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25\/28 Little Cardigan St, Carlton, comes with a very unusual ensuite feature: a crawl-in entrance.<\/p>\n
An \u201cextremely unique\u201d Melbourne penthouse is offering homebuyers the unusual chance to crawl under a fireplace to get into the bathroom.<\/p>\n
The about 20-year-old 25\/28 Little Cardigan St, Carlton,<\/a> home\u2019s double-storey, three-bedroom floorplan comes with unusual, striking decor that the listing agent is calling \u201cway ahead of its time\u201d.<\/p>\n It blends pressed-metal ceilings, adorned with the bright red of crisscrossing fire suppression pipes, with polished concrete floors and an array of feature walls that goes from a tropical mural to ornamental cornices hung like a gallery installation above the dining area. <\/p>\n RELATED: Melb owners turning rate cuts into price records<\/a><\/p>\n Revealed: Melb\u2019s rate cut boom suburbs<\/a><\/p>\n X-rated move Block stars make for attention<\/a><\/p>\n A custom kitchen includes slabs of stone so large they had to be craned into the building when it was created, backed by mirrored pillars and glossy, black cabinetry. <\/p>\n Barry Plant Docklands\u2019 Alexander George is selling the home and described the wider decor as \u201cextremely unique\u201d. <\/p>\n \u201cI have never seen anything like it, and I have seen a lot of apartments,\u201d Mr George said.<\/p>\n Then, there\u2019s the bathroom.<\/p>\n Not the upstairs one with the floral motif that\u2019s been mosaic tiled into the walls.<\/p>\n The bathroom has a surprising second entrance, via a tunnel under a fireplace from a living area or home office on the penthouse\u2019s lower level.<\/p>\n The home\u2019s second bathroom is eye-catching in its own way, with mosaic tiles forming a floral pattern from floor to ceiling.<\/p>\n The lower-ground level one that connects a home office, to the main bedroom\u2019s ensuite via a sizeable hole set beneath a fireplace.<\/p>\n Despite it featuring a shower, bath and a lavatory, there is no door between the two spaces.<\/p>\n There does appear to be a curtain rail installed \u2014 but there\u2019s nothing hung on it in the listing photos.<\/p>\n Mr George is advising against crawling in, given the potentially high temperatures above. <\/p>\n But even if you walk around to the main entry from the main bedroom, the space is likely to make an impression with thousands of copper-brown tiles, a decorative light fixture and a bathtub set so high above most of the bathroom that its upper rim is above the shower\u2019s door handle.<\/p>\n Polished concrete floors, pressed metal ceilings and kitchen benchtops made from so much stone they had to be craned into the building give the living zone wow factor.<\/p>\n Living areas feature impressive views, and the comforting presence of overhead fire-suppression pipes.<\/p>\n \u201cYou can hop in if you are flexible,\u201d Mr George said. <\/p>\n The unusual residence, a combination of two apartments, was originally home to the building\u2019s developer about 20 years ago. <\/p>\n It\u2019s only had a few minor adjustments since then, with the decor still largely the way it was always intended to be. <\/p>\n \u201cIt was way ahead of its time,\u201d Mr George said. <\/p>\n The home is just over 200sq m in size, with a further 30sq m in outdoor spaces that offer impressive views.<\/p>\n The home\u2019s bedrooms come with warehouse styling, and plenty of natural light.<\/p>\n The dining room\u2019s feature wall has a gallery-style installation of decorative cornice work.<\/p>\n \u201cThe unit and all its fixtures and fittings are incredible, but the other thing that just \u2018wowed\u2019 me is the views,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s beautiful in the day, and at night with the skyline.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s been listed with a $2m-$2.2m price tag, though Mr George said it had been very difficult to gauge values given its rarity. <\/p>\n Expectations are a professional couple or even a young family might buy the unusual residence. <\/p>\n The home has city views on one side, which add to the decor and design.<\/p>\n The vista on the other side takes in the nearby Carlton Exhibition Centre.<\/p>\n Sign up to the Herald Sun Weekly Real Estate Update. Click here <\/a>to get the latest Victorian property market news delivered direct to your inbox.<\/p>\n MORE: $20k better off: huge rate cut call<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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