PEOPLE & PROPERTY OF MELBOURNE
AUGUST 3-9, 2022
MIFF RETURNS 70 YEARS OF THE FILM FESTIVAL
JUDGING THE BLOCK
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I don’t often get out from behind my desk these days. Each week, I read the stories from our writers with great delight and interest, but also with a little pang of jealousy. “I would have loved to meet them!” is something I say a lot. So, when the chance came to shadow The Block judges Darren Palmer, Shaynna Blaze and Neale Whitaker on a filming day for the upcoming season, I jumped to take it. The trio were so generous with their knowledge, humour and expertise, and I walked away truly galvanised. I hope you enjoy reading our cover story as much as I enjoyed writing it. ●
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THE EDIT Things we love about Melbourne
OUR COVER \ The Block judges Darren Palmer, Shaynna Blaze and Neale Whitaker. Photographed by David Cook
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FESTIVAL
70 years of Melbourne International Film Festival. MYKE BARTLET T
NIC DUNCAN
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Film beyond boundaries T
here is something quintessentially Melbourne about leaving the house in the middle of winter to queue in a damp alleyway for a late-night screening of a doco or a little-known film. From tomorrow, many Melburnians will do just that as Melbourne International Film Festival returns with its first full program in three years – just in time for its 70th birthday. Some gloomily wondered if COVID might finish off the festival – and cinema at large – but artistic director Al Cossar says the mood now is one of celebration. “I think people are ready and raring to go to have that joyful, collective experience of watching a film again,” Cossar says. A 70th birthday is a good chance to take stock of the huge impact MIFF has had on Melbourne.
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For MIFF 70, the close – some might say obsessive – relationship between our city and cinema is celebrated with a strand revisiting classic Melbourne-based films including Death in Brunswick, Head On, Malcolm and Monkey Grip. “Part of the joy of it is you’re not only spending time with these films, but you’re also spending time with all different kinds of Melburnians in the same space,” Cossar says. Those Melburnians range from casual filmgoers to hard-core cinephiles who, each year, take three weeks off work to enjoy an annual holiday where the silver screen does all the travelling for them. But there’s one element of the audience on whom MIFF has had the most profound impact – the budding filmmakers who have been inspired, nurtured and ultimately premiered.
Nyul Nyul/Yawuru director Jub Clerc says MIFF has long played an important role in getting Australian directors noticed. “MIFF allows our stories to get on the international stage,” Clerc says. “It can be a sounding board for overseas festivals putting their tentacles out.” Clerc’s feature debut is one of 11 Australian films this year to have benefited from MIFF’s Premiere fund. Based on her own experiences, Sweet As tells the story of at-risk teen Murra, who is sent on a photo safari of the Kimberley. “If we didn’t get that funding, it would have been near impossible to produce the film that we did.” Internationally acclaimed Melbourne filmmaker Amiel CourtinWilson says MIFF has had a massive effect on his career.
In 2003, he was one of the first budding filmmakers to be accepted into MIFF’s Accelerator Lab, which provides a crash course in the business and boasts directors Anna Broinowski, Justin Kurzel and Taika Waititi as alumni. “I never went to film school, I dropped out of VCE, so the Accelerator Lab was a pretty profound shift for me in finding a community of filmmakers,” CourtinWilson says. This year, he will be premiering his new documentary, Man on Earth, which follows the final seven days in the life of the terminally ill Bob. Courtin-Wilson says MIFF’s conversation events at the Wheeler Centre will allow the doco’s difficult subject matter to be discussed. “Because death is a confronting topic, I really want to be able to reiterate that the film is really more a celebration of life,” he says. The festival’s scope for debate provides a timely reminder that the best thing about going to see a movie often isn’t the movie itself. “There’s something about the way we present stories and conversations between artists and audiences which can inspire your imagination, beyond streaming on your couch, beyond the multiplex, beyond your boundaries,” Cossar says. “Ultimately, you’ll grow to love all kinds of cinema.” ● MIFF 2022 \ In cinemas August 4-22, online August 11-28. ● miff.com.au
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FASHION
The sartorial haunts of Melbourne’s most stylish musos.
