32 Hakatere Street, Northcote, Vic 3070

Private viewings are by appointment only. If you are interested in viewing Alba, please book a private inspection.

Alba is the first home Homey has drawn, supervised and finished, and the clearest case we can make that wellness is not an amenity in a house. It is the infrastructure. Four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a double garage across two levels in Northcote.

Water sits at the centre of the house. A freshwater cold plunge in the sightline of the kitchen, the living room and the garden. A sauna incorporating salt therapy and aromatherapy. A heated freshwater pool with swim jet function. Heat, plunge, shower, a complete recovery loop in any season. A daily practice, not a retreat.

The kitchen is built around a marble bench, with Sub-Zero refrigeration and freezer, a Miele dishwasher, a 90 centimetre oven, an induction cooktop, a wine fridge, warm timber joinery and a walk-in pantry. An integrated under-counter fridge sits within the dining room, keeping the space self-contained for entertaining. A threshold sitting room lets the day fall away at the front, and an alfresco kitchen with barbecue station and integrated under-counter fridge sits off the living space. The ground-floor gym and guest suite converts to a fourth bedroom with its own ensuite.

Upstairs, the master suite is approached through a skylit walk-in robe that opens to the master bedroom, with a dedicated makeup dresser as you enter. The ensuite beyond holds its own skylight overhead. Two further bedrooms share a generous central bathroom with a freestanding bath beneath its own skylight.

A central retreat lounge holds the upstairs life, with an instant hot and cold Billi tap, sink and under-counter fridge.

What you do not see, the body still reads. Circadian lighting with red-spectrum recovery light at dusk. Water runs through a whole-house Grander water system with extra filtration at all drinking points. Hydronic underfloor heating. A commercial-grade Speed Queen washer and dryer complete the laundry. Acoustic isolation between rooms and floors. Rooftop solar with battery storage, EV charging and backup generator. Alba is built to the Homey Standard.

For most of human history, shelter was an act of care. Alba is a return to that idea, built around the person rather than the other way around. A house like this cannot be summarised. You will know within ten minutes of being inside.

32 Hakatere Street, Northcote, Melbourne.