17 Clonaig Street, Brighton East, Vic 3187

An unparalleled artist’s own home from esteemed academic and architect Andrew Hutson, this up to five bedroom, two bathroom design provides a unique suburban oasis; meticulously crafted from two-toned concrete blocks and timber with multiple living spaces, two staircases... and glimpses of green at every turn.

Drawing influences from around the world to satisfy a well-travelled, design-conscious family, the home rises and falls with separate sunken lounge and dining rooms unfolding beyond Japanese shoji screens, while streamlined family living and meals areas step northwards over split-levels.

Family harmony is encouraged with parents zoned in a hushed master-wing which flows from a garden-wrapped bedroom, through a corridor of robes, to a glass-cornered bathroom. The home steps up the rear stairway to zoned children’s bedrooms along a northerly balcony...and a flexible studio/living-zone/fifth bedroom lies beyond a timber catwalk, returning to the ground via the front stair.

Artisan-crafted with a prestige appliance kitchen bringing together New Zealand Karri and natural granite, the home has textural Brushbox and Blackbutt flooring defining the spaces, Italian marble gracing bathroom benchtops, craftsman-balustrading wrapping the stairs and upper-levels, and pillarless grids of windows capturing the light.

Welcoming friends and family, inside and out, with tall glass-doors encouraging the flow of visitors and breeze, the home faces north to a Japanese courtyard for serenity, opens out to broad lawns for play (650SQM approx.), and adds a well-planned landscape with flowers all year round. Immensely functional with hydronic heating complemented by split-system air-conditioning, a 4kW solar-energy system and an alarm, the home features built-in robes, a walk-in storeroom, a well-fitted laundry, and two-car garaging with storage adding to the easy life.

Situated on the most famously well-treed and tightly held street of the endlessly leafy Landcox Park precinct, this uncompromising architect-design offers an unparalleled family lifestyle, just 6 doors to Landcox Park, a quick walk to Bay St’s shopping strip and station, and minutes to the Brighton private schools and the in-demand Gardenvale Primary School and Brighton Secondary College Zone.