Boutique Neometro Toorak development to appeal to well-heeled empty-nesters

A boutique block in the Melbourne suburb of Toorak is expected to appeal to well-heeled empty-nesters. 

The Six Brookville Road development, which launched late last month and has had strong inquiries but no sales so far, will be a block of just six two- and three-bedroom apartments, ranging in price from $1,495,000 to $3.44 million. 

Neometro director Jeff Provan says the development’s location in Toorak and aesthetics will appeal to owner-occupiers from the surrounding posh eastern suburbs. 

He says he expects buyers to be “people fanning out from Armadale and Hawthorn who really want to live close to the city but don’t want to be in a such an urban environment. 

“You’re living in a fairly leafy, quiet residential area, but you’re on two tram routes to the area and you’re on a train line,” Provan says. 

The developer will focus on high-quality fixtures and fittings and soft colour palettes. 

“Adding texture and warmth is fundamental to creating  welcoming living spaces that are design-focused yet functional. We like to use a mixture of natural materials and finishes, such as textured wood combined with stone or polished concrete, to create a contemporary but comfortable space,” Provan says. 

The block will include one 226-square-metre three-bedroom apartment and five two-bedroom apartments ranging in size from 128 square metres to 200 square metres. All include at least one car park, and two of the apartments come with two car parks. 

Provan says landscaping is a major focus of the design. 

“It’s got a great garden aspect to it,” he says. “It’s an elegant contemporary building with nice clean lines, and it’s a really garden aesthetic to it. 

“The ground-floor units have garden. It’s not a hard, urban building, it has landscape all around it.” 

Construction is due to start at the end of the year and is expected to be finished at the end of 2012.

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