As the front door closes behind you, your jaw drops as quickly as your troubles disappear; the moment when a logic-defying block and the talents of an acclaimed architect come together as if destined for each other.

And it’s a beautiful thing.

That architect is Langdon Badger, and his 3-storey creation takes the best of the 70s and turns it into a home ahead of its time on a 1950sqm block that defies its proximity to the CBD.

Make no mistake; Cross Road – and the stressful world you knew – doesn’t exist here, leaving you to say, “How can this be?”

With every step up the head-turning spiral staircase – the undeniably courageous, yet inspired, star of the home – a giant red gum of some 300 years turns from trunk to treetop.

It’s on this top level – a master floor with lounge and bedroom – where a balcony grants a bird’s-eye view of Brown Hill Creek and the architecturally designed guesthouse of your magical, yet surprisingly low-maintenance, grounds.

The current owners deserve much praise for ‘modernising’ where it matters most, without disrupting Mr. Badger’s vision…

Where the family meet in the middle on the second level, a custom kitchen – boasting stone tops and the latest Smeg stainless steel appliances – is split into two rooms and typifies a no-expense-spared approach to its recent renovations.

The ground floor hosts three bedrooms (one is currently a study that looks out to the gardens), sitting room, and a bathroom to rival a master’s ensuite with under-floor heating and more stone.

The 5th bedroom belongs to that game-changing guesthouse; a fully self-contained home and architectural feat in its own right…

Walls of window and travertine headline what is everything from a studio to a weekend getaway for guests; either way, it’s a wondrous reminder that Mr. Badger thought of everything, and everyone…

Thank you, Mr. Badger. Thank you very much.

And there’s so much more to this story:

- Triple custom garage with remote Panelift entry and separate workshop
- Bore to grounds – offering year-round unlimited water for beautifully presented gardens
- Brown Hill Creek runs through the property
- Automatic watering systems, plus ride-on mower included
- Integrated intercom system – connected from level to level, main home to guesthouse
- Deliver food from the kitchen to master bedroom with a push of a button thanks to a ‘dumb waiter’
- Caesarstone benchtops throughout
- Built-in (walk-through) robes to master bedroom
- New timber-decked patio (with ambient lighting) to rear
- New carpets, blinds and drapes throughout
- Foxtel cabling to both homes
- Serene views form every room
- Storage galore
- Less than 10-minutes’ drive from the CBD
- Walking distance from the boutique fashion and food of Unley and King William Roads
- Close to a range of quality schools, including Unley High School and Scotch and Mercedes Colleges
- And so much more.

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