THE SEARCH
For the first home buyer who doesn't want to compromise on space, or for the downsizer who refuses to feel like they've downsized.
You've been looking for something that doesn't feel like an apartment. The size. The ceilings. The (on title) private courtyard. The lock-up garage. Two genuine bedrooms with room to breathe. All the things you'd expect from a home.
Most apartments ask you to give something up. This one doesn't.
THE STORY
Meet "Darley" at 377 Dandenong Road.
From the street, the building announces itself. Grand Art Deco facade. Arched openings draped in established gardens. This is Unit 1 - Ground Floor.
Entry via the private courtyard sets the tone for an apartment that doesn't feel like any apartment you've seen. The living room stops you. An original fireplace flanked by built-in shelving on both sides. A brass chandelier catching the light from double windows. Timber floors underfoot. A room with the kind of bones that can't be built anymore - only found.
The living and dining sit separately, not squeezed into one compromised space like most apartments, but two distinct rooms. It's this kind of separation that makes dinner feel like an occasion rather than an afterthought.
Both bedrooms open onto the front sunroom balcony, a space that exists somewhere between inside and out, with arches framing the trees every way you look. It's the sort of room where the morning disappears without you noticing.
The outside courtyard sits wrapped in established gardens - private, green and completely yours. An outdoor space you actually own. Add to that a separate laundry room and a secure single lock-up garage at the rear with easy direct access from the main road and it's safe to say, this home has everything you need.
THE LIFE
High Street is on your doorstep. Coffee, dinner and the kind of shopping you didn't plan on. Armadale station for when the city calls. Trams on Dandenong Road when it doesn't.
Some apartments you tolerate. Some you forget about the moment you leave. Darley is the one you come home to.
By Storyhouse.
Stories Told. Houses Sold.
