17B Birkinshaw Avenue

Tranmere SA 5073

Behind this foyer is a wide gallery area with an open staircase to one side and entry to the garage on the other. Here the owners have created a formal lounge or movie room by building a stud wall and lining inside one half of the garage. It serves as a quiet room for when there is activity in the general living area. Half way down the hall there is a double bedroom and sleek white bathroom along with the laundry. At the end of the staircase a full height walk-in store could be a wine cellar or pantry.
The gallery then opens up to a superb open kitchen, living, dining area linked to the all weather entertaining terrace and eye catching Balinese spa hut nestling under a shady gum in the resort style back garden. By now you can appreciate all the touches which give this home a relaxed tropical holiday ambience. The timber floor, the mostly white walls occasionally accented with rich feature colours, the room to display art and feature pieces of furniture to advantage and free-flowing way interior and exterior spaces link together. The kitchen is both stylish and functional. White cabinets line one wall with a long island bench topped with pale terrazzo look laminate marking the division to the dining area. A wall of glass links to a private courtyard on the northern boundary and this floods the area with natural light, while European stainless steel appliances ensure the cook is well catered for. The sitting area is big enough to accommodate several oversize sofas. Another wall of glass across the back of this area opens to the wonderful all-weather terrace and tropical resort style garden where a Balinese hut houses a spa tub. Once you step out in the garden, you can see a fantastic old spreading gum sheltering the hut and providing a defining half-way point for the garden. A few steps down is another lawned area with discreetly screened garden shed. To add to the tropical feel of the garden, all the dividing fences are also lined with bamboo screens.
Upstairs, is the master bedroom suite, two more double bedrooms each with built-in wardrobe, the sleek main bathroom and open study retreat area. The upstairs is carpeted. The spacious master bedrooms suite is enhanced with a vibrant feature wall and adjoining balcony as well as roomy walk-in robe and ensuite bathroom.
There is much to recommend this home. Lots of space for family and friends to come together or be separate, downstairs and upstairs bedroom and bathroom accommodation, quality finish all through, ducted reverse cycle air-conditioning, security with video intercom, and lots of extra finishing touches like the bamboo screening and mix of venetian blinds and coordinated window treatments which all add to its relaxed harmonious style.