Hot Homes: Divine Entrances

HAS a saint come through your front door? In Hot Homes this week we look at some great entrances.

YOU have mere seconds to make a great first impression, and in the real estate game that can mean the difference in millions of dollars landing in your bank account this weekend, or another long Saturday when no one comes to inspect.

This Wellington St Mosman Park WA home features a glass lift in the foyer. Picture: realestate.com.au

In showbiz they call it the ‘big entrance’, that moment when something wonderful comes into view and in Hot Homes this week we look at some of the most exciting foyers on the market including a divine Adelaide property with extraordinary links to the past.

The horse shoe shaped, sculptural and quite superb entrance to 1 Chalk Avenue in Torrens Park South Australia was once part of a private chapel used, it is believed, by Australia’s first saint, Sister Mary MacKillop.

The horse shoe shaped, sculptural and quite superb entrance to 1 Chalk Ave was once part of a private chapel used, it is believed, by Australia’s first saint, Sister Mary MacKillop.

The Chalk Place property has actual gas lamps. Picture supplied by Harcourts Brock Williams.

But this home, though superbly renovated, offers another rather whimsical feature at the back door. The gleaming black gas lamps on the terrace are the real deal. They are indeed gas fuelled, and require lighting by hand. Does it get more romantic than that?

Venetian chandeliers, intricate balustrading, marble floors, now that’s what I call making a grand entrance at 9 Almeria Court, Mt Eliza.

This wonderful home is featured alongside properties in Sydney, Western Australia and Victoria in this weeks Hot Homes.

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