Rockin’ threads
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hen musician and clothing designer Anna Cordell took the lease on a small heritage building in Northcote this year, it became a go-to for the who’s who of Melbourne rock ’n’ roll. From Tim Rogers and Courtney Barnett to Missy Higgins and Meg Mac, many a muso has fallen in love with Cordell’s bespoke pieces – her High Street shop a place to find something individual amid Melbourne’s usual sea of black. Cordell’s self-named label boasts ready-to-wear and custom designs inspired by the ’60s and ’70s – wide-collared shirts, velvet suits, floaty dresses and suiting with a retro undercurrent. Packed with enough wow for a stage performance, her creations have not only attracted the likes of Marlon Williams and Thelma Plum, they have also caught the attention of those hankering for their own hot minute in the spotlight. “I am meeting some incredible artists, actors and writers, and people of all ages who just have a love and appreciation for beauty and well-made things,” Cordell says. “Melbourne is a place you come to explore if you are a creative person, and that filters through to the way we dress.”
Cordell works with her clients to create a look that fits their mood and their music, and has collaborated with Julia Stone, former Jezabels lead singer turned solo artist Hayley Mary and American singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten on their outfits for stage and screen. If it’s fancy footwear you’re after, Rocco’s is where to get it. After six decades in Malvern, the familyrun shop has moved to Smith Street, Collingwood, and their loyal customers – including Nick Cave, Tim Rogers and the members of Jet – have followed them north for a pair of custom-made boots. Jimmy Barnes and John Farnham are also regulars and dial in their custom orders. John Buffalo learnt the shoemaking craft from his father Rocco and has been cobbling for 25 years under his tutelage. Theirs is a world of leopard prints, zebra stripes and decadent Italian leathers. At Edgeley Fashion and Costume Design on Gertrude Street, designer and drummer Alice Edgeley makes wildly playful pieces when she’s not hitting the skins with her band Imperial Leather.
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Known for her catsuits, love of leopard print and declaring “sheer is here to stay”, Edgeley has dressed stars including Ella Hooper, Vika and Linda Bull and Kate Ceberano. This season she has teamed with stylist Abi Wright (from nearby Fitzroy stalwart Rose Chong Costumiers) to create Mandissa – a winter collection of made-to-order pieces. The collection is heavily inspired by the 1966 Czech film Daisies, and its notions of surrealism and a sense of odd comedy are reflected in the collection and styling. “One of my favourite recent creations has been for Melbourne-born and LA-based Marawa,” Edgeley says. “Marawa is a hula-hoop performer, an amazing athlete, a Guinness world record holder and can spin over 200 hoops at one time.” Camp Cope’s Georgia Maq wore a two-piece black velvet Edgeley outfit for the band’s Melbourne show in May, and Edgeley’s own band wear her designs. “Flamboyant outfits to perform in are such a feast for the eyes,” she says. “People are super excited to go out dressed up in their most fantastical glad rags and parade around like peacocks ... I’m here for it.” ●
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n a crisp winter’s day in a small Victorian town, three friends are admiring the rolling hills. “Look at that,” one of them says as he points to the place where the piercing blue sky meets the golden earth. “That’s what people come here for.” The others agree. These are not ordinary friends on a leisurely stroll. They are Shaynna Blaze, Neale Whitaker and Darren Palmer, known together as The Block judges, and they are here to do a job – one that involves many facets, and which often sees them cop a barrage of criticism. “We are the hard task-masters because we’ve got to tell the truth that people don’t want to hear,” Blaze says. “So we have to disconnect ourselves a little bit from the emotional side … and we will get flack for it, but we’re here to judge a competition.” The trio of property and design experts, each with decades of experience ranging across interior design, property investment and magazine editorial, score the rooms presented by the contestants on Nine’s long-running renovation show – the 18th season of which kicks off on Sunday. This year’s series is set in Gisborne, about an hour north-west of Melbourne, and just south of Mount Macedon. It’s a change for the show which is often shot in bayside Melbourne where house prices are sturdy and the deep-pocketed reside. But, as we all know, the pandemic has seen the need for city living fall by the wayside, and people craving space have literally headed for the hills. They say it’s “the biggest Block ever” every year. But this one actually may not be topped. Each house will sit on four hectares – a far cry from the 911 square metres that was the largest parcel of land on the show to date. “Each year they elevate,” Palmer says. “Each year they raise the bar. Each year is bigger and better and more impressive, but also more challenging.” The contestants have their work cut out for them, but so do the judges, as they level up their already extensive expertise to give the teams feedback.
