FEATURE LISTING: Luxury Unley villa has it all

Pharmaceutical specialist Bronwyn Perry and electronics engineer Jeremy Hamlyn bought the property at 6 Maud Avenue, Unley nearly twenty years in the past.

The couple was quickly to be married and had been desirous to make it their excellent household dwelling. The home provided one thing particular – a superbly maintained sandstone facade with a well-planned extension and an enormous backyard.

Once they first moved in, Bronwyn and Jeremy thought the traditional-style yard with its iceberg roses and field hedges was stunning, however not practical. Thus, their first renovation started.

“We fully modified the again backyard, including a pool and pool pavilion in addition to the underground water tank which holds a major 77,000 litres,” Bronwyn says.

“We eliminated the normal door and home windows on the again of the house and created a portico with bi-fold doorways to herald the gorgeous northern facet.”

The subsequent stage of the renovation noticed the kitchen and eating space remodeled. Bronwyn says the extension was structurally incredible with its maintained ceiling top and optimum house, however the couple needed to improve the open-plan.

“We turned the laundry right into a butler’s pantry and redid the again wall once more – altering the bi-fold doorways into totally retractable glass doorways that open the home completely to the yard.”

The residing house now boasts a big kitchen with modern, stone benchtops and a big breakfast bar, the indoor eating house and a residing space earlier than a comfortable fire – all complemented with heat timber accents.

The portico enhances this space, providing a second eating house, lounge space and hearth with nearer entry to the weather.

The ultimate renovation noticed the entrance of the house up to date with fashionable loos, heritage restorations and the addition of a comfortable cinema room.

Bronwyn says they had been aware of sustaining the heritage parts of the house when updating the hallway specifically.

“In the midst of the corridor was a door with leadlight in it, so we recreated pillars much like the primary one to keep up consistency within the design,” she says.

“So, the primary pillar is an unique and the others are replicas. After we had been doing the renovations, we noticed that the primary pillar has a date inscribed on it – 1913 – so we all know the house is strictly 110 years previous.”

Alongside the water tank, Bronwyn and Jeremy have lined the roof with photo voltaic panels and put in a Tesla battery to make the home as sustainable as potential.

“It’s about being a luxurious home – not about being an inexpensive home to run,” Jeremy says. “It was primarily an experiment of mine to show you can have a really good home that doesn’t want any electrical energy or water from the mains and has a near-zero footprint.

“We generate extra electrical energy than we use and we use solely a tiny quantity of fuel as a secondary requirement to our scorching water system, which is related to the mains, however runs completely off the water tank until there was a significant drought.”

The couple additionally redid the ceiling insulation, rewired the house and put in double-glazed home windows.

Though they adore the house, Bronwyn and Jeremy are actually on the lookout for a smaller property, however are completely happy for the following household who will have the ability to come and like it as a lot as they’ve.

“Now we have been right here for what seems like a very long time, but it surely has solely been one-fifth of the house’s whole life. We hope we have now left it in the perfect situation potential and stayed true to it even with the most important upgrades – it’s one thing to be pleased with,” Jeremy says.

“We will probably be staying within the Unley space although as a result of we simply like it a lot.”

The sale is being dealt with by Georgie Todd and Todd Penrose of Harris Actual Property.