82 Parkhill Street, Pearce. Photo: Supplied Pearce
82 PARKHILL STREET
PRICE GUIDE: $900,000+ EER: 0.5
An enclosed central courtyard is one of the family’s favourite features. Photo: Supplied
AGENT: Rob Cappuccio, Peter Blackshaw Woden and Weston Creek, 0410 121 601
AUCTION: Saturday, June 24, at 1.30pm, on-site
INSPECT: Saturday, 11.15am-noon
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When James Larsen and Antoinette Merrillees moved into their Pearce home in 1999 there was a note in their letter box.
The previous owner’s daughter told them how much they had loved the home and asked them to look after it.
James says he and his family of five have also grown attached to the property. They’ve lived here on and off for the past 22 years between overseas postings. As the Australian ambassador to Turkey, James and his family currently reside in Istanbul.
“I’ve always really loved that 1950s and 1960s Australian architecture,” James says.
“In that period architects were really exploring how to bring the natural beauty of building materials into the home, how to maximise lighting in the house and how to minimise corridors. That period of architecture was ahead of its time.”
The four-bedroom house has been renovated over the years, but the mid-century design by architects Hancock, Courtney and Renfree guided every addition.
The floor plan wraps around an enclosed central courtyard, one of the family’s favourite features.
“You can sit on a summer night completely enclosed and you only see the stars in the sky,” James says.
“From the family room you look straight up to Mount Taylor. Even though it’s a suburban house, it brings nature in and it brings light in.”
James says the tenants have loved the home just as much and they sent him a similar message to that first note in the letter box:
“It is a beautiful house and we felt grateful to have the opportunity to call it home.”
James thinks the new owners will be just as happy as the home’s previous residents.
“It’s a fabulous location and a great neighbourhood,” he says.
“People are really valuing that mid-century architecture.”
