing balcony that runs across the entire width of the home and overlooks the parklands. Just the spot, I have been told, for an aperitif in the late afternoon.

A second staircase at the rear of the home leads outside to a third courtyard that opens onto Francis Street East and also leads upstairs to a separate apartment with another kitchen, living room, bedroom and bathroom.

There is a small balcony opening from the dining area. The living space has new floorboards and the bedroom includes a wall of wardrobes.

There is also a double side by side garage at the rear of the house facing Francis Street with automatic remote controlled doors. Access from the garage leads directly into the entrance foyer near the back apartment as well as access via sliding doors into the middle courtyard of the Kingston Terrace facing property.

Other valuable features include a monitored security system, ducted reverse cycle air-conditioning throughout the Kingston Terrace home and a split system in the rear apartment. There is an automatic watering system that services the front courtyard and there are drippers to service pots in the central and rear courtyards. Separate hot water services and meters mean the properties can be run separately and everyone gets a hot shower.

Offering such a versatile layout and with such potential in a highly sought after location, I look forward to showing you through this fabulous property in the near future.

AUCTION: Tuesday, 12th December at 6pm, on site (USP)

CT: Volume 5274 Folio 775
Council: City of Adelaide
Council Rates: $3,083.75 per annum (approx)
Water Rates: $312.13 per quarter (approx)
Year Built: 1979 (approx)

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