Home Hunt

This $3.95 million property on Pittwater includes the best man-cave ever: a 1918 boat house.

TWAM 19 Sep 2015

New South Wales

Cabarita Road, Avalon, Sydney

Boat-house Careel Chalet (1918) was the sole building on the 13,000sqm Marara estate overlooking Pittwater when bought by gynaecologist Herbert Schlink around 1930. Today it is a self-contained guest digs for a 1970s three-bedroom timber home on a 1073sqm fragment of the original property. LJ Hooker, 0414 441 111. $3.95 million

Western Australia

Hardey Road, Glen Forrest

Overseeing a 1.2ha landscape featuring a pool and walled gardens that channel designer Edna Walling, this five-bedroom stone home a 40-minute drive east of Perth’s CBD has been greatly extended without breaking its c1900 footprint. The two-storey brick addition adjoins via a glass atrium. Earnshaws RE, 0408 914 335. $1.7 million

Queensland

Esplanade, Urangan, Hervey Bay

The whale-watching waters of Hervey Bay lie over the road from this leggy 1920s Queenslander sporting original hoop pine and tallow wood floors, VJ walls and 4m-high pressed-metal ceilings. The extended four-bedder was once former premier Jack Pizzey’s holiday retreat. Elders, 0405 782 233. $1.188 million

Victoria

Park Drive, Parkville, Melbourne

Cuddling up to its semi-detached neighbour, this 1879 home boasts a glassy two-storey extension in which the new lower floor opens level with the back yard. The side garden is a rare gift; the studio and garage overlook a park. Auction September 26. Collins Simms, 0418 512 978. $3 million plus

South Australia

Old Mount Barker Road, Stirling

Set in the Adelaide Hills, the eyelash veranda softens the austere face of stone Cara Cottage (1890s), now a four-bedroom home. Timber floors, slatted ceilings and Georgian windows are reprised, giving the expansive living spaces a modern rustic character. Bernard Booth RE, 0408 898 287. $1.1 million