Phill Broom – 1300 200 100

First-home buyers and downsizers, rejoice! It is not only possible to secure a quality, feature-packed home at an entry-level price just 9km from the CBD – it is possible to secure it all with verve and character too.

Solid offerings like this three-bedroom + pool private oasis in a quiet Chapel Hill street are as rare as the proverbial. At such an affordable price, they are simply gold.

The contemporary air of this inviting home belies its 1970s origins. Polished hardwood floors, nouveau fittings and a refreshing indoors-outdoors ambience add a modern twist to established bones.

The young owners of this enviably elevated property enjoy almost every meal on their large private patio, complete with built-in six-burner gas BBQ, wood-fired heating, ambient water feature and views across either the 10m saltwater pool at the front or the tidy landscaped lawn and reading dell at the rear. Large cedar bi-folds seamlessly unite the outdoors with the inner hub of the home.

Privacy is priceless and here it’s afforded by full rear fencing and frontal green screening via tall gums and colour-rich bougainvillea. It means that every indoors room – including a good sized kitchen, three built-in bedrooms, modern bathroom and functional living space – can stay blissfully open and light-filled at all times of the day.

Truly, this may well be the perfect union of quality and affordability.

Additional features:

Storage-packed kitchen with cute retro floor tiles, Chef stovetop and Simpson oven

Quality window fittings throughout: aluminium louvres in living areas and blockout roman blinds in bedrooms

Ceiling fans in beds and reverse-cycle air-con in living

Double LUG

Low-maintenance elevated 655m2 block

Security screens