Domain - The Age, July 20-21

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Heart & home In pursuit of perfection

W hat t o se e t h i s We ekend

O p en Home

Ch r i s Koh ler

HOT PROPERTY

TOP OF THE BLOCK

FASHION SENSE

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What I love With its airy proportions, the worries of the working week will float up, up and away – as high as the lofty celings inside this beachside retreat, listed by One Agency.

The polished ironbark floor, a 5.5-metre cathedral ceiling, and landscaped gardens reinterpret rural chic.

This property is called The Barn, but there is no roughing it here.

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What to see this Weekend

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House of the Week

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Open Home

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Two of a Kind

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Money & Markets

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R

emember when clearance rates hit the boiling point of 80 per cent or more, and the market was hotter than the chilli crab at the Flower Drum?

With clearance rates now hovering in the mid-50s, it’s a chance to reacquaint ourselves with the concept of a normalising, balanced market; one that provides opportunities for buyers and vendors. Don’t be shy about putting a home on the market in winter or the very earliest days of spring: fewer quality options for buyers who are starved of variety can stir the pot on auction day, or around the negotiating table. Our journalists have sourced terrific homes for this edition, well worth a browse on the weekend. So load up with a takeaway latte, visit the inspections and discover just how good Melbourne’s property market is; rain, hail or – soon – shine. Opportunity knocks.

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This near-new riverside pad – sized between an apartment and a

NEW LIVING

townhouse – has urban chic against a

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leafy backdrop. Positioned in the south-east corner of the Acacia

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complex, it wins bonus natural light

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kitchen. Journey through rear sliding glass doors to find covered and open split-level decking in the neat west-

Kay & Burton, Rebecca

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Modern Homes

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Neighbourhoods

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investors and apartment upgraders.

family in. Four bedrooms and two

Auction: 12.30pm, June 9

bathrooms line up along the right side,

Marshall White, Justin Holod 0411 669 161

opposite two oversized living rooms on timber floors flanking an updated

$4 million ST KILDA

28 Eildon Road WOW FACTOR

Stunning

Spanish Mission home, close to trendy Fitzroy

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Street cafes. Sold by Marshall White.

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Decor & Design

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OUR COVER St Kilda East easy luxury, listed

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WHAT TO SEE THIS WEEKEN D 21

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You could live the hipster lifestyle at this quirky corner property or consider the possibilities of a cafe, studio, office or shop, which is how it probably started life a century or so ago. It still has pressed-metal ceilings and shopfront display windows but upgrades include a contemporary

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kitchen and bathroom, timber floors and a spiral staircase to the bedrooms; one with a private terrace.

The eclectic neighbourhood is known for its fascinating heritage and the convenience of transport options, city access and countless eateries and watering holes.

Auction: 1pm, July 28 Agent: Nelson Alexander, Marek Olech 0413 830 954

Rae Tomlinson

Marshall White

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preparation, and good

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the keys to a successful sale.

A low-maintenance, renovated terrace house in the popular Hawksburn Village patch is guaranteed to appeal to professional couples, downsizers, young families

Highest sale

and investors, all of whom have been represented at this Edwardian home’s inspections. “It’s a superb renovation sympathetic to the original, and it’s deceptively spacious,” the agent says.

Beyond a quaint facade, the property offers a rear courtyard/parking space, a balcony off the main bedroom and trapdoor access to a huge basement cellar, which is fitted to accomodate 700 bottles.

$2.6 million

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Agent: Marshall White, David Volpato

26-28 Glenauburn Road

0414 701 983

WOW FACTOR

A six-

bedroom home on a

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sprawling block. Sold

by Morrison Kleeman.

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Being a smidge wider than the

central to the area’s renowned assets:

standard single-fronted inner-city

the beach, Albert Park Lake,

terrace site, this semi-detached brick

transport, boutique cafe strips and

Edwardian gains surprising space in its

Middle Park Primary School.

two forward bedrooms, and in its

Auction: 12.30pm, July 28

contemporary extension. The inviting,

Agent: Greg Hocking Holdsworth,

high-ceilinged living area meets a

Warwick Gardiner 0438 308 555

paved courtyard on the same level. It has quiet backstreet appeal yet it is

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Like a racegoer’s fascinator, a pretty

cosy lounge room and a deck, and

This executive residence is the jewel

extravagant master suite, take the top

pediment perches above the iron

shed out the back. The property is in a

in Crown Terrace – a seven-year

level. Rear landscaping includes a

lacework and Hawthorn-brick facade

sweet spot between Sydney Road and

project that uses its lofty position for

stylish entertainment zone, plus a

of this just-renovated Victorian

Merri Creek sports grounds.

views of the Maribyrnong River,

glass-roofed patio with pizza oven.

cottage. More period features are

Expressions of interest: close 5pm,

parklands and recreational facilities.

Auction: 3.30pm, August 4

inside but the emphasis is on a cool

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In stacked-box form, a middle level of

Agent: Jellis Craig, Simon Mason

vibe, elevated by exposed brick walls

Agent: Barry Plant, Steve Sfindilis

casual and formal living rooms,

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and high-end fittings (think Thassos

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kitchen and study sit above a four-car

and Carrara marble, Miele appliances,

garage with workshop and storage.

free-standing bath). There’s a study, a

Three bedrooms, including an

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HOUSE OF THE WEEK B y K ATH E RIN E TOWNSE N D

Designed to delight

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n the day I visit this sleek, white house in St Kilda East, a former owner happens to be wandering through having a loving look at her old house. “I wanted to see what he’s done,” she says cheerily.

