Domain Review Stonnington & Boroondara - November 09, 2022

PEOPLE & PROPERTY OF MELBOURNE

NOVEMBER 9-15, 2022

THEATRE

PHANTOM STAR JOSH PITERMAN

FOOD

NEW NORDIC DINING AT FREYJA

PARENTING

ONE-STOP SHOP FOR ALL THINGS BABY

JACINTA PARSONS

TACK L E S A N AGE - OL D QU E ST ION STONNINGTON & BOROONDARA

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The editor’s desk

PAUL GOSNEY

Ageing never really concerned me much. I turned 30 without a lot of fuss, and when 35 came around, my first daughter was nearly two and soon I had another on the way. I felt young (enough). But as 40 begins to loom, and my family, my house and my work demand more and more of my mental and physical energy, the lines on my face become harder to ignore. Women in particular fall trap to society’s views about ageing, says our cover star Jacinta Parsons. We spoke to the radio presenter and journalist about her new book, which dives into what it is to age in a world obsessed with youth. ●

GOOD TIMES \ Bougie butcher and artisan grocer

SPOT OF TEA \ House of Lulu White in South Yarra –

Victor Churchill is turning one this week and, until

known for its bottomless brunch – and Ladybird Cakes

November 13, is welcoming shoppers with a free

have teamed up for a bottomless high tea on Sundays.

glass of champagne. ● victorchurchill.com

We'll drink to that! ● houseofluluwhite.com.au

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SUMMER SERENADE \ Live at the Bowl is returning

SELF SOOTHING \ It’s around this time of year that life

to the Sidney Myer Music Bowl this year, with acts

starts to get a little hectic. Treat yourself to a relaxing

including Arctic Monkeys and the Teeny Tiny Stevies

treatment at the gorgeous Aurora Spa in Sorrento or

for the kiddos. ● artscentremelbourne.com.au

pick up a goodie to take home. ● auroraspa.com.au

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FOOD

‘New Nordic’ restaurant Freyja offers fine dining minus the pomp.

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Splendidly Scandi W e don’t have the Michelin Guide in Australia. What we do have is a full buffet of chefs with experience working in Michelin-starred kitchens.

Jae Bang – who worked at Norway’s Re-naa, New York’s Daniel and Spain’s El Bulli – is one of them.

You’ll find him at Freyja, a “new Nordic” fine diner that opened in the heritage-listed Olderfleet building in the city mid-year.

The space, open only on weekdays, is nothing short of gorgeous. Seating 130 over two levels, cathedral windows overlook Collins Street, traced by sculptural timber slats that form arched waves across the ceiling.

Staff take your coat at the door and escort you past a black-and-white marble bar to your seat. The

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best, in my opinion, is at the stainless steel counter overlooking the open kitchen. This is where Jae and his team pickle, preserve and cure local ingredients and cook with minimal waste.

We opt out of the set menu ($180 per person) and choose our own adventure.

The signature snack at Freyja sees a flowershaped buttermilk waffle and a tin of Yarra Valley trout roe on ice land in front of us. Beneath the caviar are layers of house-smoked sour cream and finely chopped herbs.

The proportions are perfect: there’s enough to spread over the waffle segments and have a separate spoonful for kicks.

Smoking (ingredients) is encouraged at Freyja.

Our kingfish crudo is half-submerged in a green

cucumber pool that’s spiked with smoked blackcurrant oil, made from the branches of the plant. It lingers on the palate after the brightness of desert lime disperses.

Smooth but springy stracciatella with eggplant, sorrel and garlic is a wonderful accompaniment to the house sourdough, while beef tartare with tarragon cream shows off native Australian ingredients.

We could have ordered dry-aged, bone-in rib eye to share, but the other dishes are better displays of technique and creativity.

Beneath crisped skin, supple Murray cod flakes into its satiny sherry cream at the slightest touch of a fork. Marron flesh still shines with the addition of sweet pumpkin and a slightly acidic, foamy passionfruit emulsion.

