Hello guys welcome back to Kate's Kitchen
I'm so sorry I disappeared for the last 2 months! I mean so much has been happening but I'm trying to catch up
Anyway back to our house hunting, in today's video i'm gonna show you guys a few apartments in South-east Melbourne
We found these 2 really lovely apartments in Oakleigh and Clayton South - let's check them out!
The first apartment we looked at was in Bentleigh. It was about 30 minutes from the city center
it has 2 bedrooms, 2 bathroom & 1 car park Asking price was from $490k - 520k
but it was later sold for $495,000
It didn't have an elevator which was not ideal
This is the master bedroom with the ensuite
This is the guest bathroom which is spacious
and there's a big laundry closet with a sink
This is a second bedroom It's quite small but has some natural light
This place has the split system - heating and cooling, which is great
It's also very near the shopping strip which is convenient however the kitchen and the living area is very small
Although it has a view and a nice big balcony it's about 1 hour for me to go to work on a train and then on a tram
It's only a 10-minute walk to the train station this is not a big deal
The next place I wanted to show you guys was in Oakleigh - also about 30 minutes from the city center
It's a new apartment building on a main street with some restaurants and cafes and a few supermarkets around
even though it's very near Princess Highway this is a much quieter street
We had a look at 2 apartments in this building
It has very nice velvet carpet hallway
The design of the apartments are really really beautiful with black and white accent
Huge walk-in wardrobe for this apartment
The pricing was about $625k for this one
Here's a little cute balcony
All of the apartments here have split system which is great
However these apartments look straight into the neighbor
even though there's a small garden area down there but it's still pretty weird
This apartment is pretty small - it's only 71m2 with 10m2 of balcony
We didn't think it was for us so we moved on and looked at the other one
The second apartment had a much better feel to us
Again we liked the kitchen even though it's small, it's very well designed
Here's a pull-out pantry
The living area is slightly bigger than the previous one
The guest bathroom has dual doors which can be accessed from the living area or the guest bedroom
It also has a walk-in wardrobe which was a big bonus
I love the fact that the bedrooms are separated and they also have their own balcony
Here's a european laundry which is a bit messy but it also has a sink
This is the master bedroom - it's quite small
This apartment's price is a bit higher than the other one It was priced at $649,000
It's on the other side of the building. This balcony can totally be a sunroom also
On this side, it's a bit more quiet, a lot more privacy and the view is absolutely better
Another thing that we love about this place is that the parking lot is really spacious
and you can even have guest parking
The only downside is that it takes me 1 hour to get to work but I will either have to get on 2 train and 1 tram
or get on 1 train go into the city center and then go back out to St Kilda
The next place we were going to was actually not far away
It was in Clayton South - a suburb adjacent to Oakleigh
It was a quite new apartment building
Again these were 2 bed 2 bath 1 car park apartments
We had a look at a couple of them - this one is on higher floor
Look at the beautiful kitchen!
I love the design of this apartment especially the white bench top
It even has storage on this side
Here's a built-in double rubbish bin
Double sink as well
I love how this apartment was designed with a lot of smart storage
Here's a 4-burner stove and the oven
Beautiful European laundry and more shelvings
Here's the bathroom I love the shower as well
and here we go even more storage
We then moved on to a lower floor and have a look at another apartment
For us this apartment was nearly perfect
It was also 2 bed 2 bath and 1 car park with 2 separate bedrooms
This is the guest bedroom
Guest bathroom - it's the same design but the floor plan is a bit different
So there's a small hallway going into the living area
which is a bit smarter designed than the previous one
We feel like there's a lot more space in here that you can actually put a sofa and a TV in the living area
There's also a little bit of view with this one
Let's check out the bedroom
This is the master bedroom
There's a lot of natural light and here's the train
Looks like it's really near the train and I guess it makes sense because it's very close to the train station
The asking price for this apartment was $625k which was the most reasonable that we've ever seen
The master bedroom opened up to a balcony
This balcony is actually quite big and the view is not too bad
The balcony can nicely fit a set of table and barbecue and maybe some of my pot plants as well
I think so far this apartment is the best value for money
It also has a lot of storage which we will definitely need
Here's the laundry
and some more storage
However this is quite a new area and supermarkets are nearby but not in walking distance
The good thing is the train station is only 10 minutes away
It doesn't make commuting any easier though because similar to the previous one,
I would have to either take 2 trains and 1 tram (ride)
or 1 train and 1 tram (ride) to get to work