West Footscray California bungalow renovated with contemporary industrial edge

Author:ahsan

This period charmer packs plenty of cool character.

The perfect pandemic pad has hit the market in West Footscray, featuring a slick home office, built-in bar, and mezzanine level with a “whisky bar” area and “PlayStation room”.

A cute California bungalow facade opens into a cool contemporary space that could almost be a warehouse conversion at 17 Hansen Street, on the market for $1.675-1.775m.

Village Real Estate agent Huss Saad said the three-bedroom property had been transformed by the sellers — who run Black Door Building — as their own home, so “no expenses were cut”.

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The slick property could be a warehouse conversion.

The home office looks across the open-plan space.

Expanses of glass let light flood in.

“Everything is finished to the highest of standards,” he said.

“At the back the ceiling height is just huge — it feels like a hall. It does have that industrial feel to it with an exposed brick chimney and polished concrete floors, which just top it off … they’re heated, which a lot of people don’t expect in the inner west.”

Soaring high ceilings provide a sense of ample space.

Luxe finishes in the high-end kitchen.

CoreLogic photos show the property when it last sold in 2014.

This space became a bedroom.

Things have changed a bit.

Mr Saad said the stylish pad was in his “top five” renovated homes he’d seen in the area.

“You don’t expect people to renovate a period home and give it that sort of industrial edge, whereas these guys have done that without ruining the front end of house,” he said.

“There’s a clear separation between old and new and it complements it perfectly.”

High-end materials used include the terrazzo concrete flooring, solid American oak cabinetry in the kitchen and bar, specifically sourced marble with pink flecks, and expanses of glass.

The versatile mezzanine has been set up with a bed, “whisky bar” and “PlayStation room”.

Professional landscapers created the incredible backyard with covered entertainment deck, while a location on a tree-lined street in the Kingsville Primary School zone topped it off.

Mac attack.

The mezzanine has been used as a guest bedroom, and a “whisky bar”.

A dated bedroom before the transformation.

Old school dining.

Mr Saad said the couple worked from home, adding that dedicated home office spaces and nicely renovated, spacious homes were increasingly sought as COVID unfolded.

“In the last five or six months or so during COVID we’ve had a higher amount of people come to us and say ‘if isolation is going to be a long-term thing then we want to find the house that we can feel comfortable spending a lot of time in’,” he said.

“For properties like this, well renovated larger homes in the area, if anything prices are increasing, they’ve become more popular.

“There’s talk of the real estate market tapering off, but there are markets within markets and properties like this continue to be in demand.”

CoreLogic records show the property last sold for $640,000 in 2014.