A true rarity among its prestigious surrounds, this Federation-style home spreads across an expansive Mar Lodge parcel, offering a chance to secure one the area's few remaining north-facing blocks with blank-canvas capabilities. With its charismatic façade a nod to pre-war roots, a workable floor plan provides scope for a tasteful renovation, with a downstairs bedroom/bathroom pairing complementing a second storey's four bedrooms (3 with walk-in robes), master ensuite, and scenic balcony. Baltic pine floorboards and chequerboard parquetry augmenting appeal, a functional lower level sees formal living/dining areas and a central sitting room with bay window accompany a substantial entertainer's area, with a wet bar and kitchen flanking open meals and family zones. A vast backyard features ample room for kids to play and parents to entertain, with all-day northern sun ideal for an in-ground pool. Primed for a ground-up renewal while the ultimate prospect for a brand-new dream home, it's moments to shopping/lifestyle villages, lively Keilor Road, CBD trains and trams, city and airport-bound toll/freeways, acres of parkland, and the Maribyrnong River along with revered St Bernard's, St Columba's, and Ave Maria Colleges, Lowther Hall and Penleigh & Essendon Grammar Schools, and zoned Buckley Park College.

Land size: 867sqm (approx.)

Frontage: 19.2m (approx.)

* All potential uses of the parcel and/or dwellings are subject to council approval.