554 Balcombe Road

Black Rock VIC 3193

A home of rare integrity with architect-design by Bruce Dawe and gardens by Linton La Fontaine, this four bedroom, two bathroom home is a design purist's dream in the beachside location of your dreams. Blurring the boundaries between inside and out with walls of glass and 'silver-birch forest' vistas, this uncompromising home uses changing floor and ceiling level to define living spaces, 'garden rooms' to enhance entertaining and exceptional architectural detailing to draw the eye at every turn.
With cantilevered canopies front and rear (one for a spectacular stone-walled entry, the other above a seamless al fresco area), the property faces north with principal living beneath a 'light-box' roofline and a kitchen-casual zone beside the fully-tiled heated 12.5m solar-heated lap-pool while, above, a breath-taking first-floor lounge extends the outlook to bay-horizon glimpses and an untouchable bay-view down Central Ave. Designed for family harmony with a spectacular ground-floor master domain (comprising window-walled bedroom, robed dressing area and elite ensuite around a central courtyard), the home zones kids' quarters on the first-floor and places a double -auto-garage with workshop beneath the roofline.
Detailed to an exceptional standard with American Oak and Stone benchtops for the Miele kitchen and bespoke Emporite and Oak cabinetry throughout, the home is exquisitely finished with pure wool carpets and 30mm Blackbutt flooring, Silent Gliss blinds, Bose surround-sound (inside, outside, upstairs and down) and a gas-log-fireplace on a massive 'floating' indoor-outdoor hearth.