201/69 Aintree Road, Glen Iris, Vic 3146

This is a  H  U  G  E  apartment – the size of a house, really, at 189 sqm – with so many clever ideas you’ll be desperate to live in it. Now. Seriously. Coz this place is really well thought out. The living area is completely separate from the bedrooms, so if you wanna hit the sack while everyone else is watching, say, Gogglebox, you can go to bed and not hear a thing. The brilliantly organised shoe storage would make most women (and possibly men) weep. The gym/third bedroom is under water - well, not really, but there’s a coral reef on one entire wall, motivated by the present owner who’s a keen scuba diver. You’ll love is the clever soft greenery-inspired lighting near the ceilings which brighten otherwise gloomy hallways. The kitchen has two ovens and a stove top ready to handle anything a cook dishes up. (Geddit?! ... ‘dishes up’... Sorry, couldn’t hold back.) Open up the doors to the gigantic balcony and your entertaining space practically doubles.  And wait til you see the pantry... it’s enormous, but what’s really nifty are the ‘disco lights’* which let you see deep into the back.

It feels so light and spacious coz it is light and spacious. The ceilings are 8.2 m high! The bedrooms are enormous, there’s two full bathrooms, one with a fabulous deep bath, and so much storage you’ll never become a problem hoarder. It ticks all the luxury boxes: integrated high class appliances, stone and marble finishes, zoned heating/cooling, oak floors, close to everything – shops, tram, train.... yada yada yada. All the luxury and living basics are here.

There’s only 12 in the block. It has two parking spaces plus more storage in the basement. The windows and glass doors are all double glazed. The loos use recycled water; even the balcony traps water underneath the pavers to recycle. Plus, there’s a nifty tap arrangement if you want to go bonkers and create a gigantic potted garden. This is a place you have to put on your ‘must see’ list. 

*The lights don’t flash on and off - it’s just very bright cleverly installed strip lighting. In case you thought you’d find yourself stuck in the 70s every time you opened the pantry door.