11 Rouen StreetHampton

With a period-perfect streetscape out front, endless poolside north sun behind, and an impeccable architect-designed renovation in-between, this is the complete Californian Bungalow package in one of Melbourne's most prized period precincts. North-side of a tightly-held virtual cul-de-sac, this benchmark three bedroom plus office, 2.5 bathroom, dual zone home transitions seamlessly from gracious original rooms (including a beautiful bay-windowed library-lounge and plush master-suite), to a lofty vaulted-ceilinged family zone...and on through a wall of bi-folds to entertainers’ decking in deep north-facing pool gardens. A showcase of state-of-the-art design with a massive stone island fronting the streamlined Smeg appliance kitchen (lit by a widespread window splashback) and a bespoke butler’s pantry (beyond the integrated fridge), the home makes bold design statements at every turn. Deep natural marble extends from benchtops in the main bathroom to a monumental fireplace-hearth, designer lighting shines on the latest lightest satin-polished hardwood floors, and luxe bathrooms include a 5 Star ensuite. Centrally heated, reverse-cycle air-conditioned, and secured by an alarm and four-camera CCTV, there’s every contemporary practicality from a skylit work-at-home office, to tall built-in robes ...and all the expected period beauty including an impressively arched brick fireplace. Set in approx 710sqm northerly rear grounds with a breathtaking deep-blue pool and spa, it’s all been considered, and added, here; from dual (gas and solar) heating plus in-floor cleaning for the pool, to 4000L water-storage, to bollard-seating recycled from the Mordialloc pier for the gas-plumbed BBQ area, to two-carspaces including a carport. With the cafes of Hampton St at one end of the street, the playing-fields of Haileybury at the other, and stations, the Brighton schools and beaches in reach, this period-perfect home even comes the perfect Bayside location – outside the newly defined Major Activity and Development Zone and at the heart of Melbourne’s most intact, and significant, post-WWI period home precinct. For more information about this benchmark Californian Bungalow contact Scott Hamilton at Buxton Sandringham