With its impressive entry courtyard, curved interior walls, high ceilings, expanses of light-capturing glass, not to mention a very generous footprint, the Dakota is a stylish and unique home. It’s also a home ideally suited to a waterfront location, as the display home featured here, located canal-side at Pelican Waters, so ably demonstrates.

“This is a wonderful family home built around the indoor-outdoor lifestyle of the Sunshine Coast,” says Sally McLachlan of McLachlan Homes. “It has plenty of living space, a large alfresco for entertaining, and a contemporary interior that is flooded with natural light.”

Sally says this is a home with an abundance of special design features. “This begins with the show-stopping decked entry courtyard. This creates a sense of grandeur leading up to the home and it affords privacy from the street,” she says. “The 3600mm-high, timber-detailed ceiling ensures a wonderful sense of space and light, and you are greeted by a sensational curved wall feature beautifully finished in exquisite wallpaper.”

Then there are the bedrooms which are positioned at the front of the home. Each is of a generous size and incorporates a built-in robe. The spacious main bathroom is adjacent to bedrooms three and four. Bedroom two, with two-way access to the bathroom, is perfect as guest accommodation.

“The envy-inspiring master bedroom features a curved wall showcasing elegant wallpaper and is flooded with natural light from the adjoining courtyard,” says Sally. “The spa-like ensuite offers floor-to-ceiling tiling, a podium mounted bath, twin vanities, a separate WC and a custom walk-in robe fitout.

“The hub of the home is the large open-plan kitchen, dining and family zone. This area includes a built-in bar which is perfect for entertaining and the kitchen features bespoke cabinetry, stone benchtops and a walk-in pantry that, in turn, leads to the laundry. The inclusion of a raked ceiling and feature panel detailing adds the final design flourish to the space.”

Designed for indoor-outdoor living, the Dakota offers easy access to the expansive alfresco from the main interior living space. The expansive outdoor entertaining space to the rear of the Dakota display home features a built-in barbecue and both dining and lounge areas overlooking the stunning plunge pool with water feature. Stylish in design the overhead beams and polycarbonate roof sheeting add the perfect design detail to the pool.

As much care went into the design of the home’s external appearance as it did getting the interior layout and look just right. “The exterior design is modern contemporary and uses a combination of materials, including render, timber-look aluminium battens and Cemintel Territory cladding. This carefully curated mix of materials is complemented by Heka window hoods and a skillion roof,” says Sally.

While the Dakota is the ideal family home, offering plenty of private spaces as well as open-plan living areas where everyone can comfortably gather, the design, as is the case with all McLachlan Homes’ designs, can be customised to suit your lifestyle.

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Having lived on the land for 10 years, the owners were happy with the prime Gold Coast location but not their home. It was looking tired and dated, and it no longer suited the way they wanted to live. Rather than sell up and look for another home, they decided to travel the knockdown-rebuild route and the end result couldn’t be more impressive.

David Radic Prestige Homes, working to a design by Torren Bell Design, built for the family of four their long-awaited, much-anticipated dream home. Bold and beautiful, this two-storey waterfront home makes a definitive design statement and will see the family well into the future.

The design has an industrial feel that the family really loves and impresses visitors. Of particular note are the polished and honed concrete floors teamed with the concrete benchtops that are featured throughout the kitchen and bathrooms. This gives the interior of the home a look that is clean and luxurious.

This contemporary, streamlined look extends out to the wide upper balcony which features an outdoor kitchen and a view-capturing alfresco dining space. The lower-level balcony is a place for kicking back and relaxing; it also offers direct access to the pool.

The open-plan design is just as well suited to relaxed day-to-day family living as it is to entertaining. It also maximises the property’s amazing views of Surfers Paradise and the tranquil water of the canal, and promotes easy indoor-outdoor entertaining.

The exterior of the precision-built home is as impressive as the interior. The front facade is ultra-modern, boasting clean lines, a bold black and white colour palette and striking Colorbond wall cladding.

The family could not be happier with their new home or the fact that it won the 2020 HIA Gold Coast/Northern Rivers Housing Awards’ Custom Built Home $750,000-$1 million category — and deservedly so.

A long-standing, family-run, Gold Coast-based business, David Radic Prestige Homes builds high-quality residential properties. With every project undertaken, the aim is to not just achieve but exceed the client’s expectations, in the process delivering an innovative and elegant custom home.

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