15 Miller Street, O'Connor, ACT 2602

Leave your car at home and walk out the door. This Inner North location has all the best Canberra has to offer. Within walking distance of the vibrant CBD, the university culture of ANU or the expansive bushland of Black Mountain Nature Reserve, this location has something for everyone. Walk or cycle through established tree-lined streets to the vibrant dining and entertainment precincts of Braddon, New Acton and Dickson's 'Chinatown', or make the most of the proximity to Lake Burley Griffin surrounded by National museums, galleries, library, botanic gardens and Canberra's fireworks and festival culture. At 15 Miller Street, O'Connor, the fun never ends.
 
Alive with character and elegant Art Deco styling, this beautifully preserved and updated mid-century beauty feels like a cherished family home and oh so cool inner north pad. From the deco-style fireplace to the curved detailing in the kitchen and fabulously preserved bathroom, this light and airy home is designed to enjoy.
 
The form is classic 50s, with proud elevated position, sandstone clad frontage, classic Canberra Brick, and high ceilings. Featuring solid structural 'bones', the construction was made in an era built to last and rarely seen today. Cleverly designed, the large windows and long eaves fill the house with sun in winter and shade in summer. The casement windows are designed to catch breezes from every direction allowing for outstanding ventilation.
 
In the main home, the beautifully preserved Tasmanian Oak hardwood flooring and freshly painted walls and ceiling throughout radiate elegance. The home feels roomy, airy and deeply private, the natural elevation and windows maximising light, aspect, space and views to the gardens and sky beyond.
 
From the warm and inviting entry hall you can view the living spaces via a sequence of mid century internal windows, as high ceilings set with decorative cornices add to the elegant and joyful feel. Charming vintage pendant lights and sconces establish a romantic mood, adding to the chic deco-styled hearth set with a gas fireplace. French doors open the dining room to the patio, beautifully screened by a mature white flowering magnolia tree.
 
The kitchen/combined meals area, resplendent in colour and light, overlooks the garden framed by camellias and native shrubs and private boundary fence. Think and feel 'happy days' in this cool retro kitchen opening onto the sunroom. Surrounded by native gardens and a shady mature purple-flowering magnolia tree, the sunroom is the perfect place to kick back and relax, dine or perhaps get creative in your work/study area.
 
Three large bedrooms with spacious floor to ceiling built-in-robes align with a family bathroom and are cleverly situated away from living spaces. The bathroom is all cheerful pink with pops of black and timeless mosaic floors. While the adjacent large laundry has a wall of built-in-cabinetry, echoing the colours and creativity of the kitchen.
 
The circular driveway allows safe and easy access to the street, plenty of off-street parking and is naturally screened by silver birches and native gardens, while a longer driveway ushers in a private studio at the rear. Family flexibility springs to mind…a second income, intergenerational living, a teen, university student or young couple's retreat…the apartment provides privacy, style, and functionality all in one and is surrounded by a spacious courtyard and pergola for outdoor relaxation. Completely self-contained, the studio contains private entry, ample storage, custom joinery, while serving up a living space, large galley kitchen and a neat bathroom.
 
 
Key features.
.location.location.location
.beautifully preserved and updated three-bedroom mid-century home plus modern self-contained studio
.large 17KW solar PV system with 18.5kW SolarEdge inverters, reducing your electricity bills to zero and to charge your EV or EB.
.Energy efficient Norwegian Nobo electric panel heaters are included in the main house and studio so that you can attach them to the walls or move them around as you wish.
.gas fireplace to living room, easily converted for electric or slow combustion for further heating
.multi-purpose, modern studio secluded at the rear of the property, with large galley kitchen, bathroom, recycled timber "Paris style" bed platform and joinery, clever under-bed storage, including a built-in-robe, BBQ area with under-bench mobile cabinetry and a private courtyard, covered pergola and jasmine twined classic breeze block privacy wall
.single garage with additional storage room
.lots of off-street parking
.gorgeous established native gardens, mature silver birches and shady mature magnolia trees front and back
.plenty of room to extend the existing house
.easy stroll to O'Connor or Lyneham village shops
.close to a number of well sought after private and public schools
 
EER: 3
Land Size: 785m2
Land Value: $1,200,000 (1 January 2024)
Rates: $6,133 approx. per annum (2024-25)