4680 Old Northam Road, Chidlow WA 6556

THE GREAT RETREAT

Escape to a unique home surrounded by the distinctive beauty of the Perth Hills. This 2.1-hectare property is on the market for the first time since it was built in 1990. The ensuing years have seen the current owners polish and refine the home and grounds to create an impressive and beguiling country retreat. All you need to feel at home – and a thousand miles from the rest of the world – is at hand.
 
With a clear emphasis on delighting in the peace and privacy afforded by its location, the home uses high ceilings, sunken rooms and a limited palette of colours and materials to fashion serene interiors that connect physically and visually to the surrounding landscape.
 
Reticulated gardens, water features, and natural bush lure you to the outdoor living zones and pool. A servery from the kitchen makes for easy summer entertaining under the belvedere, a big BBQ/firepit and sheltered table made with timber felled on the property fashion a wonderful winter sanctuary, perfect for telling tales around the fire as you toast marshmallows.
 
An array of infrastructure programmed and monitored by a control centre lets you keep an eye on your domain while leaving ample time to enjoy all this property offers. A lined and air-conditioned shed provides ideal studio space for creative pursuits or a man cave of the highest order. A high clearance workshop offers storage for a boat or caravan, the gardens give those with a green thumb a seemingly boundless canvas and watching chickens do their thing can provide hours of hilarity and entertainment.
 
Impressive, inviting, and inimitable, this Hills retreat must be seen to be fully appreciated.
 
SCHOOLS
2.9 km – Chidlow Primary School
8.3 km – Wooroloo Primary School
8.4 km – Mount Helena Primary School
8.6 km – Eastern Hills Senior High School
15 km – Mundaring Christian College
17 km – Silver Tree Steiner School
 
RATES
Council: $2650
Water: $269
 
FEATURES
* Open plan kitchen/meals/family room
* Sunken lounge room
* Study/office
* High ceilings throughout
* Bay windows, built-ins, timber shutters
* Reverse cycle air-conditioning
* Ample built-in storage
* Laundry/mudroom
* Ducted vacuum
* Remote start roof sprinkler system
* Uninterruptable power supply (UPS)
* 12 kW backup generator
* 6.6 kW solar panels & 5 kW inverter
* Amass 10 kW battery bank
* 3-phase power to house and sheds
* Wetback slow combustion fireplace
* Rockwell control centre for pool, solar HW, fountain, pressure pump, water tank, generator
* Solarman monitor
 
General
* 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
* Build Year: 1990
* Block: 2.08 Ha
* Built Area: 516 sqm
 
Kitchen
* Separate Scullery
* 6-burner ILVE oven
* Bosch dishwasher
* Integrated breakfast bar
* Servery to alfresco living
* Integrated refrigerator/freezer
* Workstation
* Central control station
 
Main Bedroom
* Ensuite with separate powder room
* Patio access
* Built-in robes
* Bay window with built-in storage
 
Outside
* Summer and winter outdoor living
* Belvedere with misting system & kitchen
* Winter alfresco with firepit/BBQ, power, water, gas
* Below-ground salt pool with solar heating
* Waterme programmable 10-station reticulation
* 12 m x 7.5 m workshop with 3.6 m-clearance
* Lined 2-room shed with wet room, AC, ducted vacuum
* Compressed air system to shed & workshop
* Chicken coop & run
* Garden shed
 
LIFESTYLE
1.1 km – Wooroloo Regional Park
5.2 km – Lake Leschenaultia
15.5 km – Mundaring
31 km – Midland Gate
31.7 km – St John of God Hospital
40.3 km – Perth Airport
49.5 km – Perth CBD