Perth Voice Interactive

“UNDER a spreading chestnut tree,” Longfellow famously wrote and the sight of one of these magnificent trees in this Dianella garden had me wanting to pen a few lines of my own.

But on reflection, it’s best not.

Sitting on 810sqm the garden of this Morley Drive home is the sort you can graze on from the front gate to the back fence.

Grape vines, fig trees, avocado, mango and olive are just some of the many trees and a huge passionfruit is groaning under ripening purple/green orbs, while a very decent vegie patch nearby offers more fresh produce.

The vendor was puzzled when I asked about the chestnuts and whether she ate or cooked with them; “of course”, was the reply—or something like that.

The garden is the sort of space you can imagine generations of kids playing…

The three-bedroom home is the rock-solid sort built by Italian migrants in the late ‘70s, which means great bones to build on to bring it into the 21st century.

It’s in immaculate condition and if you rip up the carpet you’ll find lovely jarrah floors just waiting to be brought to gleaming life.

The bedrooms cluster at one end of the home, sharing a bathroom, but there’s plenty of scope to rejig spaces to create a parents’ wing, or go up or built out.

A spacious formal lounge/dining room stretches across the front of the dwelling, separated from the informal living area by a compact kitchen.

The kitchen is as neat as a pin, with sparkling white cupboards, and appliances that look brand new.

The family/dining room stretches across the rear of the home, and includes a small second kitchen.

Banks of windows ensure plenty of light, but I’d be putting in bifold doors to bring the outside in and, and vice versa.

The garden is the sort of space you can imagine generations of kids playing, with a generous swathe of grass amid the garden beds.

And there’s a huge shed for them to test out their carpentry skills making go karts—if they can get dad out of his man’s cave.

This home is well priced to sell and just the shot for a young family starting out, and is close to schools and shops.

by JENNY D’ANGER

282 Morley Drive, Dianella
EOI from $549,000
Mervyn Missell
0404 889 325
Acton Mt Lawley
9272 2488