42A Money Rd, Melville WA 6156

An unassuming exterior presents in picture-perfect weatherboard cottage style, but this inspired contemporary home opens up to offer so much more. Expansive open-plan living flows to an elevated deck, where you can enjoy the sun rise over the hills. Interiors are pristine and finely designed, with cleverly separate bedroom zones, a flexible room for a gym, games room or home theatre, a study, a second living area, fabulous entertaining over two levels, and an infinity pool set in a private garden. It's not only beautiful but beautifully practical too, with every detail considered to create a family home that flows with ease.

A pretty courtyard garden frames the veranda, and there's a furnished study near the front door. Two bedrooms on this level both have built-in storage and lots of light. A few steps up comes a wonderful surprise: you realise just how high up you are, as the open-plan unfolds with lofty raked ceilings and walls of glass embracing the leafy outlook and open vistas. The white kitchen features the shaker cabinetry style and engineered stone echoed throughout the home, with a wide island, a large butler's pantry, and private northern deck off the kitchen looking down to the garden and the pool. Stone cladding frames the gas log fire in the living, with French doors flowing to the sheltered eastern deck and the views. With cabinetry in the barbecue areas, and an outdoor stair linking to poolside entertaining below, this is a fantastic house for parties and gatherings. Secluded nearby is another lovely bedroom with its own little deck outside, a powder room and fresh white bathroom.

The lower level offers another living area flowing to the pool, a powder room, and a flexible space for games room, gym, theatre room, or large second office. A sliding barn door reveals the superb master suite: a walk-in-robe, a luxuriously large en-suite that feels like a resort, French doors opening to the lower deck, and the relaxing sounds of cascading water from the infinity pool.