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E M I LY P OW E R

The editor’s desk

KATE SHANASY

Lockdown has reset our priorities – time with family and the simple pleasure of having coffee in a cafe have replaced grand ambitions and we might be the better for it, in the long run. But there are degrees of disappointment in this pandemic and surely near the top of the pile is having a life’s ambition, like competing in an Olympic Games, snatched from your grasp. In this edition, meet bayside-based athletes and couple Ryan Gregson and Gen LaCaze, who have found silver linings in the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Games and in their new approach to staying race ready. ●

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DESIGN

Sabres make a mark

O M A R & Z A N E SA B R E

A family hardship spurred two brothers to build a multimilliondollar Australian accessories line.

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f there is one story to have emerged as a success in 2020, it’s that of Omar and Zane Sabre; two brothers on a personal journey through their eponymous, multimillion-dollar luxury accessories brand Maison de Sabre.

But this isn’t a tale of overnight success, but rather one preempted by necessity, determination and grit.

When Omar, 29, and Zane, 26, were told that their father had been diagnosed with leukaemia five years ago, their lives changed.

Omar was working as a dentist in their native home of New Zealand, while Zane was finishing dentistry school on the Gold Coast, with mounting university bills that his father could no longer financially support. The brothers were faced with two choices: forgo their careers in dentistry or find a way to support themselves financially.

“It was a massive shock to us when our dad was diagnosed with leukaemia. It put us in a terrible financial position as a family,” says Zane, Maison de Sabre chief operating officer and co-founder.

“But, we decided to persevere and take the challenging route which was to create a business to fund my studies and to support the family. So, in 2016, we had the idea to launch a luxury personalised accessories brand, Maison de Sabre.”

The highs and lows of starting a new business were immediately apparent for the brothers, with the business side of launching a marketable product proving an arduous task.

Craftsmanship and attention to detail were

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always non-negotiable, and this vision wasn’t to be compromised.

“When we initially looked at the market for premium accessories, we found it was really segmented into two areas: the ultra-premium luxury sector and the entry-level market. There wasn’t much happening in the contemporary luxury space, which is where we position ourselves,” says Omar, chief executive officer and co-founder.

“In hindsight, we think it was a strategic move on our behalf to launch with the phone case because everyone has a phone in their hands. People have emotional connections with their phones as it’s constantly travelling with you on life’s journey.”

By the end of 2018, the flagship phone case – a first of its kind thanks to a full-leather, wraparound design – helped the company reach close to $2 million dollars in revenue.

By the end of 2019, they achieved over $10 million in revenue, expanding their portfolio of luxury leather goods, as well as growing a team of two into a team of 30 full-time staff on the Gold Coast.

In just three short years since officially launching

in 2017, the Sabres have achieved a 500 per cent year-on-year growth, with the online retailer selling one of its premium leather pieces, including AirPod cases and covers for iPhone and Samsung phone models, every two minutes.

Customers monogram and personalise the pieces they order with embossed initials.

“The foundations of hard work and determination have always been ingrained within us from a young age, and I believe that helped us get to where we are today,” Omar says.

“Zane and I have always tried to achieve the best we can in whatever we undertake. But I think the reason for our success thus far is that we push through innovation and experimentation and we’re unwavering in craftsmanship, quality and detail.

We’re proud of all the steps we’ve taken and where we’ve come from.”

With what has been the brothers’ foray into a cutthroat industry, Maison de Sabre has proved to be more than a strategic financial move for them; it’s been an outlet for self-discovery and celebration.

“Personalisation is a form of confidence in owning

“The foundations of hard work and determination have always been ingrained within us from a young age.”

OMAR SABRE, CO-FOUNDER OF MAISON DE SABRE

your identity. With everything that is happening in the world, people are turning to customisable leather goods as a reminder of their potential to achieve their dreams,” Omar says.

Today, Maison de Sabre is sold globally. You’re bound to see its monogrammed signature phone cases to clutches, card holders and zip wallets in the hands of celebrities (singer Sean Kingston and actor Millie Bobby Brown are fans) and fashionistas alike.

Even amid a global pandemic, business is thriving, with the brand seeing a 65 per cent increase in global sales since March.

“Right now, the key is to be a smart retailer and know the trends; know what’s happening in the economy and understand how your consumers shop,” Zane says.