I urge you not to overlook the potatoes. They’re slightly fermented and aged, which reduces moisture and enhances both flavour and crunch.

We barely had space for dessert, but thank the Nordic gods we ordered one. It’s based on the Italian Mont Blanc dessert; sweetened chestnut puree noodles piped into a mountain and topped with cream. At Freyja, choux pastry is filled with cream and rum-and-raisin jam, squiggled with chestnut cream and drizzled with toasted kelp oil.

The latter adds depth and umami, the same way salt enhances caramel, but better.

Fine dining tends to underwhelm me. The design and menus can tend towards cookie-cutter replicas of each other the world over.

Freyja is different. It’s welcoming and original without the snobbery. And, if you want to experience the charm without the price tag, you can pop in for smorrebrod open sandwiches during lunchtime. ● FREYJA \ 477 Collins Street, Melbourne. ● freyjarestaurant.com

JAKE TERREY

THEATRE Josh Piterman is

back on stage in The Phantom of the Opera.

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hen Melbourne musical theatre star Josh Piterman landed the West End role of a lifetime as the lead in The Phantom of the Opera in 2020, he relocated to London only to find the season cut short due to the global pandemic.

Instead of returning home to Melbourne, he went to Sydney in the hope the Australian premiere of the iconic musical would follow shortly after. That wasn’t to be, either.

“I waited 28 months to play the Phantom again,” Piterman says.

“It’s been a long, wild ride and a roller coaster just to get back out playing the Phantom. I was in London the day before it closed down in March two years ago, and to be on stage performing eight days a week now isn’t lost on me.

“I am soaking up every minute considering the lessons of the last few years reinforced just how much everything in life is impermanent.”

Behind the mask However, Piterman didn’t push against the adversity of the last few years; instead, he turned inward to work on himself at a deeper level when he couldn’t be on the stage.

“I wanted to learn more about me as a person and how to build better coping strategies when dealing with adversity,” he says.

“All the things that came up for me revolved around my identity as a performer and who you are when you’re not performing.”

Now, he reunites with Australian-American soprano Amy Manford, who plays Christine Daae in the Australian season of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s

The Phantom of the Opera. The pair share the same management and have become good friends. They did six shows together in London, while Manford also played Christine in Athens.

“What I love about the Phantom cast is that many of us have shared stages together over multiple occasions,” Piterman says.

“You tend to foster great friendships with those who are in the industry; it’s inevitable.”

Piterman made a name for himself touring as part of The Ten Tenors, in Hairspray the Musical and in West Side Story. He says musical theatre gives him the ultimate buzz and he would love to record a musical theatre album next year.

He also reunites on stage with his good friends and singers Tod Strike and Ben Clarke, who were also part of the Australian touring group of The Ten Tenors. “We’re best friends, so it’s nice to come to work at Phantom and do that with friends who know you, too,” Piterman says.

Other world-colliding moments are with Blake Bowden, who plays Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera – he was once Piterman’s understudy in West Side Story.

“I have taken over from Blake in subsequent shows, too,” Piterman says.

“All these friendships have history and gather history, and doing The Phantom of the Opera is so emotional on many levels for all of us because we’ve seen each other’s careers develop, too.”

Piterman has returned to the bayside pad he calls home for the duration of the show’s Melbourne run.

“I’d still love to do another stint in London, but for now, knowing I’ll be performing in my home town is going to be really special for me,” he says.

“To know my family and friends can come and see me with ease is great, and we can finally get this show on the road.” ● THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA \ Now playing at the State Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne.

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COVER STORY In a new book, ABC Melbourne presenter Jacinta Parsons questions Western society’s relationship with ageing – particularly for women.

“The whole culture of social media is caught up in the fact that it’s normal to say you don’t want to look old.”

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radio broadcaster walks into a pub and meets a younger woman who tells her that she wishes the broadcaster was her mother.

The encounter prompted ABC Afternoons host Jacinta Parsons to write a comical take on being clocked as old enough to be someone’s maternal heroine.

