There’s wow-factor aplenty in this three-level townhouse. No less than four different cladding materials have been used to create the street-facing facade – cedar, red brick, fibre cement and aluminium. Outside-the-box window shapes only up the ante. Inside, it’s all white-and-timber understated style illuminated by natural light from all those windows. It’s clear a high level of craftsmanship was required to bring these elements together in one modern four-bedroom, four-bathroom, three-living-room home. It also required an innovative design. Architects of the 225sqm property ingeniously employed pitched roof rafters, skilfully pushing the boundaries of vertical space while adhering to suburban constraints. Clever.

On the top floor –with skylights – you’ll find a spacious bedroom with an ensuite and a lounge; on the second, three bedrooms with ensuites and a family room; and on the ground level, the open- plan living and dining space with marbled kitchen, garage, laundry and a handy powder room. Floors are connected by an elegant staircase with glass balustrades over which a designer pendant – a series of cascading halos – hovers. Open sliders from the living space and step straight out to vast decking. What more could you possibly want in a suburban townhouse?