12 Hargrave St, Scullin ACT 2614

There is the gentle sound of sprinklers as neighbours tend lush gardens, Hargrave Street curving in a loop past a central playground. Bagged brick courtyard walls, teem with purple flowering wisteria and driveway ushers to neat single garage with internal access. To one side a dedicated parking bay, edged with sweet smelling jasmine, provides plenty of additional private parking.

We love the mid-century carved front door, the welcoming foyer with natural stone floors and spot for hanging coats and hats. To the right a bright front bedroom or ideal home office with enormous windows capturing sunlight, the sweet arrangement of outdoor pot belly stove, sunny garden seats.

There is a decidedly soothing sensibility, brimming with concordant design threads, from timber detailing to rustic wall hooks. And a felt experience of airiness owing to the high ceilings and soft natural palette, with artfully arranged combined living and dining, drifting to sunny outdoor living. Think relaxing window side on comfy lounges, formal dinner parties or chilled family barbecues beneath the sheltering pergola.

A study in black and white with pops of warm timber, the kitchen invites with a relaxed paired-back perfection. Banks of storage combine with crisp white worktops, while a 90cm freestanding Smeg oven takes care of business. Adjacent is the combined butler's pantry and laundry, where a wall of built-in-shelving beautifully showcases treasured ceramics, glassware.

Two additional peaceful bedrooms, steeped in quietude and dappled garden light, are centred around a gorgeous family bathroom and separate toilet. Both bedrooms have built-in-robes for seamless storage and signature walls of casement windows, welcoming nature and breezes within.

Architecturally striking with soaring void and high set clerestory windows, the bathroom is a bright affair with relaxing tub, open shelving for curated display and timber trim with neat rows of up-cycled wire hooks. There is nearby access to the garage which has the distinction of a generous additional space, currently used for storage but just as easily purposed as home office or craft studio, with door that opens straight onto the garden.

Rhubarb, spinach, mint and lavender teem from well-tended beds…this little green haven, tucked behind the home, feels a world away from the buzz of the city as leafy hedged walls enclose and privatise. Think cradling a cuppa, perhaps a good book, soothed by the song of the trees as they dance in the soft breeze.

It is an easy stroll to Sweet Bones Bakery and Café for a great coffee and delectable cinnabon and the chance to meet some familiar and new faces. There is a decided buzz at the local shops…colourful new murals adorn once blank walls; Change Wellness is bringing people together for yoga classes and newcomer Muku Ramen Bar is set to open very soon. There are old favourites like Another Chance Op Shop for great vintage finds and Sue's Kitchen for a relaxed dinner. Surrounded by a myriad of sporting fields, playgrounds and parks the home is immersed in leafy beauty, and it is not far to the stunning walking tracks of Pinnacle Reserve. The dynamic and evolving Belconnen precinct is a few minutes away with its myriad of dining and shopping options, including the Fresh Food Markets, currently undergoing an exciting refurb. The home is close to transport and a choice of schools. The Arboretum, GIO Stadium, AIS, the UC are all nearby. And the home is a mere 15 minutes to the CBD by car.

features.

.gorgeous light filled north facing three-bedroom townhouse in leafy Scullin

.separate title with no body corporate

.beautifully renovated, combining a contemporary country feel with mid-century cool

.lovely drift to front and rear, easy-care courtyard gardens

.pristinely quiet and very private

.lofty high ceilings and walls of timber casement windows throughout

.combined living and dining with expansive glazing framing greenery and welcoming northern light

.large kitchen with banks of storage, Smeg 90cm oven, gas hob and rangehood

.adjacent butler's pantry combined laundry flowing to garden

.bedroom one overlooking front courtyard garden

.two additional bedrooms including generous master, with built-in-robes and banks of glazing framing soft lawns, green walls

.bathroom with tub and soaring ceilings with clerestory windows flooding the room with natural daylight

.covered alfresco living merging with pretty gardens within the enclosed front courtyard

.beautifully landscaped rear garden with high privatising hedges, neat lawn and raised herb and vegetable beds, birdbath and water feature

.ducted gas heating

.ceiling fans

.single garage with internal access and additional space for storage, office or craft studio, opening to garden

.ample additional off street parking including dedicated parking bay large enough for two cars, boat or caravan

.surrounded by playgrounds, parks and sporting ovals

.an easy stroll to Scullin shops, local schools and close to transport

.handy to the Belconnen precinct and 15 minutes to the CBD by car

EER: 3.5

Land size: 334m2

Land rates: 2,482 (approx)

Land tax: - $3,815 (if rented approx)

Land value: $382,000

Year built: 1976 (approx)