“There’s no recipe for success. The only way to be successful is through hard work, determination and having a vision.” ●

BOOKS

Must-read debut books Wo r d s b y

A M E LIA BA R N E S STICKS AND STONES

KOKOMO

By Katherine Firkin (Bantam, $32.99)

By Victoria Hannan

Ronnie Scott

PENGUIN

GINA CRAWLEY

(Hachette Australia, $32.99)

Katherine Firkin

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f the recently released titles by Australian publishers are any indication, there is no shortage of literary talent currently on display in Melbourne.

These reads by local debut authors depict a distinct facet of Melbourne life, told from the perspective of those who call the city home.

Melbourne-based journalist Katherine Firkin has covered some of the state’s most notorious criminal cases, all of which have inspired her debut novel, Sticks and Stones.

Her deeply researched, pacey writing pushes the boundaries of the standard crime fiction format, instead switching between various perspectives to paint a rich story of interconnected characters. “I’m constantly amazed by the domino effect that violence and trauma have on people’s lives – how the actions of one person can affect dozens into the future, sometimes over the span of decades,” Firkin says. ●

After winning the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript in 2019 comes the debut novel of Victoria Hannan.

Triggered by real events, Kokomo follows Mina, who flies home to Melbourne from London after her agoraphobic mother leaves the house for the first time in 12 years. Their reunion leaves Mina raking through their past to uncover the truth behind her mother’s condition and her sudden return to the world. Hannan similarly lived in the UK for a decade before her father was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, prompting her return to Melbourne. ●

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THE ADVERSARY

BLUEBERRIES

By Laura McPhee-Browne

Ronnie Scott (Hamish Hamilton, $29.99)

By Ellena Savage (Text Publishing, $32.99)

As the founder of independent literary magazine, The Lifted Brow, Ronnie Scott is one of Melbourne’s most prominent industry figures. The Adversary details the specific, close, intimate nature of a friendship between two men. The story is told over one hot summer, the mood of which is eloquently captured by Scott. The characters are often running between Brunswick, Fitzroy and Richmond – a scenario familiar to many inner-north Melburnians, including Scott.

“Getting between them without a car can be tough, and I had fun building some of my plot around that,” Scott says. ●

Blueberries is the debut essay collection of writer, academic and former Melbourne literary editor Ellena Savage. The centrepiece is the previously published and acclaimed Yellow City, which chronicles the author’s return to Lisbon after being sexually assaulted there 11 years prior. Savage left the country before learning the outcome of the criminal case, and the story follows her attempts to track down a document explaining what happened to the two assailants.

A combination of memoir, essay, poetry, and critique, Blueberries is an experimental collection, adopting a style that crosses genres and subverts stylistic conventions. ●

(Text Publishing, $29.99)

The debut novel of Melbourne writer and social worker Laura McPhee-Browne details the story of Hetty and Ness, best friends since childhood, who leave suburban Melbourne for Toronto. For Ness, the shy narrator of the story, this experience marks her coming of age, and she eventually enters her first queer relationship. This melancholy and raw novel is interspersed with Ness’ memories of growing up with Hetty in Melbourne, which offer a deeper insight into their longstanding, complex relationship as it fractures. ●

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COVER STORY

Racing ahead

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Olympians Gen LaCaze and Ryan Gregson have made the most of the Tokyo Games delay.

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few weeks out from the official announcement the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games would be postponed, star Olympian couple Ryan Gregson and Gen LaCaze had an inkling that things wouldn’t continue as planned.

For one thing, Gregson – a middle-distance runner – got word that one of his main rivals, the Czech Republic’s Jakub Holuša, had been asked by his government to return home, and was quarantined for two weeks upon arrival.

“He was locked in his house, he didn’t have a treadmill, and I thought: it is three-and-a-half months out from the Olympic Games, and this is what some athletes are going through? It’s not a level playing field.”

The morning the Games postponement was made official, LaCaze – a middle-distance runner and steeplechaser – dealt with it the best way an Olympian could: she promptly broke the women’s record for fastest time around Melbourne’s iconic Royal Botanic Gardens Tan track.

Her time of 11 minutes and 54 seconds beat the previous record of 11.57, set by dual Olympian Sarah Jamieson in 2006.

