179 Nicholson Street

Behind a weatherboard facade and a red brick arched porch sits a Californian Bungalow that has been held, not stripped. Decorative pressed ceilings, deep cornices, picture rails and an open fireplace with its original timber mantel run through the front of the home, and polished hardwood floorboards carry from the wide central hallway into every room off it.

Three bedrooms sit at the front, the main taking in a curved bay window with plantation shutters and opening to its own ensuite. A separate living room and a book lined study give the house the two things most bungalows this size have to choose between.

The rear opens up: a large kitchen and dining space with an island bench and breakfast bar, glazed along one side and flowing straight out to an undercover alfresco with a built in barbecue area. Beyond it, a fully glass fenced swimming pool. A separate laundry and second bathroom sit off the kitchen, solar panels are already in place, and there is off street parking for three cars on a 384m² allotment.

And then there is the walk. East Brunswick Village sits roughly 300 metres up Nicholson Street — three or four minutes on foot — putting a full line Coles and Liquorland, Bellboy Cafe and roastery, Chimmy’s sourdough bakery, Wholefoods organic grocer, Bridge Road Brewers’ 350 seat dining hall, the relocated Rumi and its Rocket Society bar, and FoMo Cinemas’ six screens all within a few minutes of the front door. A medical clinic, gym and wellness centre anchor the same precinct.

The tram runs past the door on Nicholson Street, with Lygon Street, the Merri Creek trail and Brunswick’s schools and parks close at hand and the CBD a short run south.