Elegant mid-century home in Brighton claims 'house of the week'

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Love at first sight. It’s a thing. This house at 684 Hampton Street is that rare beauty where interiors, exteriors, light and living meld so effortlessly you almost want to cry.

It’s that mid-century shape, those sublime, near-perfect bones, the flow and form – relaxed, unforced, as easily geared to modern living as you can find.

The automated gate rolls back to let you slide straight into the carport. A towering palm sits perfectly aptly on the grassy right side of the front garden.

Pass through the carport and you can see immediately the smarts of this kind of design. A north-facing garden runs along the edge here, drawing light into the open interiors.

The entry is marked by a cool glass door that swings open onto a small entry foyer. Banking back to the front of the house and in the top corner, there’s a fine bedroom with skylight, built in robes and a view of the front.

Head past the sharp looking bathroom to the main bedroom at the south corner and you get garden access, too, as well as plenty of storage and a chic en suite with double basins in the floating stone-topped vanity.

Head east and you pass a sparkling powder room and adjacent, the third bedroom, completing the well-zoned accommodation.

The central living and dining space is quite simply superb. It’s the light that does it – full-height windows, outdoor access at almost every point and that magnificent strip of north garden with a draping vine across the pergola and a lush framing rock garden with rows of magnolias. Divine.

The first of two living areas looks out onto this picture as does the excellent second lounge at the rear, separated here by a beaut glassy courtyard.

Sitting across to the right of this area is the easy style of the classy kitchen. Crisp white cabinetry, stone benches and a smart configuration make it both practical and quite fine.

Beyond here there’s a meals area that boasts a terrific outlook, too, over the sparkling pool.

Out back, flanking the north edge of the water, is a raised deck, and the high hedging provides excellent privacy. Swing around to the south side and there’s more paved entertaining room, plus a pool bathroom tucked into the wall of the house.

The graceful use of space, the transcendent light and the sheer easy style combine to lift this place way above the pack.

Stephen Smith of Marshall White says the house is ideal for the discerning buyer looking for “the convenience of single-level living with glamorous mid-century style and a from-the-ground-up renovation.” 

The house was last sold for $1.65 million in December 2015. It will be sold at auction on June 17 and has a price guide of $2.75 million to $3,025,000.

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