52 Northcote Avenue, Swansea Heads NSW 2281

Property Details: • Type: House

• Bedrooms: 4 • Bathrooms: 3

Description: If you've never explored this part of the world before, you are in for a real treat, this is where you go to escape the crowds, the cars, and grumpy, self obsessed pushy people, where the pace is slower, the surroundings are sublime, promising you crystal clear water, white sand, still water and great surf options too, coastal lifestyle living honestly doesn't come better than this. Gorgeous coastline headland walks promise you beautiful vistas to start your day right, little hidden away beaches and bays, are yours to explore, laze around or be as active as you like, with safe spots to swim, snorkel and soak up some vitamin D, with terrific national park tracks to bike or hike, with easy access now to the Fernleigh track, you can ride all the way to Newcastle if you like, passing by one of the state's prettiest beachside golf courses and bowling greens, less than 7 minutes drive from here. Only an hour from Hornsby, you can escape the mess of city and suburban Sydney living, yet still enjoy easy access back to friends, family, and the great feature Sydney has to offer, without having to endure the traffic and overcrowding on a daily basis. You and your kids, or grandkids can safely walk the streets at night, a midnight stroll on Caves Beach only comes with the risk of walking into a fisherman's line, and watching the moon rise over the ocean is something everyone should see. Our beautiful break walls offer a plethora of colourful fish and delights for kids and adults alike to discover. Living here is like being on holidays 24/7, it's a destination, and if you're lucky enough to call it home you should feel super privileged. If you're not simply sold already on the natural beauty of this landscape, let me tell you about the community. You're surrounded by people who love where they live, they have escaped the rat race, and now come home to paradise, starting and finishing their days in the very best way, and enjoying weekends to their fullest. Your neighbours are easy going, happy, caring, yet private people, they're there for you if you need them, but they're not nosey or overbearing. They've come here often to raise their kids in a beautiful and safe environment, where they can enjoy the outdoors and have so many different education choices and sporting, performing and academic opportunities. Others are retirees with a zest for life, who enjoy an active lifestyle and want to slow down in a place they feel safe and have every amenity they need nearby. From beachside cafes, to multiple supermarkets, wining and dining, doctors, dentists, chemists, banks, library, post office, 50m community swimming pool, and specialty shops, not 5 minutes from home at Caves Beach, Swansea and Blacksmiths, so a great coffee is always available, and friendly faces surround you. Belmont Hospital is around 10-15 minutes away with Wyong and John Hunter less than half an hour's drive from here. So you have an idyllic holiday lifestyle, but you also have every convenience, shops and service, at the door, with great opportunities to be as involved or uninvolved with the community, where kids have great options too, and newcomers are always welcome. We all come from somewhere else originally and we all love where we live, so we happily embrace like minded newcomers. This home enjoys a great lifestyle location, but it also embraces and caters to a lot of different lifestyles. Whether your empty nester retirees, or a family with young or older kids, there's something here for everyone. For the family or retirees with a stack of toys, this would have to be one of the best homes around, delivering genuine 4 car drive thru garaging to a 2 car covered rear carport style space. Covered decks front and back let you spread out and enjoy easy outdoor living and entertaining straight off the main upper level. So you live at the same level as your beautifully private and generous big back deck and backyard, while enjoying a high set breezy, elevated front deck, letting you chase the sun or the breeze, depending on the season and time of day. With a fabulous relaxed look and feel, the vibe is coastal, and the space is perfect, neither too big, nor too small. Life spreads out from the show piece, super sleek and fabulously functional, very generous and very contemporary chef's kitchen, which overlooks all the open plan living, and decks front and back, so you never miss out on anything that's going on. Breakfast is almost always out on the back deck, but its easy to hang here all day and all night, just the two of you, or with as many friends and family as you like, given its generous size. On this same level, the master suite boasts its own contemporary ensuite, deck access and plentiful robe space, with a full size bathroom, complete with a freestanding beautiful bath and stunning timber vanity, to a gorgeous bespoke feature privacy screen, with no glass screens to endlessly have to try to keep streak free! This generous main bathroom services visitors and kids or grandkids alike, so no one has to go downstairs. Two double garden view bedrooms up top, let little ones or kids,you need to keep an eye on sleep on the same level as you, while downstairs offers another whole world of living, bedroom and bathroom space for the live in, in laws, the older child still at home, or the work from home families. A terrific second living space for when the rowdy mates are around or a terrific big arts and crafts studio the connection to outdoor living is superb. A large generous entry takes you in 4 different directions, either upstairs to the main house, downstairs to the second living and bedroom zone, off to the laundry and bathroom No. 3, or into the colossal 4 car garage or massive games room or both, providing plenty of privacy between all 4 different zones. Homes with so much garaging, and so many outdoor living options, that don't feel ridiculously large, and simply too big, with an easy care and man