“About a week out, we had a Tuesday track session that had gone really well, and I just knew I was really fit,” LaCaze says. “My coach [Nic Bideau] and I spoke about doing something to see what shape I was in, and he just said, ‘Let’s have a go at the Tan record’.

“It took our minds off things briefly, while a lot was going on.”

With their precisely scheduled plans for the rest of the year thrown into disarray, Gregson and LaCaze seized on silver linings, including the chance to spend more time with family. The couple spent two months with Gregson’s family in northern NSW, before heading up to Queensland to visit LaCaze’s.

“It was the most time I’ve spent with my family since 2008, when I left for college,” says LaCaze.

“So that was special. We made the most of it, trained hard, and just waited to hear what was happening overseas.”

In July, it was announced the elite international Diamond League would go ahead, albeit in a reduced season. The couple promptly raced – and won – Queensland’s 10-kilometre state championships, then packed their bags and headed to Monaco, before competing across Europe and finishing up in Doha. Social distancing and health precautions have led to the creation of strict ‘‘athlete bubbles’’ and frequent COVID-19 testing.

“It has taken a little bit of the joy out of it, but we’re very grateful we’re over here,” LaCaze says from London. “They’ve been really high-calibre races. The only people who are competing are people who know. It’s worth the travel coming over.

They’ve been hot fields.”

Originally hailing from the Gold Coast and Wollongong, respectively, LaCaze and Gregson met as teenagers at a national cross-country event. After years of seeing each other around different venues, they cemented their relationship at the 2012 London Olympics. Nicknamed ‘‘Mr and Mrs Athletics’’ on social media, the couple tied the knot in 2018.

Two years earlier, Gregson became the first Australian man to make it to an Olympic 1500 metres track final in 40 years. LaCaze was fifth in the women’s 3000-metre steeplechase final at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.

While their careers have taken them across the country and all over the world together, they are looking to settle down, and recently entered the property market.

Having spent decent chunks of time over their formative years training in Melbourne, they now see

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BRENDAN ESPOSITO

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Ryan Gregson at Melbourne’s Nitro Athletics in 2017, above; Gen LaCaze at the 2012 London Olympics, top.

the city as home. “As soon as I got the Tan record, [I felt like] I’ve definitely now put down roots,” LaCaze says. “And Ryan always jokes about it when we’re coming home from overseas or from Christmas interstate, as soon as we drive along Beach Road towards Sandringham, he says, ‘Oh, God, it feels like we’re coming home’. We love the feeling of driving back into Melbourne.”

Both members of the Melbourne Track Club, they first rented with friends in Sandringham and “fell in love with that part of the world”, LaCaze says.

“We realised over the years, returning to bayside annually for a few months at a time, we just thought, ‘Wow, we can see ourselves living here’.”

They eventually bought in Brighton East. Having grown up in regional areas, the laid-back bayside was a key attraction, as well as what LaCaze describes as the area’s “classy beach vibe”.

As well as the stand-out beach, they were also keen on the location: it’s just far enough from the centre of town for the pace of life to be more relaxed. And, crucially for two Olympians, there are plenty of opportunities to get outside and run.

“We live near Dendy Park, which has a twokilometre loop of tan surface around the outside,” Gregson says. “And, there are so many good running trails along the beach.”

The original plan was to move in after the Tokyo Olympics were done. Now they face an uncertain journey home from Europe. But they remain optimistic they’ll be able to move in by Christmas.

“We’re really looking forward to starting fresh in our new place,” Gregson says.

But there’s a fair chance they won’t stay still for long. Although it might be too early to say whether next year’s Olympics will go ahead, LaCaze notes the experience of the Diamond League has taught her that with the right precautions anything is possible. “If you had asked me a couple of months ago if I thought the Olympics would go ahead, I would have been sceptical. But if they’ve been able to put this together in such a small amount of time, and keep everybody safe … with the Olympic budget, I don’t see how they couldn’t. Even if it meant no crowds or tourists. I still think they can go ahead with the right planning.” ●

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FOOD Every batch at Beatrix delights its cult followers.

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hen the North Melbourne cake shop and cafe Beatrix opened in 2011, the cafe’s 10 seats were rarely filled, and owner Natalie Paull would stand out the front looking for potential customers.

