Heart-warming Reasons Unique Stepney Villa is bright green

A bold, colorful Stepney Home that can make Italy’s Italian reminder of its immigrant owners is expected to attract interest under the hammer.

The villa on Lake 18th Street in the early 1900s is well known to locals and features its grassy green appearance.

Sandro Iuliano, a supplier representing the late parents Salvatore and Livia, said his mom had original stone facade renderings.

Iuliano said of the house: “In fact, there is a beautiful stone underneath (rendering).

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“They drew a white background (the layer under the rendering) and covered it with viscose, then scratched it.

“Then they took off all the tape, which left all the brick pattern.

“It’s very innovative.’’

The bright red aluminum roof tiles are now faded and are the ultimate thriving.

“Mom wants it to be green, white and red – the color of the Italian flag,” said Mr. Iliano.

“She is far from home and she just wants to bring some of these memories back here.

“Just saying it’s helpful to me to be color blind.

“I think it’s OK, but I know that green may not be the color you painted for the house.’’

Mr Iuliano’s parents moved to Australia in the 1960s.

Their keen home decorators, containing other bold colors in the interior of the three-bedroom home, and painted roses on the walls with relief rubber paint rollers, made by the family and shipped from Italy.

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While these roses are now ready for sale in traditional white painted walls, other rooms still boast bright wallpaper and rich carpets.

Outside, Mr. Iliano recalls the once-filled fruit trees and vines in the backyard, and his father was particularly proud of the tomatoes stored in the sauce in the cellar every year.

“It’s a very lovely home,” he said.

“It’s fair to say that this has been part of our family for a long time and it’s hard to see it go.

“I’m sure someone (the person who bought it) would do it in a modern style and get rid of the green (the facade), but if you keep it, that would be great – it would say someone recognizes what mom and dad did.’’

The house has been listed by Ray White Kensington and has no price guide and has attracted interest from owners, investors and developers, said the sale broker Andrew Welch.

It will be auctioned on October 10.

– Lauren Ahwan