“We are professionals who have been doing it for a very, very long time in our individual careers and we don’t have the presence that we have without learning every season and every year,” Blaze says. “We learn stuff outside to do what we do. We don’t sit on our laurels – we can’t.” Following them on a judging day is an eyeopening experience. The show’s viewers may assume the judging is scripted, the shots are set up or they do multiple takes to get it right. Nothing could be further from the truth. They don’t enter the room to judge until the cameras roll, and their reactions are 100 per cent authentic. Those “wows”, “oohs” and “oh my gods” are the real deal. One take is all that’s needed. Executive producer Julian Cress might give them a bit of background on whether there were any problems out of the contestants’ control, but that’s it. The way they are able to talk to each other – never over each other – pausing to let another give their opinion, is mesmerising to watch in person. “The TV part, there’s a skill to that,” Palmer says. “We have to listen, actively listen, wait and remember the thing we want to say.” Whitaker says after all the years of working together they “know the rhythm of our judging, the speed and the pace that we have to keep up”. “I think we also understand the amount of commentary we have to give,” he says. Palmer cuts him off, saying, “It’s about timing!” They laugh. “Darren’s particularly good at that,” Whitaker says. This playfulness is part of what keeps these three on The Block. Their chemistry, on and off screen, is akin to lightning in a bottle. On a regular judging day, they don’t cross paths with the contestants at all and head straight to the first room to critique. The day we followed them they did a quick walk-by and a “hello”. “The viewers don’t necessarily understand that we don’t know the contestants; we’re not with them,” Whitaker says.
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Blaze adds: “We see the pictures, we know their names, we know their ages and we know what their career is – that’s it.” It’s clear the three feel a sense of frustration when the audience thinks they play favourites – or worse, when the contestants think so. Last year’s Fans v Faves winners, Mitch Edwards and Mark McKie, were scathing of the judges, both during and after the show, even going so far as to say they should be replaced. “The one thing we don’t want the contestants ever to think is that we are only judging from our own perspectives – we’re not – and I think they so often think that we are,” Whitaker says. “We’re not walking in there wanting them to fail. That’s why we react the way we do when things are very negative. We’re sort of angry and disappointed on their behalf.” While they each really care about the contestants, they care about the houses too. They care about their history, how people will use them and, above all, whether they are functional. The passion they have for design is obvious. From Blaze’s big reactions to Palmer’s willingness to test out the spaces and Whitaker’s clever quips, they each bring a unique perspective. “We have to call it as we see it, because the audience is educated; the audience knows what they’re looking at,” Palmer says. “If we say that something is good and it’s not or something is bad and it’s not – they will call it.” Blaze says it’s the judges’ job to explain the energy and emotion in a room to the audience. “We’re in that room and we can feel fear, we can feel calm, we can feel, ‘I don’t know what I’m doing’, we can feel, ‘I am so confident’,” Blaze says. “You can feel it coming off the walls. “That is a sixth sense that not everyone can have and we’re so lucky that the three of us have got it.” ● THE BLOCK \ Starts 7pm Sunday, August 7 on Nine.
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New take on Tolstoy
Suzie Miller’s Anna K is set to enlighten Malthouse Theatre play-goers. Wo r d s
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CARMEN ZAMMIT
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henever the press refers to Suzie Miller as a Sydney or London playwright, she feels a tug of discomfort, since Melbourne is very much a part of who she is. Although she divides her time between those cities, the suburb of St Kilda runs through her veins, given her parents met at the old St Moritz ice-skating rink, and her mother Elaine later became St Kilda’s first female mayor. “I’ve grown up on the streets of St Kilda before it was cool, riding my bike to my part-time jobs or my paper route when I was 12, getting flashed at by crazy men along the way. I know this city; this is my city.” It feels special for her, then, that her latest play, Anna K, starring Caroline Craig, Callan Colley and Louisa Mignon, premieres at the Malthouse Theatre. The play, inspired by Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, explores cancel culture and online public shaming. As Miller describes it, “it’s about an investigative journalist who makes an autonomous decision in her private life to leave her marriage and move in with someone else, and then she’s called into question over Twitter and in the media and general public”. “She’s choosing to live in an authentic way for herself, but she’s just nailed by everybody because she’s a woman who’s making a decision against social norms.” Before the pandemic, Miller read an article about a journalist who was criticised online, received violent, terrible messages and ended up killing herself. “I thought, that’s basically an Anna Karenina story. She’s been driven to death over this rejection of society and this gendered idea of her now being unacceptable.” Miller has written about 30 plays that delve into topics such as cancer, the death sentence and, most recently, the way sexual assault is dealt with in the legal system.
