1 Oxford Lane, South Yarra

A striking article of contemporary design, this sumptuous lifestyle retreat balances side-street seclusion with the buzz that sees its locale so adored, with iconic Chapel Street and Toorak just metres away. A landmark collaboration between Workroom Design and renowned architect David Watson, the exquisite abode emphasises light, space, and practicality throughout, with jamb-less doors, Italian travertine floors, and soaring ceilings highlighting care for quality and the finer details. An inspired interior spans three remarkable storeys, with a pair of substantial, ground-floor guest rooms accompanied by a clever central light court, lavish bathroom, and full walls of robe storage. With a broad balcony perfect for taking in sunrise hues, an exceptional, top-floor main bedroom features an oversized walk-in robe and exemplary ensuite with bath, open shower, and twin-basin vanity, while an adjoining, fitted study proves an ideal base for two home professionals. With a stunning feature window stretching across storeys, ribbons of sunlight enrich a magnificent middle level’s entwined living and dining zones, perfect for enjoying winter nights by an open ethanol fire. Hitting its stride come warmer months, a covered terrace proves sublime for afterhours drinks and quiet coffees under morning rays, while a first-class kitchen, equipped for the avid home chef, boasts a fully integrated fridge/freezer and DishDrawer pair, Miele gas stove and 900mm oven, and extensive cabinetry. Its calibre of appointment befitting placement in one of Melbourne’s most esteemed settings, highlights to the home include Calacatta marble to kitchen, bathrooms, and a powder room, commercial-grade aluminium windows, frames, and sliding doors, Daikin reverse-cycle heating/cooling, energy-efficient tinted glass, natural bluestone to balconies, plush pile carpets, CCTV, water temperature controllers to each level, abundant storage, an open, full-size laundry, and genuine double garage behind Rheinzink cladding. Unrivalled in its immediacy to outstanding coffee, cuisine, shopping, nightlife, and leisure attractions, it’s mere steps to Como and Jam Factory retail and cinemas, quaint Toorak and Hawksburn Villages, tranquil Fawkner and Como Parks, city trains and trams, popular Prahran Market, and the ever-picturesque Yarra Trail, while just moments to revered schools, the Botanic Gardens, Albert Park Lake, Arts Centre, and city/airport/Mornington Peninsula-bound CityLink and Monash Freeway.