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IT was deja vu arriving at this Hill View Road home—it’s featured in a number of publications for its water-wise garden, including a story I wrote for the Voice a few year ago.

The vendor was way ahead of her time when, some 30 years ago, she began planting out a sensational native garden that needs little to no watering, even when the summer temperatures are soaring.

What will be watering is your mouth as you check out this grand old Mt Lawley home and garden.

A wrap-around verandah gazes out over a front garden that may look dry right now but come July/August is a blaze of purples and pinks.

Inside is cool and elegant, from the gorgeous art deco stained glass of the front door and it’s surround, to the stunning full-wall bay window of the dining room.

The gracious formal lounge has all the charm of a bygone era, including high ornate ceilings and a lovely coal fire-place (now gas powered) while a beautiful set of mullioned windows ensure it’s flooded with morning light.

All but one of the four bedrooms are double, and the main bedroom has the same lovely mullioned windows of the lounge, along with a ceiling rose and fireplace.

My jaw dropped when I stepped through to the open living/dining/kitchen extension to be confronted by a massive, bay window, that forms a magical curved, dining area, overlooking the lush native garden.

The kitchen has a country feel to it with its golden timber cupboards and jarrah tops. And like a country kitchen it’s a spacious domain sure to please the fussiest chef.

Sitting amongst the mature gum trees and lush plantings of the garden the old maids’ quarters and laundry have been converted into a cute guest studio, with its own kitchenette.

On 1012sqm the garden seems to go on forever, with a veggie patch, a frog-friendly pond, and room for a chook pen down the back.

And I quite fancied I was enjoying the relaxed ambience of a picnic at John Forrest National Park as I sat at the rough-log table in a ‘forest clearing’ of this garden.

This is a stunning home, close to an assortment of cafes, shops and schools.

by  JENNY D’ANGER

24 Hill View Rd, Mt Lawley
from $1.995m
Pam Herron | 0413 610 660
Jen Jones | 0415 662 622
Beaufort Realty | 9227 0887