The agent explains that the house was built in 1934, renovated in 2014 and again in 2018 – and everything is sparkling. Touches such as a striking teardrop chandelier and some windout windows hint at one more renovation in the 1970s but all this renovation action comes together well. It has given the house a welltended and very liveable look and feel – and it is this the ex-owner is delighting in.

On the corner of Vadlure and Denman avenues, the house has a wide, glistening facade with a large

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porch guarded by two trimmed balls of greenery.

Inside, a wide oak-floored hallway has the main bedroom, with en suite and built-in wardrobes, to the left – it is the first of four very large bedrooms, all with new grey carpet and white walls.

To the right, the large living rooms begin. Huge picture windows overlook the large front garden and then the room extends into an L-shaped dining room which features the teardrop chandelier.

A door then connects to a large, almost-square family room – it is this room that prompted the ex-owner’s joy. The heart of the house, it overlooks or connects to much of the rest of the house, including the large newly renovated kitchen to the right.

The kitchen includes a marbletopped island bench, a gas cooktop as well as an electric one, a Bosch oven and two-pac cabinets.

Double doors open into the family room from the original entry hall and that dramatic entrance provides a view through a wall of glass at the end to an outdoor entertaining area and the garden beyond. There is also a door to a children’s wing which holds another three large bedrooms.

The wide hallway running to the children’s bedrooms also has a wall of glass looking out to the outdoor eating area that opens from the family room. The outdoor entertaining area has tiled floors, heaters and a pergola – it is a wellthought-out spot that adds another usable entertaining area in a house blessed with many of them.

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Vadlure Avenue is a beautiful and elegant tree-lined street. This home has a classic facade with expansive design and exquisite living areas.

It would be easy to entertain 50, 60 or even 70 people here with ease.

Beyond the family room is the back garden with a good-sized lawn, and a trampoline over the in-ground pool.

The double garage includes a small bathroom for after swimming.

The recent renovation has created a contemporary look and has also added the next layer of love in a house with an interesting history.

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In t e r v i e w b y S TE PH E N L ACE Y Ph o t o b y DANIE L P O CKE T T

“There’s nothing like standing there (on The Block) ... when they count you in: five, four, three, two, one ... action!”

With

something truly heroic. He passed

Which has been your favourite

DAV I D WO O D from Hocking Stuart, Albert Park

away 10 years ago. We were very

Block property?

close. We’d sit and talk and read

No doubt, last season’s home at

poems; he loved Banjo Paterson. Each

46a Regent Street, Elsternwick, the

year we used to go to the Anzac Day

one by Josh and Elyse. It was

dawn service together.

gorgeous, with a very homely feeling.

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ou might recognise David Wood, director of Hocking Stuart, Albert Park.

He’s the bloke with the hammer on Channel Nine’s The Block. For the past eight seasons, Wood has wielded the auctioneer’s gavel on the show, and last year sold the winning home. This fourth-generation real estate agent from Swan Hill loves playing golf and travelling the world. He is married with two children, and a dog called Honey. This will be his 35th year in real estate.

That’s one I’d buy in a heartbeat.

If you weren’t in real estate, what job would you be doing?

That was the winning home?

I’d have liked to have been a barrister;

Yes, I sold it for $3.067 million, setting

not that I had the grades to do it. I’m

a record for the highest price ever

interested in the intricacies of the law

achieved for a Block house.

and I enjoy speaking. After doing auctioneering for this many years, you

Do you think people ever get carried

tend to think on your feet.

away in the bidding because they

How did you start out in real

I hear you like travel; what’s your

estate?

favourite place to visit?

After school, I’d help out my father in

The most interesting place I’ve ever

Your idea of happiness?

I don’t think so. Most people engage

his agency in the small country town

been is Barcelona. I love Spain; it has a

A Saturday afternoon, with all the

advocates and have predetermined

of Swan Hill, in northern Victoria. I was

really good blend of exciting new

auctions from the morning sold,

amounts in mind. The hard thing with

about 15 at the time. I’d empty the

places and history. I’ve always found it

sitting down to pasta and a glass of

that show is that they bring such a

bins and run the mail, deliver the

very vibrant.

red wine. I’m not hard to please.

unique product to the marketplace, so

banking, buy the coffee and tea. I

Who are your heroes in real life?

What’s it like working on The Block?

Invariably they go for great prices, but

loved it. I’m one of five boys and at

My uncle who was a prisoner of war in

Exciting. There’s nothing like standing

when you stand back and look at it,

various stages we all worked there.

Changi. He had some horrible things

there, ready to do an auction, when

you think, “well it should be worth that

happen … sorry, I feel quite emotional

they count you in: five, four, three,

amount”, because there is so precious

Do you ever miss the country?

talking about this. But his ability to be

two, one … action! Because it doesn’t

little like it in the marketplace.

All the time. It defines you when you

able to forgive his Japanese captors is

go to air until the following night, all

are on TV?

messages around the office, do the

grow up in a small country town.

it’s very, very difficult to value it.

the auctions are closed, with only genuine buyers in the room.

