8 Calvin Street, Hawthorn

Crowning “Hawthorn Hill” with spectacular panoramic views over Richmond to the CBD skyline, magnificent “Kardinia” is a grand Victorian mansion residence, luxuriously renovated to provide six bedrooms plus study, five bathroom accommodation with pool and secure garaging in an exclusive riverside precinct less than 4km from the City. A home full of surprises, prestige and prominence built when Melbourne’s 19th-century elite sought the beauty of the Yarra and its surrounds, it remains today a home of superior status and local significance, providing one of Melbourne’s most envied inner urban lifestyles just minutes from the world famous Yarra River and many of the country’s top-tier private schools. Positioned in a uniquely peaceful inner city precinct home to residences of similar standing, its grand proportions expand out over three lift-accessed levels that combine its original splendour with state of the art contemporary proportions designed to make the utmost of its breathtaking CBD views, you’ve got to see it to believe it.

Set in beautiful, landscaped gardens, perfectly peaceful and private proportions form a superb sanctuary, with large light filled spaces enjoying serene leafy outlooks of the garden, valley rooftops, MCG lights, Dandenong Ranges in the east and the unrivalled City skyline sunsets to the west. Designed for both exceptional entertaining and lavish family living, accommodation features multiple living, entertaining and outdoor terrace areas, a breathtaking rooftop deck, four large upstairs bedrooms with extensive built-in robes including a palatial CBD view main suite with terrace, skylit walk- in robe/ dressing room, sumptuous ensuite with City view spa bath and powder room (2nd WC), a ground floor fifth bedroom with semi ensuite, lower level sixth bedroom accompanied by a living room/retreat, kitchenette and bathroom flexible either as family or multi-generational accommodation, premium chef’s kitchen featuring a full complement of Gaggenau appliances (including a deep fryer) for specific cooking or entertaining including Teppanyaki, induction, gas and grill cooktops, steam and wall ovens, coffee machine, warming drawers, twin Qasair ranges and a butler’s pantry with second dishwasher, ground floor fitted study/home office, upstairs study and five luxury bathrooms.