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Railway Walk, Cheltenham

In my suburb we’re not snobs. But we look down on Black Rock and Brighton

My suburb is home to the real Fountain Lakes shopping centre, which extends ostentatiously over the top of eight lanes of the Nepean Highway.

  • Colin Hill

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Nelson Alexander Auctioneer Ryan Currie in action selling a property at 93 Shields Street, Flemington. The property sold for $1,950,000.

Architect’s Flemington home sells for $1.95m with ‘knockout punch’ bid

A couple who had just returned from a conference in Italy bought a turnkey, architecturally designed home in Flemington for $1.95 million with a dramatic final bid.

  • Abbir Dib
An artist impression of the area around Cheltenham’s Suburban Rail Loop station.

Housing height plans for six Suburban Rail Loop stations revealed

The state government has scaled back height limits for apartments along key rail loop stations at Cheltenham, Clayton, Glen Waverley, Burwood, Monash and Box Hill.

  • Kieran Rooney
32 Chessell Street sold for $2,363,000 at auction on Saturday to a Darwin family who came across the property the night before.

House in Melbourne’s east sells for $2,362,000 to surprise buyer

The winning bidders saw the ad for the five-bedroom property for the first time on Friday evening. Less than 24 hours later, the home was theirs.

  • Alexandra Middleton

The Melbourne couple who finally hit at auction – and the Sydney vendor who wanted out

An investor’s pain became a first-home buyer couple’s gain in Mill Park on Saturday, as a Sydney-based vendor felt compelled to offload a long-held property.

  • Sarah Webb
A man’s body has been found in the car park at Westfield Southland.

Man’s body found in car park of popular Melbourne shopping centre

A crime scene was set up at a Westfield Southland Shopping Centre on Thursday morning after the discovery of a man’s body.

  • Hanna Mills Turbet
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Doug McRostie and Sarah Messina have sold their townhouse in Cheltenham and are upsizing to a house in Mentone.

How much money you need to earn to buy a house in Melbourne

Home buyers in many parts of Melbourne would need to earn a sky-high income – or be able to tap outside help.

  • Alexandra Middleton
The tradie who accidentally shot himself in the heart with a nail gun and lived to tell the tale.

The tradie who accidentally shot himself in the heart with a nail gun and lived to tell the tale

Mark Hardeman considers himself lucky to have a “second chance at life” after a 7.5-centimetre projectile struck his right ventricle.

  • Carolyn Webb
Jellis Craig auctioneer Greg Cusack at 203 Osborne Street, Williamstown.

Beach cottage smashes its reserve and changes hands for $3.9 million

A large crowd defied the cold to watch four bidders vie for the two-bedroom Williamstown home, which had been in the one family since it was built 60 years ago.

  • Sarah Webb
Morgane Rouvreau is currently living in Cheltenham but is considering moving to Geelong because of rent increases.

Morgane is being priced out of her suburb – and priced out of Melbourne

Nearly every Melbourne suburb recorded a rise in rents over the last year, but some soared higher than their neighbours.

  • Alexandra Middleton

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