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Downsizers done with lawn mowing

apartment at Clarendon Towers, on

It’s an easy-care lifestyle, replete with

boulevard. Fifteen floors up, this year-

can upgrade their leisure time with a

the CBD’s lower lip. Or, entertain and

rooftop pool, barbecue terrace, yoga

old pad has a study, Miele kitchen and

stroll to South Melbourne market, city

relax on the full-length terrace.

retreat, foyer lounges and library at

wide herringbone floors.

hotspots, the Botanic Gardens and

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MONEY & MARKETS B y CH RIS KO H LE R

Blue-chip bags – as safe as houses?

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Birkin all the way to the bank Various designer handbags find themselves on the index – Chanel, Dior, Louis Vuitton – but it’s almost exclusively the sale of a Hermes Birkin that makes headlines. The most expensive handbag ever sold was $448,514 for a Birkin in 2016.

Since its creation in 1984, the Birkin handbag has become arguably the most sought-after fashion accessory in the world. And because supply of new bags is kept low and available by the manufacturer to a hand-picked elite, the second-hand collector market has become lined with gold.

The handbags are now an instantlyrecognised status symbol.

This Hermes Birkin fetched a record price at Christie’s when it was sold at auction in 2016.

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handbag that is 10 years old and in “grade-two condition” last month sold in London for $289,338 (£162,500).

For context, less than two weeks later an apartment in innerMelbourne sold for $7000 less than that. It’s nice, too – hardwood floors, two parking spaces, and so on.

So, which is likely to be the more lucrative investment? Judging by the problematic gauge of past market performance, a case could actually be made for the handbag.

While that particular diamondencrusted Hermes Himalaya Birkin now holds the title of most-expensive handbag ever sold in Europe, auction houses around the world are regularly selling “investment-grade handbags” for small fortunes.

In fact, during the past 14 years the Rare Handbag Index – tracked by Jersey-based dot-com JustCollecting – has outperformed property and sharemarkets in Australia.

The index tracks the value of “regularly-traded and investmentgrade” handbags and is said to have recorded an increase of 170.1 per cent between 2004 and 2018. During that time the median house price in Sydney grew 103 per cent, according to Domain data, and the ASX 200 gained 73 per cent.

“Every brand has a cycle. You can’t stay on top forever. What has become their signature suddenly isn’t right any more.” - CHRISTINE BARRO Victoria Beckham is said to have one of the biggest collections in the world, but the Kardashians could likely give her a run for her money.

Leaving the top-tier $290k diamond bags aside, if you’d managed to get your hands on a $5444 Cognac Ostrich Leather Birkin (40-centimetre) handbag – made by (you guessed it) Hermes – 14 years ago, you’d have made a tidy 275 per cent return by now. It last sold for $20,415, according to JustCollecting.

It’s the best performer on the Rare Handbag Index of 19.

Thinking of investing? Here’s what you need to know So, with all that in mind, should you start “investing” in handbags?

Probably not.

To do well comes down to the ability to predict what will be fashionable and desirable a decade

ahead of the rest. Knowing what’s in vogue right now proves a tall order for some – including your correspondent.

The market is, naturally, much more niche and has much less regulation than other markets.

Experts advise against buying any fashion accessory and expecting a return.

Spending up on a portfolio of investment-grade handbags is “very risky”, according to Melbourne fashion industry legend and purveyor of high-end accessories Christine Barro. “When Phoebe Philo was brought in to design Celine and revive that brand [in 2008] … I had those bags and I just couldn’t get enough of them. It became this easysell,” Barro says.

However, tastes changed, Philo moved on, and now “it’s dead”.

“As soon as the doors would open at Harrod’s everyone would rush to the

Celine counter to buy up whatever was on the shelf … it’s completely over,” Barro says.

The pricetag some of these handbags command is astronomical, but the ever-changing nature of fashion excuses the bags as an approachable form of investing.

“Every brand has a cycle. You can’t stay on the top for ever. What has become their signature suddenly isn’t right any more,” Barro says.

And, as the recent owner of a $282,000 Melbourne apartment would tell you, you can’t live in a handbag.

Chris Kohler is Domain’s National Business Editor.

