The Covid-19 pandemic is said by many property experts to have created a 'race for space'. Many people have been re-evaluating how they live in their homes after being stuck onsite during lockdown and, coupled with the desire for more work from home space, has seen people who can afford it move out of expensive city and town areas to get the space they crave in the countryside.
The pandemic has also hurried some people along the path to realising their dream of living in a particular location - be it by the sea, nestled within a remote rural spot or joining a friendly community of one of Wales' popular small, rural market towns.
And in a race for ample space this beast of a building on the north coast would surely make it through to the final race and maybe even on to the podium for a medal celebrating its offer of a modern mansion with accommodation for everyone.
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This huge, handsome home can also add to this tempting space proposition a panoramic sea view from multiple levels, satisfying the desire for a coastal home too. And Snowdonia, the Isle of Anglesey across the water, and the stunning Llyn Peninsula are easily visited as part of the surrounding landscape.
And the property's final big tick is its location within the friendly community of the small village of Y Felinheli, clustered around a small yachting marina plus offering a choice of pubs and a restaurant and café in the dock area. There are facilities such as a shop, post office, and hairdresser and beautician too, so there's no excuse for going out for a meal not looking your polished best.
Driving down the coastal road and the site where this mega mansion sits in 2009, and the plots of land of the neighbours' homes too, you would have seen just open land with direct views to the coast so absorbing they might have distracted you from keeping your eyes on the road. In 2022, the road is now lined with contemporary abodes that expand down the slope from their ground floor, roadside entrance to the rear garden a few storeys below.
This modern mansion looks like maybe a two-storey dream contemporary home from the front pavement, with the upper half boasting grey cladding and thin slithers of long, pencil windows and the modern front door beckoning you in.
But when you do step inside and start exploring you soon realise that the hillside position has given the house two huge benefits - two hidden levels not seen from the street, plus sensational views of the Menai Strait over to the Isle of Anglesey from the multiple, elevated balconies.
This hillside property is so big it has a lower, lower ground floor on the estate agent's details, but before descending down to the dream home below, a quick rummage around these top two street-level floors reveal that the home is a partial upside down house too.
Almost the whole of the first floor above street level is dedicated to the master bedroom suite and now the smaller arrow slit windows at the front make sense - who wants to see vistas of the street through big picture windows in one direction when there's a panoramic natural masterpiece waiting for you to gasp in admiration on the opposite side of the house?
The master bedroom is of course vast and has the brilliant bonus of a private balcony that once you step outside must feel like you are flying out into the clear blue sky over the village and the water - you are suspended above the rest of the house, four floors up.
The master suite includes a spacious walk-in wardrobe and dressing room off the bedroom which is adjacent to the ensuite which, because it is large, can easily welcome a double walk-in shower, double sink unit and a double ended bath.
The bath illustrates this home's attention to design detail - it is positioned under the picture window and at the correct height on an elevated plinth to ensure the view across the water is at the right level for the bath's occupant, uninterrupted, and can be as immersive as the water and bubbles.
Before you explore downwards there's an extra feature on this top floor worth noticing that might make you look twice and possibly also make you feel a bit anxious - a section of the floor is glass.
This toughened glass panel gives an enticing glimpse of the next floor down, not that most people will need any encouragement to continue exploring this sizeable home, and is a surprise addition that continues to ensure this house sits firmly within the unique home category.
The next floor down, so that's the ground floor at street level, and the front door opens into a hall that spans the width of the house, but surely the open double doorway opposite will grab your attention first as it showcases the sea view seen straight through the open-plan living room and the wall of glass.
Any visitor to the house will surely be drawn into this space straight away, pulled to the amazing view and within seconds out onto the balcony that spans the whole width of the house too.
This space is, of course, huge and is zoned into the three main functions of life, cooking in the gorgeous, contemporary kitchen, eating and socialising at the large, central dining table, and watching Wales' football team qualify for the world cup at the lounging end of the space.
This area is so generous that it can welcome a big, bulky L-shaped sofa with ease, which could probably fit half of the Welsh football team on it.
It's inevitable that the balcony will have a frequent role in everyday life for anyone living at this amazing home, from watching the ships on the Menai Strait to gazing at the boats bobbing about in the marina. You have a front row seat to the natural world here too - seagulls soaring, clouds scurrying, weather warnings being played out, sunsets to stun.
The front of the house on this ground floor level also has a handy home office and a utility room as well as a large storage cupboard for coats and shoes and a cloakroom - there's certainly room to fit all of these functional spaces into the floorplan, all with a generous size too.
Down the contemporary slatted staircase to the next level down - the lower ground floor - and it's a level dedicated to sleeping, with two ensuite bedrooms looking out over the water and a massive room that occupies the end of the layout and runs from the front to the back of the house and could easily be another bedroom.
This extra large space could make a games room to make the neighbours' jealous but currently it's a surprise, hidden reception space. There's a kitchen, a dining area and a lounge space that looks out over the water and has access to the balcony.
There's an intriguing door in the corner that leads to an external staircase, meaning this room has its own outside access. Put a door on the landing after the bedroom and ensuite that's next to thinks reception room and you have a bonus self-contained abode for another member of the family.
This trio of rooms on this lower level share another balcony which again uses the whole width of the house as the dictator of its size - this house is certainly not lacking in outside space that's designed to make the optimum connection with the location's tremendous view.
Down to the lower, lower ground floor then, and at this level the house at last meets the bottom of the slope and so can boast a rear garden and an area for extra car parking to supplement the off-road front garden spaces.
This lowest of the lower levels is dedicated solely to a two bedroom, self-contained apartment with its own front door. This extra level of living has a central, open-plan living space opens out onto a pretty decked area and two bedrooms to the left and an integrated garage and bathroom to the right.
A rentable unit, a granny flat, or a space for two young members of the family, this bonus home at the bottom is, of course, a good size and continues the luxury, contemporary interior design that this beautiful and versatile home by the water can offer.
This mega modern mansion is for sale for £985,000 with eXp, UK call their Wales representatives on 0800 358 1796 for more details. And don't miss the best dream homes in Wales, renovation stories and interiors, join the Amazing Welsh Homes newsletter which is sent to your inbox twice a week.