These days, Paull is so busy that when asked to bake for Nigella Lawson, she asked the celebrity chef not to broadcast the store to her millions of Instagram followers.

“I knew a tsunami of customers would overwhelm the tiny shop and the staff,” she says. “It was just a lovely opportunity to bake for her.”

This anecdote epitomises Paull’s approach to running a business. It’s not about attracting the most online

attention, or luring customers in with bells and whistles, but letting the product speak for itself.

Clearly, Paull’s strategy is working.

Before lockdown, you would have found a consistent line of customers hoping to secure one of the bakery’s cakes, tarts, pies, slices or doughnuts.

Paull and her four full-time bakers make between 500 and 900 pieces a day, and they almost always sell out.

Currently, the “cake house” is open for takeaway goods with a daily cakes list, and Paull and her team are taking orders for whole cakes.

Beatrix isn’t a flashy store with an architect-designed fit-out, but a modest corner store that requires

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constant polite “excuse me’s” from staff and customers in order to navigate. (Paull says there are no plans to upsize, but if she does, this won’t be to drive more sales.)

Similarly, its operations are a lo-fi affair. Unlike most Melbourne cafes that invest heavily in creating content specifically for Instagram, Beatrix’s account is almost entirely devoid of professional photography, and is used more as a means of communication with customers than a marketing tool.

“From the very start I armed myself with just an iPhone and social media as a tool to share what we were baking, and it was basic, honest and agile,” Paull says.

“There is a charm in not idealising or exaggerating the product that I knew customers and followers would feel and appreciate.”

She was right. The @beatrixbakes Instagram account has over 64,000 followers and counting.

Pasty chef Natalie Paull, top; Beatrix bakery in North Melbourne, above.

Paull’s North Melbourne shop was until recently the only place to sample her wares, but these can now be made at home with the release of her first cookbook, Beatrix Bakes.

Writing a cookbook has been a long-term goal of Paull’s and when approached by Hardie Grant, she felt the timing was finally right.

“I also felt like all the fruits on my ‘cake tree’ were ripe and ready to be distilled into recipes,” she says.

It’s been almost 10 years since Beatrix first opened its doors, and Paull is still the first one in and out of the store every day.

“I set up the cake house every day,” starting at 5am on Saturday, she says.

“I work front of house for a slice of each day, I do the payroll, and I get involved in the constant collaborative improvements with staff to make what we bake and do better.

“It fills me with purpose and passion, and I fall deeper in love with my business each year.”

Even on Paull’s days off, you’ll likely still find her standing around the shop’s cake cabinet, or lovingly observing her team at work.

“I make excuses to pop into the shop on my days off to sneak a salted caramel slice,” she says.

“It is still glorious magic to watch the cake squad turn eggs, sugar, butter and flour into the cake house you see each day. The craft of repetitive tasks done with precision and love.” ● BEATRIX \ 688 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne.

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HOUSE OF THE WEEK ALBERT PARK \ 32 ST VINCENT PLACE NORTH 6

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One of Melbourne’s most cherished and iconic locations, St Vincent Gardens came to life in the boom years of the Gold Rush era and the address has been a byword for the good life ever since.

No.32 came to the party a little later. It was built in the 1920s and has been carefully conveyed into the 21st century by masterful design and skilful updating.

Period details include delicately coloured stained glass, ornate fireplaces, strapped and decorated ceilings and a beautiful bay window in the formal living room at the front of the house.

Double doors open from here to the formal dining room and, on the opposite side of the hallway, a fitted study with desk, shelves and cupboards.

The large living and dining area and kitchen at the rear of the house are contemporary in design, but in tune with the art deco roots of the home. Filled with light, this large and inviting area is ideal for entertaining and family gatherings and opens to the landscaped garden with pool, spa and undercover dining area.

An atrium roof brings soft, even light to the timber and white kitchen with its stainless steel benchtops, banks of drawers and storage on both sides of the wide island bench.

Beneath the dining room is a climate-controlled cellar.

On the first floor, the main bedroom suite is large and lavish with dual showers and basins in the en suite, a balcony looking out to the pool, and a magnificently large dressing room. There are two further bedrooms and a bathroom on this floor and two with a bathroom on the floor above. A self-contained studio apartment is located over the three-car garage.