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Beds

Sat Sun Price $000s

Agent

AUCTIONS Houses and Apartments *

56 Murrumbeena Cr

2BR 3BR

2.30

800-870 Nelson Alexander

11.00

POA

Tim Dwyer

3BR

11.30

POA

Fletchers

BRUNSWICK 14/37 Staley St*

1BR

10.30

340-360 Nelson Alexander

3BR

11.30

1.2M-1.25M

Woodards

87 Kambrook Rd

NA

12.30

POA

Jellis Craig

89 Kambrook Rd

4BR

12.00

POA

Jellis Craig

CAULFIELD NORTH

COLLINGWOOD 1BR

10.30

460-490 Nelson Alexander

6 Ballarat St

2BR

12.30

910-1M Nelson Alexander

CROYDON NORTH 1A Bonnie View Rd

4BR

1.00

POA

Fletchers

1BR

10.30

POA

MW ONE

3BR

11.00

2BR

11.00

630-680 Nelson Alexander

HAWTHORN EAST 2/7 Clifton Rd*

NPD

Noel Jones

MARIBYRNONG 21 Alameda Av

2BR

11.00

42 Huxley Av

1.30

POA

Marshall White

NPD

RT Edgar

2BR

12.00

POA

Biggin & Scott

3BR

10.00

1.1M-1.21M

Biggin & Scott

2/7 Docker St*

1BR

12.00

360-390

Biggin & Scott

HAWTHORN

212/381 Punt Rd*

2BR

1.00

650-670

Biggin & Scott

27 Callantina Rd

23 Lt Buckingham St*

3BR

11.00

1.1M-1.2M

Biggin & Scott

HAWTHORN EAST

2BR

10.00

POA

Fletchers

3BR

10.30

POA

Marshall White

PRAHRAN RICHMOND

RINGWOOD SOUTH YARRA ST KILDA

3/165 Mascoma St*

42 Gooch St

2BR

11.30

600-650

Dingle Partners

3BR

1.00

850-930 Nelson Alexander

2BR

10.30

600-650 Nelson Alexander

3BR

11.00

900-990 Nelson Alexander

3BR

11.30

POA

Fletchers

11.00

760-810 Nelson Alexander

1A Page St

12.00

POA

Marshall White

4BR

2.00

POA

RT Edgar

2BR

12.30

3BR

2.00

POA

Collins Simms

4BR

1.00

POA

RT Edgar

4BR

12.00

POA

Jellis Craig

Jellis Craig

FITZROY 403/416 Gore St*

1.2M-1.3M Nelson Alexander

FITZROY NORTH 216 McKean St

KEW 11 Ross St

4BR

11.00

POA

15 Princess Street

6BR

10.00

POA

Jellis Craig

8 Rossfield Av

5BR

1.00

POA

Marshall White

9 White Lodge Ct

5BR

10.45

POA

Jellis Craig

5BR

12.00

POA

Marshall White

3BR

11.00

POA

RT Edgar

27 Rothesay Av

3BR

11.00

POA

Marshall White

94 Tooronga Rd

4BR

1.45

POA

Marshall White

3BR

11.00

POA

RT Edgar

8 Avenel Rd

1/347 Glenferrie Rd*

MALVERN EAST

SOUTH YARRA 1 Fawkner St

TOORAK 4BR

11.30

NPD

Greg Hocking

BALWYN NORTH 3BR

4BR

MALVERN

WEEKEND OPEN FOR INSPECTIONS Houses and Apartments *

65 Moubray St

Agent

KOOYONG

VERMONT 5 Devlin St

18 Carinda Rd

5 Currajong Rd

ALBERT PARK

MULGRAVE

87 Male St

12.30

7/17 Robe St*

Sat Sun Price $000s

CANTERBURY

950-1.030M Nelson Alexander

MOONEE PONDS 2 Hopetoun St

Woodards

THORNBURY

GOWANBRAE 99 Gowanbrae Dr

1.25M-1.35M

STRATHMORE

ELSTERNWICK 7/15 Elm Av*

1.00

2BR

3/58 Wantirna Rd*

Beds

BRIGHTON 3BR

4BR

1/60 Clowes St*

208/132 Smith St*

Address

5/120 Princes St*

16 North St

CARNEGIE 10A Frogmore Rd*

Agent

157 Cruikshank St

5/1a Irving Av*

BLACKBURN 2/12 Cootamundra Cr

Sat Sun Price $000s

PORT MELBOURNE

ASHBURTON 1/6 Crete Av*

Beds

MURRUMBEENA

ASCOT VALE 9 Geddes St

Address

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4BR

12.00

POA

Fletchers

21 Washington St

3BR

10.30

POA

Marshall White

294 Williams Rd

5BR

10.00

POA

Marshall White

55 Washington St

2BR

1.00

NPD

Kay & Burton

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ALBERT PARK

70 Mills Street, Albert Park

229 York Street, South Melbourne

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65 Moubray Street, Albert Park This Victorian c1882 three or four bedroom residence presents spacious single level proportions with period elegance and contemporary efficiency. Comprising an open plan family living area, modern entertainer´s kitchen with gourmet appliances connecting to an undercover verandah and picturesque courtyard garden. Additional entertaining spaces include a formal dining and separate sitting room, two impeccable bathrooms, laundry, bluestone foundations and tandem undercover car parking.

Albert Park 8644 5500

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76 Sutherland Road, Armadale

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Closing Wednesday 1 August at 2pm 1168 -1184 Nepean Highway, Mt Eliza

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FLINDERS 45-45B COOK STREET E ET

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This lifestyle property together with business is located in beautiful Flinders Village. On two titles and meticulously renovated to enable the new owner a variety of uses.

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The prospect of utilizing this property for further development or continuing the existing use of chocolate manufacturing or incorporating a café, bar or restaurant.

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This is an outstanding opportunity to acquire a property that holds many possibilities.

Domenic Zanellini 0404878879

Exquisite Village Living, Aw A ard-Winning Opportunity

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Land area 7.96 Hectares (19.7 Acres) approx Zoned Rural Green Wedge ‘3’ Prime corner position Opposite Bata Shoes and in close proximity to Bunnings Opposite established residential Nearby private schools Suit prestigious home site, horse stud, winery, restaurant, school etc (STCA)

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‘PERRICOOTA STATION’ Moama On The Murray, NSW | 134.5 HA / 332 AC Circa 1860’s 250 Megs General Security Water Iconic “Perricoota Station” is the Districts most noted and renowned water front property, having had a major role in Echuca Moama’s early history.

The Station boasts almost 3 kilometres of absolute river frontage and provides some amazing water views. The 2 Storey Homestead with spectacular surrounds has always been the centre piece, however, the original Packing Shed now Restaurant is very special. The property has a further 2 Homes, Cottage, 2 Fishing Shacks original Cobb & Co Stables, Staff Quarters, Office and much more. “Perricoota Station” now reborn and “on the map” provides a superb venue for Weddings, Accommodation, Business Functions, Tours or just enjoy a splendid meal overlooking the mighty Murray. Google “Perricoota Station” for a range of Videos and additional photographs.

