30-32 Neville Drive, Armstrong Creek, in on the market for $950,000 to $1m.
An odd-shaped block snubbed by volume builders was a lucky find for a Geelong couple who saw it as an opportunity to break the mould in the Armstrong Creek growth precinct.
Builder Steve and his wife Jenni stumbled across the 693sq m site purely by chance, planting the seed for a custom family home with an industrial inspired interior that’s a welcome surprise.
“I went into the land office to buy a block for my daughter. I saw this odd shaped block and I questioned why hasn’t this one sold. It’s got a 34m frontage and is opposite a massive 400-year-old gum tree, so it’s a beautiful spot,” Steve said.
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“The volume builders couldn’t put a house on it, that was why it was sitting there, so we ended up buying that block.
“It took a bit of planning … it’s just generally different to everything that is out there.”
From the outside, it’s really only the skillion roof and super wide frontage that set 30-32 Neville Drive, Armstrong Creek, apart from its neighbours, but inside the bespoke feature start to sing.
Tasmanian oak and brick feature walls and reclaimed warehouse beams are a highlight of the light and airy main living area, where polished concrete floors sit under a 3.8m raked ceiling punctuated by clerestory windows.
Recycled warehouse beams and exposed brick feature in the main living area.
The tiled kitchen splashback is one of many bespoke features.
Steve said the timber-clad walls, which also appear in the second lounge and the bedrooms, were a happy deviation from the original plan.
“I had all that timber, it was paid for to go on the floors, but we had timber floors in the past, they are so fragile with scratching and furniture so we thought ‘hang on a minute, why don’t we just do the concrete polished the concrete floor?’ and I used all the timber on the walls,” he said.
The open-plan kitchen, dining and living area is his favourite space, especially when the northern sun streams in, and flows out through large sliding doors to a covered deck set among landscaped gardens.
The deck catches the morning sun.
Tasmanian oak timber walls are a highlight.
Timber again features under the stone topped island bench, which is paired with stainless steel appliances and a substantial walk-in pantry.
Clever zoning delivers a second lounge at the front of the house, opposite the private main bedroom suite that incorporates a walk-in wardrobe and spacious ensuite with a luxurious freestanding bath.
There are three further bedrooms, also with walk-in wardrobes, a home office, a central bathroom, powder room and laundry in the rear wing of the house.
Enjoy a garden view from the ensuite’s bath.
Sheer curtains create privacy in the main bedroom.
The raked ceiling reaches 3.8m high.
Steve said they installed double doors on one of the bedrooms so it could be used as a rumpus room should you require a third living space.
Even the laundry design has been carefully considered to include extras like a drying cupboard and sewing nook.
There’s also an outdoor shower just outside, for when you visit nearby Surf Coast beaches.
“We have built and sold nine or 10 houses and it’s probably the one we have enjoyed living in the most,” Steve said.
Maxwell Collins, Geelong agent Laura Vander Noord is handling the sale of 30-32 Neville Drive, Armstrong Creek.
It’s listed with $950,000 to $1m price hopes.
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