The article led to a book deal with ABC Books, who asked her to write about ageing – but the book is far from a comical expose.

A Question of Age – a serenade to her younger self – is jam-packed with more questions than answers and a foray into the wild world of the tactics of marketing ageless beauty and how it makes women feel.

“I didn’t expect the book to be so enraging,” Parsons says.

“Meeting that young girl at the pub had me thinking I didn’t see myself as much older than her, but then I realised she did.

“The book became more than the article, but it was a starting point. I started by reflecting on the comments that so many women make about feeling rage about ageing and why we feel like that. This book goes deep into what ageing is in a Western context – and what it means to be a woman,” she says.

Parsons wrote her first memoir, Unseen, in 2020 about her Crohn’s disease diagnosis in her 20s. It was a debilitating and personal confrontation, but she admits that the new book taps into a far more haunting side of her.

“I feel really different about ageing than I did when I started writing the book,” she says.

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“I know I should be really proud of myself, but at the same time I do like to make myself look good – it’s all those questions that we have, and I try to address them here with no clear-cut answer.”

From being noticed as a teen in a country town – catching the attention of the male gaze without even trying – to not being noticed when entering a room with friends in their 40s, Parsons looks at the gamut of ageing.

Mostly, she questions how we have managed to entrap ourselves into believing the hype that ageing is bad for you. Because it’s not, right?

“Most of the time, women will report the experience of ageing as wonderful – but the world around us is off-key,” she says. “The advice I have received from older women is to lean into finding out who you are and make no apologies for it.

“It’s a really beautiful time to actually explore that and be you.”

And then there’s the fire pit that is social media, TikTok and face-tuning apps – a world of youth-obsessed millennials and Gen Zs (and clearly not them alone) who continue to erase any sign of ageing all in the hope nobody will notice.

Parsons doesn’t judge – she floats in the middle, welcoming all ways of ageing gracefully. If you Botox, then so be it, she says; if you want to wear wrinkles as your stripes, go for it.

She merges personal experiences and self-doubt with empowering anecdotes and cold, hard facts.

“The whole culture of social media is caught up in the fact that it’s normal to say you don’t want to look old,” Parsons says. “How is that normal to feel like that?

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“I feel we have normalised it to the point that it’s not even a question, and doing things like changing the ageing face is normal and almost expected.

“It is also OK if people want to do that, but what has to happen alongside it is a massive shift in the way we hold up the ageing face.

“There isn’t one type of ageing, and we should see it as being beautiful, even if it doesn’t fit into that mould of what beauty is sold to us as.”

Parsons, a married mother of two – she has an 18-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son – says if she could turn back time, she’d have a conversation with her younger self.

“I would tell her that she is beautiful,” Parsons says.

“And, no matter what the world outside says, I’d tell her to reach in and connect with that. One of the revelations of the book was realising that the little girl is still inside me.

“She has come on the whole journey and it’s a beautiful thing to feel that essence and connection to the internal self. We are told more often than not to connect with what is happening outside of us, when it’s what’s inside us that matters.”

After two decades in the media, Parsons has certainly interviewed her share of empowering women, from Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon to actress Renee Zellweger and novelist Helen Garner.

Talking to 72-year-old author Robin Davidson, who walked the desert with camels, was another reminder that ageing is an act of determination too.

When time permits, Parsons is planning to go on an epic solo walk for some quiet time.

“It’s something I dream about, getting out into the world and doing that and knowing you can manage it,” she says. “It’s that solo time where you aren’t a mum, a wife, a friend, just a person and having time to explore that really excites me.”

And age will not weary her. ●

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Baby love RETAIL A one-stop-shop for new parents

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leverly curated parenting and baby brand The Memo has added a joyful new addition to the family with the delivery of its first bricks-and-mortar boutique.

The new store in High Street, Armadale, is a feel-good extension of the online pregnancy, postpartum and parenting destination that has fast become a cult go-to for the best brands and advice.

