Inside Mordialloc’s hidden 1909 cottage with backyard pool

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Lavender Cottage at 13 Krone St, Mordialloc, has hit the market with a $1.4m-$1.45m guide.

A hidden Mordialloc cottage held for a generation has hit the market, revealing fairytale gardens, period charm and a backyard pool.

Lavender Cottage at 13 Krone St has been listed with a $1.4m-$1.45m guide, offering a circa 1909 weatherboard in one of the bayside suburb’s tightly held pockets.

The four-bedroom, two-bathroom home has been held for a generation and combines polished Baltic floors, high ceilings, period fireplaces, stained-glass windows and a blue front door framed by a lacework veranda and cottage-style garden.

Buxton Hampton East agent Katrina O’Brien said homes of this era and scale were hard to find in Mordialloc, particularly with a pool.
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“They don’t come up very often,” Ms O’Brien said.

“There are a few left, but not that many, and they seem to be held on quite tightly.”

Ms O’Brien said the home was likely to draw buyers who had been waiting for something with more soul than the new-build and townhouse stock across parts of the Melbourne property market.

“When these come up, emotionally people are drawn to them because they’ve been waiting for something like that,” she said.

The lounge room shows off the circa 1909 home’s period character, including timber floors, high ceilings and a fireplace.

The established garden gives Lavender Cottage the fairytale feel Buxton Hampton East agent Katrina O’Brien said would appeal to character-home buyers.

The home’s biggest reveal is beyond the front rooms, where an open-plan kitchen, dining and living area looks out to the garden.

Ms O’Brien said the rear living zone was the home’s standout moment.

“The wow moment definitely for me was when I walked into the open-plan kitchen and family room and saw the beautiful windows and then just the garden,” she said.

“It was like a beautiful cottage in the Dandenongs or over in England.”

The kitchen continues the warm timber feel, with wood cabinetry, a central bench and direct connection to the living and dining zone.

The Mordialloc period cottage also comes with a backyard pool, a rare lifestyle addition for a home of its era.

A claw foot bath and heritage-style tiling add to the early 1900s character of the Mordialloc home.

Bedrooms retain period details including fireplaces, timber floors and high ceilings, while the bathrooms include a modernised wet area and a claw foot bath with heritage-style tiling.

Outside, a decked entertaining area, private garden and brick-framed pool add a lifestyle element rarely found in homes of its age.

Ms O’Brien said that mix of character and garden space could appeal to young families as well as downsizers wanting something established and different from a contemporary home.

“I think young kids, because it’s got that sort of cottage garden and a bit of a fairytale type scenario,” she said.

“But I think also it’ll attract that potentially downsizing type of family as well.

The kitchen continues the home’s warm timber feel and opens to the main living and dining zone.

The garden-framed weatherboard has been held for a generation in one of Mordialloc’s tightly held pockets.

“Maybe the kids have gone, they still want garden to enjoy and potter around in, and it’s just a bit different than what they’ve had previously in the modern contemporary style.”

Ms O’Brien said she would not be surprised if the campaign attracted buyers from areas such as St Kilda and Elwood.

She said the home’s character, Baltic floors, high ceilings and history were the features that made it feel hard to replace.