A LOVE of timber was evident as the vendor of this Mt Lawley home showed me around, failing totally to contain his enthusiasm. Having done most of the work himself on the magnificent extension of this art deco home, the carpenter/joiner has every reason to be proud. Much of the timber was sourced from the…

ANTHONY and Cleopatra, Fred and Ginger, Brad and Angelina, I reckon the catch phrase “there’s someone for everyone” can be applied to the happy home too. (Even though the women’s mags can’t decide month by month whether Brad and Ange are splitting, getting married, or having more kids). Last week I was looking at an…

“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…

  HERBERT and Sherbert gaze meditatively across Royal Street, their colourful-metallic bovine presence guarding entry to this delightful East Perth dwelling. “If I was buying this home I’d be wanting them to stay,” I thought as I took in the raised terrace frontage and the lovely park next door. It was a short introduction as…

WAITING outside this Yokine home I thought it looked pleasant, neat—and small. Ha! “A compact late ’50s/early ‘60s home”, I thought stepping into the formal lounge with its jarrah half-louvered partition and jarrah floor. I expected to find three bedrooms and a fairly ordinary bathroom to the right and a kitchen/dining room to the left,…

NOT everyone does love Raymond. I keep waiting for the wife to leave the twit. But this home in Raymond Street, Yokine is another matter and I could easily fall in love with it. Brand new and stylishly modern the interior spaces are both practical and beautiful, from the lovely glow of blackbutt floors underfoot,…

THICK limestone walls, a trio of cute peaked roof pitches and a bullnosed roof had me wondering whether this Pakenham Street, Mt Lawley abode was a heritage home made new. But no, it’s a mere teenager. No expense was spared creating this four-bedroom/two-bathroom home 13 years ago. The limestone isn’t cladding but rather huge blocks…

WITH his and hers garages and possibly the world’s smallest office, this Regent Street Mt Lawley home is an interesting package. The three-bedroom/two-bathroom abode is one of four elegant federation-style townhouses in a quiet tree-lined avenue, just off Beaufort Street. Just a few years old they exude an old-world charm, with all the convenience of…

IT was like someone had pushed a “mute” button the minute I stepped into this South Fremantle home: traffic noise simply stopped. “No, there’s no double glazing,” the vendor said, pointing out the limestone walls which are around half-a-metre thick. Noise is dealt another blow by the solid front fence and a bank of flowering trees,…