6/390-392 Russell Street

The Phone Code for this property is: 45632. Please quote this number when phoning or texting. Rare loft apartment in Melbourne CBD! I - The building Some buildings just stand there. This one has something to say. Planted on the corner of Russell and Victoria Street since the 1800s, this grand heritage conversion has watched Melbourne grow up around it - and has refused, quietly and stubbornly, to be ordinary. Its Victorian bones are still intact: the ornate facades, the proud corner presence, the sense that whoever built it cared deeply about what they were leaving behind. Inside, only 24 apartments share this address - a building so rarely traded that most people in Melbourne don't even know it exists. "From the moment you step through the front door, you stop thinking about the city outside." The grand staircase rises to greet you. The entrance foyer sets a tone - unhurried, considered, impossible to replicate in anything built in the last hundred years. You know, immediately, that you are somewhere without peer in the CBD. II - The apartment Unit 6 opens with ceilings that genuinely surprise you. Not just high - soaring. And framed by an arched window that draws a curve of light across the room in a way that makes the living space feel more like a painting than a floor plan. The living room is generous without being cavernous - the kind of room where a dinner party feels effortless and a quiet Tuesday evening feels equally right. The kitchen is well-appointed, with gas cooking and a dishwasher, and the kind of storage that actually works. "Head upstairs and the bedroom waits beneath a curved ceiling - a detail you won't find anywhere else." A built-in robe, a mezzanine study for the days you work from home, and a sparkling bathroom with a full bath to soak away in. Everything you need. Nothing you don't. III - The life Step outside and the city meets you on its best behaviour. Lygon Street is a stroll away. The theatre district is around the corner. Queen Victoria Market is a short walk for a Saturday morning that actually feels like a Saturday morning. The QV precinct puts hundreds of shops within reach, and Melbourne City Baths sits nearby for a morning swim or a fitness class when the mood strikes. Carlton Gardens - UNESCO-listed, magnificent, and largely underrated - is on the doorstep. The kind of green space that makes city living feel less like a compromise and more like a choice you made deliberately. "This isn't just an apartment. It's a particular kind of Melbourne life - cultured, connected, and beautifully unhurried." Disclaimer: Whilst every care has been taken to verify the accuracy of the details in this advertisement, For Sale By Owner Pty Ltd (forsalebyowner.com.au) cannot guarantee its correctness. Prospective buyers or tenants need to take such action as is necessary, to satisfy themselves of any pertinent matters.