House Of The Week

Sydney Morning Herald

Saturday August 30, 2008

Margie Blok

BELLEVUE HILL

8 DRUMALBYN ROAD

About $10million

House 5 bed, 3 bath, 5 car

Built 1920s; renovated 2004-2006

Land 993sqm

Inspect By appointment

For sale Expressions of interest by September 16

Agent Bradfield & Prichard, 9327 3744 or 0403 585 585

Among the many appealing features of this grand family residence are the spacious and well-proportioned living rooms, with magnificent ornate ceilings. The house is in the most prestigious stretch of Drumalbyn Road, one of the most prized addresses in Bellevue Hill.

Screened from the street by a high fence and tall gates, the house has a wide and impressive front porch that evokes a sense of grandeur before you set foot inside the magnificent front door flanked by intricate leadlight panels.

To the right of the central foyer is a huge formal sitting room with inlaid polished timber floor and a gas fireplace. Opposite is a library with an open fireplace and glass doors opening to the front courtyard garden. Adjacent is an enormous formal dining room that could easily accommodate a table for 12 people.

A door at the side of the dining room opens onto a large eat-in kitchen with thick CaesarStone benchtops and a central island.

Also on this level are a powder room, study-home office, television-casual sitting room and a games room with five window seats, a pair of walk-in cupboards (one holding a sizeable sound system included in the sale) and wide windows overlooking the north-facing rear garden and 15-metre saltwater swimming pool.

In the ceiling above the grand staircase leading to the first floor is an enormous leadlight panel that allows natural light to flood the foyer below. Off the upstairs hallway are a huge main bedroom (with harbour views, built-ins and a large ensuite bathroom with a deep bath and separate shower), three more double bedrooms, a state-of-the-art travertine marble bathroom, a single bedroom and another bathroom.

Other features include a self-contained apartment (on the lower ground floor), two wine cellars, poolside barbecue area (with a wood-fired oven) and four-car garage with laundry attached.

NEED TO KNOW

Last traded for $7million in May 2004

Highest recorded house price in Bellevue Hill $22million for Caerleon, 81 Kambala Road, in January 2008

Recent sales $5.3million for 37 Fairfax Road in May; $6.25million for 55 Suttie Road in May

Median auction price $2,661,000

Auction clearance rate 61 per cent

Median private treaty price $3.35million

Source: Australian Property Monitors,1800 817 616, homepriceguide.com.au

© 2008 Sydney Morning Herald

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