79 Illawarra Road

Hawthorn VIC 3122

Natural north light is a carefully considered constant throughout the beautifully curated spaces of this architect designed and enhanced family residence in the prestigious Scotch Hill precinct. Surrounded by lush professionally landscaped gardens with a swimming pool oasis, this extensive and versatile double brick four bedroom and study home is a sustainable, solar-powered and double-glazed sanctuary where warm natural tones and textures merge with sophisticated style and high-end quality appointments.

Original bagged render walls and hardwood floorboards extend through the open-planned, passive solar design where the ground-floor layout is launched by a large living area with a roaring open fireplace linked by a wide passageway to a spacious dining area with a bar and sliding door to a tranquil water-feature garden. By the entrance is a powder room before a stunning gourmet stone kitchen fitted with European stainless-steel appliances, copious soft-close storage and a breakfast bench.

Overlooking the private garden, a light-filled family/meals area with dual sliding doors opens to a north-side entertainment terrace while also flowing from a glazed threshold with internal brickwork to a brilliant lower-level bedroom or studio/office from Studio V Architecture. Fluted glass doors seal off the space that includes built-in robes, designer ensuite, a heated porcelain-tiled floor and wide stacker doors to the garden, and also leads to a remote-control sky-lit garage.