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YOU can search all you like for Green Cove in Mt Lawley but you won’t find it, as I discovered to my cost after mishearing the address.

Fortunately the agent texted to confirm our appointment and in no time I was happily parked in Bream Cove, opposite Banks Reserve, a green delight right on the river.

The vendors are softies when it comes to their pooch so the park tipped the balance in favour of this two-storey home.

Not that such a luxurious, well appointed four-bedroom/two-bathroom home needed much tipping.

It’s one of a a handful of new dwellings in a small dead-end off prestigious Joel Terrace.

A huge, frosted-glass door off the covered portico opens onto a spacious entry and its rich, dark-honey timber floors flow throughout the home.

The ground floor main bedroom is a gracious space with huge windows onto a private garden and has a massive ensuite, with double vanities, and a relaxingly deep bath.

Steel and timber stairs lead upstairs to the other bedrooms where you’ll also find a spacious sitting room and a balcony, and the second bathroom.

Back on ground level, banks of huge glass doors peel back bringing the outdoors into the huge open-plan living/dining/kitchen, ensuring this is a light, bright area.

As you’d expect the kitchen is a thoroughly modern space with Smeg appliances and golden timber fittings, including a three-doored pantry and soft-close drawers.

The compact garden’s swathe of grass, and sunny corners for a dog to snooze, also helped sway the vendors when buying.

And it’s not  a bad spot for people either, with lush but low-maintenance plantings ensuring privacy and a lovely, timbered-ceiling alfresco dining area for year-round entertaining.

The vendor loves the location, which is five minutes from the city and a swag of cafes and boutiques, close to the river with its walk and cycle-ways: “And it’s 10 minutes from the airport,” the well-travelled vendor says.

by JENNY D’ANGER

4 Bream Cove, Mt Lawley
$1.338–$1.378 million
Aneta Ward | 0413 441 859
Professionals Michael Johnson and Co
9370 7777
home open Sat (20/9) 12.15–1pm