Some apartments are just four walls and a front door. This one has a little more personality.

Sitting pretty on the ground floor, this light-filled one-bedroom apartment has been freshly painted, newly carpeted and is ready for someone who likes their home easy, their coffee strong and their weekend plans made approximately 15 minutes before leaving the house.

The kitchen is sleek, practical and refreshingly capable, with a gas cooktop, full-sized dishwasher and plenty of storage. Cook a three-course dinner. Reheat dumplings. Display an unnecessarily expensive coffee machine. Your kitchen, your rules.

It all flows into a bright open-plan living space, complete with split-system heating and cooling for those classic Melbourne days that begin with a puffer jacket and somehow end in shorts.

Then there’s the balcony.

Your own little slice of outside. Coffee in the morning. Sunshine in the afternoon. Wine on Friday. A collection of plants you’re definitely going to keep alive this time.

Inside, the bedroom is generously sized and comes with a full-width built-in wardrobe – perfect for clothes, shoes and everything else you’d rather your guests didn’t know you owned. There’s also a spacious bathroom, separate European laundry, secure entry and intercom access. Because while we enjoy a little chaos, we prefer our homes to be wonderfully practical.

And outside? Richmond. Proper Richmond.

Highett Street, Bridge Road and Victoria Street are all within easy reach, putting cafés, restaurants, bars, shopping, Richmond Traders, trams and West Richmond Station close enough that your car may start wondering whether you still love it.

Bright. Easy. Uncomplicated. Very Richmond.

*Property is leased unfurnished