Still in its infancy, The Memo was created in 2019 by Kate Casey and Phoebe Simmonds after seeing a gap in the fragmented baby market. “I had the idea for The Memo when I

was on maternity leave with my first child,” Casey says.

“My experience at big-box baby retail left me with a lot of questions, but not a lot of answers.”

She turned to a friend who had already been through the babyproduct buying experience, who gave her a comprehensive list of everything she needed.

“She’d outlined line by line the products that worked, that you’d need, use and want daily. The ones that were worth the hype, the ones that weren’t and the ones that you should borrow from a friend,” Casey

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says. “It was incredibly helpful and made me feel so much more confident and prepared in the leadup to my child’s birth.

“The only problem? They weren’t all in one place.”

It sparked the idea to create a destination that sold only the best and brightest brands; a curated edit of the essentials but with options to cater to price, lifestyle and taste.

“A feel-good experience that would remove the clutter, judgment, the soapboxing, the assumed knowledge that I felt was way too prevalent in the baby industry,” Casey says.

That’s where Simmonds stepped in with her marketing experience, as founder of The Blow hair bar and formerly in brand and marketing for Benefit Cosmetics.

“It was interesting because I was single and didn’t have kids of my own at this stage, so I’d never had much involvement with the baby industry,” she says. “When I started looking

The Memo has struck a chord with its product range of more than 4000 and its ability to connect with consumers. Its most popular items include Silverettes, Baby Shusher and Snotty Boss.

“The hero is the Silverettes – silver nipple cups that are antibacterial, antifungal and use medical-grade

into it, I was shocked. It felt like a really outdated space.”

“There was a huge opportunity to create a brand that would be a destination for parents, a place for inspiration, connection and education that would help them feel good about this time in their lives, [not] overwhelmed and confused.”

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silver to heal cracked, damaged nipples during breastfeeding,” Simmonds says.

“They have worked miracles for countless women and we recommend them pre-emptively to anyone planning to try breastfeeding.”

The Baby Shusher is a white-noise machine that emulates the “shhhhh” sound to calm your baby, while the Snotty Boss literally sucks snot out of a baby’s nose to help ease congestion.

For its highly anticipated boutique, The Memo turned to renowned Melbourne architecture and interior design firm Cera Stribley and celebrated construction firm The Melbourne Builder.

“What you’ll see is a bold and bright presence, tons of texture and curved edges,” Casey says. “We know that for many of our customers, it’s a super expensive time ... and it can be helpful actually seeing, feeling and talking through all the gear that you need, in one place.” ●

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MOLESWORTH KEW \ RIVERSIDE SOPHISTICATION AND SECLUSION

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esigned to cascade down the slopes facing Yarra River parklands in Kew’s elite Studley Park precinct, Molesworth Kew will provide residents with serenity and sophisticated seclusion.

Award-winning architecture firm Carr has designed the five-level building to work with the dramatic fall of its site in a lush natural setting next to parkland. Located on one of Kew’s most prestigious streets, the development’s 10 generously proportioned residences include two double-storey penthouses with expansive terraces and stunning views over Studley Park to the CBD. TCL’s integrated landscape design responds to the architecture and the site with a series of terraces providing a vibrant display of Australian flora.

Co-Lab Residential director Hayden Namlu says Molesworth is attracting owner-occupiers seeking serenity, low maintenance, and easy access to some of Melbourne’s best river trails.

“We’ve been inundated with inquiries from prospective buyers,” Namlu says.

