Glass is in this season, I’ve decided, after viewing a number of homes with gianormous windows/doors recently.
Not usually a slave to fashion I say, “bring it on”, after looking at this South Terrace home.
Entire walls of this three-bedroom abode are see-through.
But there’s no need to worry, as they open onto delightful private courtyard gardens—no snoopy paparazzi snapping here.
Designed by award-winning local architect Bernard Seeber the exterior walls are insulated corrugated iron, ensuring an environmentally friendly home that’s cooled naturally.
And a north-facing orientation for the glass living areas ensures sun when it’s needed and shade when it’s not.
There’s a formal lounge at the front, with vast windows onto a green oasis, and informal living in the central open plan area.
A soaring curved roof over the living area adds to the sense of space and light, with a double-skinned, arched roof/ceiling ensuring things stay cool.
With walls of glass onto lush, terraced gardens and lawn on three sides you could be forgiven for thinking you were living in an atrium.
It was originally an art studio, but makes a magnificently spacious bedroom.
The spacious kitchen has been recently refreshed, including a lovely travertine-marble top on a spacious island bench, a plentitude of drawers and a double pantry.
The bedrooms are upstairs, where space is as flexible as it’s open downstairs.
Currently configured as a huge-semi open bedroom/office, the design allows for the quick construction of a wall to form separate rooms.
The main bedroom is next door a lofty space, with a wall of glass, and doors onto a balcony.
Accessed over a timber walkway you’ll find the third bedroom, also with a wall of glass.
It was originally an art studio, but makes a magnificently spacious bedroom.
The Wray Avenue village-vibe shopping area is literally down the back lane.
“It’s the back door to Galatis, which is my pantry,” the vendor quips.
There’s parking for two cars in the garage off the lane, and space for a third on a paved terrace. But this close to Wray Ave and its many shops and cafes, even a small bar, and with Fremantle mere minutes away by foot you may want to mothball the cars altogether.
BY JENNY D’ANGER
198B South Terrace, Fremantle
Buyer feedback range
$1.2–$1.3 million
Angus Moffat 0412 476 713
Harry Massam 0459 775 775
AMG Real Estate