1025 Cook Street, Mount Helena WA 6082

Stepping into this sensitively renovated home is a delight - a lesson in using what's in place as a springboard, and a textbook example of the power of a limited material palette to craft a cohesive visual narrative. Greater than the sum of its parts, the result is a modern home singing with natural light and grounded by the time the structure has had to settle into its site. Hidden at the end of a battleaxe drive, behind gardens planted with blossoming fruit trees, tall gums and deciduous ornamentals, the home sits on a fenced and gated block, with a powered workshop and shed, and rainwater tanks supplementing the connected scheme water.

4 bedrooms 2 bathrooms
2001-built brick and tile
New fully tiled bathrooms
Updated OP marble kitchen
Slow combustion fire and split
Paved alfresco entertaining
18 m x 6 m powered wk'shop
Scheme water + 3 rain tanks
3515 sqm battle-axe block
Walk to schools, Heritage Trail

Through the front door, a tiled hallway leads to a timber-floored lounge room on one side. An east-facing picture window draws filtered light in without glare and frames the garden outside as it changes through the seasons - a good spot for a coffee before the day gets going, or for winding down once it's done.

The principal suite sits at the front of the plan too, making the most of that same eastern light. It has a walk-in robe, timber floors, a ceiling fan for the warmer months, and a brand new fully tiled ensuite finished to a high standard, set behind a barn-hung door.

Follow the hallway further in, and you reach the heart of the home - an open-plan kitchen, meals and family space anchored by a slow combustion fireplace for winter and split system air conditioning for summer, so the room works hard in every season. The updated kitchen is built around a marble-top island, with plenty of cabinetry above and below, an electric wall oven, a five-burner gas cooktop and a walk-in corner pantry - the sort of layout that makes it easy to have people around without anyone feeling in the way. A door leads out to the double carport, and a sliding glass door opens onto a sheltered, south-facing paved entertaining area, bordered by garden beds and a water feature - the perfect setting for dinner outside on a mild evening, with the sound of running water taking the edge off a long day.

In the junior wing, three further bedrooms all have timber floors, with one offering a built-in robe and another a robe recess. A family bathroom, renovated to the same exacting finish as the ensuite, serves this end of the home, and a walk-through laundry with a separate WC keeps the household's practical side running smoothly.

Outside, toward the eastern boundary, an 18 x 6-metre shed and workshop with power and a partial concrete floor offers real scope for a workshop, storage, or a project. Three rainwater tanks back up the mains supply, there's a circular drive, room to park a van or trailer, and the whole block is fenced and gated for privacy and peace of mind.

This is a genuinely move-in-ready property, tucked away just minutes from the heart of Mount Helena, where the local pub, a central park and playground and the Heritage Trail are all close at hand. Both primary and secondary schools are within walking distance, along with the Mount Helena Aquatic Centre and the local sporting field - the kind of everyday convenience that makes a quiet, leafy address like this one work for family life.

To arrange an inspection of this property, call Cheryl New on 0439 961 192.