Period Essendon Home, No Pets, House and Garden Only

    Essendon, VIC 3040
    4 bedrooms
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    Availability

    18 Sept 2026 - 16 Oct 2026

    Flexible Dates Available

    Everything about this stay is shown below.

    house
    4 bedrooms

    About This Home

    A double-brick Edwardian on Buckley Street, in the older part of Essendon and a flat fifteen minute walk to the Keilor Road shops. Four bedrooms, high ceilings, original fireplaces, and a kitchen and living area at the rear that we extended a few years ago and where you will probably spend most of your time. There is central heating, which you will want…

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    through a Melbourne spring, and a working fireplace in the front sitting room. We have no pets, so this is a house and garden sit only. What the house does need is presence: it is a period home on a large block and it does not do well sitting empty. The garden is the other half of the job. There are established roses, a productive vegetable bed and a lawn that will need cutting roughly fortnightly at that time of year. Everything you need is in the shed and we will walk you through it. Essendon station is ten minutes on foot and the airport is a twenty minute drive, which is why we travel as often as we do.

    What This Place Offers

    Comfort

    WiFi
    Heating

    Facilities

    Kitchen
    Dishwasher
    Laundry
    Fireplace
    Workspace

    Outdoor

    Parking
    Garden

    Entertainment

    TV/Entertainment

    Attractions Nearby

    Keilor Road Shops

    Queens Park

    Maribyrnong River

    Public Transport

    Restaurants/Cafes

    Essendon Station

    Location

    Map shows the suburb area only - exact address is kept private

    Essendon, VIC 3040Approximate location

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    Bernadette Nkemelu

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    Member since 2026

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