It's all about the details in this spacious Chifley home

32 Charteris Crescent, Chifley
$1.2 million-plus
4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 parking spaces
​Auction on Saturday, February 11, at 11am, onsite
Inspect on Saturday, from 11am-11.45am, and on Wednesday, February 1, from 5pm-5.30pm
​Peter Blackshaw Woden and Weston Creek, Daniel Stone, Alisa Lawrence 0419 593 517, 0404 066 119

A custom chicken coop is just one of the many features in this contemporary Chifley home that emphasises the meticulous attention to detail that has gone into its design and construction.

The home on Charteris Crescent, within walking distance of Woden, sits back on a level 767-square-metre block opposite a children’s playground and park.

Big living spaces – indoors and out – are a key feature of the home design that ensures adults and children have spaces of their own and others that bring them together.

Homeowner Nathan Bullock says he and wife, Kristie-Leigh, loved having a generous master suite while their two boys had their own zone.

“There’s a really big rumpus room for them to play, but the kitchen tends to become the hub of the home for us, as a family, and when we entertain,” he says.

The house features four bedrooms, two bathrooms, formal dining, an open plan kitchen, family and meals area, the rumpus room and a large alfresco entertaining area.

Nathan says they haven’t had to do anything to the home since it was built in 2010, but he had installed a slow combustion fireplace.

“It’s on a ducted heat transfer system that pushes the warmth into other areas of the home,” he says. “We haven’t had to use the gas heating since we installed that – it really keeps the costs down.”

The Bullocks had planned to stay in the home “for life”, but the lure of another house build has lured them out.

“I didn’t think it would happen, but, well, we’re looking forward to it, but we’re going to miss the neighbourhood,” Nathan says.

And the chickens will miss their designer home.

69 Mackenzie Street, Hackett
$1 million-plus
5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 2 parking spaces
​Auction on Saturday, February 11, at 10.30am, onsite
Inspect  on Saturday, from 11am-11.30am
One Agency (Crane Properties), Robert Crane, Amy McMahon-Woods 0422 927 671, 0402 521 364

A large family home on a 1300-square-metre block with Mount Majura as a backdrop conveys a dramatic sense of space in an environment where inner urban blocks are rapidly shrinking.

Owner Hazel Southwell says she and her late husband bought the property in the mid-1970s.

“My husband was a farmer and when we came off the land, he didn’t want to feel hemmed in,” she says. “We loved having the nature reserve out the back and there’s parkland to the front – and, of course, it’s a big block.”

The home was built in 1965 and the original builder added another feature in 1974 that also suited the Southwells.

“He extended it with a granny flat and that was perfect for my mother-in-law who lived with us,” Hazel says. “Other family members have used it over the years as they’ve come to visit.”

The home features five bedrooms, four bathrooms and a double garage.

“It’s certainly got plenty of space and large rooms,” says the great grandmother of eight. “Everyone comes home for the big family events like Christmas.”