Twice a day a very large red boat makes its way out of the Mersey and takes several hundred people to Melbourne. You will watch it from the living room with a cup of tea.
The house is arranged over three levels, which sounds like a lot until you see what it buys you. The garage, the laundry and a bedroom sit on the lower level, so the car, the washing and the guest who stays too long are all kept well away from everybody else.
The middle level is the part you will live in. Kitchen, dining, and a deck 8.1 metres long running off the back of it, fenced high enough that nobody needs to see what you are wearing. The kitchen is dark cabinetry against a white splashback, a breakfast bar with room for three, and enough bench that two people can cook without one of them leaving in a mood. The dining table sits in the light.
Up top is the lounge, the main bathroom and the master bedroom. A lounge on the top floor is an unusual move and a good one. It means the television is nowhere near the front door, and the room with the best light in the house is the room you sit in at night.
Outside, the courtyard is decked, fenced and about the right size. Big enough for a table and a barbecue.
There is a lock up garage and storage under the house for the things you will not throw out.
Then there is the street. Victoria Parade faces the water. The foreshore, the park, the walking track and the bluff are all in easy reach.
Low maintenance is a phrase agents use when they have nothing else. Here it is simply true. No lawn to mow, no gardening, no quarter acre waiting for you on Sunday.
Annual Body Corporate Fees $900.00
Annual Sinking Fund Fees $500.00
