440 Princess Road, Mount Helena WA 6082

Set behind a screen of established trees, this four-bedroom family home has sat on its level, near half-acre block since the late 1970s, and it still runs the way a family home should. There's open-plan living at its heart, a flat lawn out back that's seen plenty of backyard cricket, and a powered shed down the side for whoever likes to tinker. A chicken coop, a concrete pad to park the trailer or caravan, and a huge sunroom opening onto sheltered patios on two sides. It's a well-kept property in a quiet Hills town - nearby local schools, sporting grounds and the shops and services of Mount Helena and Mundaring, and close enough to the Heritage Trail for a weekend walk.

• 4 bedrooms 1 bathroom
• Rendered brick and tile
• Multiple in & out living
• Updated open kitchen
• E-facing sunroom & patio
• Powered Colorbond shed
• Fully fenced level backyard
• Single carport + OS parking
• 2023 sqm classic level block
• Privacy at the edge of town

Set well back from the street, behind the shade and dappled light of the front garden, a ferrocrete driveway leads to a carport and the front door, where a terracotta-tiled foyer opens straight into the open-plan kitchen and meals area. The same warm tiles run underfoot right through this part of the house - just an easy, practical surface for a family that's in and out all day.

The kitchen has been updated with high-gloss white cabinetry, a corner pantry, a Bosch dishwasher and an electric oven and hotplates. A slow-combustion fire and reverse-cycle air conditioning keep this end of the house comfortable whatever the season. Large windows and a sliding door open the kitchen to the sunroom at the rear - an east-facing, multi-purpose space that catches the morning sun and overlooks the back garden. The sunroom opens onto two paved patios, giving you a choice of venue for morning coffee, evening barbecues or sundowners with friends.

A hallway off the kitchen leads to the bedroom wing, where a shared family bathroom and a walk-through laundry with a separate WC sit alongside 3 of the bedrooms. The main bedroom is large with views over the front garden and features mirrored built-in robes, reverse-cycle air conditioning, and carpet underfoot. Of the junior rooms in this wing, one has a built-in robe, and the other is right next to the main bedroom, making it an easy choice for a nursery. The fourth bedroom, near the front of the house, has its own walk-in robe and ceiling fan - useful as a guest room or set apart as a teenager's retreat.

In the backyard, established trees are dotted across the garden and provide shade in summer. The lawn in the middle is flat enough for a proper game of cricket or a kick-to-kick. Gated drive-in access along the southern side of the block leads past a concrete pad suited for parking a trailer or caravan and on to a six-by-six-metre powered Colorbond shed with a concrete floor, apron and lean-to, so whether it's a workshop, a workspace or just somewhere to store the mower, there's room sorted for it.

Mount Helena is a small Hills town on the Heritage Trail, with a local pub that still pulls a crowd and good road links to Mundaring and beyond. Local schools and sporting facilities are close by, and day-to-day shopping is a short drive into Mundaring.

To arrange an inspection of this property, call Jo Sheil - 0422 491 016.