Perth Voice Interactive

THERE’S a touch of the ‘60s TV cartoon The Jetsons about this Bayswater home, with its soaring, space-aged curved-tin roof and matching interior reverse-curve ceilings.

When the cartoon was made computers were in their infancy, and the size of a house, but George Jetson predicted the future of print, reading the news on his televiewer (iPad), and surely his video chat is today’s Skype, while daughter Judy’s digital diary is Facebook.

Modern technology has made this home, sitting on 469sqm, as comfortable as the Jetsons’ gadget-packed abode.

North-facing windows and solar passive design help keep the temperature at a constant, aided by the practical, but oh so beautiful black-and-white polished concrete floor.

“I very rarely put the heater on in winter or the air conditioner in the summer,” the vendor says.

And you won’t need a robotic vacuum cleaner, with the floor, “so easy to clean, especially with two kids and two dogs”.

From the covered alfresco area at the front of the home you step into the open-plan living/dining/kitchen, a sweeping, light-filled space, thanks to floor-to-ceiling glass on two sides.

The kitchen is a modern chef’s delight. The vendor came up with the layout and shape, and “the architect came up with the fine details,” she says.

The result is a practical, spacious area that is also good to look at with plenty of gorgeous black stone tops, including an expansive breakfast bar, and a huge double pantry.

A huge window is almost at eye level with the terraced lawn outside, which is perfect for keeping an eye on the kids at play.

The builder had wanted to take a chainsaw to the huge old gum tree but the vendor stood her ground, and it now casts dappled shade over the adjacent, elevated cubby house, and the rich expanse of lawn.

You’ll find all the bedrooms upstairs, including the spacious main—which is accessed down a corridor that ends in a stunning, massive curved window.

Living here you’ll be a stone’s throw from the Beaufort Street cafe and shopping precinct.

And there’s plenty of parks, along with schools and public transport options, while Perth’s CBD is just 7km away.

by JENNY D’ANGER

64A The Strand, Bayswater
from $849,000
Carlos Lehn
0416 206 736
Acton Mt Lawley 9272 2488