One home currently on the property market has brought back memories of a style made popular by popular architect Donald Spencer in the 1950s.
Although more modern than a Spencer-designed house, this one is reminiscent of designs made popular by the architect in a past generation.
It’s got vaulted ceilings, minimalist lines, and a creative use of levels on a semi-rural property in Munruben.
The Sherbrooke Court home is on a 4,280 sqm on a corner block.
Selling agent Leanne Gunn from Your Address Real Estate is reminded of Mr Spencer because of the way the property brings in natural sunlight and uses natural timbers.
“It’s got so much natural light, big windows, it is just a really unique, pretty property,” she said.
“It’s got the grand swimming pool, it’s on the corner of an allotment as well, and it’s quite private when you’re up there.”
The light is brought in by a vaulted timber A-frame ceiling that provides views out to the surrounding landscape of trees and greenery. The other striking feature is the circular timber stilts, which was a trademark of Mr Spencer’s designs back in the 1950s and 60s.
Another well known home in the area built by the architect himself, Mr Spencer, was an original farmhouse in Heritage Park near Vedders Drive that was built during the 1950s.
“We’ve got a few pole homes around the area, one which is an original Donald Spencer home which was an original farmhouse in Heritage Park before it was all subdivided, but the house it still there,” Ms Gunn said.
Mr Spencer was known for his natural colour palettes and materials, spacious floor plans, minimalist lines, large windows, and pole constructions.
“They were different and had lots of light, lots of interesting levels, just beautiful homes,” she said.
Built in 1995, this particular home channels a similar feel with its raked timber ceilings and timber pole construction.
“It has that uniqueness about it,” Ms Gunn said.
The three-bedroom home comes complete with gas hot water, a combustion heater in the living area, and a bedroom suspended above the living space on mezzanine level.
“It’s one of those streets too where even when we were putting the for sale signs up and taking photos, neighbours were walking past and waving, so it’s got that really nice community feel, Munruben does,” Ms Gunn said.
The first open house was held over the weekend.
In the process of making an offer on any property, buyers should always request the results of building and pest inspections.
However, in Springfield, Ipswich, last week, buyers seemed to throw that out the window by making offers on a hail-damaged home without requesting a building and pest inspection.
That would come later in the settlement, but they were so keen on the property that regardless of the results they indicated their offers would still stand.
Ms Gunn has seen these kinds of sales before and said buyers should only consider taking this path on one condition.
“As long as the buyer knows what they are buying,” she said.
“When we take a property to the market now, we’re asking our sellers to do a building and pest inspection on the property, so when people are making an offer, they know.”
