12 Clarke Avenue

Battery Point TAS 7004

OPPORTUNITY ON THE WATERFRONT - EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST CLOSING 15TH OCTOBER
A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS TO ACQUIRE A TRULY SUPERB PROPERTY IN TERMS OF POSITION ENJOYING ABSOLUTE FRONTAGE TO THE RIVER DERWENT WITH TITLE TO THE HIGH WATER MARK. PROPERTIES IN CLARKE AVENUE ALMOST SELL THEMSELVES SUCH IS THE APPEAL OF THIS VERY DESIRABLE BLUE RIBBON ADDRESS. THERE IS AN AIR OF EXCLUSIVITY HERE. PRIME REAL ESTATE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF A CAPITAL CITY, THE QUAINT VILLAGE OF BATTERY POINT AND THE BUZZ OF SALAMANCA PLACE IS AN IRRISITABLE COMBINATION. NUMBER 12 IS AT THE 'SECHERON END' OF CLARKE AVENUE AND IS RELATIVELY SHELTERED FROM THE SEA BREEZE. THE RESIDENCE WAS BUILT IN 1935 OF SOLID RED BRICK AND BELONGS TO THE INTER-WAR STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE. ONE WILL DISCOVER ORIGINAL FEATURES AND FITTINGS WITH UNDERSTATED ELEGANCE AND DIGNITY APPARENT. THERE IS A LOVELY USE OF TIMBER THROUGHOUT IN TERMS OF PANELLING, EXPOSED BEAMS, DOORS AND ARCHITRAVES; EVEN A HUON PINE LAUNDRY TROUGH. HIGH CEILINGS, BAY WINDOWS AND LEADLIGHTING COMPLEMENT A SIMPLY BREATHTAKING OUTLOOK OVER THE WATER. CONSTRUCTED OVER TWO LEVELS THE FLOOR PLAN OFFERS FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF ACCOMMODATION. AT PRESENT THERE ARE FOUR TO FIVE BEDROOMS AND A BATHROOM. A FORMAL SITTING ROOM AND ADJACENT SUNROOM RECEIVES SUN VIRTUALLY ALL DAY AND EXTENDS TO A DINING ROOM WHERE A DELIGHTFUL RETREAT IN THE FORM OF A WINDOW SEAT BECKONS. THE KITCHEN HAS A GREAT FEEL AND TRANSPORTS ONE BACK IN TIME, WITH A HINT OF RETRO STYLING ABOUT IT. THERE IS COPIOUS STORAGE THROUGHOUT AND A WORKSHOP AND CELLAR ARE CLEVERLY CONCEALED. IN ADDITION TO THE LOCK UP GARAGE THERE IS ALSO OFF-STREET PARKING. A PRETTY GARDEN FULL OF SEASONAL COLOUR, ESTABLISHED TREES AND SHRUBS OFFERS PRIVACY FROM THE ROAD. IT CANNOT BE OVERSTATED HOW MESMERISING THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE RIVER AND THE SIGHT OF WATER GENTLY LAPPING AGAINST THE ROCK WALL AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GARDEN; A PASSING PARADE OF RIVER TRAFFIC PROVIDING CONSTANT ENTERTAINMENT. REAL ESTATE IN THIS LOCALE IS TIGHTLY HELD, CHANCES ARE RARE TO ACQUIRE PROPERTIES OF THIS CALIBRE. THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY HAS ENJOYED CONTINUITY OF OWNERSHIP SINCE 1950, TESTAMENT TO THE PLEASURE AND APPRECIATION ENJOYED BY THE FAMILY.