32 Bangalay Avenue

Expressions of Interest close Monday 4 May 4.00pm (unless sold prior) Rich in character, style, space, and amenity, this outstanding Frankston South property, set over a full acre, celebrates the utmost in grand-scale family living and entertaining with a beautifully renovated five bedroom home edged by alfresco decks with views to the Bay, a resort-style heated mineral pool, a tennis court, and glorious gardens graced with the original orchard's fruit trees. A bluestone entryway and historic gate posts hints at the grandeur of yesteryear, while a long gravel driveway leads to the freshly painted and updated double-storey rendered brick and weatherboard home. Newly re-surfaced with herringbone-oak hybrid flooring, a skylit entry foyer leads to the open plan living and dining zone with open wood fire, a gleaming new stone/Smeg kitchen with custom curved island bench/breakfast bar, and glass sliding door connectivity to the alfresco deck. Carpeted in chunky loop pile, there are four bedrooms in the western wing, along with a stylishly renovated bathroom, a separate powder room and a laundry with external access. The parental domain is on the upper level, incorporating a second living room with wood fire place, a balcony with far-reaching views across Sweetwater Creek valley, and the main bedroom with walk-in robe and shower ensuite. Offering the perfect set-up for impressive entertaining, the wraparound rear alfresco deck, incorporating an undercover dining area, built-in benchtops and a pizza oven, looks out over the sparkling, extra-deep mineral swimming pool that is solar heated and set on a terraced deck which in turns looks over the traditional 'granitic sand' surfaced tennis court. Additional features include gas ducted heating plus split system reverse cycle heating/cooling, a double garage set up as workshop/storage/gym space, undercover double carport, caravan/boat/trailer parking, tennis court lighting, fully fenced gardens, large capacity water tank, wood shed, raised vegetable beds and a fire pit. Neighboured by equally outstanding properties on large allotments, this prized leafy neighbourhood, is renowned for its family-focussed community celebrations including Halloween. Zoned for Frankston High School and Derinya Primary School, the property is also on the bus route for Peninsula Grammar and Toorak College and is equally close to Frankston CBD, Mount Eliza Village and a choice of beaches, parkland, sporting amenities and nature reserves.