Huntington is quiet to begin with. Behind the front door at 37 Haswell Place it goes quieter still.

The home is brick and tile, built to a high specification and looked after ever since. What you notice first is not the finish. It is the calm. Glazing runs through the living spaces and the garden sits close on the other side of it, so the light arrives slowly and then stays. In the dining and living areas the green is always at the edge of your eye.

Pull the ranchsliders back and the patio takes over. It runs the full length of the home, which is a lot of ground for a long table and everyone around it. The clipped hedges hold the yard in soft green walls, and the whole thing sits sheltered without ever feeling shut away.

The kitchen anchors the open plan space with a 900mm oven, a gas hob, and an island bench with room to spread out on. The separate lounge opens off both the dining area and the entrance foyer, which means that when the house is full there is somewhere for the noise to go, and somewhere for it not to.

At the far end, the master suite takes its own door onto the patio. The garden is the first thing you see in the morning, and you do not have to get out of bed to see it. The ensuite takes the feeling further: a fully tiled walk-in shower, a bath, twin vanities, and enough room that two people getting ready at the same time never turns into a negotiation.

Three further double bedrooms and a well-appointed family bathroom sit away from all of that. The laundry is built into the double garage, where it belongs.

Every decision here has already been made well. Yours is the only one left.

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