57 Streeton Crescent, Ivanhoe East, Vic 3079

This exceptional solid brick residence on a splendid garden block offers well-zoned family living in a quiet enclave of quality homes, where the streets are named after the artists of the Heidelberg School. The large picture windows of 57 Streeton Crescent look out to the northern hills over the trees of Yarra Flats, once part of the bushland immortalized by Arthur Streeton and Frederick McCubbin. Built in 1958 and extended some years later, the house has a second street frontage to McCubbin Street.

Entry is to a terraced courtyard with access to a double garage. The main entrance is to a charming sitting room/study which opens into a wide gallery linking the three wings of the house. To one end, overlooking the courtyard, is a well-equipped kitchen adjoining an informal dining area with a door to the laundry. The kitchen opens into a vast formal dining room, which steps down to a beautifully proportioned living room with an open fireplace. A seamless extension to the rear houses a third very large living room. All of these generous spaces have deep windows to capture those painterly views! The bedroom wing on the eastern side of the house offers four large bedrooms (one downstairs, adjoining a cellar/storeroom); the main bedroom has an ensuite bathroom, a dressing room, and a Juliet balcony looking down over the garden and the large swimming pool. A two-zone bathroom is placed between the front bedrooms.

Featuring polished timber floors, good storage, an alarm system, reverse-cycle airconditioning and ducted heating, this light-filled property is eminently comfortable now, with exciting potential for renovation in one of the area's finest streets, close to parkland, schools, shopping, and Eastern Freeway access.