The latter is her play Prima Facie (starring Killing Eve’s Jodie Comer), which was performed in London’s West End earlier this year and heads to Broadway in 2023. A former lawyer who began studying science at Monash University before moving to law at the University of New South Wales, Miller says her plays involve “interrogating systems”, a theme that perhaps started when she first saw the inequality in society’s treatment of women. As an academic student, it was suggested to her at school that she pursue hairdressing, because she was artistic, enjoyed chatting to people and was good at chemistry – which would apparently come in handy for mixing hair dye. As Prima Facie’s Melbourne run was cancelled due to the pandemic, Miller is pleased that Anna K is appearing first at Malthouse. “It’s a very thoughtful theatre company … you know, it’s a very sexy play at times, with close physical contact, and they’ve been very careful about how to choreograph that so that everybody feels safe.” More than anything, Miller hopes the play will make people think. “The sexual violence that comes up in women’s [direct messages] is so rampant and so hostile and very unnerving,” she says. “And it’s a different way of destroying women. It’s another way of silencing women [especially public figures] ... once you’ve got your big voice and you’re in the public eye, now we’re going to bring you down. “There has to be some sort of regulation around this. There has to be some way of protecting women from an avalanche of abuse that can come their way. “People ask me what the answer is. I don’t know. I just know what the issues are.” ● ANNA K \ Premieres August 12 at The Malthouse Theatre, Southbank.
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TELEVISION
Land of the fair go Miriam Margolyes’ new TV show explores class in Australia. Wo r d s
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rom doing burnouts with bogans in Bendigo to meeting a Somali migrant family in Carlton’s high-rise towers, BAFTA award-winning actress and Australian citizen Miriam Margolyes has been exploring the notion of class in Australia. The 81-year-old travels around the country in a campervan for her new ABC TV show, Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmasked, asking, “What does it mean to have a ‘fair go’ in Australia?”
She
Margolyes with Somali migrants Zaynab and Khalid.
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“Class in Australia is more based on who has money and who hasn’t. It’s less snobbish than England.”
Margolyes splits her time between Britain, Australia and Italy, and became an Australian citizen in 2013. Her partner is Australian historian Heather Sutherland. Australia Unmasked is packed with cheeky wit and the actor’s self-deprecating style – and foul mouth. From Tasmania to Victoria, Margolyes assesses life in a pandemic and how it has affected Australians. She turns up to small towns and large cities and hangs with locals to get their perspectives and life experiences in a COVID-normal world. “Australians like to think they don’t have a class system, but of course they do,” Margolyes says. “Class in Australia is more based on who has money and who hasn’t. It’s less snobbish than England, but what amused me is that I am the daughter of a snob.
“I don’t know completely whether I am a snob or not, but I am aware of the differences in people.” While she might not like to get back in the car and do burnouts again with the lads who sport mullets, she says she was drawn to their generosity. “I genuinely enjoyed my time with bogans in Bendigo,” Margolyes says. “They’re lovely people who like each other and enjoy being together.” From time spent with Xavier College students discussing privilege, to those who have dedicated their lives to fostering children to rectify their lessthan-fair start in life, Margolyes certainly knows how to pull the heartstrings in this series. She admits she’s had more than a fair go herself, working prolifically in Australian theatre and television over the past few decades.
Many of her theatre roles have been performed in Melbourne, from Melbourne Theatre Company’s Blithe Spirit to The Vagina Monologues at the Arts Centre in 2001. At times she’s been surprised at her longevity on the small screen. “I am an old, fat, Jewish lesbian ... could anything be more unattractive and unappealing?” Still, she hopes to return for season two of Australia Unmasked in 2023. “I have a condition called spinal stenosis, which is very painful. But if you set your mind to it, you can just get on with life and that is what I am doing for as long as I am able.” ● MIRIAM MARGOLYES: AUSTRALIA UNMASKED \ ABC, Tuesdays 8.30pm or catch up on ABC iview.