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Wayne Eeles 0428 168 567 Elders Echuca 03 5481 1000 eldersrealestate.com.au/19323264

‘DEEP CREEK MARINA’ Moama, NSW | 0.50 AC Perricoota Road Moama Accommodation and Business Complex

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POA Wayne Eeles 0428 168 567 Elders Echuca 03 5481 1000 eldersrealestate.com.au/19308856

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Elegance, Acreage & An Amazing Horse Complex 245 Howards Road, Wattle Flat (Ballarat District)

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This professional purpose-built equestrian complex and a forever-after family home could be all yours in this tranquil private setting in Wattle Flat. Sitting on approx. 20 acres with volcanic & fertile soil along with excellent grass cover, this property has been fenced into 8 fine paddocks to benefit the substructure that surrounds this cleverly devised family residence. This quality property is set in a blue-ribbon location just 15 mins to Ballarat via Invermay.

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• This outstanding Freehold Property provides a high class 4 Bedroom Unit, and endless Business opportunities. The Property forms part of the thriving Deep Creek Marina which houses 135 Houseboats, a number of elite units and recently 22 Land Lots Sold for Holiday housing • The 2 Storey Complex boasts a very smart 4 Bedroom Unit upstairs with Balconies overlooking the Marina, great water views. Downstairs houses a Mini Supermarket, Restaurant, Laundromat, and Toilet and Shower Block, Male and Female.

The Business holds a Takeaway Liquor Licence, but can supply and carry almost anything

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20 fertile & cleared acres Bore and approx. 300,000 of tank water 40 x 20m indoor horse arena plus 3 stables 3 separate sheds all with power & concrete floors 15 minutes to Ballarat 10 minutes to Western Freeway

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Lots 1 & 2 Booker Rise, Bittern EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST ….. CLOSING 10TH AUGUST, 2018 AT 5.00PM • Blue chip investment – develop now or land bank • Two allotments being offered individually or as a whole • Lot 1 – 7257m2 • Lot 2 – 6109m2 • Located adjacent to Lifestyle Communities Bittern • Varied uses (STCA)

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hen people arrive at architect Michael Artemenko’s Cremorne front gate for one of Open House Melbourne’s peeks into the city’s built-environment, they will be greeted by a Victorian terrace that looks not unlike its neighbours – and thousands of similar terraces around Melbourne.

Visitors will likely enter with a mixture of hope and apprehension, knowing they are about to confront Melbourne’s most enduring architectural challenge: how to get light and liveable spaces into 19thcentury Victorian terraces.

When Artemenko, director of FIGR Architecture and Design, oversaw the renovation of his family home, he knew the challenge ahead of him. He wanted more light, more separation of spaces, more contemporary and useable family areas. But that didn’t mean adding an overblown extension.

“Our strategy was to increase the perception of space, without increasing the footprint,” he says.

This involved shaving a little space off several rooms to create more separate spaces. “You don’t get more space with open plan; you get less.

Families need to be able to break away from each other, so you need separate spaces.”

In some ways, the house reflects the 150-year evolution of Melbourne’s housing. “We wanted to take people on a journey, to let the light guide you through the building. We wanted to step from the shadow to the light.”

On the weekend of July 28 and 29,

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Open House Melbourne 2018 Portable iron houses in South Melbourne 399 Coventry Street, South Melbourne Melbourne’s earliest tilt at the flatpack, small-house movement began in the gold rush. They were ordered from a catalogue, built in Britain,

For many ... the real delight of Open House Melbourne is

dismantled and shipped here. Three

getting a peek inside houses a little like their own.

together on a site in South Melbourne.

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have survived and are now gathered Open Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 4pm, no booking required

Dolls’ House Westgarth, book to reveal address This interesting house reflects the flexible layouts often seen in SHANNON MCGRATH AND HILARY WALKER

dolls’ houses. The extension is, essentially, two spaces stacked on top of each other, with no doors or walls. Furniture and joinery divide the space and gently suggest uses.

The architect and the artist owner will give talks at the opening.

Open Saturday, 10am to 1pm, booking required

Banksia 2 Glenti Place, Docklands In much-criticised Docklands, McBride Charles Ryan produced a standout building of beauty, distinction and style in Banksia. The circular floorplan allows for each apartment to have water, city or park views while the very Australian flower shapes are also jauntily nautical.

Guided tours include ground level

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220 buildings will open their doors in the largest ever Open House Melbourne program. There are 70 new buildings in the program, and the suburbs get a look in this year with properties open in Beaumaris, Narre Warren, Essendon, Bundoora, Ringwood and Frankston, as well as five buildings within the City of Greater Dandenong.

Properties include residential, commercial, industrial and public buildings, which range from small to gargantuan. They move from earliest white settlement through groovy ’60s apartment development to contemporary ways of reworking older housing. And the doors are opened on government and private properties that members of the public rarely get to see.

For many people though, the real delight of Open House Melbourne is getting a peek inside houses a little like their own, that have been reworked or redesigned by some of Melbourne’s leading architects.

In North Fitzroy, Austin Maynard Architects co-director Mark Austin will offer another inspirational house for viewing. It will offer ideas and creative solutions about what to do with another of Melbourne’s pressing issues: urban privacy.

Kiah House was problematic in many ways – on two street fronts with the typical ugly back fence. The owners were seeking more room in the period house; restful spaces that drew on their love of Japan but also a house that embraced rather than fought against two street frontages.

