The day starts on the north-facing verandah, where the sun finds you first. Someone has already made the two-minute walk to NOS Bakehouse, and the coffee is still hot.

By half past eight, the school run is a stroll. Dutton Park Primary is a six-minute walk, with Brisbane South State Secondary College and St Ita's around eight. Nobody needs the car.

Inside, the 1890s never really left. Heritage details hold their ground beneath 3.3-metre ceilings, and the formal living and dining rooms offer a cool retreat when the day warms up. Everyone has their own corner: a family room and office downstairs, a rumpus and study upstairs, and four bedrooms, including a north-facing main with a walk-in robe. As family life grows, the house grows with it.

Afternoons belong outside. The kids run between the grassed backyard and the pool, and the deck fills with friends who only meant to stay for one drink.

Come evening, the French Provincial kitchen earns its keep. The Falcon 110cm cooker does the heavy lifting, dinner spills into the dining room, and later there's a clawfoot bath with your name on it.

And when you want the city, it's right there. South Bank's riverside restaurants are a short drive away, the CBD is just 2.5km from home, and the PA and Mater hospitals are within five minutes for anyone whose day starts on shift.

Behind a picket fence on one of Dutton Park's tightly held, tree-lined streets, this worker's cottage has spent twenty-eight years with one family. Now it's ready for another chapter, and all the good days still to come.

To obtain further information or to arrange a private inspection, please contact Jack Roberts on 0468 558 533.

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