Original art deco family home hits the market after six decades in Birkenhead

The home at 25 Levi Street, Birkenhead is on a corner block and is being marketed by Ray White Semaphore agent Peter Kikianis.

Mr Kikianis said the original two-bedroom art deco home represents more than just bricks and mortar and is set to go under the hammer on January 21.

“It's a time capsule of Adelaide's multicultural heritage and a family's enduring legacy,” Mr Kikianis said.

“The property is a blank canvas in a tightly held location, and is in close proximity to the Osborne Shipyards, historic Port Adelaide and the beaches of Semaphore.”

The home remains in original condition with no major renovations beyond a new roof and painting upgrades, offering scope to move in, renovate, extend, or redevelop (subject to council approval).

The solid brick home was built in the early 1960s by Francis and Wally Frydrych, a Polish immigrant couple who made South Australia their new beginning.

Their daughter, Irene Lynch, who was born in 1965, said her childhood was filled with warmth, community spirit, and the simple pleasures of family life.

“The kitchen was very small, but it was always where we gathered for meals,” Ms Lynch said.

“My mum cooked, my dad came home at 5pm, and the meal was set.

“Family, relatives - it was always around that table.

“This sense of family continued when Francis and Wally cared for their much-loved four granddaughters.”

Ms Lynch said when she lived at the home she remembered her neighbours were also very family-orientated and she along with her younger sister, Krystyna had a fulfilled life with all the neighbourhood children playing the backyard.

“That's what I remember most - the sense of community, the variety of nationalities all coming together,” she said.

Ms Lynch's father, who arrived in Australia with his parents and was initially placed at the Hahndorf barracks, went on to build the family home using local materials.