7 Carpenter Street,
Brighton

Built for the CEO of Brighton design and development group, RUUHM®, SYMPHONY 1 is the first of a limited edition range of masterpiece, one-off homes, from this renowned multi-generational family design and development group. Encapsulating the group’s guiding concept that ‘Architecture is Frozen Music’, SYMPHONY 1 is a harmonious and beautifully light orientated four bedroom, 4.5 bathroom residence orchestrating a new standard in low-maintenance luxury with voluminous indoor-outdoor living, an intimate first-floor lounge and a clever separate-entry fitted home-office.

Designed to follow the shifting tides of family life, this state-of-the-art design provides full-suite accommodation with a marble-wrapped ensuite for every bedroom, a balconied treetop master domain (with robed retreat and skylit dual-vanity ensuite) for unimpeachable privacy, and a ground-floor suite (with garden access) to accommodate guests… and changing needs.

Putting entertainment centre-stage, the home’s Gaggenau kitchen is uncompromisingly streamlined; extending from bar and wine-cabinet to a preparation area concealing double Liebherr integrated fridge and on to a back-of-house butler’s pantry with Asko dishwasher. A concerto of light and space with the curvaceous façade echoed from storage cabinetry, to kitchen bench, to a subtle and elegant open gasfire within a sweep of marble, the home is built on a grand scale with a grand pivot-door making a memorable entrance, full-height internal-doors meeting 3m ceilings (upstairs and down), and floor-to-ceiling cabinetry providing endless storage (including cloak-closets front and rear).

With interiors composed of the purest forms; from cloud-soft marble benchtops and tiles, to snowy Nordic Oak flooring, to satiny brass tapware, and velvety NuSilk carpets, the home is high-tech appointed with a Legrande smart home system providing a lighting scheme for every occasion, zoned climate-control providing comfort in every season, and Smartphone-operated video-intercom and CCTV adding endless peace-of-mind.

Blurring the boundaries between inside and out with walls of double-glazing sliding back from a pillarless corner, and a streamlined al fresco area centred on a sculptural BBQ bench, there’s a sequence 6m rise of glass and light along the floating oak stair. There’s even a vast picture window from garage to pool; to keep a trophy car always in view …or to provide a cool blue view when using the garage as a gym, studio or workspace.

Providing the ultimate luxury of low-maintenance living with landscaped, lit and irrigated grounds, there’s a walled garden to the front, four-car garaging from Chavasse St at the rear, and the ultimate all-season (heated, glass-tiled and Wi-Fi-controlled) party-pool at the heart of it all. Less than two blocks to the heart of Church St and a short walk to the bay, this RUUHM® masterpiece is in a walkers paradise - only moments to the station and all the Brighton schools and a quick commute to the CBD.