Some homes simply make sense for families. They give everyone somewhere to be, bring you together when you want to be together, and give you enough room to disappear from each other when you’ve had enough.
15 Raine Terrace is one of those homes.
For its current owners, this has been a much-loved family home through the years of raising their children. Now, with those children grown and the time coming to downsize, they’re leaving behind a home with an enormous amount of life still ahead of it, ready for another family to fill the bedrooms, take over the games room and make the backyard their own.
Set directly opposite Winthrop Park, this beautifully refreshed four-bedroom plus study home has been designed around the way family life actually happens. There are spaces to come together, spaces to retreat, bedrooms where children can genuinely grow up, and a backyard that will almost certainly become the centre of summer.
Step inside and there’s an immediate sense that this is a home with personality. The sunken lounge creates a beautiful first living space, flooded with natural light from its soaring windows and overlooking the greenery outside. Beyond it, the home opens into a series of interconnected living areas, each with its own purpose but all flowing easily from one to the next.
The kitchen sits right at the heart of it all, overlooking the family room, backyard and swimming pool. Crisp white cabinetry, an enormous island bench, extensive storage and generous workspace make it a kitchen designed for the everyday chaos of family life.
And there is room here for plenty of chaos.
The separate games room is huge. Close the door and let the kids take over, turn it into a home theatre or teenage retreat, or reclaim it for yourself once they’ve finally gone to bed. Alongside the family and meals areas, separate dining and sunken lounge, it means this is a home where a family can spend an entire weekend together without necessarily having to spend every minute in the same room.
The bedrooms continue that feeling of space, and this is where 15 Raine Terrace really separates itself from many other single-level homes in Winthrop.
Every bedroom has its own walk-in robe, and the secondary bedrooms are properly generous. There’s room for beds, desks, toys, books and everything else kids accumulate as they grow, without having to choose which piece of furniture will actually fit. The primary bedroom is privately positioned in its own wing with a walk-in robe and renovated ensuite, while the study is large enough to provide a genuine fifth bedroom if your family needs one.
The home has recently undergone an extensive transformation, with fresh paint throughout including the doors, frames and skirting boards, new hybrid flooring through the main living areas, new carpet to the bedrooms, study and games room, and new LED downlights throughout. The result is light, fresh and immediately comfortable, while retaining the generous proportions and character that make this style of home so appealing.
Then there is the backyard.
Throw open the doors and family life spills outside beneath the enormous covered entertaining area. There’s space for a proper outdoor lounge and dining setting, a fenced swimming pool ready for long Perth summers, established gardens and, importantly, still enough lawn for kids and pets to actually run around.
From the kitchen you can look straight across to the pool and backyard, making this one of those homes where cooking dinner doesn’t mean disappearing from everything happening outside.
And across the road, the sense of community extends well beyond your own front door.
Winthrop Park is the kind of neighbourhood space that comes alive in the afternoon. Kids burn off the last of their school-day energy, dogs get their evening walk, and neighbours stop for a chat rather than simply disappearing behind their front doors. Having all of that directly opposite gives this home something you can’t renovate, extend or add later: a genuine connection to the neighbourhood around it.
With ducted reverse-cycle air conditioning, ceiling fans throughout, a double garage with additional storage and a position within the highly sought-after Applecross Senior High School zone, 15 Raine Terrace has everything in place for its next family.
Its current owners have had their years here.
Now there’s room for yours.
For more information or to arrange an inspection outside of the published Home Open times, please contact Jane Lombardo on 0420 948 734
