Set in the heart of Avoca’s coveted beachside bowl’, this executive styled residence showcases style and class and ticks all the boxes. It’s north-facing. It’s close to the beach. New and architecturally-designed by Max Thitchener Design Services, it exudes lifestyle.

The beachside feel begins outside with low-maintenance coastal gardens, sandstone walls and an outdoor shower hidden by a staggered wooden post fence. The shower’s posts have towel and wetsuit hooks and it’s handily next to a surf-gear shed, reflecting this property’s trademark coupling of convenience with panache.

Enter the home’s light-filled foyer and radiant northern sun streams through windows soaring two-storeys high. White-stained American-red-oak floors are underfoot. Blackbutt wood stairs recycled from the late 1800s line a steel skeleton staircase. Look up, and spiralling through space, is a 2.8m wooden laser-cut bell-shaped light-fitting.

Ascend the stairs, and white-washed oak flooring continues in the open plan living area. A timber balustrade screen forms one wall, glass doors fold back on another wall, discreetly stacking on the outside of the building. An angled skillion ceiling soars northwards and is topped with a row of light-streaming windows. Included is a move-in-tomorrow-hassle-free pre-cabled entertainment unit complete with DVD, television and a quality surround-sound system (downstairs living areas has similar).

At the rear of the living area is a drift-wood inspired kitchen. It has everything a gourmet entertainer could want. Bosch appliances with two ovens for large numbers – stainless steel and Smartstone kitchen benchtops, matte polyurethane joinery and wall-mounted wood-veneer cupboards. Taps include instant boiling water and chilled water. A recess for toasters and appliances is neatly out of sight. A stunning new double-fridge in stainless steel is included.

Louvred glass walls allow breezes through the living room, and the rear leads to the backyard’s large deck with built-in seating, adjacent to a screened-off laundry area (Bosch drier and washer included) with internal access.

Upstairs has three large bedrooms with beach-inspired Cavalier Bremworth wool carpet, and built-in wardrobes, while the main bedroom has a walk-in wardrobe, ensuite, flat-screen television and DVD player, and a verandah with smoked-glassed screening.

Downstairs has two large bedrooms, a separate entrance, kitchenette, bathroom and living area. It could be used by family, friends or teenagers, or as a completely separate flat. It has a sublime sun-catching patio-come-courtyard off one bedroom, and a privacy fence with blackbutt posts for screening. The larger-than-usual double garage has space for a surfboard shed’, tool shed or home office.

Reflecting strong local knowledge by the owners and designer Max Thitchener of North Avoca, the house capitalises on the popularity of this tightly-held, convenient and sunny locale. Winter sun enters the home at 7am and streams through windows most of the day, heating is rarely needed. But in summer the sun pops up from the headland later in the day and passes over the roof rather than in front of the windows, contributing to a cooler home, which also utilises prevailing nor-east cross-breezes. It is just over a 200m walk to the rockpool-end of the beach, across the road from a large oval-style park and set in the quiet end-loop of Avoca Drive.

Neatly addressing the needs of either weekenders or busy permanent residents, this home is for those seeking a life in the sun.

Built-In Wardrobes,Close to Schools,Close to Shops,Close to Transport,Garden