THE owners of this Bedford home clearly have good taste.  There’s no obnoxious colour scheme or in-your-face wallpaper and this four-bedroom, two-bathroom home exudes class and restraint. It’s been extended and renovated to a high standard with loads of beautiful features including polished jarrah floorboards, picture rails and an original brick fireplace in one of…

I LOVE 1950s houses. They were built to last and have a timeless look and appeal. This circa late 1950s Inglewood home is in immaculate condition and has loads of kitsch period features including an arresting bathroom with black wall tiles and a pink sink and bathtub. There’s also a quaint kitchen with an original…

BUILDING a sustainable home will help save the environment – and lots of your cash in the long run. Right Homes in Perth is a market leader in sustainability and has been helping its customers design and build “green” homes since 2006. Prior to establishing the company, directors Gary and Anna Wright operated their own…

THE wisteria-covered balcony of this Mt Lawley home overlooks the suburb’s leafy streets, offering quiet contemplation in these fraught times. Come spring the magnificent cluster of delicate mauve flowers will hopefully welcome in a pandemic-free world. Meanwhile, lockdown in this gorgeous federation mansion will seem like a resort holiday, with numerous white shutters creating the…

WHEN you’re house hunting you usually find the right home in the wrong place or vice versa. But this beautiful Mt Lawley abode has loads of character and is in a killer location. Situated on Vincent Street, Hyde Park is pretty much on your doorstep (you can see it from the front garden) and it’s a…

LIKE a love letter from the past, this delightful 1905 semi-detached has loads of appeal for millennial couples.  The bull-nosed verandah, with wrought iron lacework, is a great spot to relax on the weekend. I could imagine sitting here with a drink and enjoying the sound of tennis balls being patted across the nets at…

IN 1900 the owner of this grand Perth property advertised in the daily newspaper for a domestic – promising “a good home will be provided”. Given the sheer size of the federation mansion, one hopes there were more staff in those pre-Dyson days. In a nod to the past, the maid’s room is still at…

THE quirky extension to this heritage-listed Fremantle cottage won state and national architecture awards. The original garden fell away sharply, so Freo architect Philip Stejskal bridged the old and new with floor-level drops and a flexible space that’s not really a room or an alfresco, but acts as both. A bank of polycarbonate doors open…

BUILT in 1940 this Leederville home has all the bells and whistles of the period. Modest-looking from the outside, inside it boasts decorative ceilings and arches, jarrah floors, jarrah framed-double sash windows, and a fire place or two. The huge kitchen still has its original metters wood stove – a rare blue enamel model with…