Bentleigh East
Man charged with murder and attempted murder after fight at Bentleigh East home
A man is dead and a woman is fighting for life in hospital after an altercation in Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs.
- by Melissa Meehan and Ashleigh McMillan
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Opinion
Life in the ’burbs
My big hug of a suburb never wants for anything. Who cares if it’s boring and bland?
My suburb’s secret sauce is its solidity. What the younger me saw as boring and bland, I now recognise as reassuring, comfortable and privileged.
- by Jacquie Byron
Comedian Rhys Nicholson’s ‘maximalist’ home sells for $842,500 after auction
The Coburg home passed in for $810,000, but soon sold to the highest bidders in post-auction negotiations.
- by Jim Malo
Scenes of joy as family secure $1,585,000 Bentleigh East home at auction
The successful buyer couldn’t contain his joy. David Rizkalla dropped the cool, disinterested auction persona the moment the hammer fell and he bought the house.
- by Jim Malo
The Melbourne suburbs where home sellers have the best auction success
A select few suburbs in Melbourne recorded clearance rates approaching 90 per cent over 2023, much higher than their neighbours.
- by Jim Malo
Upsizers snap up Glen Waverley five-bedder for $3.15 million, the middle of its price range
Melbourne’s clearance rate remains soft as higher interest rates lower buying capacity, affecting it more than other cities, AMP chief economist Dr Shane Oliver says.
- by Carmen Forward
Modest house in sought-after school zone soars past $1.8m in hot auction
Five bidders fought it out in an hour-long auction for the 1950s classic brick home in Bentleigh East, which is set on a spacious block of land and ripe for redevelopment.
- by Jean Bell
Essendon Californian bungalow sells for $2.85 million
Two families competed for the home. One wanted to tear down the bungalow and rebuild, while the other wanted to keep the home in its current state.
- by Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
Review
Melbourne
It's all about the fire at Woodcutters Kitchen
Everything is cooked in two carefully calibrated wood-fired ovens, even the gnocchi.
- by Dani Valent
Review
Melbourne
Booming Bentleigh East gets a boost with Boosa
A jiggly pudding is just one of the Middle Eastern treats on offer at Bentleigh East's coolest cafe
- by Dani Valent
Review
Melbourne
The Merchants Guild
Is tea the new coffee? At this cafe, tea has its own list, almost as long as the food menu, complete with tasting notes.
- by Kylie Northover
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