There's something of a fairy-tale flavour to this gracious character home. It has splendid views from its perch well back from the road in the upper reaches of Landscape Rd.
First, there's its "time stood still" aspect. "We made very few renovations while living at Landscape Rd," says Nick Wilson, whose parents bought the double-Grammar-zone, 1930s house set privately in large grounds 18 years ago. Character features such as wood panelling and floors, inviting windowseats and a gloriously original dining room have not been interfered with. Nick adds, "The house even still has a dumbwaiter, which is definitely something you don't see very often these days!"
There's also something epic about the three-storey home's bearing, standing proudly on elevated grounds, partially shielded by soaring conifers and commanding views.
There's a hint of Sleeping Beauty about the four-bedroom property, which a bit of work could take into a whole new era. (The mid-century kitchen and quartet of lower level storerooms could be reinvented.) But a smattering of tired aspects are more than compensated for by buckets of intrinsic character and the exhilaration of maximising the home's potential, rather than living with renovations which aren't quite your taste.
