By Jacqui Hammerton and Mary O'Brien
Looking for your next home in Melbourne? We’ve got you covered.
16 Campbell Street Brighton
You can stroll to the Bay Trail from this smart new three-level townhouse. The airy, open plan family zone has high ceilings, oak floors and a well-equipped kitchen. A basement room with a bar could work as a cinema or rumpus space. Enjoy the lap pool and outdoor kitchen in summer. A lift makes this suitable for all ages.
15 Maysbury Avenue Brighton
Surrounded by mature gardens, this renovated home promises a relaxed lifestyle. A formal living/dining room is perfect for parties. The family room offers pretty pool views while the sleek kitchen with marble highlights will cater for any occasion. A downstairs study/bedroom is a bonus. It’s close to the Brighton beach boxes. “You can move straight in,” the agent says.
4/842 Toorak Road Hawthorn East
For its debut on the property market – having been held by two generations of a family since its 1985 construction – this villa unit comes up a treat. “The owners renovated it for themselves three years ago,” the agent says. It is set well back from the road, is single-level and freestanding (the garage is attached on one side), with a deck behind and greenery in front.
2H Warley Road Malvern East
This new three-level residence, built on a tree-lined avenue on land that had two street frontages, meets the size, inclusions and styling that well-to-do Malvern East demands. Start with a six-star energy rating and add a Bluetooth-controlled Miele kitchen, lift, wine cellar, paved terraces and stunning New York marble as a feature throughout. It’s close to shops, parks, transport, schools and Monash University.
7 South Street Ascot Vale
This 1920s Californian bungalow has been overhauled and is ready for its next 100 years in a streetscape of period homes on the city’s fringe. “The vendor has done quality work,” the agent says, noting its new kitchen, bathroom, flooring, CCTV system and a sky-lit garage with powder room that would make a great work studio. The landscaped garden has a basketball set-up, spa and deck.
28 Garnet Street Preston
“I wish I had more of these properties to sell; it’s a phenomenal location,” says the agent, who has listed, with evident pleasure in an under-supplied market, this one-of-a-pair townhouse on a deep block. The vendor, its second owner since 1999, loves dining out on its protected, north-facing and sky-lit deck that extends the living zone via double-glazed bifold doors. The interior was recently renovated.
52 Yarra Street Warrandyte
The owners of a boutique building company incorporated sustainable design into the modern extension of their beloved rural retreat – then took it to the next level. In a “feat of engineering”, the agent says, a dining room glass wall tilts open to the outdoors. A wood-fired spa adds indulgence. Nestled into native gardens, the property features oak and polished concrete floors, a sunken lounge and a separate studio.
313 Douglas Parade Newport
On a corner site opposite riverside Newport Park, this 1940s weatherboard home has received the full treatment from the vendors, who engaged a local builder to add a bedroom, enlarge the living zone, modernise the entire fit-out with a neutral palette and present a turnkey family abode for sale. “They enjoyed rejuvenating a home they loved, bringing it into the 21st century,” the agent says.
This article was originally published by Domain.com.au. Reproduced with permission.