• Updated period home situated right in the heart of Yarraville Village
• An unmissable opportunity for those seeking a dream village lifestyle and enviably easy city access
• Move-in-ready with scope for fresh updates and room to extend (STCA)
• Two bedrooms, one with built-in robe
• Large living room with double doors to a covered deck entertaining area
• Sunny kitchen/dining opening to a covered deck
• Dining area opening onto decking and paved courtyard
• Bathroom with shower over bath
• Neat walk-in laundry
• Daikin split-system heating/cooling + Rinnai gas space heater
• High ceilings, Baltic pine floorboards
• Generous back garden with huge organic vegie patch and a focus on sustainability – veggie garden edged by original bluestone footing removed during restumping process, paving using bricks repurposed from the old chimneys, established composting system and a rainwater tank for irrigation
• Sheds provide storage for equipment and space to indulge hobbies or workshop activities
Presenting a rare chance to live in the tightly held inner-village pocket of Yarraville, this instantly inviting single-fronted Victorian beauty offers a welcoming haven and a dream city-fringe village lifestyle.
Exuding undeniable warmth, the house is ideally complemented by two outdoor entertaining spaces and a large back garden – a rare advantage in this coveted location! Move in with nothing to do, plan a fresh renovation or take advantage of the allotment to extend the house to suit your growing family – the possibilities here are endless.
Free-flowing living zones offer the perfect spaces to relax and entertain. The large living room merges effortlessly with the kitchen and dining areas and opens to an undercover entertaining area overlooking the garden and paved area for pets and kids to play. The kitchen/dining zone opens to this covered deck for year-long BBQs and alfresco dining and the dining area bifold doors open onto a seamlessly flowing entertaining area into the paved courtyard.
Two bedrooms provide spacious retreats, with one boasting a decorative fireplace flanked by in-built book shelving and the other offering the easy storage of a built-in robe. Serving the bedrooms is the bright bathroom with shower-over-bath, while the inclusion of a neat walk-in laundry adds extra appeal.
Another huge drawcard is the large back garden, currently used to grow organic produce irrigated by water collected in the rainwater tank. Those with kids will be thrilled by the space for outdoor play, while those with a vision for the future will be excited by the opportunity it presents to extend the home (STCA).
This is an outstanding opportunity to purchase a piece of Yarraville’s rich heritage, in one of its most coveted locations. Don’t let this one pass you by!
Why you’ll love this location:
Superbly situated right in the heart of Yarraville Village, this dream address promises instant access to the renowned Yarraville lifestyle and a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it commute to Melbourne’s CBD, just 8.4km* from the front door.
Yarraville Village awaits a four-minute* stroll from home, tempting you with bustling cafes, inviting restaurants, a range of boutiques and fabulous gourmet grocers. Start the weekend at one of the village’s cosy wine bars, enjoy a movie at the iconic Sun Theatre and enjoy the convenience of regular city-bound trains from Yarraville’s inner-village train station, a six-minute* walk from home. The relaxed and friendly atmosphere is one of the village’s greatest assets, with the Ballarat Street community space inviting you to sit back with a coffee as the world goes by.
Stroll to Fels Park and its much-loved playground in just five minutes* and enjoy the lifestyle benefits of walking distance proximity to Yarraville Gardens and Cruickshank Park.
Proximity to Seddon Village and Footscray’s superb international dining precinct adds extra lifestyle appeal, while those with kids will appreciate the easy walk to Yarraville West Primary School and St. Augustine’s Primary School and the five-minute* drive and easy public transport access to Footscray High School’s Pilgrim campus.
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