If you love outdoor living and don’t want to spend $,000s on adding patios and decks, take a look at the savings you’ll make at 5 James Street. It has a magnificent timber rear deck covered by an 11 x 6.5m gable roofed Colorbond patio which adjoins another 4 x 6.5m flat roofed patio, an ideal place for the kid’s sand pit or play equipment.

It’s a fibro and Colorbond home that was included in the Shire of Northam’s Mitchell On Avon restoration programme which generally included items such as front landscaping and garden reticulation, restumping, plumbing, wiring and painting.

This house has a beautiful decor theme running throughout; polished jarrah floor boards, timber venetian blinds, neutral paint and an absolutely stunning kitchen with stainless steel range, canopy fan and splashbacks.

Two reverse cycle split system air conditioners – one in the lounge and another in the dining room will keep the summer sweat off your brow or toes warm in winter. Hot water is heated in an 80L electric storage unit. There’s a single carport at the side of the house, though there’s ample room to the side or rear of the 871m2 block for additional cars or trailers. A handy 6 x 3m Colorbond tool shed stands in the back yard and bamboo brushwood attractively screens the fibro dividing fence.

The third bedroom is positioned toward the rear of the house and has fairly large dimensions making it a good room for a TEE studying teenager who wants a little isolation. Behind the dining room’s venetian blinds are double French doors to the rear deck. Out there, if you recline in the hammock with cold drink in hand and listen to the crickets clicking away, you can dream that you’re on the beach in Thailand.