Proudly presenting… ‘Carinya’, one of Hobart’s most beautiful and stately federation-era homes. Also going by the moniker of ‘Random House’, the residence occupies a palatial 440 square meters of absolute luxury and genuine heritage value while also commanding centre position on Geilston Bay’s Southern shoreline.

Featuring all the eminence of late-Victorian architecture, the home has been subtly remastered to afford excellent everyday-liveability with a careful focus on maintaining the heritage integrity of a Geilston Bay icon. The grounds of the property slope down to the bay foreshore, accommodating rows of native trees and shrubs that provide an appropriate connection to the local bushland. The driveway and vehicle reception areas draw level with the home’s main entrance, stepping onto the sprawling verandah that displays the ornate timber work and balustrade that you would find so familiar to the Federation style – albeit on a grand scale.

Stepping through the decorative entrance, across the heavy timber threshold, the home opens into a formal lounge and dining space. Straight ahead you have a long central-hallway with large skylights and doorways to various accommodation spaces, one of which is your cavernous master bedroom and an opulent ensuite bathroom. At the farthest end of the hallway, there’s a large games room, powder room, laundry and gymnasium plus access to the opposite side verandah where sun enters through large glass doors and penetrates the length of the hallway of a morning.

Each transition into a new living area passes through wide, glass double-doors. The soaring high ceilings and equally magnificent double-glazed windows combine to fill the interior spaces with a flood of natural light and a feeling of immensity. Wide ranging timber floors pass-by several bay windows along the length of the broad outside verandah. From the formal lounge area, you enter into a room with identical proportions containing the architecturally designed kitchen and sitting area. Your kitchen features towering pantry cupboards, an island bench, breakfast bar, Silestone bench-tops, top-end appliances and a contemporary feel that is perfectly matched to the original dcor.

The downstairs level has been completely rebuilt and is accessed from the central hallway via a spectacular timber staircase. At both the East and West extremities are separate bedrooms, both containing new, fully appointed ensuite bathrooms and walk in wardrobes. Both have independent heating and would be perfect for older kids, extended family or guests you want to impress. The central area has a lounge nook and rumpus space plus a fully self-contained kitchenette, finished in the same colour scheme as the main-galley upstairs.

Just ten minutes drive from the city, major shopping centres and Hobart’s international airport, this fantastic position fronting one of the Derwent’s finest natural harbours is a once-in-a-lifetime lifestyle opportunity. For further information, please forward your enquiries to Ant and the team today and arrange your exclusive chance to view.