New take on eco-luxe at Worongary

Innovative design features ensure new owners can enjoy the high-end lifestyle on offer at this striking five-bedroom Gold Coast home, while leaving a lighter footprint on the planet

Aspectacular “glasshouse” in Worongary is proving that style, functionality and great design can also be good for the planet. The new build by Ramu Farrell, director of boutique builder SR Property Group, was designed to consider the home’s energy efficiency and carbon footprint.

Mr Farrell said the first thing prospective buyers would notice about the home with a six-star eco rating was the use of glass.

“The design of the home employs floorto-ceiling double-glazed windows and doors using low-energy glass for one layer and tinted grey for the other to invite an incredible amount of natural light into the house while maintaining extreme insulating values,” Mr Farrell said.

“Wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling blockout and sheer curtains are installed throughout to maximise privacy, while letting light in or shutting it out completely.

“The addition of extravagant pitched ceilings extending to 5.4m in the home’s living areas allows even more natural light into the home, while allowing warmer air to rise, keeping the home cool and most importantly, highly efficient.”

With a contrasting facade of black and timber, the home at 3 Alkira Way sits pretty at the end of a long driveway flanked by native gardens and raw sandstone blocks.

Covering 400sq m of the flat 4010sq m block, the open-plan, single-level residence includes five bedrooms, five bathrooms and a double garage with storage space and room to house extra cars, a caravan or boat.

The home’s list of eco-friendly design features continues with sheer and blockout curtains in all rooms, twin-layer ceiling insulation, two rainwater tanks, and a 32panel solar system with 16kW of lithium ion batteries powering the home, and only the excess energy drawn from the grid.

A three-phase, 32-amp electric carcharging provision has also been added to both sides of the oversized garage.

Harcourts Coastal Prestige lifestyle property director Katrina Walsh said one of the property’s most unique features was the internal glass atrium garden.

“With a long list of eco-friendly features combined with a host of luxurious design elements, this home ticks all the boxes for an eco-luxe property located in a picturesque setting in one of the Gold Coast’s most beautiful yet convenient suburbs,” Ms Walsh said.

“All this aside, the home’s most extravagant feature is the stunning internal garden which is strategically located in the heart of the home, providing a massive lightwell and increased internal air flow into the home, while producing a gardenscape that acts as a living and breathing work of art visible as you move throughout the property.”

Other highlights include a covered pool area with a 6m x 3m heated swimming pool.

“This property is perfect for a family looking for all the luxurious features in a home, who is not only conscious of their impact on the environment but wants to live in a way that reduces their impact for many years to come,” Ms Walsh said.

The property goes to auction on December 13.