12-14 John Street

Fitzroy VIC 3065

MAGNIFICENT MULTI-ZONED LIVING
Designed by leading architect Nicholas Murray, this exceptionally spacious residence offers energy-efficient executive living with maximum privacy and security, just minutes from Brunswick Street and the Carlton Gardens. With a 10-metre frontage finished in textured and sculpted metals, the house makes a striking design statement in accord with the areas industrial heritage. An outsize pivot door opens to a broad entrance gallery, opening on one side to an internal-entry garage, and on the other to a guest bedroom, fitted study and an elegant matte-tiled bathroom. The front section of the house opens out into a superbly proportioned entertaining space focussed on a northerly C-shaped terrace, virtually an additional living room. Raised above the light-filled living and dining room -- which features urban sculpture hydronic heating and jet-diffused cooling units -- is the state-of-the art kitchen, fitted with stainless steel benchtops, dual Miele ovens, soft-glide storage drawers and a butlers pantry. A huge Caesarstone island bench doubles as an informal dining area. Northerly light is enhanced by a pebbled light court opening from the kitchen. To the rear, a second internal-entry garage and storage space has a mini-gym to one side.
Upstairs, a wide gallery with stunning views over Fitzroy separates two sleeping and living zones. A door to the front leads to a stylish family bathroom with separate bath and shower, and two large bedrooms with angled windows to safeguard privacy. Running from the gallery is a large laundry/utility room, and a walk-in linen press. To the eastern end of the house a light-filled parents retreat opens to a timber balcony; the adjoining main bedroom, with an angled blonde-plywood ceiling, is separated by the bedhead wall from a dressing room with 9 linear metres of wardrobe space. To one end is an ensuite bathroom, finished to complement the other two bathrooms.