Buy Buy Home: Three serene homes you MUST know about

115 Elliott Road, Karrinyup

Set Date Sale: Offers by 5pm, April 10

Agent: Hughes Group, Realmark Coastal

Special Features: Maximises on bush and coastal location

Beds: 5

Baths: 2

Cars: 2

People will often escape suburbia to unwind at holiday homes but for the owners of this striking architect-designed residence, every day is a vacation.

As you would expect from a Klopper and Davis design, the Karrinyup home is innovative, functional and so timelessly stylish.

“We wanted to build our home to embrace the feeling of a holiday home and an escape we could access every day,” one of the owner’s said.

Built using robust and low maintenance concrete, the home uses splashes of yellow and timber accents keep things fun and funky.

It is a home that offers separation for privacy but also connection where family members can come together, with the floorplan wrapping around a central yard.

“The design takes advantage of the location across from Trigg Bushland Reserve — which you can see from the pool, the front bedroom and the main living area — and also the beach as you watch the sunset every evening.

“This house incorporates the best of both of those worlds. It has the beach house feel but is also a private house that makes the most of the bush land surrounds.”

70 Amherst Street, White Gum Valley

End Date Sale: Offers by 3pm, April 10

Agent: Stefanie Dobro, White House Property Partners

Special Feature: Serene surroundings

Surrounded by trees and birds in a quiet pocket of White Gum Valley, this charming home offers a serene lifestyle on the doorstep of buzzing Fremantle.

The historic weatherboard cottage includes a two-storey, solar-passive extension with its modern finishes of concrete, ply and timber perfectly complementing the home’s original character.

“It has been the effortless living between indoors and outdoors; the many gatherings with kids running around the garden, bouncing on the trampoline whilst adults relax under the gumtrees,” the owner said.

“It’s been watching the sun set over the ocean from the balcony. It’s been snuggling in front of the log-burning stove on winter nights and then watching the sky constantly change, framed by the expansive windows with the light filtered by the many eucalypts which surround the property.”

The property also includes one of the most coveted features in Perth’s heated market — a separate studio apartment complete with a veranda, kitchenette and ensuite.

150 Alice Street, Doubleview

Price Guide: Low $1m

Agent: Kiera Simpson, Xceed Real Estate

Special Feature: Renovated family home

Some homes leave such an indelible mark on our heart that they feel more like an additional family member than simply a place to take shelter.

This was certainly the case at this endearing Doubleview abode, which has belonged to one family for more than 20 years.

“Five years ago we decided to completely renovate her and I dreamt her in ... The Making of Alice. With the house being situated on Alice Street, I loved the synchronicity that my great-grandmother’s name was Alice and my daughter’s middle name is Alice,” the owner said.

The home was sympatheticall renovated to retain its original character and includes soft greens and greys inspired by the colours the owner sees in the ocean, just a two-minute drive away. Built in 1955 and on a 645sqm corner block, the home includes jarrah floors and high ceilings.ing, high, ornate ceilings, pendant lights, colonial doors and lots of space.