5 Taunton Avenue, Oakleigh South, VIC 3167

Step out of the past and move into your South Oakleigh Primary School Zone future when your restore this Californian Bungalow classic to its original glory. A grand and gracious example of its time held by just one family for almost a century, this three bedroom solid-brick beauty represents one of the last great renovation opportunities at this prized School Zone address.

Built to the best proportions of the day with abundant original detail still in place, this superbly solid home retains lofty decorative ceilings, wide-silled sash-windows and pretty picture rails as a backdrop to modern comforts including a warming gas-fireplace, an upgraded kitchen with modern stainless-steel range and an updated bathroom with separate WC.

Take a look at the neighbours for inspiration, bring your vision... and see the way new brick pillars, and an old double-door entry will reinstate this terracotta-roofed beauty's original appeal. There's even the original beautiful leadlight waiting in the garage to be reinstalled!

Then see the potential to extend beyond (and maybe, above) this spacious solid-brick base with a sympathetic addition that will add modern family living. and years more life, to this irreplaceable period home.

With a deep two-car garage to provide storage and space while the work is done and

a big old-fashioned family backyard to be refashioned with gardens lawns and, perhaps, a pool, these gracious family spaces are ready to live again in one of today's most prized Oakleigh Primary School Zone locations; just half a dozen blocks to Links shopping centre, minutes to Oakleigh's shopping, station and vibrant hospitality, and a minute more Chadstone's retail therapy.