There’s a great deal that feels magical about the household at 24 Lister Avenue, in Melbourne’s Kew East. Created and designed by owner-architect Keith Lodge, it capabilities all the attributes of a coveted house from the modernist era – from its use of geometric glass to its remarkable structure, elevated over ground by a common metal body.
But possibly even far more specific is the story guiding it, obtaining been lived in and cherished by Keith’s household for an remarkable six a long time. Until now!
‘Our father built and constructed this property in 1959,’ a person of the vendor’s children Fiona Lodge states. ‘He was a younger enthusiastic architect who conceived the residence at the age of 26, which has develop into much more impressive to me in my adult yrs, for him to demonstrate these kinds of a bold and yet productive home, which frankly has stood the take a look at of time.’
It was initially developed as a ‘humble’ two-bedroom dwelling set in farm-like surrounds and unmade roads, with sights via to the Yarra River and beyond. ‘As the precinct matured and grew, so did the family and in turn the dwelling,’ Fiona explains.
In 1967, the house was prolonged out to the east with two further bedrooms, and in 1973 a playroom and two additional bedrooms ended up extra in an below croft which is connected to the major dwelling flooring by a spiral stair. Inside timber features carry further warmth and charm, although an authentic 12ft granite wall featuring an open hearth has been the literal coronary heart of the property for the loved ones to assemble all-around.
The proprietors say its powerful architectural bones have been tailored to modern-day dwelling about the very last 60 several years, even changing the interior colour techniques of the 4-bed room household a number of instances. But one of the Lodge’s favorite functions is the facade and triangular home windows, which body the 1575 square metre block’s recognized indigenous gardens.
‘To feel that the gorgeous, landscaped garden that looks more like parkland, was planted by our mother and father, every single solitary tree,’ she adds. ‘Unbeknown to me, as a child, we were dwelling amongst the treetops, with views across parkland, within just suburban Kew. Our father never ever weary of pointing out: that no window was the exact same, the way the gentle would stream by means of the windows at the appropriate time of the day and the magical sensation of residing in the treetops. He applied to say, “look we stay in a tree house”.’
Now, the nostalgic Lodge Property is last but not least on the industry, and the family’s hoping to hand the residence about to anyone who will cherish it for decades to arrive!
24 Lister Street, Kew East is detailed with Kay & Burton Hawthorn with expressions of interest closing October 25 at 5pm.