Austin’s team tackled the two street frontages with daring, building virtually to the boundary.

“The idea of building a new addition directly on the street is quite challenging to a lot of people; it challenges the notion of privacy and distance between public and private spaces,” Austin says.

Yet the owners have total privacy, through control and power of what can be seen. “At Kiah, the owners control their own engagement/ privacy level through louvres, blackout and sheer curtains.

“They are able to engage with their neighbours at both the front and the rear of their house as much or as little as they wish.”

Austin hopes those visiting Kiah House will be inspired to re-think their approach to renovating an existing house, to recognise they don’t need to just knock down a house and start again, or just add a box on the back.

Opening the doors seems to be helping open minds.

and level 18.

Open Saturday, 10am to 4pm, no booking required

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OUR COVER Kiah House by Austin Maynard Architects. Photograph by Tess Kelly.

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At a glance St James Park 1A Yarra St, Hawthorn Architect: CHT Architects Developer: Bensons Property Group Interior design: Fiona Lynch Number of apartments: 24; 12 two-bed, 12 three-bed Internal sizes (sq m):

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he work of architectural masters has influenced the timeless style of a development in Hawthorn.

The St James Park on Yarra Street has been inspired by the mid-20th century modern architecture of Ray and Charles Eames, and the works of British architect David Chipperfield.

CHT Architects associate director Mark Spraggon says their influence ensures a classic look.

Two-bed 84-112, three-bed 136-216 Prices: Two-bed $1.098 million-$1.645 million; three-bed $2.095

“We looked at several buildings ... which have really stood the test of time, in particular residential buildings,” Spraggon says. “We looked at Eames House from the ’50s.

“David Chipperfield is a personal hero of mine ... He’s done his first residential tower in New York and we took some cues from that sort of design approach from the podium through the stone.”

The podium is clad in travertine stone, an effect Spraggon says will complement the surrounding homes.

million-$3.49 million Parking: Two-bed one car space; two-beds plus study and three-beds two spaces; penthouses four.

Completion: Early 2020 Agent: Bensons Property Group, Lara Moro 0424 272 612, John Alexandru 0416 446 173 Inspection: Showrooms at 93 Burwood Road, Hawthorn, and 3/367 Collins Street, Melbourne, open by appointment. appointment

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Rising above the rest

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O Laura Naylor, manager of local favourite Rustica in Hawthorn, serves up delicious fare.

There are 24 apartments at St James Park, with interiors by Fiona Lynch and landscaping by John Patrick. There are four levels: Yarra Residences on level one, Park Residences on two, Garden Penthouses on three and Rooftop Terrace Penthouses on four.

Opulent touches such as the fluted walls in the lobby and built-in bar at the residents’ lounge have been designed to set a high standard.

“We had an idea of what the demographic would be and with these sort of apartments, they’re more individually-designed homes rather than the standard apartment building,” Spraggon says.

The location is a cafe-lover’s delight with Burwood, Glenferrie and Bridge roads all nearby while Rustica on Power Street is a locals’ favourite.

Manager Laura Naylor says customers from weekday office workers to weekend breakfasters enjoy the house-made bread and pastries.

ne of Australia’s leading architectural practices, Hassell, will soon be making its mark on Collingwood with construction starting on Otter Street, a six-level complex with 17 roomy apartments.

Once the project is completed in 2020, its distinctive facade will make for an unmistakable address.

The lower portion is encased in white brick, while the upper levels are dominated by glazed walls to allow views of the surrounding cityscape.

Every apartment at Otter Street has dual aspects, allowing plenty of natural light and cross ventilation.

Valcucine kitchens by Rogerseller have Miele appliances and Fantini tapware while bedrooms have Lema wardrobes. Then there’s the edginess of the location. Otter Street is close to the heart of all that is Collingwood at its bohemian best: just metres to Smith Street and minutes from the Fitzroy Market.

Nine residences have already been sold, with eight remaining.

At a glance Otter Street 1-3 Otter Street, Collingwood Architect: Hassell Developer: Cranecorp & Flagship Group Interior design: Hassell Number of apartments: 17; 12 two-bed, five three-bed Internal sizes (sq m): Two-bed 95-206, threebed 208-212 External areas (sq m): 17- 75 Prices: Two-bed, two car $1.405 million$2.275 million; three-bed, two car $2.39 million$2.49 million Car parking: Available residences have two car parks each Completion estimate: Early 2020 Agent: Castran Projects, Ben Khong 0400 882 439

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oor old Balwyn gets an unfair rap. A bastion of upwardly mobile middle-class comfort, it has been humorously derided by everyone from Kaz Cooke to Skyhooks for its stolid suburban respectability (as the band sang in its 1974 single Balwyn Calling: “A brick veneer prison is waitin’ for you”).

Scratch the surface of this leafy borough 10 kilometres east of the city and a different picture emerges.

Balwyn has a library, a football team, and a classic old-style cinema. It’s on the tram line and a growing number of cafes on the Whitehorse Road strip have well and truly dragged it into the 21st century.

Development is booming in Balwyn.

Older houses being sold can expect not so much to be lovingly restored to their Edwardian and postwar glory but to be torn down for new dwellings – mostly still single-family residences, thanks in part to local planning laws and a lack of heritage

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controls, and partly thanks to the affluence of the neighbourhood’s newcomers. It’s common for new builds to reference older styles of architecture – neo-Georgian is popular, as are grand French provincial faux-mansions – with every conceivable mod-con.

