Coming to market this week is Darren and Sarah Ball’s gorgeous Park Crescent tackle who’ve remodeled a Thirties sandstone Tudor right into a glamorous household entertainer.
As you cross the understated facade of the Thirties sandstone Tudor at 14 Park Crescent, Linden Park, you possibly can solely think about the unbelievable luxurious that’s revealed while you enter the home.
Bought by Darren and Sarah Ball in 2011, the four-bedroom, three-bathroom house was in nice situation, however in want of a contemporary facelift.
4 years within the making, the couple spared no expense to rework the house right into a glamorous household entertainer that’s sympathetic to the unique house and creates a seamless transition between the Tudor and the open-plan rear extension.
“We gutted the entire home and solely saved the unique flooring, hearth and ornate ceilings within the entrance a part of the home,” says Sarah.
The entrance of the home gives formal leisure, good for an intimate night with a small group, and areas to loosen up throughout the winter months.
“We now have a proper eating room, so within the winter we will sit inside across the desk for dinner after which retire to the formal lounge in entrance of the fireside for a glass of wine or port,” explains Darren.
Upstairs is the mother and father’ retreat the place a big main bedroom connects to a luxurious rest room with bathe, free standing tub and twin sinks.
Adjoining to the main bedroom is an expansive walk-in closet that was as soon as a room unto itself and gives plentiful house for a fashionista.
“The bed room and wardrobe home windows overlook the tennis courtroom and the foothills,” says Darren. “Within the morning you possibly can open the blinds and simply lay in your mattress and take within the dawn view.”
Shifting to the rear of the home, a big house designed by Enoki is revealed with an open-plan design and sliding glass doorways reaching out to the outside entertaining space.
The Jag-designed kitchen contains an built-in fridge-freezer and Miele home equipment comparable to an M-Contact oven.
“The oven already comes with recipes, which makes cooking the Christmas turkey really easy,” says Darren.
“I am a horrible cook dinner relating to a few of these issues, however since we bought this oven they’ve all come out superb.”
The outside leisure space is ideal for internet hosting household and pals in the summertime with a built-in outside kitchen proper subsequent to the tennis courtroom, lawns and swimming pool.
“We have taken an ordinary sloping veranda deck and modernized it, including a spectacular outside kitchen the place we will sit and put together meals and host barbecues,” says Darren.
The solar-heated pool offers year-round swimming, and the lighted tennis courtroom retains video games going late into the evening.
“It is actually enjoyable to have a enjoyable and hilarious recreation of tennis on a balmy summer time evening with all the children and fogeys taking part in at six,” says Darren.
Though they’ve beloved residing in the home for 11 years, Darren and Sarah are prepared to maneuver on and begin a brand new journey.
“We’re excited to maneuver, however it is going to be troublesome to depart as it is a once-in-a-lifetime once-in-a-lifetime property,” says Darren.
“For the brand new house owners, there may be nothing extra to do. We now have at all times made positive to make use of the very best options and the very best contractors to make sure that the inside of the home matches the status of the outside of the home.
The sale is managed by Effie Vlachoulis and Phil Harris of Harris Real Estate.
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