41 Murphy Street
Brighton

Presenting a sublime fusion of Edwardian-era elegance and next-level contemporary liveability, this four-bedroom-plus-study Brighton home is architecturally curated to celebrate harmonious indoor/outdoor family living and is sited at the front of the block to maximise the expansive, private landscaped backyard showcasing a fenceless heated fresh-water swimming pool surrounded by elegant designer gardens.

Enviably positioned in a family-focussed North Brighton neighbourhood, just steps from the magnificent greenery of Elsternwick Park and a short walk to Elwood Village and Beach, the gracious double-storey circa-1910 weatherboard home is set behind an automated gate and impressively laid-out gardens, which introduce the property’s considered landscape and pool design by Eckersley Garden Architecture.

Flooded in natural light, the light-filled front section of the home celebrates the century-old splendour with soaring ceilings, ornate plasterwork, timber fretwork, leadlight glazing, and box bay windows, while American oak flooring provides aesthetic connectivity to the polished concrete contemporary extension by multi-award-winning Rob Kennon Architecture.

Enhancing entertaining flow and family functionality, an internal-cavity sliding door allows openness or privacy between the ‘old’ and ‘new’ spaces . Edged with floor-to-ceiling glazing overlooking the sanctuary-like pool and gardens, the awe-inspiring main living and culinary space celebrates refined indoor/outdoor liveability and is impressively fitted out with bespoke oak veneer and stone-topped joinery including a Calacatta marble splashback, a wood fire heater and a Louis Poulsen pendant.

Defined by an Archier ‘Capital’ lineal pendant over a Corian-topped island bench/breakfast bar, the sleek kitchen is equipped with integrated Fisher & Paykel fridge freezer, a Smeg gas cooktop and oven, and a Miele dishwasher. A large laundry with a hydronically heated drying cupboard, and access to an external storage room and sideway enhances the effortless ‘back of house’ functionality.

There are two elegant bedrooms zoned at the front of the home including the master suite with walk in robe, a second living area/media room, main bathroom with built-in tub downstairs, while there are an additional two bedrooms with built-in robes and desks upstairs, along with the home’s third bathroom. All three floor-to-ceiling tiled bathrooms are appointed with Astra Walker tapeware and feature Calacatta marble features.

Celebrating cutting edge pool design, with no need for a pool fence, the fresh water ‘naked’ filtration fully automated swimming pool and spa, surrounded by a garden trench can be used year round thanks to gas spa heating and an electric heat pump heating powered by the home’s 9.2-kilowatt rooftop solar and battery system.

Additional highlights include hydronic heating, split-system heating/cooling including two cleverly concealed units behind automated joinery panels, underfloor heating (polished concrete), an automated outdoor awning, a powered rear shed plus sideway bike storage shed, an automated driveway gate, a secure off-street parking space, and an EV charger.

Fabulously located, in a wide, leafy North Brighton Street, loved by locals for its friendly community vibe, it’s an easy stroll to Elwood village, Martin Street and Bay Street shops and cafes, and Elwood foreshore and beach. Elsternwick Pricmarcy School is across the road and there is a choise of secondary and private schools close by include Star of the Sea College, Brighton Grammar, Firbank Grammar, and Caulfield Grammar.