Among Melbourne’s pre-eminent beach enclave, this Edgar Perotta designed, vast, entirely lock-and-leave residence offers a cultured take on modern luxury, embracing everything there is to love about Brighton’s famous Golden Mile. Hidden away in a no-through cul-de-sac just a few doors from the blissful foreshore, the remarkable penthouse promotes a high-end fit-out, wealth of sun, practical plan, and dimensions akin to a family home.

Parquetry flooring makes a memorable first impression, with a broad entrance foyer wrapping around to meet a magnificent main section. A gas fireplace makes for cosy nights in a substantial living/dining area, while entwined sitting and meals spaces flank a stone-top kitchen boasting Liebherr and Gaggenau appliances. Heightening hospitality prowess beyond compare, an expansive roof terrace boasts an elevated spa, sun-soaked lounge, and open-air dining areas, collectively sublime for unwinding on a cloudless afternoon, sipping on a sunrise coffee, watching sunsets over the bay, and taking in the night-time lights of the city skyline.

With accommodation both extensive and generous, a sumptuous primary bedroom enjoys a full-size dressing room and luxe ensuite with a stone-encased bath, while both guest and third bedrooms are well-served by an entire wall of robe space and lavish ensuite. A fully equipped office deftly doubles as a fourth bedroom, while a long list of further highlights includes smart automation to lighting, security cameras, a northern bay-breeze balcony accessed by primary and guest bedrooms, balconies adjoining living/dining and sitting/meals areas, a large laundry, powder room, ducted vacuum, basement recreation area ideal as a gym or theatre, and three secure car spaces.

As convenient as could be, it’s mere footsteps to the scenic Bay Trail, Baths, Yacht Club, and coffee, cuisine, shopping, and nightlife of lively Bay Street, while near esteemed Brighton and Firbank Grammar Schools, a Bayside icon in Church Street, Sandbelt golf courses, and trains for quick city access.