61 Spenser Street, St Kilda

Promoting real-world functionality and preservation of character, this exquisitely reinterpreted, Federation-era classic delivers a bespoke brand of beachside luxury with direct frontage to Renfrey Gardens. Era-typical leadlight windows, a wrought-iron fence, and tuckpointed faade prove elegant precursors of details to come, with a reimagined interior emphasising quality, versatility, and clever usability. Framing relaxing park outlooks, a box-bay window lounge joins a skylit modern ensuite and walk-in robe in serving a considerable main bedroom, while a luxe central bathroom with soaker tub serves two additional, robe-lined bedrooms. Ideal as a reader's refuge, a serene sitting room/library complements a sublime living/dining space at rear, catered for by a home chef's kitchen boasting a first-class Belling cooker, LG dishwasher, stone surfaces, and abundant soft-close cabinetry. Met with effortless flow, a delightful outdoor domain makes for memorable social occasions, with a towering palm tree and canopies of verdure enlivening blue-sky barbecues. Sunsets over the nearby bay paint a vivid backdrop for drinks on a broad balcony, while soaring cathedral ceilings and streams of all-day sun create a stunning sense of space and airiness in a second-storey lounge. A spiral staircase reaches a water-viewing mezzanine, perfect as a professional's base. With a double garage benefiting from wide access via Blessington Court, the option exists to utilise fully endorsed plans and add a substantial studio and roof terrace above, resulting in a workspace and entertainer's retreat relishing bay vistas. An abundance of smart storage highlights a pursuit of practicality, while other features include mobile-integrated CCTV, alarm, and entry, hydronic heating and ducted evaporative cooling, ceiling fans, plantation shutters, a European laundry, and range of period intricacies spanning original fretwork and Baltic pine floors, ornate ceilings, picture rails, and four functioning fireplaces. Its surrounds among St Kilda's most peaceful, prestigious, and picturesque, the home sits mere metres from St Kilda's foreshore gardens, marina, skate park, and main beach, along with Peanut Farm Reserve/dog park, the blissful Botanical Gardens, city-bound 96 tram, and Acland Street's famed dining and nightlife.