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5 Braemar Street, Torrens Park. Pic: realestate.com.au
Rod and Deborah Westland stood in the course of the highway outdoors their Torrens Park house 15 years in the past and watched every thing they owned go up in flames.
With nothing left however the garments on their backs, the couple, together with their three younger kids, had been compelled to reside in a caravan and a shed for nearly six years, quietly dreaming of the day they might rebuild on their block at 5 Braemar Rd.
The day got here in early 2011, when the household was lastly granted growth approval, nevertheless it took one other three years to finalise the fashionable masterpiece because it stands at present.
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5 Braemar Street, Torrens Park. Pic: realestate.com.au
5 Braemar Street, Torrens Park. Pic: realestate.com.au
5 Braemar Street, Torrens Park. Pic: realestate.com.au
5 Braemar Street, Torrens Park. Pic: realestate.com.au
Rising from the ashes like a phoenix and constructed across the Westland’s most prized possession – a grand piano – the house has now been listed on the market, with its public sale later this month anticipated to spark loads of purchaser curiosity.
“It was rebuilt with a variety of love nevertheless it was fairly a course of because the insurance coverage solely lined lease for the primary 12 months, which meant we ended up residing in a shed for 3 years,” Mrs Westland mentioned.
“It was from there that we got here up with the idea of the home and as we had younger kids on the time, we needed one thing stunning for our household to reside in.
“One of many first issues we purchased after the fireplace was a piano and the home was form of constructed round that.
“However our ardour, initially, actually was growing the backyard and seeing that come again to life and that was one thing we did whereas nonetheless residing within the shed.”
5 Braemar Street, Torrens Park. Pic: realestate.com.au
5 Braemar Street, Torrens Park. Pic: realestate.com.au
5 Braemar Street, Torrens Park. Pic: realestate.com.au
5 Braemar Street, Torrens Park. Pic: realestate.com.au
Solid out of structural metal and smothered in Mount Gambier limestone, the brand new home at 5 Braemar Rd spans two ranges and presents 180-degree ocean views.
Highlights embody a purpose-built piano room with moody black textured partitions, a mezzanine, 4 bedrooms every with an ensuite, and boundless open-plan residing areas that present loads of house to calm down.
The kitchen is a chef’s delight, that includes a beneficiant breakfast bar, high-end home equipment, stone benchtops, granite splashbacks and a butler’s pantry.
Slide open one of many many outsized, double glazed doorways and the principle lounge all of the sudden turns into one with the leisure terrace, which overlooks a 3.5m diving pool and landscaped gardens.
Ms Westland mentioned with all three kids having flown the coop, it was time to bid farewell to the household house.
“I might like to see one other household transfer in as, clearly, it’s been designed with generational residing in thoughts,” she mentioned.
“I’m certain they might recognize the love that we put into establishing it … and like me recognize the breathtaking view.”
Promoting agent Daniel Richardson of Ouwens Casserly Actual Property, mentioned the house was a uncommon providing to the market.
“It’s been very nicely acquired and surprisingly standard with consumers and I feel we’ll see a great outcome on public sale day,” he mentioned.
“We have already got 4 or 5 events which are fairly eager on it and we’re anticipating curiosity across the $3m mark.”
The property can be auctioned at 2pm on October 28.
Torrens Park has a median home value of $1.175m, in keeping with PropTrack.
