The Penfield Gardens home at 238 Carclew Road has been converted from a chapel into a home. Pic: realestate.com.au
Open the double doors to this Penfield Gardens property and it will feel like you’re stepping into heaven.
The former chapel at 238 Carclew Rd has been converted into a divine residence – which is being offered to househunters for the first time in its roughly 150 year history.
Owners Graham and Karen Jones have spent almost two decades restoring and extending the rundown building, which was opened in 1870 as the Primitive Methodist Church.
It was rundown and dilapidated when Mr Jones bought it from the Munno Para District Council back in 2002.
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It was dilapidated after years of neglect and vandalism prior to 2002. Pic: realestate.com.au
Its owners have spent almost 20 years restoring it to its former glory. Pic: realestate.com.au
They also extended the property, which is now a three-bedroom house. Pic: realestate.com.au
It had been left to rot and was badly vandalised in the decades following its last service in 1950.
“The renovation has taken 17 years but it’s been a good adventure for us,” Mr Jones said.
“A lot of people said I was crazy to buy it but straight away I could see what I could do to it.”
“It wasn’t for sale so I contacted the council and bought it off of them for $30,000.”
The couple spent about four years “roughing it” in a shed while they worked on their now three-bedroom home, then spent many more years perfecting its finer details.
A large lounge room and two bedrooms are front and centre upon entering the building, which is on a sprawling 1935sqm block.
An open family room and kitchen forms the hub of the home, with a bathroom and laundry below the stairs.
It was opened to the public in 1870. Pic: realestate.com.au
A pergola area offers a peaceful spot to kick back in the spa. Pic: realestate.com.au
A mezzanine level offers a bedroom with walk-in wardrobe, a balcony, upstairs living area and bathroom.
Outside, there is a pergola with spa, as well as a separate building with workshop, rumpus room and outdoor entertainment area.
Mr Jones said while the restoration had been hard work, it was well worth it and they would cherish the fond memories they’d made in it – including getting married.
A relative of William Roberts, one of the area’s original settlers who gifted the land that the chapel sits on to the Methodist Congregation, travelled from interstate to marry the pair.
REAL Estate Agents Group Adelaide director Dave Stockbridge is selling the property, which is listed with a $680,000 to $730,000 price guide.
It is listed with a $680,000 to $730,000 price guide. Pic: realestate.com.au
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