The days are numbered for one southern suburb’s record sale price, as a Flagstaff Hill home looks to set a new benchmark for prestige property in the area.
A grand seven-bedroom mansion at 28 Kingfisher Circuit has recently hit the market, capturing plenty of buyer attention due to its size, bold design and luxurious aesthetic.
Vendors Caleb and Cass bought the home in 2017, attracted by its scope for a grand transformation.
And they’ve certainly done that, with the end result a stunning home offering some 585sqm of indoor and outdoor living space over its two levels.
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“It was very run-down, but it had excellent bones,” Caleb says.
“It was a solid double-brick construction with what I’d never seen before – a 150mm poured–in–place second story slab floor.
“I had never seen that in a home, and it was visible in the garage and I was looking at it thinking: “This place is built like a truck’.”
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28 Kingfisher Circuit, Flagstaff Hill from the air.
The home’s grand facade.
Everything perfectly in its place.
It’s not short on space.
But it wasn’t the style Caleb had wanted, so they set about turning it into something else.
“We threw everything at it, thinking it was going to be our forever home,” he said.
“We wanted everything to be quality and wanted everything to last a very long time and we also wanted it to be beautiful.
“I love that style of home, the Georgian, French Provincial sort of mix, and I had a vision for the front and got a lot of my inspiration from the late David Cheney and I actually spoke to the chap who used to do his facade mouldings.
The kitchen with not one, but two island benches.
The luxury doesn’t stop at the bedroom.
This one’s pretty speccy too!
“He came out and we had a chat and I got some ideas from him – he didn’t actually want to do the job as he was semi-retired, he was just wanting to help out.
“So I put some concepts together and put them to the Galvin Group’s Alex Galvin, and he came up with a pretty incredible design.”
That design incorporates seven bedrooms, numerous indoor and outdoor entertainment areas and a stunning landscaped garden ensuring the home dazzles long before you walk in through the front door.
Quality fixtures and fittings abound, including 25mm french oak parquetry floors, chandeliers, thick stone benchtops, a ceiling dome, a 19kw solar system and custom joinery.
“Unfortunately I’m the sort of guy who really enjoys a project, and then I look for the next one,” Caleb says.
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“I’m not the sort of guy that looks over his shoulder too much, to my own detriment.
“I should sit back and relax and look at things, but yeah, we loved it, it was a brilliant family home, and it was our dream.”
Selling agent Valerie Timms of Ouwens Casserly Real Estate said, with a price guide of $2.5m to $2.75m, she expected it to exceed the suburb’s current record of $2m set by the four-bedroom 34 Torrey Rd in July 2023.
“I would never want to actually say that it is the best home in Flagstaff Hill, but when I walked inside I realised, oh my God, this actually is,” she said.
The spacious laundry which is bigger than some people’s kitchens.
Just have a look at that bathroom.
Ms Timms said the home had attracted an enormous amount of interest online.
“I’ve got people from the local area interested who are looking at moving up,” she says.
“I’ve also got people who were originally thinking inner city, but this represents really good value.
“For what it is, to buy something like this in Mitcham or Unley, you’re talking probably $3.5-$4.5m.
“This is in Craigburn Estate the way I priced it was sort of looking at what’s selling in Craigburn Farm and Craigburn Estate and then you know we put together that price range which I feel is realistic given like the scope of the property.”
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Ms Timms said the home did not have to be restricted to just the one family.
“We’ve got a lot of interest from people who are looking at multi-generational living, because it’s got four bathrooms and seven bedrooms and it’s got separate wings of the house, so it does lend itself to that,” she said.
“Even the kitchen, although it’s one kitchen, it’s in three sections, so you’ve got the scullery, then there’s the main kitchen, and then there is the bar area, all of which have their own sinks and cupboards.
Who doesn’t love a wood-fired oven?
The view from the balcony.
“I think for people who were thinking maybe even two or three families living in the one space – everyone’s got room.”
Ms Timms said she expected the home would sell either by or shortly after its August 12 expressions of interest campaign cut-off.
“I would absolutely hope so,” she said.
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