The home has ducted heating and cooling, intercom and security and is on about 632 square metres of land with garage access from Draper Street at the rear.

The location, of course, puts everything that is good about Albert Park and Melbourne on the doorstep. The beach, the CBD, the arts precinct and shopping in a village-style atmosphere are all close by. â—?

BEVERLEY JOHANSON property@domainreview.com.au Agent: Greg Hocking Holdsworth, Simon Gowling 0422 234 644 Price: $11 million-$11.5 million Expressions of interest: close 5pm, October 26

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ALBERT PARK \ 44 DINSDALE STREET Agent: Greg Hocking Holdsworth, Simon Gowling 0422 234 644 & Max Mercuri 0431 043 723 Price: $2.45 million-$2.65 million Auction: 5pm, October 22

ALBERT PARK \ 55 REED STREET Agent: Greg Hocking Holdsworth, Warwick Gardiner 0438 308 555 & Jansen Spencer 0408 502 555 Price: $3.75 million-$3.95 million Private sale

FINAL WORD “THIS IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO SECURE ONE OF ST VINCENT GARDENS’ MOST PRESTIGIOUS HOMES.” SIMON GOWLING – AGENT

PORT MELBOURNE \ 95 ALBERT STREET Agent: Greg Hocking Holdsworth, Simon Gowling 0422 234 644 & Callum Richardson 0488 504 889 Price: $1.4 million-$1.5 million Auction: 5pm, October 29

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ST KILDA WEST \ 57 PARK STREET 3

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The Edwardian era meets the 21st century in this freestanding, tuck-pointed home and the result is urban style and comfort at its elegant best. Stained-glass, fireplaces, high ceilings, picture rails and deep skirting boards recall the house’s heritage in the original front section. At the rear, the stunning living area opens via full-width stacker doors to a stylish Mediterranean courtyard with citrus groves either side and a built-in barbecue. The kitchen has Smeg appliances, stone benches and a wine fridge.

Remote-controlled blinds, a Euro laundry and drip irrigation add convenience, and the house is close to the beach, Albert Park Lake, transport and shopping. ● BEVERLEY JOHANSON

Agent: Marshall White, Oliver Bruce 0409 856 599 Price: $1.95 million-$2.1 million Expressions of interest: close 5pm, October 27

ARMADALE \

opens through french doors onto the rear

34 GLASSFORD STREET

pergola and back garden. Toorak Station, Malvern Road and High Street are nearby.

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Behind the dignified front fence of this

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walk-in wardrobes and a marble-vanity en suite, and two of the four living areas

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But this street is named after merchant

open to a sheltered barbecue terrace.

The terrace looks over the pool and leafy

Matthew Glassford, who built eight houses,

You can feel the love that’s been lavished

backyard. With a double garage and

including number 34. ● ANDERS FURZE

on this house by its long-term owners. The

established vegetable patches, it’s a self-

Edwardian house you can find plenty of

same goes for the gardens, designed by

possessed, family affair with nothing to do

space, underlined by period charm. The

half of that duo, landscaper Julie Crowe.

but move in. ● KAY KEIGHERY

main bedroom’s bay windows provide a

Their boutique extension and renovation

lovely glimpse onto the tree-lined street,

have turned a stoic Edwardian into a

while the second bedroom opposite

capacious, cross-century home where

looks onto the front verandah. The other

original details pair prettily with signature,

bedrooms are farther in, as well as a formal

Agent: Kay & Burton, Grant Samuel

contemporary touches. Several spaces in

Agent: Marshall White, Chris Barrett

living or dining room with fireplace. There’s

0403 132 095

the added, second storey have day beds

0412 927 409

plenty of room for more casual living out

Price: $2.8 million-$3 million

positioned for enjoying the views. On

Price: $4 million-$4.4 million

the back in the family/meals room, which

Online auction: 6pm, November 4

ground, the main bedroom wows with twin

Auction: 10.30am, October 31

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ST KILDA \ 40 DALGETY STREET 3

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In the heart of St Kilda, this beautifully redesigned threestorey terrace offers superb comfort and amenity. On the lower-ground level, a bedroom with marble en suite opens to a garden of espaliered olive trees and silver birches, and there is also a laundry and 2000-bottle cellar. The original ground-floor rooms are living and dining areas, and the stunning kitchen, with its black cabinetry and hand-made tiles, is flanked by a terrace and merges into the outdoors.

