Garden House on the park

Featured in Real Living Magazine , MILK Magazine France and voted Newcastles favourite home on House Perve.<br/>Influenced by world travel with a focus on sustainability this cottage has been lovingly renovated in a earthy haute bohemian style by landscape architect and stylist, husband and wife team and redesigned by architect Karen Lambert.<br/>Perched on the edge of Islington Park-Walking/Cycling tracks with direct access to the harbour, beaches and city and conveniently around the corner from coffee shops, inner city brewery, antique stores, artisanal boutiques, retro shops, pubs, restaurants, main bus stops and one of Newcastle's main train stations.<br/><br/>The easy-maintenance front garden is an eclectic blend of plants that has become paradigmatic for renowned garden designer Jasper Lumiere who's iconic gardens you can find scattered across Mereweather and Bar Beach.<br/>Dragon trees, and other exotic species are elegantly mixed with classic romantic flowering plants.<br/><br/>A combination of hand rendered, tiled and plastered white walls throughout create a blank canvas for the solid woods and natural materials featured.<br/>These include reclaimed railway sleepers, antique Indian hardwood doors, carved antique Indian decorative pillars, Corten steel, marble, brass, live edge shelves of Australian silver oak and original hardwood floorboards.<br/><br/>A French armoire, double antique cement sink, reclaimed hardwood details and a little slice of local history in the form antique marble slab from the original Maitland Butchers, sit together to create a sense of warmth and character while remaining spacious in the 'unfitted kitchen'.<br/><br/>You will fall in love with the way the sun creeps through the French doors in the master bedroom in the morning.<br/>And the way Autumn turns the vine that covers the house into shades of rich pinks and reds.<br/><br/>Summer sees the Crepe Myrtles framing the entrance burst into flower and in Spring the deck smells sweeter than words can describe as the scent of Jasmine blossoms fill the air.<br/><br/>Evenings are for soaking in the antique sage green enamel bathtub under the stars with a bottle of champagne. <br/><br/>These are the little things that make this luxe cottage a private paradise.<br/><br/>This quaint house has been recently used as short term letting on Air BNB, the previous occupied months of April & May brought in an average weekly return of $926 & $780.00.<br/>