What to see this weekend in Victoria

5 Howitt Street, Glen Iris

$2.25 million-plus
4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 car spaces
11.45am-12.15pm

The buyer of this beautifully renovated circa-1925 California bungalow should prepare to be here for the long haul. Its original owner stayed 25 years and two generations of the vendor’s family have lived here since 1950. Behind the heritage front rooms, a just-completed architectural extension adds a dramatic modern open-plan living area, first-floor parents’ retreat and six-person spa within the spotted gum rear deck.

Auction at 1.30pm, on February 18
Marshall White, Zali Reynolds 0422 576 049

4/68 Easey Street, Collingwood

$1.15 million-$1,225,000
3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 car space
12.30pm-1pm

A flexible floor plan over 223 square metres mean you could run a home-based business at this three-level industrial-chic townhouse, as the vendors did when they bought it, newly converted from a cardboard-box factory in 1997. The garage and pedestrian access open to two rooms plus bathroom and laundry. Level one has dual living zones and kitchen, a sunroom at one end and balcony at the front. The top floor’s two bedrooms each have a balcony.

Auction at 10am, on February 18
Jellis Craig, Michael Amarant 0411 144 569

154 Park Drive, Parkville

$1.7 million-plus
2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom
2pm-2.30pm

Surridge is a slate-roofed single-storey heritage-protected Victorian built circa-1877 by Herbert Hart, who later lived around the corner in Royal Parade. On a triangular block of 270 square metres, it’s a downsizer or couple proposition with Baltic pine floors, fireplaces, a brick courtyard and modern kitchen. The busy location is offset by endless greenery in the new native garden of 181-hectare Royal Park across the road.

Auction at 10.30am, on February 11
Collins Simms, Nicholas Corby 0418 512 978

15 Cullinane Street, Black Rock

$1.8-$1.9 million
4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 car spaces
11am-11.30am

Summer is sorted when there’s a pool in your west-facing back garden and you’re 600 metres from the beach near Black Rock’s cafe strip. This circa-1992 house, wrapped in garden greenery, has much more besides prime bayside location: neat-as-a-pin formal and informal rooms, a Smeg-appliance kitchen, en-suited downstairs bedroom and three bedrooms and rumpus room for the kids upstairs.

Auction at 10.30am, on February 18
Buxton, Romana Altman 0414 804 270

308 Canterbury Road, St Kilda West

$1.65 million-plus
3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 car spaces
11am-11.30am

Between eclectic St Kilda and classy Middle Park, with Albert Park Lake over the back and the beach 500 metres away, this circa-1995 townhouse, overhauled in 2010 and since updated, is appealing to downsizers and apartment upsizers.

Auction at1.30pm, on February 18
Hodges, Jason Wedge 0411 432 520