Perth Voice Interactive

A  YEAR in Provence, Gone With the Wind and A Home Amongst the Gum Trees all morph in this Ascot home.

The salmon pink exterior is so French provincial I expected to see a bicycle-riding mam’selle, flowers and a crusty loaf of bread in the carrier, riding down the leafy laneways.

Soaring mature gum trees in parkland either side of this 556sqm property add a bit of Australiana, and sitting around the pool on a hot summer evening the smell of eucalypts on the air would be a delight.

Step into the soaring mezzanine entry of the four-bedroom home and Scarlett O’Hara wouldn’t look out of place sweeping down the stairs and into the magnificent living area, with its grand (gas) fireplace, flanked by towering windows and a ceiling that goes on forever.

Push back the sofas and there’s room to dance a quadrille, watched by the more sedate members of the party through wrought iron balustrade of the mezzanine sitting room above.

Terracotta tiles, soaring columns and stunning wrought iron chandeliers add to the decadence of the massive living/dining area that sweeps into the kitchen and family room.

A swathe of granite benches in the kitchen form a semicircle overlooking the family room, and pool, and there’s no shortage of drawers and cupboards, including the biggest appliance cupboard I’ve ever seen, and a walk-in pantry.

The bedrooms are on the second level, including the parents wing, a massive area with a dressing room, huge ensuite and a balcony overlooking the park.

There’s a touch of the Chronicles of Narnia to the children’s wing, and what appears to be the door to a linen cupboard in fact leads to three more bedrooms, each with walk-in robes: “We call it the west wing,” the vendors say.

This elegant abode is walking distance to the river, and close to shops, and schools.

by JENNY D’ANGER

1 Waterway Crescent, Ascot
from $1.35 million
Carlos Lehn
0478 927 017
Acton Mt Lawley
9272 2488
open Saturday
December 12, 1–1.30pm