195 Church Street, Manifold Heights, Vic 3218

This immaculately maintained Californian bungalow, with five bedrooms and three living areas, offers a perfect opportunity to create your ultimate family home. In one of Geelong’s most sought-after suburbs, the property has been in the same family for 60 years and spreads its wings down an enormous 983 sqm (approx.) block with a four-car garage and established gardens.

The front of the home has previously been used as a medical practice and is still set up that way, providing scope to modify it for other business opportunities (STCA) or as a dedicated home office. The front of the substantial home boasts an range of period features, including double entrance doors, leadlight windows, high ceilings, picture rails and a striking timber mantelpiece. The central living hub features an extra-large, L-shaped lounge room, bathed in light from floor-to-ceiling windows, as well as a separate dining room. The adjoining kitchen includes a Miele dishwasher and Ilve free-standing oven/cooktop, plus banks of storage and cupboard space.

The north-facing front lounge room with bay window provides a perfect area for quiet time or to retire on formal occasions. A second side entry point with its own spacious entrance hall connects a rear living zone incorporating a lounge and two bedrooms, both with built-in desks, making it ideal as a teenage retreat. Four of the home’s five bedrooms feature built-in robes and the two bathrooms have walk-in showers.

The big backyard includes two lock-up garden sheds and an enclosed orchard, other fruit trees, rambling vines and established irrigated gardens, ornamental shrubs and standard roses. The long garage also offers workshop space and roller door access to the yard.

Other features include a separate front study with built-in cabinetry and desk, powder room, ducted heating, split-system cooling/heating units, a spacious laundry and security system, including remote-control electronic gates.

The home is in a prime position, close to cafes and shops in Vines Rd and convenient to local and private schools. The Ring Road, Pakington St and Shannon Ave are all within easy reach.