Set on tree-lined Avoca Street, just moments from South Yarra’s best-loved cafés and restaurants, this rare Victorian gem has undergone a stunning makeover to deliver effortless yet thoroughly luxurious contemporary living over two expansive levels. The commanding period façade serves as a fitting introduction to the home’s impeccable interiors. Showcasing luscious dark timber floors throughout, the ground level features a grand entrance hallway with soaring ceilings and intricate period detail, vast sitting and dining room complete with an open fireplace, sophisticated chef’s kitchen with a full-width stainless steel bench and stone breakfast bar island, and light-filled family room opening out onto a generous rear entertaining courtyard with ROW access. The upper level features a large main bedroom with extensive built-in robes and designer double vanity en suite, three additional bedrooms, sleek central bathroom with full bath, and European style laundry. Other highlights include a ground floor powder room, hydronic heating, ducted heating/cooling and intercom. Don’t miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to secure an iconic period residence in South Yarra’s most tightly held precinct - only 100 metres from the boutiques and cafés of Toorak Road, and minutes to Melbourne’s best private schools, Fawkner Park, the Yarra, Chapel Street and Botanic Gardens. Lot/Plan No: /CP164704