18 Orchard StreetEAST GEELONG

The very best of inner-city Geelong is right on your doorstep with this four-bedroom home offering a perfect mix of convenience, charm and quality living. Walk to the hospital precinct, East Geelong shops and cafes, schools and Eastern Beach, jog the track around the Geelong Botanic Gardens and enjoy a spot of fishing at Limeburners Point. The double-fronted Victorian home, on a wide, quiet street in a prime patch of East Geelong, offers heritage features including a bull-nose verandah, fretwork and sidelight windows. An open-plan living, dining and kitchen zone is the hub for a busy family, with sliding doors opening wide to extend the living space onto a long undercover alfresco deck. The contemporary kitchen boasts striking cast concrete benchtops, an island bench, Bosch appliances, including a 900mm wide oven and six-burner gas cooktop, pantry, loads of storage and splashback garden window. The dining space is designed for family dinners around a long table, while the lounge area, with gas wall furnace, has room for multiple sofas and for kids to play. The four bedrooms are all accessed off the wide entry hall, providing privacy to also utilise one as a study or work-from-home space. The master suite with garden outlook, features a walk-in robe and luxe ensuite, including sleek walk-in shower. Three further bedrooms, two with built-in robes and custom-fitted desks, share the central bathroom with large walk-in shower, honed bluestone tiles and vanity, plus convenient Euro laundry. A side lane provides easy access to the rear yard via large gate for parking or storage. The rear yard, is an oasis of green, offering privacy to entertain, relax or for kids to play safely. You can also have the time to enjoy more of the simple things in life as this property also comes with a gardener. Other highlights include solar panels to reduce power bills, double-glazed windows and quality insulation in the living area for year-round comfort and energy-efficiency, polished timber floors and plantation shutters. Located in the heart of it all, this home a short drive or bus ride to CBD and Geelong railway station. The Princes Freeway, Ring Road to Melbourne and everything the Bellarine Peninsula has too offer is within easy reach.