Construction completion is anticipated by October 2024. ● LIZ McLACHLAN

MOLESWORTH KEW » molesworthkew.com.au 61 Molesworth Street, Kew ● Developer \ JP Glory ● Architect & interior designer \ Carr Design ● Landscape architect \ TCL Sales \ Co-Lab Residential, DESIGN

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Designed as an immersive

Defined by generous

Hayden Namlu 0401 577 627

experience with floor-to-

proportions, the living spaces

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ceiling glazing framing vistas

are finished in natural stone

Two-bedroom $1.85m-$1.9m

of sprawling greenery and

and timber joinery, integrating

Three-bedroom $3m-$4.5m

flooding interiors with natural

fireplaces, screens, and a

Penthouses $4.5m-$6m

light. Carr’s design has given

bespoke bar. Showpiece

each level a unique outlook.

kitchens feature butler’s

Expansive courtyards and

pantries, integrated black

terraces spill from generous

V-ZUG and Liebherr appliances,

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living areas, forming indoor-

and abundant storage. Studies

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LOCATION \ Six kilometres from the city, a minute’s walk from Yarra Boulevard and four minutes from Bellbird Park. Close to riverside trails, Trinity Grammar, Xavier College, Ruyton and High Street shops and cafes. ●

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FEATURE HOUSE MALVERN EAST \ 59 ARDRIE ROAD 4

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Ardrie Park has it made in the shade. Giant elms provide the leafy goodness for this haven, which since its founding in 1917 has been mainly a local affair; every resident dog and his or her owner knows this sweet spot, as do the kids who meet at the playground, party people at the barbecues and muscly types at the tennis club.

This property is enticingly close. Cross the road, and you’ll find a gated pedestrian path directly into Ardrie Park.

The road itself is even more beautiful, full of 1920s houses poised to celebrate their century.

Among them is this sprawling weatherboard belle, smartly extended to open to a north-facing garden and pool.

This is a home for many personalities. The emphasis is on ground-floor activity, with original living and dining rooms, a study, a family-meals open plan and three bedrooms downstairs. Upstairs, a cluster of bedroom, bathroom and study offers seclusion.

Looking sharp in shingled gables, the house has double front doors to a central hall.

Turn left to the original, adjoining dining and living rooms, both with panelled walls and ceilings and chestnut-brown carpet. The living room has a fireplace. Across the hall, the front main bedroom has a bay window and a fully-tiled shower en suite.

The contemporary open plan looks sleek in timber flooring.

Fastidious chefs will enjoy the taupe stone kitchen, which has Siemens appliances, a 900-millimetre gas cooktop and a walk-in pantry. The living/dining area has full-length, double-glazed stacker sliders to the deck above the solar-

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heated pool for the pleasures of life in all seasons.

Flanking this area are two double bedrooms. One has an

“PERIOD ELEGANCE MEETS FAMILY FUNCTIONALITY AND DESIGNER STYLE IN

adjoining study, and the other is strategically close to the

THIS RENOVATED 1920S RESIDENCE NEAR THE TERMINUS VILLAGE SHOPS. THE

fully-tiled main bathroom, sleek in white and taupe with a

BEAUTIFUL ARDRIE PARK IS DIRECTLY OPPOSITE.” JOHN MANTON – AGENT

glass shower and free-standing bath. A laundry and a store room with external access complete this floor.

Upstairs, there’s a petite, carpeted double bedroom (wardrobe), a shower bathroom and a study that opens to a northerly balcony.

The property has ducted heating and evaporative cooling.

Gated carport parking is complemented by a rear right-ofway for pedestrians. ● ALISON BARCLAY PROPERTY@DOMAIN.COM.AU

Agent: Marshall White, John Manton 0411 444 930 Price: $2.5 million-$2.75 million Auction: 10.30am, November 12

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down to the triple garage. Upstairs, the

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utilise the entertainer’s kitchen, finished

four double bedrooms include the main

2001/42-48 CLAREMONT STREET

in marble with integrated appliances

neatly zoned to the front with a shower en suite. The family bathroom has twin

The Kooyong parklands are the second

basins, a bath and separate shower and

garden to this property, which deserves to

powder rooms. ● ALISON BARCLAY

and a butler’s pantry, and serve guests in

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the separate dining zone. Other lifestyle benefits include a dedicated study area

Life in this sub-penthouse places you

or home office space, second bathroom,

have “So Blessed” on a brass plate. Snug

high enough into the sky that sweeping

powder room and separate laundry plus

amid its greenery, with Kooyong station

views of the entire city skyline will be

secure garaging. ●

and village nearby, this three-level family

enjoyed every day from balconies off

home is ready for free-ranging teenagers.

