Epitomising everything tightly held Toorak Gardens stands for, the solar-powered and symmetrical sandstone villa with a leafy Swaine Avenue first impression ends in the perfect, summer-ready backyard.

The heated fully-tiled pool puts the crowd-pleasing exclamation mark on a 3-4-bedroom showcase of charm, space, light, style and functionality in the prized Marryatville High School zone, just a short stroll from Dulwich village.

A picture from the street, its stone, colourful leadlight and eye-pleasing symmetry hint at what’s to come in a home recently transformed so wonderfully from top to open-plan toe.

Follow the parquetry-laid French Oak floors down an arched hall of soaring 3.4m-high ceilings, stopping to admire a flexible floorplan of up to four bedrooms.

Take note of the master bedroom’s sleek ensuite on your way to an open-plan extension that not only stretches the width of the original home, but saves the best for its striking kitchen.

Not a crumb has been spilled in this stone-topped and super-functional centrepiece with the latest high-end appliances, storage galore, shaker-style cabinetry, brushed brass hardware and a breakfast bar.

Even better is the way the kitchen overlooks the living room and through French doors and big windows to the lush gardens and blue waters of a backyard with a vine-covered pergola and cricket-ready lawns. Hello summer. Welcome to Swaine Avenue.

More reasons we love this home:

- Lock-up carport with undercover parking for 5+ cars
- Zoned ducted reverse cycle heating and cooling
- Powerful 5KW solar system
- Induction cooktop, brass double sink, and Miele dishwasher to kitchen
- Shed with power, lighting and concrete floor
- Fully alarmed
- Instant gas hot water
- Automatic watering system to landscaped gardens, front and rear
- Lighting to pool and water feature
- Umbrella/shade and glass fencing to fully tiled pool
- Large separate laundry
- Custom joinery/storage throughout, including built-in robes to all bedrooms
- Walking distance from The Parade and Victoria Park
- Just moments from Rose Park Primary School