This 1980s architect-designed home at 13 Highett Rd, Highton, is on the market for the first time.
A hidden Highton estate just a stone’s throw from Buckley Falls is the stuff of dreams for families searching for space and seclusion.
The 8000sq m property is reminiscent of those found in Eltham with its bush-like garden setting creating a private oasis featuring a tree-line driveway and mod grass tennis court.
The vendors purchased the extraordinary parcel of land at 13 Highett Rd, Highton in 1981 and commissioned architect John Mitchell to design a grand family home.
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The five-bedroom home is set on more than 8000sq m of land.
They have extended and refreshed the two-storey residence, completed in 1987, over the decades to accommodate their five children and eight grandchildren.
With its double brick construction, the now five-bedroom home displays a level of quality and scale not often found today.
Cathedral ceilings reaching 7m at their peak and lined with Canadian cedar make a grand statement in the vast main living space featuring South African slate floors and stained glass windows framing lush garden views.
The vendor’s daughter said the open-plan kitchen and lounge was an avant guard concept at the time the house was built, but the architect convinced her parents to embrace the living space, anchored by a central fireplace around which to entertain.
The established gardens are ready-made for outdoor entertaining.
Cedar timber-lined ceilings are a standout feature of the main living space.
The mezzanine could be an extra sitting room or study.
They never looked back, hosting sit-down fundraising dinners for up to 80 people, family wedding celebrations and birthday parties with ponies and magicians for their grandchildren.
The expansive floor plan includes two main bedroom suites, multiple living rooms, a library with floor-to-ceiling bookcases, a gallery-like hall designed to showcase artwork and a discrete underground wine cellar.
Two of the children’s bedrooms have fun private mezzanine study/play spaces and there’s also dedicated office/creative space with a darkroom. Clever zoning means areas like the children’s wing can be closed off or opened to accommodate visiting friends and family.
The private guest wing has hosted everyone from exchange students, au pairs, overseas family members and grown children and their toddlers.
The library has direct garden access.
Garden views are a highlight of the design.
The vendor’s daughter said she spent two years living with her parents and three boys aged under three.
“The house is unique in the sense that you can move through it silently,” she said.
“The style of the house allows for harmonious multi-generational living and I was lucky to have an extra pair of hands to help out at that stage of our lives.”
She said her parents would miss the sunsets from the property, the artist studio with its antique French wood burner, the library and the vast walls for displaying their art collection.
McGrath agent Georgie Shaw said the home presented a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
“This is truly a home for all seasons of life,” she said.
McGrath, Geelong agent Georgie Shaw is handling the sale of 13 Highett Rd, Highton. Price hopes are $3.5m to $3.75m.
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