BAYSWATER earned bragging rights this week after landing the most house sales across the metropolitan region; in what was a tough market to jag a sale. But it’s Inglewood and Leederville that have provided the real shine over the 12 months, with their median house prices both rising 7.5 per cent over the year ($814,125…

HANDLE Property Group launched it’s much-anticipated The Bottleyard development on Palmerston Street last Saturday, the miserable weather not stopping a steady street of interested viewers strolling the new complex. The Bottleyard is named after one of the site’s previous uses: in the early 1900s it became the burgeoning city’s largest bottleyard, home of the Perth…

WE don’t normally review homes outside of Voiceland, but this Bicton house was such a jaw-dropping masterpiece, we just had to let our readers in on it. I’ve reviewed a lot of homes over the years, including a swag of big show ponies, but this is on another level altogether; from corner-to-corner every room is…

YOU can tinker with your motorbike, but for some real Zen, you can’t beat staring at fish. My three-year-old went to some higher plane when she discovered the small fish pond in the rear courtyard of this beautifully renovated federation terrace home. Usually a fidgety chatterbox, she became as mute and motionless as a statue…

PATRON saint of brides, parents and the lame, St Clotilde lived a long and varied life in the sixth century. And this apartment on Clotilde Street in Mt Lawley is a great spot for newlyweds, or even retirees who want to enjoy the fruits of their long and varied life. Set amid a street of…

JUST before the Great War, a handsome and rugged Englishman named George Simpson-Hayward beguiled batsmen around the world with his almost unplayable underarm lobs. Simpson-Hayward was a master tactician who spent three years perfecting a bamboozling off-break in his back garden before unleashing it in South Africa, where in one innings he routed the opposition…

Disclaimer: These comments are the writer’s own and do not necessarily reflect the current opinions and policies of the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia. Flicking through some of my earlier contributions to the Voice, I found this one about Affordability written in 2010; this issue remains a hot button topic. Much finger-pointing surrounds this topic:…

PROMINENT Perth builder JP Collins built this Mt Lawley home for his family in 1957 – and a Collins has lived there ever since. He had four kids and a wife, but that wasn’t a problem as there’s plenty of space in this six-bedroom abode. Collins’ career took off in the 1930s when art deco…

THE moment you step into this Mount Lawley home you will be in awe at the drop-dead gorgeous domed ceiling and the art deco splendour. There’s another domed ceiling in the lounge room and plenty of decorative ceilings elsewhere, including the generous dining room, where a bank of windows cast mellow light. In these days…

THE first time I saw this North Perth home, built in 1935, I was instantly taken by the classic charm of its red-tiled roof, cream exterior and green, stainless steel fencing. It blends in perfectly with Mabel Street, which is tree-lined and dominated by classic homes, most of which look like time left them alone.…