What to see this weekend

32 Downshire Road, Elsternwick
2.4 million-plus
4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 car spaces

A style-savvy vendor has enriched this gorgeous Edwardian with individual flair, from a bespoke copper kitchen workbench, to built-in seating around a fire pit, to a herringbone-tiled, parquet-floored bathroom. Its country-retreat ambience gives it entertainer cachet, and it maintains family status with three bedrooms plus bungalow/studio with en suite.

Auction on Saturday at 11.30amRT Edgar, James Paynter 0418 390 133 

3 Imbros Street, Hampton
$2.2 million-plus
4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 car space

The California bungalows of Hampton’s Castlefield estate have been going through a renaissance worthy of their family-friendly location, period character and good-sized blocks. This one has had a complete makeover, keeping its single-level classic style while gaining living spaces, hardwood floors, stone kitchen, en suite for the main bedroom and a spa on the north-west deck.

Auction at 11am, April 8
Nick Johnstone, Russ Enticott 0431 526 636 

10 Fawkner Street, South Yarra
$2.6-$2.7 million
4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 car space

Fawkner Park’s green expanse and Toorak Road’s cafe and boutique-shopping strip are handy to free-standing, double-fronted Yarraton, making its location as prized as its pretty block-fronted circa-1890 facade. Add a slick contemporary interior – marble kitchen, oak floors, main bedroom and study opening to a pebbled garden – and you’ve found South Yarra heaven. Off-street parking out front.

Auction at 11am, on April 8
Williams Batters, Toby Yates 0448 488 768

1/15 Cowderoy Street, St Kilda West
$1 million-plus
2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom

This timelessly beautiful art deco home, by the beach, occupies a coveted ground floor position in a boutique, historic block. Period characteristics have not been lost in the stylish update, from rounded bench tops in the delightfully retro kitchen, to detailed cornices and fireplaces, and a luxe bathroom that is faithful to the era. The apartment is so close to the foreshore, the buyer will be able to smell the salt when the wind blows the right way.

Auction at 10.30am, on April 8
Marshall White, Nicholas Beks 0417 511 548

7 Barkly Avenue, Richmond
$1.4-$1.5 million
3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1 car space

There’s a homely feel to this double-fronted Victorian, matching the ambience of its neighbourhood and popular dog-friendly Barkly Gardens at the end of the street. Transport and dining options abound, Richmond Primary School is across the road, and young families will appreciate its potential for future improvement.

Auction at 11am, on April 8
Jellis Craig, Jodie McCarthy 0438 072 055

64 Barkly Street, Fitzroy North
$1.6-$1.75 million
3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 car spaces

This solid balconied terrace in a handsome row of 10 displays its Victorian origin in a lace-trimmed facade but hides a secret identity inside as casa mia of a mid-century migrant Italian family (think marble floors, vegie patch, concrete garden). Time now for a 21st-century upgrade to take advantage of the prime leafy inner-city location.

Auction on Saturday at noonNelson Alexander, James Keenan 0418 580 620