64 Callabonna Street, Westlake.

Tim Bartholomaeus and wife Patrese have made the decision to sell their beautiful riverside home at 64 Callabonna St, Westlake.

Mr Bartholomaeus, the managing director of Dixon Homes, built the house in 2008.

With two children aged 11 and 9, Mrs Bartholomaeus said they loved the outlook over the river.

“It’s really lovely and so close to the walking tracks,” she said.

“This is a safe community. We feel OK walking out in the afternoon and down to the park with the kids.”

The media room at 64 Callabonna Street, Westlake.

Mrs Bartholomaeus said she had lived in the area for about 18 years, and had a house at Riverhills previously.

“We haven’t moved very far. The idea was to be close to work,” she said.

Located in a little pocket at Westlake, Mrs Bartholomaeus said the home had an open outlook downstairs.

“You can see the kids in the pool and yard from the kitchen,” she said.

“We have a bedroom downstairs where my elderly mum comes to stay,” she said.

“There is a lovely media room upstairs where the kids can disappear in there and you don’t hear a thing.”

64 Callabonna Street, Westlake.

64 Callabonna Street, Westlake.

Mrs Bartholomaeus said she would love to see another family buy the home.

“A lot of people have commented that having five bedrooms upstairs is rare,” she said.

With a large extended family, Mrs Bartholomaeus said plenty of time was spent in the kitchen.

“We have a large family so it’s a great space for gatherings,” she said.

The spacious kitchen at 64 Callabonna Street, Westlake.

She said building the home was a “labour of love” to get it finished as her husband fell sick during the earlier months of construction and was rushed to hospital with a blood disorder. She said not long after her father had passed away too.