116 High Street, Glen Iris, Vic 3146

Built to a breath-taking level of perfection, this five bedroom, 5.5 bathroom (full-suite), manor-style home sets the benchmark in family luxury with a walk-in robe and ensuite for every bedroom, principal suites (each with a dressing-room and retreat) on each level and clever separate-entry home-office.

Impressively entertaining with a quiet French-doored formal lounge, pool-wrapped family living-dining, and a skylit first-floor kidspace, this elite home offers more entertaining in a poolside alfresco area. Serviced by state-of-the-art kitchens inside (with a massive Smeg range) and out (with a full BBQ kitchen), the home’s interiors and al fresco entertaining are linked by a butler’s pantry with bi-fold servery.

Detailed to the most demanding architectural specification, the home features deep cornices on towering ceilings, faux-panelled walls beneath dramatic decorative ceilings and high-gloss doors as the backdrop to the finest finishes including floor-to-ceiling stone bathroom-tiling, premium stone benchtops, plantation-shutters and imported Italian floorboards. From rich Ralph Lauren wallpaper to a feature freestanding bath for each of the principal ensuites, to a ‘secret’ kitchenette for the main-suite, it’s all here... all centred on a spectacular sweeping timber and iron stair.

A showcase of high-end appointments with multi-zone Daikin commercial-grade climate-control supplemented by multiple gas-fireplaces (one warming the main-suite, another with a two-way design to divide the family zone), the home is secured to the highest level with Samsung keyless entry, remote-operated alarm, video and digital gate-access, and WiFi-enabled camera surveillance. Featuring a ducted vacuum, 6 Star Acoustic Rating, and energy-efficient solar-energy and hot-water systems, there’s even an ironing-station for the master!

Outdoors, the gardens are specified to the highest standard too; with solar and gas heating for the wraparound spa and lap-pool, a carefree formal landscape and dual-door double garaging behind auto gates. Capturing a panoramic first-floor view across the south-eastern suburbs to Chadstone and the Peninsula beyond, the home is readily accessible to the city via the M1 or rail... with all you could need close by including good schools (including Korowa, St Kevin’s and Glen Iris Primary), parks all around, and Harold Holt Pool just down the road.