12 Dunlop Avenue, KewVIC

Capturing breathtaking views across the Yarra River to the faraway northern horizon, this distinguished home blends opulence and elegance to deliver luxurious family living. Sitting high above the street on 1,200sqm (approx.), the home’s three expansive levels are traversed by lift, while offering separate housing for extended family or guests.

Hemmed by towering hedges on each side, a meandering granite pathway guides guests through pristine gardens to a grand entrance, where 10-foot ceilings and rich European Oak parquet wraps the interior. Capturing impressive views through picture windows, the formal lounge room gathers guests beside a gas fireplace, adjoining the dining room for seamless entertaining.

An open plan domain nurtures daily living and family meals, opening outward to the sprawling yard for lively indoor-outdoor celebrations. Wrapped in striking marble slabs, the kitchen is an effortless workhorse, offering an array of Miele appliances including a steam oven and warming drawer, plus a second cooktop, oven, and dishwasher in the butler’s pantry.

Outside, a sparkling heated pool is central to vibrant entertaining, holding alfresco dining on a sprawling travertine patio, and cooking feasts on a built-in barbecue beneath a vine-draped rotunda. A basement cellar enriches every celebration with room for over 900 bottles of wine, adjacent to a multi-purpose gym, office, or storeroom.

The accommodation pampers the family with private sanctuary upstairs, matching four robed bedrooms, a home office or fifth bedroom, and three marble bathrooms, including a luxe master bedroom with a twin-basin ensuite and a dressing room. A sunroom offers further versatility for private enjoyment, stretching onto a sundrenched breakfast terrace to enjoy a morning coffee as hot air balloons float by.

On the ground floor, a sixth bedroom hosts guests in privacy, providing fitted robes and a private ensuite. For long-term guests, a cottage provides independent housing with a vast living and dining room with Miele kitchen, an upstairs retreat or office, a marble bathroom, and an attic-styled bedroom, while also servicing the pool with a separate outdoor bathroom and storeroom.

Complete with a large laundry, a guest powder room, an internal-access double garage, and substantial off-street parking behind motorised gates, this magnificent home combines today’s luxuries with smart-home technology to assure comfort and security.

Positioned 6kms from the CBD in a private cul-de-sac, the home’s picturesque location promotes leisure and lifestyle, within an easy amble from the Yarra River’s recreation, Kew Junction’s boutique restaurants and shopping, and city-bound transport, while surrounded by prestigious public and private schools.