52 Nicholson Street, Fitzroy VIC 3065

This is a spacious family home: four bedrooms, four bathrooms, ample living areas, a private backyard, and secure under-cover parking for two cars.

In the park opposite you can hear kookaburras begin their day. Yet it's just 300 metres from the CBD; the second home and garden heading north out of the city.

This is an extraordinary opportunity, one that rarely presents: contemporary family living in a solid three-storey bluestone building, with 162 years of history in Melbourne's first suburb.

This is a home with space, views, storage, security, heritage, location, and privacy... an oasis of calm in a busy world.

In the backyard, the olive tree and lemon tree are generous. Birds dip and sip in the birdbath. You'll breakfast or entertain at night in privacy. The barbecue is connected to mains gas. Clothes dry fast on the fold-out, north-facing clothesline.

Only steps from the gate is the World Heritage-listed Carlton Gardens, a place to walk before work or in the evening, to play basketball or tennis, walk the dog, or do a fitness class.

You'll be surrounded by lively culture - cafes, bars, sport, cinemas, theatres, museum, galleries, bookshops, markets. There is great access to schools. And it's a short walk to RMIT and Melbourne University.

You'll save plenty on petrol, as you increasingly walk, cycle or tram.
(But when you need to drive, there are local hacks to avoid traffic.)

Your base for a rich inner-suburban life will be an extraordinary family home, one of 10 that make up Royal Terrace, one of Melbourne's oldest, largest terraces. A home that allows space for the family to share - or to do their own thing.

Suburban living, 300 metres from the city.