638 Gilbert Road, Reservoir VIC 3073

What we love about this home:

The house has great bones and a very sturdy construction. Being a wide block with a front and back lawn means we could plant lots of fruit trees (plum x 2, orange, nectarine, apple, mandarin, native orchids, and a range of native flowers).

The house has a couple of bits with quirky wallpaper and some interesting decor with the roosters, a wall of corkboard and a dartboard in the kitchen and lots of wood panelling. We love this original decor and wouldn't dream of changing it. The range hood is also copper which adds to the character so when we were deciding on trims for the kitchen doors, we naturally went with copper.

The backyard is amazing in summer as it is east facing so both the sunroom and the back of the house get a cool breeze and we've had a few wines in the yard. During autumn the neighbour's fig tree bears fruit and we get a lot of rainbow lorikeets, and some wrens visit.

In the winter we take the hedged branches and put them on a firepit and also enjoy mulled wine.

On new year's eve, you don't need to go to the city to watch the fireworks, just walking out onto Gilbert Road you can see Melbourne skyline and new year's eve's fireworks.

This house is really our pride and joy, we got married in the yard and it fit just over a 100 people.

What we love about this area:

The area is safe, lots of families. Neighbours on both sides are nice and lots of families on Gilbank, Pershing streets, and Fulham Grove.

Crispe park is delightful and has a dog park within. We walk our baby along a few of these side streets and all the neighbours are amazingly friendly. There is a primary school around the corner and two craft beer shops (Audacious Monk and Regent cellars), as well as 4 cafes (Jackson Dodd’s is OG, then came Cheshire and Elixir and finally Sycamore Meadows, all of which have amazing coffee).

There's a Woolies, Degani and a few restaurants in Coburg Nth village. We often walk to Merri Creek and there's lots of nice native birds around as well. There's a Coles near Reservoir Station, too.

High Street also has some great restaurants (El Jannah, Maharaja’s).

Preston West and Reservoir are hidden gems. They are just the right mixture of nature.

What features does your property have?

• Reverse cycle air con
• Ducted heating (gas)
• Lounge heating (gas)
• New heat lamps in the bathroom and an extra exhaust fan
• Floorboards
• Dishwasher
• Almost new kitchen, new cooktop and oven, soft close drawers and cabinetry
• Wardrobes in every bedroom
• Pantry and a lot of storage space in the kitchen
• Now deactivated, but also a security alarm which can be reactivated
• Pendant lights in the lounge and dining rooms.
• Ceiling fans
• 2 x sheds in the backyard for more storage
• 2 x toilets, 1 x bathroom
• Skylights in kitchen and bathroom
• Sunroom (east facing) with French doors
• Extra shelving in the 3rd bedroom to create a "library" feel if you use it as a study