On the third level, the main bedroom suite is large and lavish, and the second bedroom here also has an en suite. Italian fittings, hydronic heating and automatic irrigation are part of the package. ● BEVERLEY JOHANSON

Agent: The Agency, Sam Hobbs 0404 164 444 Price: $3.45 million-$3.55 million Private sale

LANGWARRIN \ 57 DONALD ROAD

in the lounge, a bay window in the dining

ELWOOD \ 501A ST KILDA STREET

room and a sunlit conservatory off the

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open-plan kitchen, meals and family area.

laundry. Glass sliders unite the open-plan hub with a deck, a patch of lawn and a

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Rustically nuanced, the kitchen beckons

concluding terrace. The staircase to the second floor arrives at a roomy study

Measuring about 10,000 square metres,

with a pot hanger, double ovens and

Opposite Elsternwick Park and in walking

separating the main bedroom from the

with three buildings: a two-storey/four-

beautiful blackwood cabinetry. The pool

distance of schools, shopping villages,

bathroom and minors. All bedrooms have

bedroom house, a pool house (with

and pool house arrangement is a gift for

public transport and the beach, this

built-in wardrobes, and the main bedroom

kitchenette and bathroom) and a multi-

entertaining, while the barn offers B&B

property easily earns an A for location.

enjoys outlooks over parkland. ● KAY

chambered structure entitled “the barn”;

potential. ● KAY KEIGHERY

The townhouse itself fits the bill for an

KEIGHERY

this property affords loads of liberating

active, modern family. First impressions are

space. A covered verandah encircles

of subtlety with a dash of individualised style. Ground floor is made up of an

Agent: Chisholm & Gamon, Torsten Kasper

decor creates a homestead ambience.

Agent: Marshall White, Dominic Salvato

automatic garage with internal access;

0428 454 181

Think dado walls, decorative friezes and

0400 335 700

a carpeted lounge with fireplace; and

Price: $1.65 million-$1.7 million

big windows framing outlooks over the

Price: $1.6 million-$1.76 million

amalgamated kitchen, dining and family

Expressions of interest: close 3pm,

manicured grounds. There’s a gas fireplace

Private sale

areas with timber floors, powder room and

October 30

most of the house and its retro interior

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GREG HOCKING HOLDSWORTH

32 St Vincent Place North, Albert Park Albert Park at its finest. On 632sqm approx., with dual street frontage, this grand residence showcases stunning 1920s period design, superbly updated for modern family living. Living zones bathed in light. Seamless flow from formal to informal living, designer kitchen, wine cellar and home office. Lavish entertaining, inviting pool and spa.

Oversized master bedroom with dressing room, ensuite, and balcony with city views. Four more large bedrooms and two bathrooms. Self-contained studio above the triple garage.

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A6 B4 C3 D1 $11,000,000 - $11,500,000 close 26th Oct at 5pm Inspect By Appointment Simon Gowling 0422 234 644 Max Mercuri 0431 043 723 Belinda Noble 0418 188 859 greghocking.com.au

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Land size: 1,170m2* approx

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A house of international standards defined by a superior level of design, quality & construction that sets it apart.

From the moment you step inside the grand entrance hall, highlighted by a tranquil internal courtyard complete with feature fishpond, you’ll immediately get a sense of the calmness that prevails throughout. Comprising superbly zoned formal & informal living & dining, a gourmet stone kitchen, alfresco terrace with established garden & more.

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Spectacular Victorian terrace showcasing generous four-bedroom three-bathroom accommodation, multiple living areas, indoor/outdoor entertaining, gymnasium, landscaped terrace, rich period features, soaring ceilings and remote double garage. Positioned in a beautiful tree lined street a short distance to Toorak Road’s cosmopolitan boutiques and restaurants, Fawkner Park and Royal Botanic Gardens.

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21 Lambert Road, Toorak

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'Miegunyah Cottage' part of the famed estate of Sir Russell Grimwade, original stables converted to a cottage. Allan Powell design extensions feature kitchen/dining area with cathedral ceilings, cantilevered dining room, formal living room. 4 bedrooms (or 3 plus study), 2 bathrooms and double carport.

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