Abundantly accommodating, immensely welcoming and artfully styled, this is where Bayside period beauty meets a beautiful poolside life. Renovated and extended with an artistic eye, this 5 bedroom, 2 bathroom Californian Bungalow offers dual zone family living with equal parts of creative cool, sun-drenched style and family-wise function. Designed with an environmental eye on catching the winter sun and the summer sea breezes, and for family harmony with bedrooms, including a gorgeous garden-view master-suite, arrayed along a quiet wing, this substantial period home opens outwards to the afternoon sun with 2 free-flowing living zones.and sparkling deep blue pool views! Opening through wide bi-folds, each living zone spills seamlessly to its own deck before stepping down to deep sun-drenched gardens with an invisibly glass-fenced solar-heated pool, paved entertaining and a lush lawned garden beyond. Period detailed with lofty ceilings and freshly polished Baltic Pine boards, the home showcases a bespoke finish with a custom-crafted timber-veneer and European appliance kitchen (with an Ilve oven) and stylish bathrooms - one an ensuite fitted in designer style with Spanish tiles and a wall-hung Corian-topped vanity, the other with a timeless design featuring an up-cycled marble-topped vanity. Appointed for easy family living with ducted heating, reverse-cycle air-conditioning, ceiling fans and a woodfire heater, there are built-in robes for every bedroom, plentiful parking in the paved front yard and endlessly entertaining gardens with room for kids to play, a place for pets to run .even a spot for the chooks to peck around! Just off Linacre Road and 2 blocks to rejuvenated Thomas Street Park, this accommodating Californian is a rare find with a bedroom for each of the kids (and perhaps one left over for work), a pool for summer fun, and prized zoning for ready-to-rise Sandringham Primary School in 2022! IN LINE WITH THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT RESTRICTIONS, ALL INSPECTION ATTENDEES MUST BE FULLY VACCINATED AND SUBJECT TO DENSITY QUOTIENTS. IF YOU ARE UNVACCINATED, YOU WILL NEED TO BOOK A PRIVATE INSPECTION