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Estate boasts dedicated games house and soccer pitch
A Mount Waverley estate featuring two homes including a purpose-built games and entertainment house is set for a $5m+ sale.
Between them, the residences boast an outdoor soccer pitch, a wine cellar for 1500-plus bottles and home theatre designed by a Warner Bros engineer.
Property developer Michael Biviano and wife Kerryn are farewelling the address where they raised sons Christian and Jacob.
Buyer's plan after forking $2m on Mount Waverley home
The soccer pitch was installed for Jacob who trialled at European soccer clubs as a teenager.
However, he decided to pursue a career in real estate and is now a Ray White Mount Waverley area manager.
And he's overseeing the sales campaign for the home he lived in as a younger man.
His parents bought an existing home at 11-13 Miller Cres more than a decade ago.
Wanting to stay in Mount Waverley but seeking more space, they decided against moving to a larger pad in a different suburb.
Instead, the couple commissioned the original abode's builder and WOLF Architects to create a separate dwelling as a gaming and entertaining epicentre on the 1243sq m block.
The second residence has an art room, billiards room, climate-controlled wine cellar, pilates area with a television, gym, kitchen, bathroom and double garage.
However, the home theatre featuring a 343cm-wide (135 inches) screen and 16 speakers is part of the main five-bedroom house, along with a three-car garage.
Other highlights include a 12.5m-long lap pool, deck with a barbecue and front fence built out of 110-year-old timber recycled from the former Mornington Pier.
'A main selling point of the home is that during Covid it was great because you could have separate living,' Jacob said.
His family have hosted plenty of birthdays and gatherings at the property with one event attended by about 100 guests.
'The soccer pitch is an outdoor area which can be used as an entertaining area or sports area,' Jacob said.
'I think its size is equivalent to about three-quarters of a tennis court.'
While the second house is used for games and entertainment, it could easily work for multi-generational living, he added.
The houses are also on two different titles.
'So if you wanted to separate it down the line in the future and sell them separately, you could,' Jacob said.