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FEATURE HOME DEEPDENE \ 22 TERRY STREET 5
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In Balwyn there’s a little, local acronym that means huge things. BHS is shorthand for Balwyn High School, and if your home is in the zone – as this handsome manor is – your teenagers can expect a first-class education. From Terry Street the school is a 15-minute walk via Macleay Park. Deepdene Primary is nearby, as are the Catholic parish school, Anniversary Trail, Whitehorse Road shops and Balwyn Cinema. Basically, this is a brilliant address for free-ranging kids. Built in 1990, the two-storey house is in rendered brick with ample natural light, a tiled roof and deep eaves. (As the climate changes, these eaves will be ever more valuable.) Eight communal areas – including a covered deck by the pool – offer amazing spaces where all ages can chill or entertain their friends. There are five first-floor bedrooms plus a ground-floor study. The current owners, here since 2014, have masterminded a beautiful renovation that brings the house right up to date with Deepdene standards. Tasmanian oak floorboards, grey wool carpet, fully tiled porcelain and marble bathrooms and a new, Mieleequipped kitchen promise the best in effortless family living. The porch opens to a central hall, whose curvy staircase is lit in lustrous style by a Murano glass chandelier. Turn right to the study (with garage access) and to the powder room and stone laundry. To the left, adjoining living and dining rooms glow in golden oak below white walls, brocade blinds and chandeliers. A cutaway leads to the family and meals areas, which in turn
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open to the rumpus room and then to the north-easterly garden and glass-fenced pool. There’s a sauna and a full
“THIS RENOVATED, FIVE-BEDROOM HOME IS INSTANTLY ENGAGING.
bathroom with a free-standing bath.
CONNECTED LIVING SPACES CREATE AN EXTRAORDINARY RESIDENCE FOR
The kitchen is chic in white cabinetry with twin Miele ovens, a gas cooktop with a wok burner, and a dishwasher. The walk-in pantry has a microwave space. The poolside deck has a fully plumbed barbecue kitchen. Upstairs, a retreat and westerly sitting room offer cosy spaces for study or chat. The main bathroom has an en suite and a dressing room. Four further double bedrooms share a spa bathroom. ● ALISON BARCLAY property@domainreview.com.au
Agent: Marshall White, William Chen 0438 383 336 Price: $3.6 million-$3.9 million Auction: 2.30pm, August 13
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POOLSIDE ENTERTAINING.” WILLIAM CHEN – AGENT
ARMADALE \ 7 MYAMYN STREET
hall to two further bedrooms, the family
CAMBERWELL \ 11 BROADWAY
bathroom and laundry. The spacious open
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plan has a V-ZUG-equipped kitchen and
heavily in the kitchen and bathroom, which includes a corner spa, and balustrade
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French doors to the covered terrace by
for the mezzanine bedroom. Outside, the north-facing garden can be enjoyed
A Hawthorn brick beauty on the Adelaide
the pool. The double garage and workshop
If you check Domain’s Street Profiles, it will
in either the sheltered al fresco area or
Street corner, Myamyn looks even better
have access to Adelaide Street. ●
tell you that the average owner-occupier
rotunda. ● JOANNE BROOKFIELD
ALISON BARCLAY
now than in 1896. The extended Victorian
has been living on the tree-lined Broadway
has an open-plan kitchen and family zone,
for more than 16 years, making this one
a home cinema, a study and two first-floor
tightly-held pocket of the prestigious
bedrooms with a bathroom. It’s enormous,
Tara Estate. Typical of the area’s period
and will appeal to a school-aged family.
architecture is this free-standing, solid-
On 845 square metres with a north-facing
Agent: RT Edgar,
brick Victorian home, which has all the
garden, Myamyn has original living and
Anthony Grimwade 0418 382 226
expected elegant details: high ceilings with
dining rooms with fireplaces. The ground-
Price: $7 million-$7.7 million
ornate cornices and ceiling roses, arched
Agent: RT Edgar, Jeff Phillips 0418 244 411
floor main bedroom has a dressing room
Expressions of interest: close 3pm,
hallway, cast iron fireplaces, leadlighting
Price: $2 million-$2.2 million
and twin en suite. Follow the arched central
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and Baltic pine floors. Timber features
Auction: 11.30m, August 6
CANTERBURY \
the most of the northern orientation of
CAMBERWELL \
own fully fitted barbecue kitchen. The
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this 659-square-metre allotment, which
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main residence, with a wine cellar below,
includes a paved entertaining terrace,
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garden, pool and secure double carport
attic storage above and balcony retreat for
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accessed from Hopetoun Avenue.
