8 Beech Street, Camberwell, Vic 3124

Offered for the first time by its original owners and presented as new, this architecturally designed, double storey family residence is the designer’s own meticulous passion project, highlighting a rare and enduring attention-to-detail as it connects thoughtfully to exquisite Lisa Ellis designed gardens where the vistas change magnificently with the seasons. Like nothing you’ve encountered, this utterly bespoke residence offers four bedrooms, a huge home office and three bathrooms in a coveted family pocket. 

Synthesising a classical design ethic with the best of contemporary living, the home creates an elevated – and yet tastefully muted – street presence, opening to reveal an entrance hall defined by three metre ceilings and with European Oak parquetry flooring in the Petite Versailles pattern. Every detail matters as the home flows to an open-plan rear set under a spectacular 3.3 metre ceiling and where the layers of brilliantly conceived gardens are magically invited indoors to create a true alfresco experience.

Anchored by a faultless gourmet kitchen where Neff ovens are complemented by induction cooking, a gas wok-burner and an integrated Liebherr refrigerator as well as a walk-in pantry and a Shaws farmhouse sink, the home’s vast open-plan is organised around an imposing island of Calacatta Gold Marble. Three sets of concertina doors fold back to dissolve the indoor-outdoor distinction and elevate your home entertaining.

The home also features an ambient lounge room warmed by a marble-set gas log fireplace themed to that in the open-plan, plus there is a huge home office / library with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves and a fully equipped home seven-seat cinema where full acoustics, mood lighting, a 110 inch screen and a Sony projector elevate your family movie nights. Further highlights include an internally accessed double garage, marble vanities in the remaining bathrooms and laundry, as well as a passive solar design that includes a strategic use of skylights and a double-glazed northern aspect with eaves for maximum winter light and welcome summer shade, plus there is 4.5kw/h of solar panels, a security alarm, CCTV and central / zoned reverse cycle heating / air conditioning.

Just metres from Lynden Park, this is a sought-after position in the zone for Camberwell High School and Canterbury Girls secondary College and offering easy access to elite private schools - as well as the CBD - via both the Riversdale Road tram and trains from Hartwell Railway Station, plus you have excellent cafes and local shopping at Hartwell Village and Camberwell Junction is also just down the road.