PROPERTY FEATURES
The property for sale is situated within a large gated estate now known as 'Chesapeake Estate' which comprises six residential lots. It is set high on a hillside close to the ocean, and has impressive panoramic views over forest, ocean (with islands in the distance), and over the eastern end of Airlie Beach and the ‘Port of Airlie’ marina resort.
According to Whitsunday Council, Lot 6 in 'Chesapeake Estate' measures 1.687 hectares (4.17 acres), within an estate of 76 hectares (188 acres). By way of background, Lot 6 was formerly Lot 29 within the original 'Parc Exclusif' estate. The majority of the estate remains forested.
In legal terms, Chesapeake Estate is known as a Community Titles Scheme (Small Schemes Module). There are currently four homes within the estate, with a maximum of two more yet to be constructed.
The original estate was named 'Parc Exclusif', and was developed by a New Zealander by the name of Donald McDonald. Don had a vision of a very exclusive high-security retirement estate incorporating a private hospital. Don spent several million dollars in the early-mid 1980’s purchasing the land and building infrastructure that included a water reticulation system and a sealed private road built to public road standards (including rock retaining walls, armco fencing, stormwater culverts, etc). The house now being offered for sale was built to exacting standards by Don for his own use.
The mansion has always been jokingly said to be the very best place to shelter should a mammoth cyclone hit the region. And true enough, it has weathered several storms without suffering any significant damage.
The home is a two storey Mediterranean-style villa comprising:
➜ Internal living space of 309 square metres per floor (i.e. 618 square metres in total)
➜ Patio space of 230 square metres
➜ A plant room of 35 square metres on a lower ground level underneath the house. This includes the spa bath pump, one large electric water heater, and storage space
➜ A detached double garage of 100 square metres with two remote operated roller-doors, with a large workshop underneath.
FIRST FLOOR
MASTER BEDROOM
The Master Bedroom is air conditioned with a tiled floor, and offers spacious built-in drawers and wardrobes for ample storage. The master bedroom also offers direct access onto the balcony.
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BATHROOM #1
Situated immediately opposite the Master bedroom, this large bathroom features a shower (re-tiled in 2017), a separate bath, hand basin and large storage cupboard with mirrored doors.
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BEDROOM #2
Bedroom 2 offers an ensuite bathroom, air-conditioning with tiled flooring, and spacious built-in drawers and wardrobes. There is a door onto the balcony. The ensuite bathroom has a shower/bath unit, hand basin and toilet.
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STAIRWAY
Large tiled central breezeway/corridor with stairway to the ground level. There is man-hole access to an expansive above-ceiling area
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KITCHEN
Large kitchen with adjacent scullery, a walk-in pantry, and a laundry and storage area. The kitchen has a tiled floor with large triple stainless steel sink, large stainless ceiling exhaust system over a large electric induction cooktop on an island bench, a custom-made kitchen table (which stays with the house), a wall oven, dishwasher, and a large walk-in pantry.
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LIVING / DINING AREA
First floor offers an expansive living/dining area that opens out onto the balcony which looks out towards the ocean. This area also offers a servery hatch into kitchen.
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GROUND FLOOR
BEDROOM #3
Air conditioned and carpeted with spacious built-in drawers and wardrobes. There is a door onto the balcony and another that connects to the bathroom.
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BATHROOM #3
A large room featuring a shower recess (re-tiled in 2018), a sunken spa bath, toilet, bidet, two hand basins with marble benchtops, an air-conditioner, exhaust fan and ceiling fans, and a large built-in linen cupboard.
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GAMES ROOM (WEST)
This large room could be readily modified to become an additional bedroom. It has a tiled floor with two external doors, one opening onto the balcony and one onto an adjacent level lawn area.
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GAMES ROOM (EAST)
This tiled space lends itself to use as a home theatre, gym or children's room. It has one door onto an adjacent level lawn area and one door to the home office space & service corridor.
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HOME OFFICE
This air-conditioned tiled area has doors connecting to the games area, and the service corridor.
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LAUNDRY
A service corridor with laundry area and cupboards/drawers at the northern end - This tiled area includes a second large hot water heater, the 3-phase power board, storage cupboards, and stainless steel laundry sink and bench/cupboards. There are doors connecting to the home office space, the balcony/adjacent lawn area, and the storage room.
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STORAGE ROOM
This large tiled room measures 2.79m tall x 4.6m wide x 6.68m long. It was originally intended for food storage, but could readily be converted to an additional bedroom. Adjacent to it are two large cool-rooms with shelving, each measuring approx. 6.1m long x 2.1m wide x 2.7m tall.
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Renovation of this room might include the conversion of one cold room into an en-suite bathroom or walk-in wardrobe. There is also scope for replace the existing window with French doors, in order to permit direct access to the large adjacent outdoor patio area. If it was converted to a bedroom then alternative access to one or both cold rooms could be made possible via the Games area (east).
CONSTRUCTION
Aside from its size and its scenic outlook, another striking feature of this home is its structural strength. This is reflected in various building features such as (at least) five heavy duty hinges, two slide bolts, and a key lock on all doors (even internal doors), hardened glass window panes, window shutters and provision for protective cyclone (hurricane) bars, and an enormous food storage space.
FURTHER CONSTRUCTION FEATURES
➜ Reinforced concrete strip and pad footings
➜ Reinforced concrete slab floors including the balconies
➜ Poured reinforced concrete external walls with painted cement rendered finish
➜ Poured reinforced concrete internal walls with painted cement rendered finish
➜ Plasterboard first floor ceilings with internal plaster cornices throughout
➜ Colour-bond Klip Lok metal roof sheeting
➜ Stainless steel roof guttering
➜ Decorative (painted) solid-core timber doors with galvanised and powder-coated (white) steel security doors
➜ Tiled balconies/patios on both levels, with powder-coated (white) aluminium balustrading
FIXTURES, FITTINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS
➜ The house has a three-phase power system installed.
➜ There are seven air-conditioning units installed, although natural ventilation through and within the house means that these are rarely required. Variable-speed ceiling fans are also fitted in many parts of the house.
➜ Windows on the western side of the house feature wind-down roller shutters. There are also cyclone bars that can be readily installed on the garage entry, on the doors at each end of the central corridor (upper level), and on several of the large panoramic windows on the northern end of the house (upper level).
➜ 3 x 44.5 kilolitre concrete rainwater tanks
➜ Pumphouse with Grundfos electric pump (replaced in December 2019)
➜ Dunlite portable petrol fuelled electric generator
➜ Concrete and rock retaining walls
HOUSE FLOOR PLAN
