At just over five years old, boasting 387m2 of quality open plan living and sitting on 600m2 of prime Wishart land, this designer residence is sure to impress.
Quietly tucked away in an exclusive upmarket enclave overlooking community lawns and lush tree canopies, this true entertainer offers an abundance of a natural light, welcoming warmth to fulfil the dream of an indulgent family lifestyle, just 15 to 20 minutes from Brisbane’s CBD.
For the ultimate in educational convenience in a popular family friendly neighbourhood, there is an excellent choice of highly regarded public schools including Mansfield State High School catchment and well respected private schools including Brisbane Adventist Primary and Secondary College and St Catherine’s Catholic Primary just metres away.
As you arrive at the home, you can instantly see the quality, size and true craftsmanship that has gone into this home to create something truly special.
The lower level offers an abundance of open plan living that has been designed to allow for the largest of families or those who just love to entertain. The formal entry is the perfect meeting place and offers just a glimpse of the rest of the home.
With two main living zones on offer, the formal lounge is located at the front of the home and has a great outlook over the front landscaped garden. Offering a number of different configurations, it is currently used as a parents retreat as well as a home office zone.
Moving through to the back of the home and this is where things get interesting! The high end kitchen offers an amazing space and really forms the heart of the home. With quality appliances, stone benchtops, oversized island bench and the butler’s pantry, it has been perfectly positioned for both entertaining on the larger scale as well as preparing the family meals.
The main open plan living zone has to be seen to be appreciated, with walls of glass, allowing the natural light in, the connection to the covered outdoor entertainment area is flawless. With ample room for the largest of dining settings as well as a more relaxed lounge area, it is easy to see why so much time is spent in this area off the home.
With a fully equipped media room, would also make a perfect guest suite, on offer the setup is perfect! With a 7.1 sound speaker system which has been installed in the ceiling and walls, The cabling for external speaker are all managed from the media room, there are four speakers outside, two under the alfresco and two pointing out to the pool. The projector is a 1080p Epson projector which points to a 110inch projection screen.
The covered outdoor alfresco zone has created a perfect setting, with the seamless transition from indoor to the outdoor lifestyle which is so often sought after in sunny Queensland. Like the rest of the home, the proportions on offer are great! With room for an outdoor kitchen, the current barbecue set up also offers direct gas connections from the homes LPG gas bottles, this is all overlooking the homes designer pool which has an ideal bushland back drop setting. With wrap around decking, room for the sunbed at the end and it does not stop there.
The fresh water ionised pool is powered by the best pool pump on the market. It’s variable speed can run the pool with as little as 300 watts of power per hour and can run both the water feature and solar pool heating using only 800 watts of power per hour. The pump is controlled by Zodiac Aqualink computerized system. This system provides full control of your pool and automates the season changes over for the solar heating, the waterfall, lights and garden lights. You can remotely control your pool using the Zodiac app which is available on iOS and android. You can fully program your new pool to or turn on and off components remotely. The added benefits of a freshwater pool is that the Ioniser uses substantially less power than a salt water pool, it is asthma friendly, you don’t get any salt corrosion, the chemical usage is a minimum as well as the superior feeling by swimming in fresh water.
With water tanks, private side yard with direct drive through access through the garage and fully established gardens which offer a great privacy screening. All that and that was just the entry level!
Moving to the main living quarters on the upper level and the first thing that grabs your attention is the teenage retreat. With so many people looking for additional livings spaces and great separation, this is one of the few homes that has this covered for you.
With a total of five bedrooms on this level, we have the space you have been looking for. With four of these bedrooms all offering double built-in wardrobes, the main bathroom is perfectly positioned in the centre to be easily accessed by not just the bedrooms but also the teen retreat.
The master suite is breathtaking, with a designer oversized ensuite, walk-through wardrobe with his and hers options and a feature bedhead wall.
Other Important Details:
The house is wired with CAT 6 network cabling which provides gigabit Ethernet (1000Mb) throughout the house – most houses only cable with CAT 5 cabling which only has a transfer rate of 100Mb (most homes are not even cabled). The wiring has been wired to cater for the ‘Internet of Things’ – a concept where all things will eventually be connected, controlled and maintained while attached to the internet. So air-conditioners can be controlled remotely, dishwashers can be diagnosed, fixed and updated remotely, fridges can be attached to the internet and tell you when you need to buy food or order for you. With points outside for the air-conditioner, under the sink for the dishwasher and behind the fridge for the fridge. This is all wired to a patch panel under the stairs and distributed via a switch.
Under the stairs is a patch panel for the phone patch panel and the TV signal distribution system, there are phone point upstairs and downstairs and TV points in the master bedroom, upstairs living area, media room, family room, front living area and the alfresco.
With over $45,000 worth of wiring and cabling throughout the house, this includes all the lights, 56 down-lights all with LED globes, a remote control light switch in the media room which can dim, sensor lights in the walk-in pantry and front entrance, double and triple switching of common lights in the house.
All televisions have the capability of being hung on the wall without wires hanging down the wall with all cabling in the walls for HDMI, Component, network installed.
- There is a barbecue gas fitting where you can attached the barbecue directly to the main house LPG gas bottles.
- The hot water system is a 200 litre gas Rheem system.
- There is a 3kW solar system on the roof (2 x 1.5kW installations).
- There is a Zip refrigerated filtered cold water system under the sink and behind the fridge is the tap to attach the fridge to water.
- A hills ducted vacuum system and ducted air-conditioning throughout with a sweep spot in the kitchen.
- The garage doors open to 2.4 m which is well above standard height.
-The house has a six star energy rating with double insulation in the roof and insulation to all external walls and the ground floor wood frame is termite treated with a Granite Guard termite barrier.
- The back garden is turfed with Lush Astro turf which has been pet proofed.
- The house has a smart alarm system which can instruct you by voice on how to set it up. It comes with two remote controls which also open the garage doors.
- Front door intercom/camera system.
- Ceiling fans to all bedrooms and Fanaway fan.
- External roll blinds to the alfresco area.
- 5000 litre water tank with super quiet pump which is plumbed to the washing machine and all internal toilets and the back yard hose.
- All circuits have safety switches and the whole house has surge protection.
- The shed is 6x3metre with light and power.
THE LOCATION
Never far from anything, Wishart is just thirteen kilometres south-east of the CBD. Excellent public transport and access to schools, shops and entertainment facilities are the locations key attractions. Nearby council parklands are perfect settings for families with picnic and barbeque facilities, cycle ways, riverside walks and resident wildlife.
As well as being just 15-20 minutes from the heart of the city, there is easy access to the South East freeway and the Gateway Motorway to the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast, while all the aquatic activities of Moreton Bay are a short drive east.
The dedicated Brisbane City Council busway provides direct and speedy public transport access to the CBD making it a convenient living location for city commuters.
Educational facilities offered to local residents include the highly regarded Adventist College, junior and senior, St Catherine’s Catholic Primary and Wishart Primary School. Also within reach are schools in neighbouring suburbs such as Mansfield Primary School, Mt Gravatt High School, Mt Gravatt East Primary School, Christian Outreach College, Clairveaux MacKillop Catholic College and St Agnes Catholic Primary School. Residents are also close to Griffith University and the campuses of Moreton and Mt Gravatt East TAFE.
Local shops are just minutes away complemented by major retail centres located at Westfield Garden City Shopping Centre and Westfield Carindale Shopping Centre.
This is a once in a lifetime opportunity, call to secure your inspection today!
Executive entertainer
Open plan designer living
Freshwater pool
Private and secluded position
Mansfield State High School catchment
Fully fenced 600m2 block