Home of the Week: "Out of the box" in Canberra's north

Sitting proudly at the top of a hill is a home unlike any other, especially not like any in this area, with striking French windows and Italian bricks.

The current owner and builder of the home at 26 Harry Seidler Crescent in Taylor waited about seven months to import the bricks from Italy and the windows from France due to their authentic European nature.

From the exterior to the interior and down to the finest details, every inch of this home has been meticulously thought through.

The quality is felt when you eye the timber-clad ceiling in the kitchen, brush your hand over the stunning tiling in the bathroom or pull closed the sturdy feature doors in the living area.

Each room embraces light and, at the front of the home, the windows frame the nature reserve which sits right across the road.

The ceiling height enhances the feeling of grandeur – it sits at over four metres in the living and dining areas.

At dusk, the balcony off the upstairs main bedroom is the place to perch yourself to enjoy a wine and enjoy the perfect views of Gungahlin’s natural landscape.

Two further bedrooms downstairs have their own en suites. A main bathroom services the rest of the home.

Despite sitting at the top of the hill, the backyard is completely flat, making it easy to install features such as a trampoline or kids’ play equipment and more garden beds and vegetable patches.

“Taylor has mostly new houses; however, this home is a little out of the box in terms of design and inclusions,” says selling agent Adil Iqbal of Edge. “This appeals to buyers who admire French windows and Italian bricks and want to live on hills right across the reserves.”

The home has a current price guide of $1.42 million-plus.

Taylor is a growing northern suburb offering a lifestyle surrounded by nature reserves, cycling paths, schools and playgrounds. It has a new community centre opening and is an easy four-kilometre drive to Gungahlin Town Centre with all its eateries, shopping amenities, library, sporting fields, local businesses and medical facilities.

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