10/285 Brunswick Road, Brunswick, Vic 3056 - More Details
$430,000 - $470,000
To enquire, please email or call 1300 815 051 and enter code 4636
Laneway Apartment
This top-floor apartment sits completely on its own at the back of a small block away from Brunswick Road. It features a bluestone laneway entrance, lush gardens and expansive views in all directions. Sunlight floods the reclaimed eucalyptus hardwood floors in every room.
The kitchen is exceptionally well laid out, featuring a new Bosch induction cooktop, hardwood benches, washing machine, sliding door and sitting space. The apartment includes an updated bathroom (frameless glass shower screen), built-in wardrobes and a private slate balcony with planter boxes.
Watch the sun set while you shower or rise while you eat breakfast. On a clear day you can see all the way from Mount Macedon to the Dandenong Ranges. Stunning views extend over the treetops to the CBD, parks and local architecture. You can also spread out onto the foyer and landing. The private position, open layout, balcony and usable foyer and landing space create an expansive space for entertaining and relaxing.
This double-brick, north-facing apartment has large windows fitted with timber venetian blinds and external blinds. It remains warm in winter, cool in summer, clean, dry and without mould. With no gas connection, the apartment is entirely electric and has just one energy bill. It comes with a newly installed, modern, reverse-cycle AC (heat pump) and fibre optic cable to the premises.
A generous size laneway studio/home office (or lock-up garage) is on the title, with very large storage spaces, an automatic door and side entrance. A second car space for exclusive use sits just outside.
Located 4km from the CBD and 2km from Carlton, Melbourne University, and Parkville, the apartment is a two-minute walk to Jewel Station, Wilson Street cafes and the 181-hectare Royal Park. It is less than a five-minute walk to the Sydney Road Tram, Barkly Square, restaurants and shops. Located within a heritage overlay, the address is set well back from the Sydney Road development zone and Upfield train line/bike-path.
The building has just ten units. It is a simple, solid and well-maintained 1970 three-storey property actively managed by a strong and collaborative committee, mostly comprising owner-occupiers. The OC has healthy financial reserves, low fees ($671.05 per quarter) and a record of prudent, proactive maintenance.
A Note on Locality
The 180-meter section of Bluestone Laneway on which the apartment is situated has recently been renamed by Merri-bek Council as Jannah Lane. It forms part of the longer, also bluestone, Spurway Lane, which extends 630 meters from Black Street, close to Sydney Road, to Hodgson Street and Temple Park. It sits within a heritage overlay residential zone where development is usually limited to two or three stories.
Jannah Lane has undergone extensive native planting with hundreds of trees, shrubs, grasses and other flowering plants, much of it from seed stock through the Victorian Indigenous Nursery Collective. The grounds of 285 and 283 Brunswick Road have also been planted with Eucalyptus and other native species, creating an increasingly green corridor and attracting native birdlife, readily visible from the apartment. Jannah Lane also hosts a community food garden.
Royal Park
For an indication of some of the many bird species, and to explore the vast expanses of local green areas, refer to the linked information about Royal Park: https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/royal-park
To enquire, please email or call 1300 815 051 and enter code 4636
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