21B Waratah Street, Bentleigh East, Vic 3165

Styled to set the standard, crafted to capture north sun and designed to accommodate today's work-life balance, this is the benchmark in low-maintenance high-design. The latest home from leading local builders, Unique Homes, with interiors by leading-edge architects, Studio Martin, and styling from Double Complete, this ground-breaking four bedroom plus home-office, 2.5 bathroom residence leads the way in low-maintenance family luxe with a brilliant dual zone design in creatively landscaped north-rear grounds.

Innovatively designed with a quiet lounge lit by a central atrium and a light-filled family zone wrapped by north-facing decking, this breath-taking home offers perfect peace in a first-floor bedroom level centred on a window-walled-walled master-suite...and promises work-life balance with a separate-entry business-at home office separated from everyday family life by a cavity-hidden slide-away wall.

Detailed to a meticulous architects' specification, the home's interiors star a cutting-edge Miele appliance kitchen with integrated Fisher and Paykel fridge-freezer set amongst textural timber-style and velvety 2-Pack cabinetry. Floor-to-ceiling porcelain-tiled dual-vanity bathrooms include a 5 Star ensuite and main bathroom with an innovative 'washroom' design, while an abundance of storage includes a corridor of cabinetry for the master.,

A showcase of up-to-the-minute materials with premium stones (including salt-and-pepper granite extending from benchtop to splashback), there are feature terrazzo-style tiles alongside light Oak floors, and pebbled wool carpets beneath lofty roof-hung sheers. Climate-controlled, double-glazed and alarmed, there's the added peace-of-mind of video-intercom, and the ease of an auto-garage plus additional parking on an exposed aggregate drive. Set in creatively landscaped surrounds traversed by circular bluestone slabs, there's spectacular north sun to the rear... and similarly spectacular presence out front.

Even the location sets the standard in work-life balance. With less than a dozen blocks to Waratah Reserve, and 2 blocks to Mackie Rd's friendly shopping strip and sporting reserve, the home is minutes to Chadstone's retail therapy and vibrant hospitality strips ...and in each reach of buses, stations and the M1 for a direct commute.