the main living area and two of the three

On the ground floor are living and dining

bedrooms. The 21-level building itself,

JOANNE BROOKFIELD

designed by Plus Architecture, places you

Agent: Abercromby’s Real Estate,

opens to the covered bluestone terrace

Agent: Kay & Burton,

in the heart of South Yarra, with the retail

Jack Richardson 0488 336 929

and north-facing garden. The stone

Grant Samuel 0403 132 095

and hospitality options of both Chapel

Price: $2.65 million-$2.9 million

kitchen has twin ovens. There’s a fitted

Price: $3.5 million-$3.8 million

Street and Toorak Road only metres away,

Expressions of interest: Close 5pm,

study, a laundry, a powder room and stairs

Auction: 11am, November 12

likewise public transport. Dine out or

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forget you’re only 25 minutes to the CBD

HAWTHORN \ 19 HULL STREET

access to a north-facing private courtyard

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on the freeway. Inside, endless high-end

rooms and a sunny family/meals area that

fittings and finishes create an enviably

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luxurious experience for everyday living

floods the open plan kitchen-living at the rear, thanks to clerestory windows placed

in what could easily be a “forever home”

With its beautifully preserved monochrome

above the glazed bifold doors, which

Positioned on a block that gently slopes

given its massive footprint and flexible floor

facade, this single-level Victorian terrace

extend entertaining space by opening onto

to the banks of the Yarra, making this an

plan that will adapt to the various stages of

retains other charming period hallmarks

an L-shaped deck in the north-eastern

exclusive find, architects Cera Stribley

family life. ● JOANNE BROOKFIELD

while a renovation has created a truly

courtyard. There’s also a sizeable European

have used soaring glazed voids, double-

modern home sure to generate interest

laundry and storage shed. ●

height ceilings and full-length windows

from professionals, families, downsizers

to maximise the tranquil views of the

or investors, given its turnkey appeal and

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surrounding bushland in this impressive

Agent: Jellis Craig,

prime location, less than 300 metres from

contemporary residence. Set over multiple

Mike Beardsley 0476 777 004

Glenferrie Road. Polished timber boards

Agent: Marshall White,

levels, with nothing but towering eucalypts

Price: $5.25 million-$5.75 million

lead to the main bedroom, with a walk-in

Andrew Gibbons 0407 577 007

in sight lines from the deck, balcony and al

Expressions of interest: Close 4pm,

wardrobe and en suite, while the other two

Price: $1.8 million-$1.95 million

fresco space by the pool, it will be easy to

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bedrooms (each with built-in robes) enjoy

Auction: 10.30am, November 19

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25 Kingston Street, Malvern East

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Auction: Saturday 26th November at 12pm Inspect: As advertised or by appointment

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24 Wills Street, Kew

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Expressions of Interest: Closing Tuesday 29th November at 2pm Inspect: As advertised or by appointment

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20 Dellas Avenue, Templestowe

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These impeccably presented, beautifully crafted apartments, convey a sense of luxury that truly sets them apart. Finished to exacting standards & showcasing high end appointments throughout, these stylish contemporary residences tick all the boxes for a convenient low maintenance lifestyle & present an ideal opportunity for young professionals or downsizers wanting to enjoy a luxurious lifestyle without having to compromise.

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Rafi Joffe Julian Millman

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94 Mount Bolton Road, Waubra Expression of Interest 4

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Eildon Springs – Historic homestead nestled in Mt Bolton’s shoulder This is a stunning Victorian homestead constructed in 1894 and set on approximately 25 acres. While retaining original and beautiful heritage features, it has contemporary updates and comfort.

The house has grandeur with high ceilings and large rooms and a long wide hall, the entrance with original frieze work. The unique and striking living zone has the drawing, dining and sitting rooms divided with glass partition walls and beautiful black marble fireplaces at either end. The picture windows take full advantage of the surrounds. With spectacular vistas from the magnificent grounds and Michael McCoy designed gardens, the property is nestled in the shoulder of Mt Bolton with its rolling hills and valleys.

