Secret Belmont hilltop home with panoramic views flies under radar

4 McKenzie St, Belmont, goes to auction on September 20 with $1.4m to $1.5m price hopes.

Not having enough funds to stick with their architect’s original plans turned out to be blessing in disguise for the owners of this hidden hilltop gem in Belmont.

Instead of adding a first floor main bedroom when renovating their original 1950s house 25 years ago, Rob and Jenny settled for an impressive double height void that could be built in at a later date.

As it turns out, the couple loved the expanse of curved windows framing views over Geelong so much they never felt the need to change it.

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Double heights windows draw the eye skyward in the family room.

“The architect (Greg Jones) redesigned it so we just had this big high room so you could look out towards the views,” Rob said.

“He actually said to us ‘even when you have the money do the main bedroom you may not want to because you like it so much’ and that’s exactly what happened. Our kids grew up and we didn’t need extra bedrooms so we have never gone upstairs.”

The major renovation transformed the 1616sq m property at 4 McKenzie St, Belmont, capitalising on the rare combination of a relatively flat hilltop position and panoramic views.

With the vendors ready to downsize, Barry Plant South listing agent Matthew Constantine is taking the striking three-bedroom house to auction on September 20 with $1.4m to $1.5m price hopes.

The panoramic views over Geelong are the hero.

The view to the east stretches all the way to CSIRO’s East Geelong facility.

The vendors love to garden and have incorporated outdoor entertainment zones into the grounds.

He said it was an exceptionally private residence, barely visible from the street thanks to lush, established gardens.

“It’s three bedrooms, one bathroom, but it doesn’t tell the whole story because the proportions of the home are quite large,” Mr Constantine said.

“It has got a glorious view over the Barwon Valley back into town, it’s perched quite high on the hill up in Belmont.”

An impressive feature skylight towering 6m above the kitchen is one of Rob and Jenny’s favourite features.

The skylight floods the kitchen with natural light.

So too the garden, which they have spent decades landscaping, and of course, the location.

“It’s a great little spot – it’s private but it’s in the middle of the suburb,” Rob said.

“Whenever we have a garage sale or something people come in and they always say ‘we never knew this was here’.”

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