The Ultimate Mansion Style Apartment! An extremely rare and special offering in this landmark St Kilda icon building! Superbly presented throughout after extensive refurbishments. This prestige property is further enhanced by being positioned in one of Melbourne’s most sort after and high growth lifestyle locations with St Kilda’s renowned and exciting facilities at your doorstep.

Nestled in the midst of this celebrated restaurant precinct and a stroll to the famous Acland St, and trendy St Kilda beachfront, the Esplanade, and the foreshore parklands and recreational areas. This is truly an exciting and envied locale. Situated on the top floor corner of the building, the views over Catani Gardens and sweeping over the Bay are just entrancing.

This monster apartment comprises a formal entrance hall leading to a huge vestibule. Both the main bedroom and lounge are at the front of the apartment, double glazed for enhanced tranquility, and both have access to the sun filled private balcony. The second bedroom is also large and double glazed. The stunning formal dining provides great space for extravagant dining entertaining and leads to a magnificent kitchen with commercial style “Glem” gas range, Baumatic dishwasher etc. At the rear is another huge room perfect for a home office, study, studio or conversion to a third bedroom.

Then there is the most amazing extravagant and totally unique bathroom designed by the award winning architect Cassandra Fahey which can only be appreciated by inspection. Cassandra Fahey established the architectural firm named “Cassandra Complex” in 1999 and designed many icon Melbourne properties including “The Smith great Aussie Home” on Beach Road, Black Rock, the Healsville Sancturary’s “Platypusary” and the famous “Pamela Anderson” house in Canterbury Road, West St Kilda.

This apartment oozes character and style with original timber boards, high ceilings, etc. This magnificent apartment is so St Kilda and will remind you of the grand 1920′s apartments common to London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna and Milan yet are rare in Melbourne. “Summerland Mansions” architectural design presents a strong presence to both Fitzroy Street and Acland Street in a sophisticated blend of stripped Classical, Mediterranean and English Arts and Crafts influence.

Designed by Architect Christopher Cowper who was born in Capetown and arrived in Melbourne in 1883. During 1883-1954 he was prolific including his design of the Grace Park Estate in Hawthorn built in 1903-1912.
At “Summerland Mansions” he gives the large facade a domestic character by large hipped tiled roofs with deep eaves, generous balconies and small Georgian panes in the upper window sashes.

This property will prove a fabulous investment and provide the lucky purchaser an exciting lifestyle that it envied by those that are not fortunate enough to be one of the few to call this amazing location home.