BOOROOLONG
A rare and unique offering, a cliff edge bespoke home in one of the most beautiful locations in the upper Blue Mountains, within two hours of Sydney.
A stunning home designed for comfortable living. Built to blend into its spectacular environment 'Booroolong' perches high above the vastness of the Megalong Valley. Designed for entertaining with graceful interiors that flow to stunning terraces overlooking water and sky. The owners have created a beautiful private retreat for sharing with family and friends.
Superb craftsmanship and innovative design combine to create a luxurious bespoke home. Blending a lifetime of talents and creative interests, the owners teamed with local builder and woodwork craftsman Jason Webb to create a space as unique as it is beautiful. Modernist simplicity in the interiors and garden create a sense of serenity.
Glorious low maintenance gardens designed by Dan Heslop of Cultivate Exterior Design. Showcasing gigantic planters, granite-bouldered slopes, sophisticated native and exotic plantings and a natural reticulated pond it blends texture, colour and year round interest. These elements work to nestle the home gently and sensitively into its clifftop environment. The scents and sounds of the bush, the call of the Booroolong frogs, the subtle colours of the clifftop garden and forest, harmonise with interiors that showcase natural elements of crafted stone and wood. The home's rich palette and natural textures echo the beauty and drama of the surrounding landscape as it unfolds throughout the day.
Originally part of Mark Foy's beloved Hydro Majestic estate, the house site was a spot so loved by him that he would especially take guests to "The Lookout" for viewings of the stunning sunsets.
- Feature stone capping on entrance facade
- Four double bedrooms, one currently presented as an office. Master with ensuite, built ins in two. Ceiling fans in all bedrooms, discrete electric panel heating (plus ‘heat exchange' venting from the Phillipe Cheminee fireplace in the lounge), plush carpets, built-in pelmets. Sea-grass wallpaper feature walls in two bedrooms
- A cavernous kitchen dining area with a sunken lounge out to the sky terrace
- Named 'Booroolong', after the rare Mountain frog that inhabits the large natural pond
- An expansive kitchen, designed by a chef for a chef
- Two bathrooms - the master ensuite with a central Japanese soaking tub and an enormous picture window with uninterrupted views of the Megalong Valley. Heated towel rails and choice of lighting options, ‘rain' showers
- A wrap around terrace - giving all bedrooms access to the outside, terracotta tiled and the edges capped with Hawkesbury sandstone
- Outlook framed by Eucalyptus oreades (Blue Mountains Ash) forest, fire-pit terrace with views
- Extension built to the highest BAL rating
- High specification insulation to internal and external wall cavities, fire specification (thick) windows with anti-glare film, shutters to secure and shield from summer sun
- Forest timber, wide board floors, deep-plush carpets in the bedrooms and travertine marble in the kitchen and bathrooms
- Pond and underground tank provide a static water supply of approximately 100,000 litres, plus a 5,000 litre tank off the garage to supply the chicken coop and gardens
- Utilities include town water, natural gas and Sydney Water sewer connection
- NBN connected
- Off Street parking for three cars including lock up garage for one
