Where: 1/131 Hotham Street, East Melbourne
Bedrooms: Four
Bathrooms: Three
Car spaces: Two
Expressions of interest campaign: Closing 5 pm, June 15
Price guide: $3.5 million plus

Homebuyers looking for the ultimate inner-city pad will think their prayers have been
 answered when they walk through this former church-turned-apartment-building.

The north-facing ground floor apartment, which occupies part of what was once the Cairns Memorial (Uniting) Church in 
East Melbourne, is generously sized, offering four bedrooms, three bathrooms, multiple living zones
 and a wraparound terrace.

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Importantly, it also is within walking distance of the city’s shopping and theatre districts as well as 
the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground.

“It is such a wonderful building, and they don’t come up very often,” says Kay and Burton sales agent
 Sarah Case of the building, which originally was built as a church in 1883-84 and converted into apartments in 1995.

“You can’t replicate something like that.”

Ms Case describes the apartment as “lifestyle” accommodation because of its size and location near 
the beating heart of Melbourne.

“The property, the largest apartment in the building, offers the 
convenience of city living, and it covers a whole floor at ground level, with no neighbours on that
 level. And you have the wraparound terrace, which no one else in the building has.”

Other notable features include a contemporary entertainer’s kitchen as well as two generous
 “master” bedrooms with en suites.

The Kay and Burton agent points out that its size and living space options will suit a family with
 two older children.

“It is geared to the down-sizers from Canterbury, Kew, Hawthorn, Toorak and South Yarra who
 want the inner city lifestyle and access to the CBD, MCG, shops, restaurants and theatres,” Ms Case 
says.

“It will suit somebody coming out of a bigger house, but who is not willing to
 compromise on the size. It has four bedrooms and three separate living spaces, which I think is very 
important. They (prospective buyers) may still have one or two children, and having these zones 
means children can have their own space. The father can watch the footy in one room while the
 mother can be watching a lifestyle channel in another room.”

Ms Case says the apartment is attracting plenty of interest.

“At the moment, it is more admirers than
 buyers, but that is always the case with these type of buildings,” she says.

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