33 Drake Street
Brighton

Celebrating timeless architecture and grand-scale living, this luxuriously appointed Nicholas Day-designed French Provincial-inspired five-bedroom-suite Brighton residence with a multi-vehicle basement garage and a home cinema is set in stunning landscaped gardens surrounding a resort-style swimming pool in an enviable North Brighton neighbourhood, a short walk to Golden Mile beaches.

Ensuring a grand entrance, a pair of bespoke antique timber doors open to reveal the home’s soaring dimensions. American oak flooring flows through the entrance hall that leads to the palatially proportioned main living area featuring a formal dining pavilion lined with French doors that open to the stunning Rick Eckersley-designed gardens and a paved alfresco courtyard, while the adjoining living area with gas log fire heater receives plenty of northerly sun and looks out to the fully tiled solar heated swimming pool with in floor cleaning system set in crazy-paved sandstone surrounds. Designed for impressive entertaining, the lavish kitchen features crema marble benchtops that extend to the pantry and laundry and is equipped with Miele appliances including a micro/combi and convection ovens, a gas cooktop and an integrated dishwasher.

The downstairs layout includes a formal living room with gas log fire heater, a fitted study, and powder room, while the upper level has an additional living room/bedroom, four bedrooms, and three marble ensuite bathrooms including the five-star custom-designed double ensuite/dressing room to the lavishly sized main bedroom. An auto-gated driveway leads to the enormous basement garage which could fit six cars, plus space for a gym, a comms room/wine cellar and the luxuriously appointed and well-equipped home cinema.

Additional features include indoor/outdoor Bose sound system, C-bus home automation, ducted vacuum, central heating and cooling, drying cabinet in laundry, and a walk-in storage/linen room.

Perfectly positioned for enjoying the best of Bayside’s enviable lifestyle, the home is located just a few minutes’ walk to Golden Mile Beaches, the Bay Trail, the lush greenery of Elsternwick Park, and Elwood Beach’s fabulous parkland and foreshore. It’s also an easy walk to cafes and restaurants of Ormond Road or Martin Street, and close to Bay Street and a choice of prestigious schools including Brighton Grammar, Firbank Grammar and Star of the Sea College.