Brand new beautiful and quiet luxury one bedroom bluestone tiled apartment (with the bedroom carpeted) in an absolutely prime location. North facing for optimal lighting and facing a secluded bluestone lane with no through traffic (the apartment is on the opposite side of the building from the Rose street entrance), the apartment is ideally situated within the building on the third floor, with two floors above and three floors below (ground floor is the building entrance). The main building entrance is controlled by an electronic key and there is easy access to the apartment via the elevator or stairway to the third floor.
The location is absolutely prime: Industry Beans, The Rose Street Artists Market, Fitzroy Market, Brunswick Street Bookstore and all the other shops, cafes and restaurants that Brunswick Street is famous for are around the corner. Fitzroy is incredibly walkable and you do not need a car to carry out your errands; nonetheless a private parking space is also included and there is bicycle parking inside the building on the ground floor.
- 3 min walk to the Rose St/Nicholson St tram stop to catch the latest E class tram for a 6 minute ride to Parliament Station, which is on the City Loop and is a rail hub servicing 14 lines across Melbourne, or for a 12 minute ride to the corner of Elizabeth and Burke Street
- 4 min bicycle ride to the coolest cafes and bars in Collingwood
- 5 min bicycle ride to Carlton Gardens and Edinburgh Gardens
- 5 min walk to Coles supermarket
- 5 min bike ride to Carltons famous Lygon St with its restaurants, cafes, cinemas and bookstores.
- 6 min bike ride to University of Melbourne
Live in the heart of the hippest suburb of the most European city of Australia.
The built environment of the area immediately outside the building is first class, with a New York City feel to the rich tapestry of cafes, markets and shops amongst the apartment buildings. This combination of a brand new architect designed luxury apartment, outstanding walkability including a supermarket 5 minutes walk away, close proximity to the CBD, living in the rich culture of Fitzroy and Carlton and the quietness of the apartment makes this an extremely rare find.
The building was designed by Jackson Architecture, and features landscaped vertical gardens on the northern facade on the first, third and fifth floors. U302 is one of the apartments with a garden and features four large concrete planter boxes that have just been planted with Rosemary, Corfu Lily, Bird of Paradise, Oregano, Daylily and Silver Falls. The gardens are naturally watered by rainfall but a BPA and lead free nylex hose with a trigger nozzle is included. LED lighting is used throughout the apartment and the kitchen features LED strip lighting under the over counter cabinets. Construction is concrete slabs between floors with vertical concrete panels, and this is made visible in the stairwells and the exposed living room ceiling.
Miele appliances are featured in the kitchen including a Miele gas cooktop. Other features of the apartment include: powerful reverse cycle air conditioning (can either heat or cool); an easy to use video intercom allowing remote entry; 2.7m high ceilings with the living room ceilings extending to 3m height; double glazing throughout; kitchen range hood and bathroom exhaust fans are both externally vented (not recirculated); premium Avenir stainless steel heated towel rail with quick heat up times and an advanced but easy to use electronic timer for maximum efficiency, for warm towels and a touch of European luxury; semi-solid core doors for the bathroom and bedroom doors for maximum noise absorption and the reassuring heft you feel when opening a door inside a luxury hotel room; Soundscreen acoustic insulation in the wall separating the bedroom from the living room for even more noise absorption; SWEDIA Klaas solid stainless steel (not brass) kitchen tap with pull out nozzle; NBN ready with ethernet LAN ports; Caroma Liano Nexus Multifunction Rail Shower with Overhead with both shower wand and overhead shower. German style honeycomb blinds will be installed in the bedroom shortly. You can install your washing machine in the laundry which is behind folding doors next to the bathroom, and which includes a full size laundry tub. A large built in storage cupboard with deep shelves is included near the entrance hall.