the main bedroom, is also complemented by “a self-contained wing” currently
Those with an eye for mid-century design
However, with no heritage overlay and
Sitting on close to 1300 square metres,
configured as a theatre room with billiard
will be attracted to this family home
located on a corner block, options open
this double-level stately building was
table plus a separate studio apartment
that a renovation ensured remained
up for further renovations, extensions
previously used by the Camberwell City
that opens to its own deck by the heated
sympathetic to its 1963 character,
or holds appeals for developers as well
Council as municipal offices, however “has
pool and spa. ●
retaining key details such as exposed brick
(STCA). ● JOANNE BROOKFIELD
been carefully brought back to its rightful
feature walls, while updating the kitchen,
JOANNE BROOKFIELD
place as a significant and attractive
bathroom and powder room, which serve
Victorian family home”, says agent Hugh
the three bedrooms (one of which has
Agent: Jellis Craig,
Hardy. A contemporary renovation nine
Agent: Abercromby’s Real Estate,
its own private courtyard while the study
Mike Beardsley 0476 777 004
years ago has created an open-plan
Hugh Hardy 0407 339 807
could also function as a fourth bedroom).
Price: $2.95 million-$3.2 million
kitchen and living zone, which opens to
Price: $5.9 million-$6.49 million
High ceilings and extensive glazing make
Auction: 1pm, August 6
a covered al fresco space serviced by its
Private auction: August 18
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12 Hawthorn Grove Hawthorn Captivating 5 bedroom + study, 2 bathroom c1899 “Mylura” Federation on approx. 1373sqm. With an unforgettable façade, this tuck-pointed brick beauty enjoys 5 engaging entertaining zones, a retro kitchen (2 Smeg ovens), enticing alfresco pockets, swimming pool and a lush rear garden. Protected while offering potential, this amazing residence is balanced with 4m approx. ornate ceilings, hydronic heating, security, a tandem carport and secure parking. A landmark streetscape, walk to Glenferrie Road shops, schools and parks.
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Auction Inspect Land
Saturday 20th August at 1pm As advertised or by appointment 1373sqm approx.
Richard Winneke Rebecca Scanlon Sebastian Scanlon Hawthorn
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0418 136 858 0431 011 811 0437 473 755 98105000
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AUCTION THIS SATURDAY
152 Mont Albert Road Canterbury On a Golden Mile corner, this mid-century home’s sensitive renovation has preserved its c.1963 character whilst introducing stylish contemporary function to its light filled single level spaces with pool. Facing north on 659 sqm (approx.), enjoy its generous proportions with fully renovated designer kitchen and bathroom, further renovate/extend, build a new home or development (STCA) in this prestigious family location.
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Auction Saturday 6th August at 1:00pm Inspect Thurs 12:45 - 1:15pm & Sat 12:30 - 1:00pm Land 659sqm approx. Mike Beardsley 0476 777 004 Maria Xu 0411 491 089 Hawthorn 9810 5000
AUCTION THIS SATURDAY
45 Maitland Street Glen Iris Compelling family credentials define this freestanding Edwardian residence, situated in the heart of Malvern Village. Full of northern light, open plan living features plenty of space for relaxing and entertaining, complete with a gorgeous window seat, open fireplace and the backdrop of a timber deck, heated alfresco zone and sunny garden. A choice of ground or first floor ensuite bedrooms is complemented by two additional robed bedrooms, a study, excellent storage and parking for two.
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3 Leopold Crescent Mont Albert A stunning renovation becomes this remarkable five bedroom c1907 Queen Anne, showcasing the ultimate family entertaining environs comprising a self-contained unit with covered BBQ area, formal sitting, open plan living and dining with marble island kitchen, four bathrooms and four car garage with additional off street parking. Includes home office, alfresco entertaining pergola, sauna, above ground spa, gas and solar heated pool and basketball court.
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HEATHERBRAE, c1876 is one of Melbourne’s most original, unrestored Victorian mansions. Essentially untouched and with a rich history in the same family’s hands for nearly a century, HEATHERBRAE is equally alluring as a property and as a renovation project. An allotment of some 3,292m2 featuring extensive frontage to Neerim and Booran Roads reflects the status of a property acknowledged for its aesthetic, historical and social significance. The impetus to return HEATHERBRAE to a level of beauty befitting its provenance is complemented by marble fire places, stained glass windows, ornate ceilings, inlaid timber floors, tessellated tiles, a majestic staircase, romantic verandahs and a tower with an evocative widow´s walk. A magnificent mature heritage listed Moreton Bay fig tree, modern swimming pool, original wash house and period stables accompany the grounds while a large basement cellar and the capacity for abundant car parking further emphasize the unique character of HEATHERBRAE.
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