Exotic Art Deco By The Bay
The Age
Saturday February 21, 1998
ST KILDA
3A/19 Marine Parade, St Kilda
PRICE $600,000-plus
STYLE Glamorous art deco
BEST FEATURE Cavernous interior and views of bay
INSPECT Today 12-12.45pm and tomorrow 12.45-1.30pm
AUCTION 12.30pm Saturday 28 February
AGENT Wilson Pride Ellison Hearnden (9699 4555)
This exotic, enormous art deco apartment has a sweeping view of beach and bay and includes a huge, main bedroom that was once an aviary and still retains a stone planter box and soaring skylight.
Rheola Court was built in 1932 at the front of the first house erected on the St Kilda Beach subdivision. Remote-controlled gates and arched carriageways are at the entrance to the building and granite steps lead up to apartment 3A, which was completely refurbished five years ago.
Inside, stylish living rooms open either side of a parquetry-floored foyer. The sitting room overlooks a sparkling stretch of sea and has a dramatic domed ceiling and massive open fireplace. An adjoining study is lit by leadlight windows and has glass doors opening to a balcony. A formal dining room has equally decorative ceilings and an open fireplace and leads to a big well-equipped kitchen. While the main bedroom has an en suite, two other bedrooms share a large bathroom with terrazzo floors.
Stylish townhouses
RICHMOND
66 Docker Street and 25 Waverley Road
PRICE Low-to-high $200,000s
STYLE Contemporary
BEST FEATURE Stylish design
INSPECT Both townhouses are open today 11-11.45am. Only 25 Waverley Road is open tomorrow at 11.45am-12.15pm
AUCTION 12pm and 12.30pm Saturday 28 February
AGENT Biggin and Scott (9510 9121)
Two townhouses are for sale in this recently completed development designed by Neometro architects. The townhouse facades have the firm's distinctive angular look but not their signature, bold-and-bright interiors. Inside, the palette is pale and makes a subtle contrast with timber floors.
The townhouse at 25 Waverley Road has a first-floor terrace with city views. This balcony opens from a long, open-plan living and dining room with a granite and stainless-steel kitchen at one end. Downstairs are two bedrooms and a bathroom tiled in marble. While the townhouse at 66 Docker Street has similiar finishes, the floor plan is reversed. The living room is on the ground floor and the two bedrooms - plus a study - are upstairs. While this townhouse has a courtyard garden and a balcony, both have their own garages with remote-controlled doors.
Botanic Gardens outlook
SOUTH YARRA
8-2/193 Domain Road
PRICE Mid-$400,000s
STYLE 1960s tower block
BEST FEATURE Outlook across gardens
INSPECT By appointment
AUCTION 12.30pm Friday 27 February
AGENT R.T. Edgar (9826 2266)
The resonant call of bellbirds can be heard from this 8th-floor apartment in the Domain Park building opposite the Royal Botanic Gardens. It has a rare outlook directly across the gardens to the city skyline. The tower, built in 1962, is one of the only high-rises among the surrounding Victorian houses and terraces.
Located on the corner of Park Street and Domain Road, the building is near the garden's main entrance and opposite local shops and cafes. Apartment 8.2 is part of a deceased estate and has barely altered since the '60s. While the clean-lined modernist "bones" are good, the decor needs updating and the bathroom and kitchen require refurbishment. The layout includes a living room with a wall of windows and a glass door opening to a balcony, separate dining room, study, two bedrooms, powder room, bathroom and laundry.
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