The population has been rapidly diversifying, too, especially with an influx of cultures. A huge drawcard is Balwyn High School, which is regarded as one of the best public high schools in Melbourne, as well as the proximity to the eastern suburban private school belt.

Balwyn’s most prestigious pocket, bounded by Balwyn, Doncaster and Belmore roads, is known locally as “the Paris end”, where multimilliondollar homes inhabit large blocks.

Anything on the high point of Balwyn, with views across roofs and treetops to the city skyline, can expect to sell for a premium, as can property in the high school zone.

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nderson Park, a new development marketed by Marshall White Projects, is named for the iconic parkland that sits at the juncture of Hawthorn East and Camberwell, just around the corner from the project site.

Developers have focused on providing a building suitable for Boroondara and Stonnington’s owner-occupiers and downsizers.

Located at 585 Burke Road, Camberwell, the project was designed by architects from Hawthorn firm Ascui & Co. Their brief was to create a building that would allow empty-nesters to move sideways from large houses to lowmaintenance accommodation without sacrificing lifestyle or amenity, and also provide an entry point for young couples keen to live in this coveted pocket where freestanding family homes are often beyond most budgets.

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Life on the leafy side Known for their imaginative and functional solutions, Ascui & Co created a distinctive, curved facade that incorporates curved balustrades and wide windows. The building will be bordered by manicured gardens, a nod to Camberwell’s leafy streets.

Inside, there are 46 apartments, including eight three-bedroom

residences and a range of one and two-bedroom apartments. Kitchens showcase stone benchtops and splashbacks, as well as Miele appliances and plenty of prep space and storage.

Living spaces have floor-to-ceiling windows to emphasise a bright, open

feel, and all bedrooms have either built-in or walk-in wardrobes.

Bathrooms feature contemporary floor and wall tiles, and have the option of a freestanding bath.

Mark Dayman, senior director at Marshall White Projects, believes Anderson Park offers buyers an ideal location with a range of highlights.

“As a local resident, it’s exciting to share with Anderson Park purchasers the terrific benefits of living in and around [this neighbourhood],” he says.

“It’s not just local eateries like The Bakers Wife or a quick tram ride to Melbourne’s best schools, it’s also meeting neighbours, friends and family at our local park – it’s what memories of growing up are made of.”

Apartments start from $499,500.

For information call sales agent Ranko Cvjeticanin, 0451 153 833, or visit andersonpark.com.au

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The home, with wrapped windows looking over parkland, was designed by firm Baracco + Wright. Owner Annie Rose, below left.

A tribute to enduring art deco Who: Annie Rose (co-founder and CAITLIN MILLS / PRODUCTION LUCY FEAGINS / THE DESIGN FILES

director of Lift Education, a schoolbased sexual and social health education program) and Peter Rose (a lawyer).

Where: North Fitzroy What: An award-winning architectdesigned home

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even years ago, Annie and Peter Rose bought a run-down property in Melbourne’s inner north. The house was known as the “railway cottage’’, but this quaint descriptor belied the state of the property. Initially, their son Lachy and members of his band lived in the house, before the Rose family demolished the cottage to build their current home.

The Roses worked with local architects Maura Baracco and Louise Wright of Baracco + Wright, who had previously designed a beach house for the couple, as well as an apartment in Melbourne’s Cairo building. This long-standing client/ architect partnership and relationship was cemented over a shared love of Robin Boyd.

As well as appointing their architects, the Roses engaged Julian Barlow of Atma Builders for the construction, and said he did an

excellent job on the tricky shape of the unique home.

“Every architect, builder, designer or tradesperson who has been to this house since its completion has marvelled at the finish and craftsmanship that is evident in this build,’’ Annie says.

The Roses’ design brief was for a house that “would see us through the next steps of our lives, and hopefully forever’’. With now-adult children, the couple no longer needed a large home, nor space for cricket games in the garden. After much consultation between clients and architects, two small, adjacent houses were designed for the irregular-shaped block.

The Roses are now proud owners of “two spacious houses and a lovely side garden on the site’’. Importantly, the house also incorporates a “decent-sized wine cellar’’. Priorities!

The curving front and triangular shape of the building is a tip-of-thehat to art deco design, as well as a nod to the aesthetic of surrounding houses in the suburb. Annie says this generous rounded space is like being on the “bridge of a boat’’, when standing at the kitchen bench.

The living room operates almost as a theatre-in-the-round, providing the owners with a view across “270

degrees, that is really beautiful whatever the weather’’.

Annie says the design is both private and connected to the community, with an outlook over the park to view acrobats, school sports and weddings.

For all its wow-factor, this home is an understated and elegant response to an odd-shaped site. It is both generous and practical, with the sort of presence that has made it a landmark. thedesignfiles.net

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he simplicity of Shaker style informs this restrained renovation designed to highlight the existing features of this townhouse.

The clients, a retired couple, engaged interior designer Adele Bates to address several aesthetic and practical shortcomings at their townhouse in the inner-city suburb of Toorak, in Melbourne.

Because of its position, the interior of the two-level, three-bedroom building was extremely dark, with access to natural light through windows on the front and back walls only. The sombre palette of colours used throughout, including timber floors that had been stained an offblack, exacerbated the problem.

The wrought-iron staircase – a safety hazard for the clients’ young grandchildren – was another issue that needed to be fixed.

