45 Barry Street, South Yarra

Superbly situated at the doorstep of Melbourne's premier shopping and lifestyle precinct, this revitalised and extended Victorian delivers exquisite modern luxury and enduring period character. With bright tones contrasting dark timber floors, a compelling entry displays towering ceilings and intricate detail, with excellent robe storage and a smart bathroom joining a trio of generous lower bedrooms. Making optimal use of light, a sizeable third bedroom which can also be used as a generous size study accompanies a sun-soaked central courtyard. Tailored to afternoons with guests, a first-rate kitchen boasts ILVE, Miele, and Bosch appliances, serving an expansive living/dining domain and north-facing entertainer's yard. Elegant updates augmenting the home's grace and charisma, a chic pendant adorns a wide staircase, with a sumptuous upper suite featuring a substantial main bedroom, fully fitted walk in robe, and dual-basin bathroom. Ideal for home-based professionals, a clever workstation adjoins a vast upstairs second living space/retreat which has sublime northern sunlight and elevated vistas. Delightfully refreshed while staying true to its old-world roots, additional highlights include generous roof storage, solar panels, ducted heating and cooling as well as split systems, intercom system which is controllable from your mobile, bay windows to front bedroom, original fireplaces, rain showers, a full-size laundry with excellent storage, NBN, solar panels which make for an energy efficient house along with off-street parking via ROW at rear. Seconds from a vibrant array of restaurants, cafs, boutiques, and nightspots, it's moments from respected public and private schools, South Yarra and Prahran Stations, CBD and university-bound trams, and scattered parklands.