THIS Auchenflower home, once a Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall, has been enjoyed by the same family for almost two decades.

The house at 70 Thomas St, occupies a prime position and offers a generous 1240sq m of elevated land with a sprawling 30m frontage.

From Suncorp Stadium to the restaurant and shopping meccas in Rosalie and Paddington, everything is just a stroll down the hill.

The home is moments to surrounding schools and Brisbane’s best lifestyle precincts.

It is also close to parkland and major transport corridors while it remains secluded and in a quiet, leafy residential setting.

The house is co-listed with two prestige agents, Ray White New Farm principal Matt Lancashire and Spinks & Co Residential director, Rachael Spinks. Ms Spinks, a tennis court specialist, said there are only seven tennis court homes in Auchenflower, which makes this address even more special and sought after.

media_camera The home, which was once a Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall has a swimming pool and tennis court.

Owners Lisa and Bill Bruce bought the property in 1999 when it was a Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall.

“We previously lived in Auchenflower in a small house and loved the suburb. We had three sons and needed more space so we house hunted for two years. We looked all over the inner city circle of Brisbane to find a large block with enough space for a tennis court,” Mrs Bruce said.

“After much searching we found 70 Thomas St, Auchenflower – Kingdom Hall previously owned by the Jehovah’s Witnesses. We bought the property in 1999 and set about converting the cavity brick and suspended concrete slab structure into a family home and converting the Congregation’s then carpark into a tennis court,” Mrs Bruce said.

The Bruce family’s rationale for buying the property was its beautiful north and northeast aspect, protection from the west, its high position with views to the city and surrounds, its 30m frontage, its proximity to primary schools and private secondary schools, the Wesley Hospital, easy walk to the CBD, Rosalie Village, Park Rd, Milton, and the now renewed Frew Park.

The things they love about the house are many. It’s solid, very quiet and well insulated.

media_camera The home has amazing city views.

“We love the breezes of the Torwood Valley – on the hottest of Brisbane days there is always a zephyr. We love looking at the full moon coming up over the CBD – it’s enormous,” Mrs Bruce said.

“We love walking to Suncorp and we love walking down to our local coffee shop. We can be on the southeast freeway in a minute and at the south coast in 45 minutes or onto the inner-city bypass and at Noosa in 90 minutes.

“We love the generous spaces, walking out onto grass from our living level. We love the fact that we have been able to have many family functions, 18th and 21st birthday parties comfortably at home.”

The home is so close to the city yet has a lot of space and is a safe environment to raise a family.

“We love the beautiful leafy environment and waking up to the sound of birds.”

The property is lucky enough to have a full-sized tennis court, which is perfect also as a cricket pitch for any budding David Warner with a signature Kaboom bat.

It’s an open plan house, ideal for a family and the gardens are low maintenance.

Its proximity to the Western Freeway, inner-city bypass, southeast freeway and Suncorp Stadium make it attractive for anyone.

If you are a cyclist you’ll know how close this address is to the River Loop.

The house itself is cavity brick with suspended concrete slabs, including four-car off-street parking and a fully tiled swimming pool. The kitchen as a view that can’t be built out as the property comes with the air rights over the neighbour’s house to preventing any loss of view.

“There’s corian benchtops and Gaggenau and Miele appliances, plus a 2000-bottle wine cellar,” Mrs Bruce said.

“This house has been a wonderful family home with lots of happy memories but now we are in the next phase of our lives, our boys are grown up and flying the coup.”