“The project was really about injecting life and light throughout the space, and bringing in more of the natural light,” Bates says.

“The interior was quite severe, and there were a lot of dark materials used consistently throughout the home.”

Working with the existing features as far as possible, Bates engaged a flooring specialist to sand back the herringbone parquetry to achieve an ash blond shade.

The timber floors were then finished with a light wax stain.

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Interior designer Adele Bates used a lighter palette and referenced ADELE BATES

the Shaker style in this inner-city townhouse.

happy with the outcome,” Bates says.

Skylights were installed, the layout was reworked, and built-in storage was added, creating the foundation for an open, light-filled residence.

Bates also updated the staircase to make it safe for small children, retaining the existing handrail and reconfiguring the balustrade.

In the kitchen and living room, custom joinery provides a contemporary reinterpretation of the elegance and simplicity of the famed Shaker aesthetic.

Bates chose to keep the features in these rooms pared back and understated so as not to compete with original details, such as the architraves, cornices and full-height doors.

“It’s about respecting the existing heart of the home and allowing those features to breathe within the space and contribute to the space,” Bates says.

“They’re not fighting for your eye by having too much continued detail.”

The furniture, objects and artwork continue the project’s emphasis on neutral tones and natural materials, enlivened with unexpected pops of colour such as the red timber bar stools in the kitchen.

“We wanted a neutral, uplifting palette, but nothing too stark as well,” Bates says.

“It’s calming, it isn’t about hard contrasts, and it works with the greys of the natural timbers.”

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he latest display home from Englehart Group, the Illoura is a five-bedroom house designed to optimise any site’s aspect and outlooks. A flexible option for new home buyers, it can be constructed as a two-storey home or tailored for a sloping block over four levels.

Building a house on a sloping block often presents a challenge, as sites that incline can create issues with ventilation, energy consumption and drainage. Englehart Group are confident the Illoura reduces any issues associated with a sloping block, while maximising the outlook.

Measuring almost 400 square metres, the Illoura’s floor plan has spaces where families can both gather and retreat, with indoor and outdoor living zones. Quality finishes feature throughout, such as Daniel Robertson bricks and long-lasting Colorbond panelling, plus double glazing, American oak highlights and porcelain tiling.

Luxuriously flexible A formal ground floor entry leads past a guest suite – which includes an en suite and powder room, and could work as a main bedroom – a powder room, laundry and hidden stair entry to a spacious family living zone.

Large, strategically placed windows provide plenty of natural light. The kitchen features integrated Miele appliances, a stone island bench and a table-level breakfast counter, as well as a concealed butler’s kitchen with a wide gas cooktop with wok burner and walk-in pantry.

Upstairs, the main suite’s layout can be adapted to include a retreat.

There’s an en suite with a double vanity and bath, and a generous walk-in wardrobe is elegantly hidden behind the bed.

Remaining bedrooms are serviced by an en suite and a family bathroom.

Customers have the option of customising their Illoura home, right down to the facade. Choose from the standard two to four-level versions on display, or opt for one of the other single or double- storey floor plans available.

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After the extension, the “masculine” Victorian villa now engages with its big, established garden area.

Repeating columns link the old and the new sections, left. Below, the award-winning extension.

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he house starts as “an inwardlooking, heavily-grounded and masculine” Victorian villa in what architect Jane Riddell calls a beautiful, parkscape Hawthorn site of 1300 square metres.

After a substantial extension which responded to the client’s request for a home that would engage with its big garden and 100-year-old specimen trees, it gains a whole new behindthe-scenes personality of visual porosity where interior and exterior boundaries melt away.

It also earns Jane Riddell Architects a joint win (with Kennedy Nolan Architects) for Best Heritage Extension in the 2018 Boroondara Urban Design Awards.

Leaving the main bedroom suite that now includes a spa-like bathroom, a study and gym under the reinstated Welsh slates of the old roofline, Riddell took her first cues for the extension – repeating columns – into an addition that, once across a long, glass-sided connecting walkway, becomes a multi-courtyard addition with two bedrooms sharing a “Jack and Jill bathroom”, a gallery and a large kitchen-dining-living room with 3.5-metre ceilings.

This clear and lovely pavilion-style structure evokes Philip Johnson’s classic and much-celebrated 1949 “Glass House”.

Yet here the amenity is individuated by a covered verandah where black columns pay respect to the verandah that would have originally been on the front of the house.

“They’re the lost verandah columns rendered in a pattern and rhythm that is contemporary and that frame portions of the substantial landscape; little pastiches of the backyard as you look out,” Riddell says.

The proper verandah allows the occupants “gentle engagement with the garden all day, starting on the east verandah in the morning”.

The refined perfection evident in the finish is there in all aspects of the addition and is overtly exemplified by the white, narrow and stack-bonded brickwork that the architect says references the (rendered) brick in the original villa.

It’s in the new oak floors that, in the connecting bridge, gently step up and that reference the restored Karri floors in the old house.

It’s there in the oft-encountered courtyard vignettes, and the constant breaking-in of natural light “as it passages during the day”. It’s in the breakout verdant viewpoints and sky glimpses that are always emphasising the rare luxury of such an unusually large inner urban site.

But none of it is ever at the expense of a new extension also imparting a sense of being embracing and comfortable, Riddell says.

“All the doors in the great room slide or pivot open and the scale does acknowledge the scale of the block.

But inside, the room still has an intimacy to it.” janeriddellarchitects.com.au

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