43 Palmgrove Road,

Avalon Beach

'Ben Barra' is one of Avalon's landmark properties - a virtual Shangri-la that crowns a 2090sqm parcel, right in the heart of the village. It's an absolutely magical setting with an easterly aspect, magnificent gardens and ocean views to Bangalley Head. Designed in the late 50s, 'Ben Barra' brings a rare sculptural ambition to the era's marriage of modernist principles and the natural landscape.

The residence retains many of the original design elements and the architectural lines are unmistakable - it's been skillfully updated into the present day, with its original allure entirely intact. Designed across three luminous levels with superb style and flexibility, it offers generous communal and private spaces - the home intuitively supports every dimension of family life. Properties of this calibre and character are genuinely rare, and to live here is to inhabit something truly irreplaceable - a home that has only grown more remarkable with time.

• Conceived in the architectural spirit of the Sydney School
• Marriage of modernist principles with the natural landscape
• Panoramic ocean views, due north aspect, 2,090sqm parcel
• Designed for seamless integration with gardens and terraces
• Carefully updated for contemporary living and entertaining
• Solar-heated saltwater pool amid glorious native gardens
• Contemporary kitchen with Ilve gas range, servery to terrace
• Blackbutt floors, bi-folds on two sides and pitched ceilings
• State-of-the-art sound studio; great for musicians or teens
• Fully self-contained suite with separate entrance and deck
• Double bedrooms with built-in or walk-in robes and ocean views
• Ducted heating, wood burning fireplace, large internal laundry
• Sizeable workshop, double garage and ample offstreet parking
• Bordered by reserve; 10 minute stroll to the centre of Avalon

DISCLAIMER We have obtained the above information from sources we believe to be reliable and accurate, however, interested parties should rely upon their own enquiries and seek advice where necessary in respect of this property.

KEY DETAILS: Council Rates $3,177 pa Water Rates $808 pa