18 Hanby Street

Brighton VIC 3186

This is a foyer of astonishing beauty - rich in mood and mystique - distinguished by curve-edged Travertine tiling and an artisan-made wrought iron staircase - rising to its majestic pinnacle with a stunning crystal chandelier centrepiece.

While Brighton has been long-revered for its prestigious mansions by the beach, this 2016-built villa takes design and detail to a new level with a swathe of exclusive features and finishes across its lavish 60 square (approx.) expanse.

These are premium appointments designed not just to wrap you in luxury, but to evoke enchantment and wonder - herringbone American walnut inlaid with brass underfoot, towering 3.6m ceilings overhead, glamourous natural stone and crema marble benchtops to catch the eye, and sensor LED strip lighting illuminating almost every bathroom mirror and wardrobe cabinet.

The free-flowing ground floor draws you across to the entertainer's quarters, a guest bathroom, and a palatial office overlooking the courtyard - also suitable as a ground floor bedroom for intergenerational living.

North-facing orientation infuses the open-plan family room and Hamptons-style kitchen with abundant natural light - the main kitchen graced by an Italian Smeg Victoria cooker, twin Liebherr German fridges, and a second kitchen/butler's pantry appointed with top shelf appliances including a Kleenmaid 90cm gas cooktop and Miele dishwasher.

Outside, the beautifully manicured garden beckons with high-walled alfresco spaces for absolute privacy - paved in exposed aggregate, with a heated plunge pool, picnic perfect lawn and a covered BBQ precinct with an Invicta French-made wood heater.

A freestanding pavilion serves as a private space for guests, personal retreat, or Airbnb accommodation, designed with its own bathroom and steam room to offer all the rejuvenation of a spa sanctuary at home.

The upper-level bedroom wing captures the elegance of a European country manor - exquisitely detailed by coffered ceilings, and decorative mouldings in each of the king-sized bedrooms - offering penthouse style abandon in the master suite with a raised bedroom platform, automated curved screen, dressing room, hideaway kitchenette and exquisite pearlescent rainfall shower.

And if that's not enough to impress you, there's double glazing, C-Bus home automation, zoned heating and refrigerated cooling, wired surround sound and two cross overs to barn door opening stacker garages and double driveways to accommodate up to five cars securely off-street.

In what feels like a little bit of Tuscany right here in Brighton, this impossibly beautiful abode is the promise of 'La Dolce Vita' - the 'Good Life' not just for the summer, but all year-round, from a tree-lined enclave close to Were St and Dendy Village shops, the iconic bathing boxes of Brighton Beach, elite schools including Haileybury, Brighton Grammar, St Michael's Grammar, St Leonards College and Wesley - an enviable bayside position which serves as the gateway through to the Mornington Peninsula, and the vibrant food and cultural hub of Melbourne's CBD.