Perched at the very top of historic Clyde House, this Collins Street apartment has something most properties can’t manufacture: personality.
This isn’t another glass box floating somewhere above Melbourne. It has heritage bones, old-school charm and a front-row seat to one of the best parts of the city. It’s the kind of apartment that makes you want to buy a good coat, order an espresso and start referring to yourself as a “city person”.

Inside, natural light pours into the open-plan living and dining area, while the compact kitchen comes armed with an electric cooktop, dishwasher, microwave and fridge. Enough equipment to cook something impressive. Or enough refrigeration to keep the champagne cold. We don’t judge.

The bedroom comes with built-in robes and provides a cosy retreat from whatever adventures Collins Street threw at you downstairs. There’s also a stylish bathroom and communal laundry facilities on Level 1 – because even people living at the Paris End eventually need clean socks.

And then there’s the location.

Walk outside and you’re immediately surrounded by Melbourne doing what Melbourne does best. The Regent Theatre and Athenaeum Theatre are practically neighbours. Restaurants, cafés, bars, boutiques and laneways are everywhere. Trams run along Collins Street and Town Hall Station is nearby for when your legs decide they’ve contributed enough.

Fully furnished and ready to go, it could make a brilliant city base, first purchase or investment for someone who understands that location never goes out of fashion.

Top floor. Heritage building. Paris End of Collins Street. Fully furnished. Zero suburban behaviour.

You could buy a normal apartment.

But that would be a little boring, wouldn’t it?