This extraordinary penthouse is in a building so uncomely, it seems impossible to love.

Described by the listing agent as a “diamond in the dust”, the dazzling apartment crowns an unremarkable, austere brick St Kilda West complex that has all the unfashionable hallmarks of a 1970s build.

Step inside 60/343 Beaconsfield Parade and the superlatives flow: sun-drenched, high-end, jaw-dropping. But it wasn’t always this way.

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