This incredible home on the Mornington Peninsula was built three years ago by a family and was originally conceived as a weekender. However plans quickly changed as the house took shape, and before long the family found themselves relocating here full time. The house itself is a simple modernist structure, designed in collaboration with the owner’s team at Neometro, a design-driven Melbourne property development company where the director is the owner of the house. It’s an impressive presence within the landscape, cantilevering elegantly over a lake -’basically it is a large series of teak boxes that sit over a lake’ explains the owner. Constructed around one central open plan living space the home is efficiently designed and supremely functional – every room is in constant, daily use.
Both their home and surrounding property are full of personal flourishes which speak of the family’s respective passions. Not long after settling in, infrastructure was installed for the wife’s horses, allowing her to train just metres from her front door. Inside, the couple’s passion for timeless design and Australian art is clearly evident. Favourite pieces include a Thomas Jeppe painting, an Adam Cullen painting, and a Mike Parr work.
