15 Madden Grove, Kew, Vic 3101

A grandly proportioned and richly rambling brick period classic, right on the cusp of Kew’s highly coveted Studley Park precinct, ‘Elm Tree House’ is a four bedroom, three bathroom family home on an allotment of 863 square metres (approx.) with a broad street frontage of 17.4m. Nestled within exquisitely landscaped and lovingly maintained gardens, this is a heart-warming home, offered for the first time in 34 years, where an ambient, family-friendly sense of proportion, meets an alfresco entertainers’ spirit and exciting scope to renovate, extend or rebuild (all STCA) with no heritage overlay.

Accessed via a huge, solid timber front door with hints of Gothic styling, the home is particularly evocative with polished timber flooring, timber paneling, and exposed timber ceiling beams to complement leadlight windows throughout, as it flows to a central, dual-sided granite-topped kitchen. Opening up to an airy and open-plan style of living, the kitchen offers servery connection to the dining room and the lounge while also overlooking a less formal meals / living. United by a large pool room / rumpus, the living spaces spill outdoors to a blissful rear terrace that overlooks large gardens and an in-ground swimming pool, all with an undercover BBQ area for year-round fun with family and friends.

Set upstairs, three of the bedrooms are well removed from living – two with ensuites and one with a terrace and sweeping views that include the city’s skyline - plus there is a huge downstairs bedroom currently being utilised as a home office. Further highlights of this unique offering include an oversized lock-up garage with plenty of storage, workshop space and driveway parking for another three vehicles.

Barely five kilometres from the CBD and on the cusp of pristine natural parkland, this privileged position offers easy access to Kew’s coveted private school belt, as well as Kew Junction, Victoria Gardens and multiple city-bound tram routes.