11 Cliff Street ESSENDON

Comments on 11 Cliff Street ESSENDON

Positioned on the high side of the street, 11 Cliff Street looks really good and has great street appeal. The location is superb and is surrounded by some of Essendon's best streets, such as Leslie Road and Riverview Road. Grammar school is nearby, Clarinda Park is only a couple of minutes walk, as is rail transport. There is a lot to like about the home itself; the formal living and dining rooms are beautiful, very traditional in feel and no doubt have been well-loved rooms. The balcony off the retreat upstairs is also a great part of the home. Among the main concerns for family buyers are the bathrooms. The main bathroom is on the small side and the second bathroom is a very small room off the laundry. The upstairs addition is not recent, but I do think most buyers would be looking for a bathroom up here too to complement the two bedrooms. The overall floorplan is also awkward I think, mainly due to the side entrance robbing the property of the more traditional hallway leading from front to back - but there may be an opportunity to fix this. Car access from the rear is very limited and mostly unused. A fully renovated home sold a couple of weeks ago in Lorraine Street for $1,400,000 on slightly larger land with better car accommodation. I think buyers will compare the two and ask themselves how Cliff Street could be brought up to a similar standard.