Property Of The Week: 410 Bugden Avenue, Fadden, ACT

Here is an opportunity to secure this contemporary resident in one of the most elevated positions in south Canberra.

The well-proportioned home brings 4-bedrooms, 3-bathrooms, 2-car garage with open plan interiors, 3.4-metre high ceilings and large windows to take advantage of the views across the Tuggeranong Valley.

Within the home, the central kitchen is a showpiece in itself, featuring stone surfaces, splashback tiles, large breakfast bar & generous walk-in butlers pantry and Bosch appliances.

Elsewhere the multi-level design sees the lower level house the livings spaces – complete with polished concrete flooring – and three bedrooms, including one with its own ensuite that is ideal for guests. The bedrooms see engineered flooring under foot.

Upstairs, the main bedroom is its own parent’s retreat with large custom wardrobes, designer ensuite and private balcony.

Indoor to outdoor connection is seamless with the private front deck area complete with a saltwater pool and more views over the valley.

The rear terraced backyard is low maintenance and boasts multiple areas for outdoor entertainment.

The home is privy to a secure double garage and additional workshop space.

Conveniently located, the home is nearby to Erindale shopping centre, a network of walking trails at the Wanniassa Hills Nature Reserve or short distances to Woden and Tuggeranong town centres.

The home is listed with Andrew Potts, Independent Gungahlin, and is headed to auction. independent.com.au

A unique home on the outskirts of London within a former chapel that had a starring role in the hit TV series “Call the Midwife” is on the rental market for £39,000 (US$48,568) per month.

The four-bedroom home was carved out of St Joseph’s Missionary College, which, founded in 1871, trained young Catholic priests to work as missionaries abroad, according to listing agency Dexters.

Before its conversion to a lavish private residence, the college’s chapel had a starring role as nursing convent Nonnatus House in the first two seasons of the feel-good BBC show, which focuses on a church-funded midwifery in the 1950s and 1960s, based on the bestselling memoirs of Jennifer Worth, a former London nurse.

When the historic college was sold for redevelopment in 2013, and production of “Call The Midwife” transferred to a studio set, the chapel—along with the rest of the building—was born again.

The home is part of the former St Joseph’s Missionary College, now a gated development.
Dexters

Still going by the apt moniker of the Chapel, the home is the centrepiece of the site, which is now a gated development known as St Joseph’s Gate, said Dexters, which brought the home to the market in late February.

The home spans almost 10,000 square feet and “blends historic architecture, soaring open plan living spaces and every possible contemporary comfort,” said Andy Christophi, director of Dexters Finchley.

The chapel’s nave is now the dramatic heart of the home, complete with a 45-foot high vaulted timber ceiling.

The vast open-plan area—which also has columns and gothic-style arches—has a handcrafted kitchen, temperature-controlled wine storage, a curved living area with Victorian windows and enough space to easily host 30 at a dinner table, the listing said.

Above, a mezzanine bedroom has been constructed to appear as though floating above the main living area below.

The home also has a gym, a spa area with a sauna and steam room, and a media room.

“Perfect for a family that loves to entertain, its use as a filming location…makes it particularly iconic, and means you’ll never run out of dinner party conversation,” Christophi said.

Property Of The Week: 410 Bugden Avenue, Fadden, ACT

Elevated living south of Canberra.

The four-bedroom home “blends historic architecture, soaring open-plan living spaces and every possible contemporary comfort”