A 1936 house lately listed on the market in Monticello Park is a gem of Artwork Deco structure, and in accordance with its itemizing agent, the property is a steal.
Priced at $495,000, the two-bedroom, single-bath house close to Woodlawn Lake packs in lots of luxurious, contemplating the worth level.
The residence was designed by famend architectural agency Adams & Adams, whose work consists of SA’s Thomas Jefferson Excessive Faculty and components of South Texas’ famed King Ranch. Sprawling 825,000 acres — or an space bigger than Rhode Island — the property ranks because the nation’s largest ranch.
However the Monticello Park dwelling’s modern and complex vibes are a world away from the King Ranch. Perched atop a hill, the house is putting from the curb, with a rounded facade that includes horizontal strains and angular geometric shapes.
Inside, it solely will get higher.
The entrance door opens onto the breezy expanse of an open-plan lounge that includes refurbished oak flooring, uncovered wooden ceilings, copious home windows and a sleek curved Deco fire with its authentic fireplace display.
The lounge flows seamlessly into the open kitchen, the place a big island is the one factor separating these cooking from these lounging on the sofa. Mustard cupboards deliver a welcoming pop of contemporary colour, offset by chrome steel home equipment.
Partitions of home windows proceed by the eating room and bedrooms, permitting for ample pure mild all through the area. From the first bed room, the home windows body the proper view of the lap pool and close by cabana, the place curtains might be drawn for added privateness — or shade.
Very like its copious home windows, Artwork Deco design can be a recurring motif all through the house. One of the modernist moments happens within the major bed room’s en suite bathtub, the place a backlit oval mirror is mounted over a pink basin sink with matching wall-mounted spout.
A separate visitor home with full bathtub presents further visitor quarters, or the proper artist’s retreat. However don’t be shocked if the Artwork Deco motion seeps into your creations.
This house is listed by Gina Candelario with Kuper Sotheby’s Worldwide Realty.All photographs and itemizing data by way of Realtor.com.
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