The open plan kitchen and dining area has been tastefully updated with the courtyard and alfresco area adjacent. With 4 bedrooms, the master with ensuite and walk in robe, a study, an updated central bathroom, 3 toilets, a store room/cellar, and good shedding it is a comfortable functional family home well suited to entertaining.

The home has gas, wood and electric bank heating as well as split systems, it has been re-roofed, re-wired and insulated in recent years.

Waubra is around 20 mins to Ballarat and 1hr 30 to Melbourne.

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Josh Coull 0438 492 531

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From Industrial To Irresistible Inspiring space and scale, a warehouse conversion of compelling quality. Architecturally designed to preserve much of the original character yet providing sophisticated comfort, flexible living and entertaining (or working) spaces. Close to shops, restaurants and within easy access to the CBD. EOI: Closing Tuesday 15th November at 5.30pm View: Strictly By Appointment Thursday 5pm - 5.30pm Saturday 12.30pm - 1pm 24/7 View: http://www.lynd56rich.com.au Contact: Jock Langley 0419 530 008 Ada Taylor 0428 058 880 Office 9864 5300

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"HILLTOP" c1894 A charming Victorian family residence of significance and substance, double Hawthorn brick, majestic, memorable HILLTOP seamlessly marries classical elegance to modern excellence in one of Melbourne’s most desirable settings.

The established gardens of an allotment measuring approx. 1531m2 ensure natural outdoor beauty complements indoor brilliance that begins with charming formal sitting and dining rooms, each featuring a fire-place beneath original ceilings. A central informal living room/everyday dining domain accompanied by an open-plan kitchen of outstanding style and scale leads to a lovely, light-filled additional living space in an extension that was created under the guidance of Adelaide Bragg and Sperway Homes. Dual studies, one downstairs, complement upstairs accommodation accompanied by a flexible office area and the extension’s refined retreat. Excellent alarm system, a solar and gas heated swimming pool, water tanks, secure garaging for two and plentiful extra parking further enhance evocative, exceptional HILLTOP.

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1 Clifton Street, Richmond

AUCTION - Saturday 26th November at 12:00pm View - Thursday 12 - 12:30pm & Saturday 11:00 - 11:30am

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Anthony Grimwade - 0418 382 226 Tim Wilson - 0419 726 769

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ARMADALE 2 Hampden Road A SPACIOUS SURPRISE PACKAGE WITH LEAFY GREEN COURTYARD ENTERTAINING Discreet and private, this tranquil single-level two bedroom, two bathroom residence wrapped in courtyard gardens offers immediate lifestyle enjoyment close to High Street’s cafes and trams. With leafy outlooks at every turn, the well-maintained residence offers an exceptional floorplan with two living areas, wonderful natural light from the north and west, double garage and spacious treed north-west entertaining courtyard.

AUCTION Saturday November 26 at 3.00pm VIEW Thurs 5.45 - 6.15pm

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MALVERN 3 Northbrook Avenue

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A DESIGNER GEM IN THE HEART OF ST KILDA

FAMILY PERIOD HOME IN PRIZED SETTING Picturesque and tightly held 1930s English style brick four bedroom, two bathroom plus a study residence wrapped within private landscaped 622sqm (approx.) grounds with a north-west rear garden and separate bungalow set in a sought-after cul-desac.

ST KILDA 46/167 Fitzroy Street

AUCTION Saturday November 19 at 12.30pm VIEW As Advertised or By Appointment

Nestled in the iconic Alameda complex with its historic church, this spacious, light-filled apartment serves up the sun-soaked St Kilda lifestyle at your doorstep. The seamless living/dining area with openplan kitchen looks out onto enviable views of the city skyline, Lakeside Drive & Albert Park Lake.

Nicholas Peters 0422 393 709 Paul Hack 0418 328 055 Will Johnson 0449 131 648

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