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50 Warringa Road, Frankston

Brilliant houses and spectacular views; you might not think it at first, but Frankston has both in abundance.

It’s up on Oliver’s Hill – that sweep of cliff face climbing sharply from the beach below – where you’ll find a panorama like few others.

Handsome 50 Warringa Road has a front-row seat to the breathtaking 24-hour show across the changing face of Port Phillip Bay all the way to the city skyline.

“You could argue this is the best view in Melbourne,” says agent Nicholas Lynch. Gaze out from the fine terrace, next to a pool that feels as though it’s floating towards the edge, and arguments become futile – it’s simply majestic.

The house does the splendid location proud. The single level ranging across the clifftop allows the expansive family, living and dining rooms a full, glorious outlook across the entire arc of the bay to the city and over to the Dandenongs.

The beautiful main-bedroom suite has divine pillow-top and bath views of the blue. Limestone exteriors and travertine floors are smart material choices, catching the north light.

“It’s a landmark,” the agent says. No arguments here.

10 Collins Street, Brighton

This refined Edwardian cottage with a bold architectural extension claims one of the ultimate positions in Brighton’s inner sanctum. “It’s a gorgeous house in a sought-after, tree-lined street between Church and Bay street shops,” the agent says. The restored 1915 front has a spacious main bedroom suite; further bedrooms are upstairs. Neat hedging and creeping fig add greenery around the glazed living zone, terrace and pool.

62 Valley Parade, Glen Iris

Behind a dramatic brutalist facade, this new family dwelling by Carter Grange features generous family spaces across three luxurious levels. A parents’ retreat is up top and kids’ bedrooms and a home theatre are at lower-ground, sandwiching a 10-metre-wide living zone. A wide covered terrace has views across the valley and down to the back garden’s sunken entertainment zone and travertine-surround pool.

36 Berry Street, East Melbourne 

One family’s 51-year residency of this three-level terrace house in the MCG’s back pocket shows how much they’ve loved the city-edge enclave rimmed by parkland, the agent says. The 1880s dwelling displays grandeur in a lace-trimmed facade, hallway arches, oversized rooms, and an extraordinary bluestone cellar. It has front and back balconies, a rear deck and two-car parking off Webb Lane.

253 Beaconsfield Parade, Middle Park

A flurry of interest in this beachfront beauty proves the scarcity of top-end family homes along the inner bayside waterfront, the agent says. It offers plentiful accommodation across three levels, and dual kitchen-dining-living zones – one to service the north-facing barbecue terrace with barrel sauna and pool, the other opening to a broad sunset balcony with clear bay views.

27 Kireep Road, Balwyn

This house should appeal to families seeking to settle into their forever home in the Balwyn High School zone. The reproduction-Federation house, built in 1990 and more recently renovated, is on a huge 1169-square-metre block opposite Maranoa Gardens. It has formal and casual living rooms, up to six bedrooms, a theatre and a cellar. The free-form pool sits amid natural rock landscaping.

1602/31 Spring Street, Melbourne

This 16th-floor apartment, perfectly timed for spring, beckons from the Paris end of the CBD. Panoramic views from front and rear terraces sweep across city buildings, lush parklands, suburban sprawl and the distant Dandenongs. The refurbished sub-penthouse in the Philadelphia Building allows resident access to a rooftop pool. It is appealing to lock-up-and-leave downsizers, investors and “city crashpad” buyers, the agent says.

This article was originally published by Domain.com.au. Reproduced with permission.