80/8 Wallen Road

Hawthorn VIC 3122

Apartment

Currently for sale - view listing

Overview

The Penthouse

THE SEARCH For those who want low-maintenance, lock-up-and-leave living, this is it. No gardens. No gutters. No weekends lost to jobs that never end. Just your time back, and a view worth spending it on. That's the penthouse at The Watermark, high above Fairview Park, treetops rolling to the Yarra, a church bell tower framed in the window. Unlike most views, this one comes without a catch. No crane next door. No new build in front. Just parkland ahead and nothing above. What you fall for on day one is still there in twenty years. That's what holds its value. Fully renovated. Private lift to your door. Three secure car parks. The work is done. The view is yours. THE STORY Meet The Penthouse on Wallen Road. Inside the building called The Watermark, every home is up to the mark. This one carries it to the top. You step out of the lift at your own front door. The first thing you see is why you'll stay. Fairview Park below. Treetops rolling to the river. Sky in every direction. You put your keys down and forget what you came in for. It's quiet up here. You cross warm timber to the kitchen and the view comes with you. Cool stone under your hands. Something on the gas. Family leaning on the island, picking at whatever you're making, the wine fridge within reach. A long lunch at the dining table. The sun slips past the bell tower and catches the gold pendant above you. When the light goes, you sink into the sofa and put the fire on low. The TV stays off. The better screen is outside. Green in spring. Gold through autumn. Storms rolling over the treetops. You climb the timber stairs, parquetry at your feet, light falling through. Corner windows in the study look straight down onto the lawn. Through the dressing room into an ensuite of soft stone. You wake to treetops. Warm nights, you take it outside. Two terraces, both facing the park. Barbecue going on one side. You on the lounge on the other, water trickling in the corner. Wind picks up? Blinds down. You stay. Every building has its best storey. This one's yours. THE LIFE Mornings start slow. Coffee on the terrace, then a walk along the Yarra trail below. Hawthorn Station for the city. Trams 70 and 75 close by for Richmond's restaurants. Glenferrie Road and Camberwell Junction for everything else. When the trip comes up, lock the door, take the lift and leave. Every evening the light softens over Fairview Park. You never get used to it. Come and stand at the glass. You'll know. By Storyhouse. Stories Told. Houses Sold.