33sqs of Low-Maintenance High Design

Curvaceous, cutting-edge and cleverly courtyard-wrapping, this is the benchmark in high-impact low-maintenance design. The latest project from Maurie Novak Architecture, this breathtaking 4 bed, 4 bath, multi-suite home offers 33sqs of ground-breaking design across an expansive triple-zone floorplan.

Revolving around a central courtyard and rising over two levels with lift access plus formal, casual and first-floor living zones anchored by a floating ‘fishbone’ stairway, this innovative multi-suite design provides a bathroom for every bedroom (three are private ensuites), a vast master-domain (with walk-in robe and dual vanity ensuite), and a clever ground-floor guest-room with its own bathroom.

Built on a spectacular scale, the home has ceilings hitting 3m heights, soaring skylights catching blue-sky views, and walls of double-height steel-edged glazing wrapping courtyard space. Detailed with monumental bespoke cabinetry including a marble-wrapped dining-bench for the Miele kitchen, the interior design layers Super White marble benchtops (and splashback) on icy kitchen cabinetry, adds wall-hung timber veneer joinery to every fully-tiled bathroom, and mixes the latest chevron oak parquetry with textured carpets.

Designed for a seamless flow inside to out with internal media cabinetry morphing into bench-seating beyond the wall of glass, and a vast panel of brickwork following the flow, the home is appointed with high-capacity climate control, an alarm plus video intercom, solar panels, auto-watering and vast storage including built-in and walk-in-robes.

Set in a creatively lit landscape of soft ferns and sculptural trees, there’s space to entertain in the sun-filled north-facing al fresco zone, a spot to reflect in the central atrium, and a dramatic entry landscape between the bold black-metal auto-gates and the softly curving cedar-door of the oversize auto-garage.

Just four blocks to Princes Park (with a walk past Glick’s and great coffee), this high-impact home enjoys a high amenity location – just 75m to the Hawthorn Rd tram, a walk to Wesley College and an easy journey to the CBD from nearby Elsternwick station.