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HANSEL and Gretel’s gingerbread house came to mind as I trod the winding brick path to this North Perth home. Mellow aged brick in tones of red/brown, parts in a herringbone pattern, cute peaked roof lines, white shutters and a wrap around verandah give the three-bedroom home a story-book appeal. There’s even a cute matching…

IF you’ve got a small brood (or are planning one) and haven’t lived across the road from a park, this Maylands three-bedroom should go top of your list. A bit further south I’m blessed to be in a cul de sac opposite a park and already my five-year-old is allowed to head across unaccompanied –…

ELEGANT wrought iron gates secured to limestone pillars, and soaring pine trees set the tone for this grand Mt Lawley home on Park Road. A manicured garden of roses, aged camellias and a stately water feature add to the genteel dignity of the old home, where jarrah flows and dainty ceiling roses are found throughout.…

AS newlyweds in 1986 the vendors of this Fifth Avenue, Mt Lawley home were given advice as solid as bricks and mortar. “[To] buy the worst house in the best street we could afford.” They needed somewhere central to the city and the tired old home on the corner of Fifth and Carrington  fitted the…

RAW brick, industrial roof lines, huge steel doors and massive girders, the Maltings in North Perth took out numerous awards for its mix of heritage and development. “A first-rate example of urban renewal because of its blend of heritage and history with modern living,” Development Institute of Australia judge Peter Lanigan said in 2006. New…

THE cream stucco work and perfect tuck-pointed red brick wall above it kind of looked authentic 1920s, but there was just something that made me think this Rookwood Street home was more than greets the eye. And it seems I was right, as it’s more than a sum of its parts with an original single-storey…

BIRDSONG filled the air as I approached this Phillips Street, Dianella home, mostly from a forest of trees at a park across the road. They’re equally pleasant once you’re ensconced on a chair in one of the two alfresco areas of this four-bedroom home, which sits on a whopping 819sqm. “We’re out here all the…

AS the heavy timber door closed, the traffic noise on Scarborough Beach Road went mute. That’s when the peace and tranquility of this postcard-pretty cottage in North Perth shot it off the cuteness Richter scale. Weatherboards and a bullnose verandah charm and beguile you the minute you walk through the automatic gates. Built in the…

GREEN BANS imposed by unions saved a number of WA heritage properties in the past, but humble painters can be thanked for preserving the integrity of this Sixth Avenue, Inglewood home. The vendor was agonising over whether to paint the gorgeous, aged jarrah door frames and windows, picture rails and skirting to fit with the…