Only 90 minutes from Sydney, this sunny acreage on the Central Coast features a warm, sophisticated single level home inspired by the villas of Tuscany.

Agent Carol Jennings told WILLIAMS MEDIA the grand, yet intimate home was built 20 years ago as a labour of love by the owners, featuring details from their travels such as shutters sourced whilst on holidays in France, hand hewn beams from a 1900s bridge in Morpeth, hand beaten copper lights sourced from Morocco, original gas lamps from the Melbourne Exhibition Centre and 25 million year old petrified wood.

“This home has so much which sets it apart,” Jennings told WILLIAMS MEDIA. “It was featured in Australian House and Garden magazine. It is a beautiful replication of a warm Tuscan home – but more than all of that, it is a home with heart.”

The floorplan embraces the best of family life and offers a clever design allowing for a family wing and a public wing, but with easy access to all parts of the house, including three living spaces, a media room, formal dining, and an entertainment room with full size billiards table.

The pool terrace is the heart of the home with a versatile pool house that has evolved from separate accommodation for the au-pair, to a recreation room, a gym and a meditation room. 

The home has hosted endless gatherings, with fabulous entertaining spaces including the ambience of a wisteria covered terrace, amid formal gardens with locally sourced sandstone paths. Patina has been encouraged on the roof and outdoor areas to help you imagine you are enjoying a rich Tuscan villa.

“But this just describes the things that helped construct the house,” Jennings told WILLIAMS MEDIA. “It doesn’t show the laughter of children at an Easter Egg hunt, or the splashes from the pool parties, marshmallows round the fire pit, the chink of glasses celebrating yet another milestone. It doesn’t show the collection of friends around the oversized terrace table, or the intimate evenings sharing a pizza from your own oven. The gentle undulation of the well-drained grassy yard which has housed soccer games, jumping castles, trampolines, pitch and putt, cricket nets and games of fetch with the dogs.” 

Conveniently located for families, the property is one minute from Central Coast Grammar School and 5 minutes away from Central Coast beaches.

See more of 114 Coachwood Road Matcham NSW 2250, including additional photos, floorplan, and location map, on Luxury List.

To arrange a private inspection or enquire about a price guide phone or email Carol Jennings of Raine & Horne Terrigal via this link.

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