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Features: five bathrooms, a grand entrance foyer and a galleried stairway, the house could feel imposing. Yet its grandeur — including the double- height ceilings in the formal lounge and family rooms — combines effortlessly with a more domestic scale in most of the rooms that creates a homely, welcoming feel.
In the main living area, situated on the mid level where you enter the house, there are glass doors and tall bifold windows, which are covered by wide eaves that provide shelter from wind and rain, and mean the house can be opened up regardless of the weather.
‘‘ We had 120 guests here recently for Luke’s 21st and it was completely effortless,’’ says Luise. ‘‘ This house will take a lot of people.’’
The home’s mid level also includes a large kitchen with a butler’s pantry, an open- plan dining space adjoining the formal living area, a large study or fifth bedroom, and an enviably big laundry that leads to a courtyard with a vegetable garden, fruit trees and a clothesline.
A staircase runs up the side of the front atrium on this level to four more bedrooms, including an enormous master bedroom with an internal Juliet balcony that overlooks the main living space below and through palm trees into the garden.
The two bathrooms on this level include a huge en suite off the master bedroom.
The lower level of the home is one large room with its own shower and toilet. It opens out to the swimming pool and would make a great media room or studio.
The house also has two large open fireplaces, and top- notch fittings and ample storage throughout, including beautiful built- in shelves and bookcases.
Above the internally accessed three- car garage is a self- contained flat that comprises a kitchenette, bathroom, lounge, bedroom and private patio.