One look at this home and you know it's something special and it's not just its leafy setting in one of Petersham's best-loved neighbourhoods that will know grab your attention. Paying homage to its fine c1900 heritage, this freestanding beauty has been opened out and extended to bring in the sunshine with a huge sun-filled living pavilion and landscaped backyard oasis complete with an outdoor kitchen, Vergola-covered deck and lush child-friendly garden. A spacious two-storey layout can adapt and respond to the changing patterns of family life with an upper level parents' retreat, large attic with loads of storage space and off-street parking. Set on over 300sqm at the quiet parkside end of the street, the four-bedroom home is around the corner from Ruby Lonesome and Wilkens Public School, 500m to the friendly village hub and an easy walk to the sporting action at Marrickville Oval and Henson Park, home ground of the Newtown Jets.