A true charmer in one of Essendon’s most beloved pockets, this extended Californian Bungalow channels timeless character and elegance, offers abundant space and sunlight, and delivers the perfect home for a family to make their own. As attractive today as on the day it was built, a garden-infused stance precedes wonderful interiors, with old-world details in Baltic pine floors, elaborate fretwork, and ornate ceilings harnessed in a function-minded rework. With green outlooks displayed in every corner, substantial side living and dining areas are ideal counterparts to a sun-splashed main section. Excellent storage, a gas-top cooker, and LG dishwasher all feature in an oversized kitchen, while an open meals area steps onto a raised deck brilliant for family barbecues while kids run free in a leafy backyard.

•Extended Californian Bungalow in one of Essendon’s most exclusive pockets

•Five bedrooms, two bathrooms, and multiple living areas

•A backyard brilliant for parents to entertain while kids run around

•Heating/cooling, fans a laundry, powder room, and parking for multiple cars

•Close to parkland, North Essendon Village, city trains/trams, and elite schools With accommodation both extensive and expansive, a sizeable lower guest room complements an upper master with a box-bay window, sweeping scenery, and entire wall of robe space. Third and fourth bedrooms are well-served by robes and a tidy central bathroom, while a ground-floor fifth bedroom and second-storey retreat ensure there’s ample room for a family to grow into. Augmented by heating and cooling, ceiling fans, a full-size laundry, powder room, lengthy driveway comfortably housing two cars, and Salmon Reserve placed seconds away, it’s just steps to North Essendon Village shops, cafés, and restaurants, the suburb’s heartland in Windy Hill, Flinders Street-bound 59 Tram, and Glenbervie Station, while near freeways, DFO, zoned Strathmore Secondary College, and a selection of revered private schools.