93-95 Grosvenor Drive, Wandana Heights.
A 30-year career owner-building homes for your family is bound to provide the inspiration needed create something truly bold and beautiful.
That’s the vision at this address, just below the Ceres lookout.
It’s a breathtaking view from this 4172sq m property at 93-95 Grosvenor Drive, Wandana Heights, but the landmark residence makes the most of it. The three-level home spread over 766sq m of living space fits the bill, giving nearly every room a view, and packing in about every feature a family would want.
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Among the features are a seven-car garage with separate workshop and storage rooms, a 3-phase Avanti lift, a 3.8m home cinema screen with 1080HD projector, a home gymnasium and a Sonos sound system to the living, theatre room, gymnasium, main bedroom and main outdoor area overlooking the backyard pool and spa.
“This house is probably an accumulation of what we wanted as a family unit, with plenty of storage, plenty of garaging for cars, plenty of individual bedrooms, amenities for ensuites and robes,” the vendor says.
“And then you get into the rumpus areas and the entertaining and the fact the kids could bring a lot of their friends home, and there’s different zones so they wouldn’t overlap.”
The panoramic view also stretches beyond central Geelong’s growing buildings to the Manhattan style skyline of central Melbourne.
Big rooms feature large floor to ceiling windows showcase the panoramic views.
The home’s main living zone is stacked with lavish features.
93-95 Grosvenor Drive, Wandana Heights.
The 270-degree vista from the top floor stretches from Mt Anakie to the Surf Coast, taking in Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula and the bay to Melbourne’s “Manhattan” skyline.
“I think this is the premier view of Geelong There’s really no-one in front of us that actually impedes our view,” he says.
The family bought the block off-market in 2012 and removed 5000 cubic metres of earth to clear an area for the house at the top of the drive.
A grand chandelier in a soaring void makes a welcome gesture leading to a three-level steel and French oak staircase and lift.
The backyard pool and spa join a covered outdoor entertainment area, including an outdoor kitchen.
The rumpus room has a complete bar, a 3.8m home cinema screen and projector and room for a billiard table.
They showcase the love and thought put into a the international search to select the home’s lavish fixtures and fittings, from French oak flooring, a gas landscape fireplace, and a suite of Miele appliances and Abey Schock double sinks in the kitchen and butler’s pantry, dramatic light fittings on the high ceilings throughout the home, and a Fujitsu 3-phase ducted heating and cooling system in four zones.
Automated blockout drapes and Verosol transparent pleated blinds bring more drama, revealing the morning sunrise the moment you wake.
“We do enjoy watching the weather patterns change through the day,” the vendor says.
Automated block out drapes and sheer curtains feature in the rooms, allowing occupants to watch the sunrise.
The garage has enough space for all your toys.
Lavish features include French oak flooring and chandeliers.
“The view takes on a whole new perspective at night, with the lights of the developing city and the Kardinia Park stadium lights. And what my wife particularly enjoys is watching the train run from Marshall through to South Geelong. You can distinctly see that’s going down along the horizon.”
The in-ground pool has solar and gas heating, in-floor cleaning, self-dosing chlorination and a thermal blanket and the six-person spa a constant heat pump. Behind the scenes, there’s a 13.77kW solar system, a security system, an automated watering system, electric gates and a large laundry with a walk-in linen storage, drying cupboard and chute from upstairs, while a ducted vacuum system operates at all levels.
Buxton agent Ian Nichols has listed 93-95 Grosvenor Drive, Wandana Heights, with a price guide of $6.3m to $6.9m.
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