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Restaurant owners Brahman Perera and Jason Jones are selling 31 Hillsboro St, Carlsruhe. Mr Perera is also an interior designer.
Prominent hospitality couple Jason Jones and Brahman Perera are serving their Macedon Ranges mud brick cottage up for sale with a $980,000-$1.05m asking range.
The pair own the Parisian-style cafe Entrecot and Sri Lankan restaurant Hopper Joint in Prahran.
Since the age of 17, Mr Jones has established almost 30 eateries, with the Eltham cafe Second Home also part of his stable.
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As well, Mr Perera is an interior designer who has won multiple awards, including a 2024 Interior Design Excellence Award for best retail interior design, in recognition of his work on a Canberra boutique for womenswear brand Perri Cutten.
Last year, he received another award in the same category at the Belle Magazine Interior Design Awards for fashion label Henne’s first Sydney store.
Mr Jones said that he and Mr Perera bought the house at 31 Hillsboro St, Carlsruhe, about five years ago.
The house is full of artworks and mementos from owners Jason Jones and Brahman Perera’s travels.
There was no garden when Mr Perera and Mr Jones bought the home, so they extensively planted the outdoor area.
Timber-framed windows look out on the garden.
Set on a 4157sq m land block, the home appealed to them even though it was not in the best shape.
“It just spoke to us even though it was a real s**t hole,” Mr Jones said.
“It hadn’t been lived in for 15 years, it was unloved and unkempt.”
Apart from falling in love with the residence’s herringbone brick floors, they liked the fact they could not see or hear any neighbours meaning plenty of peace and quiet.
The abode was previously owned by Melbourne player and 1991 Brownlow winner Jim Stynes and his family.’
Jim Stynes is congratulated by his dad after winning the 1991 AFL Brownlow Medal.
Initially, Mr Perera and Mr Jones renovated the house and its separate self-contained studio on weekends, calling on tradespeople when needed.
They moved in during the Covid pandemic and now use the home as a retreat from Melbourne.
However, they’re selling with plans to upsize to a larger pad closer to Daylesford.
Friends and family who visit the cottage enjoy gathering around the piano to sing – and luckily, there’s no neighbours nearby to hear the music.
The house is set on a 4157sq m block of land.
The pot belly stove is a favourite among visitors.
Favourite memories of the cottage include waking up to magpies warbling in the mornings and hosting dinner parties with friends.
They’ve spent many a night gathered singing around the piano that Mr Jones plays, with
Don’t Cry For Me Argentina from the musical Evita among their favourite tunes.
Mr Jones said they had named the house Carinya, an Aboriginal for a happy and peaceful home.
“Thanks to the mud brick, downstairs doesn’t require any airconditioning, it keeps cool all summer,” he said.
A pot belly fire in the lounge room and a wood fireplace in the open plan living and dining room help to keep the home cosy.
Rustic touches throughout the abode.
The separate studio has a living room, bedroom and ensuite with a freestanding bath and heated floors.
Outdoors, there’s a firepit, water tanks and a bore.
Some of the furniture will be offered for sale along with the cottage.
The house is a five to 10 minute drive to Kyneton, two minutes to the Calder Freeway and 50 minutes to Melbourne.
McQueen Real Estate director Kim McQueen described Carinya as “a country getaway like no other”.
“With all of the wonderful thermal qualities of mud brick, the home has been beautifully styled and renovated and has been a wonderful getaway for the vendors to entertain friends and relax from their normal busy lifestyles,” Ms McQueen said.
Some of the cottage’s furniture and piano will be for sale along with the home.
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