86 Fletcher Street

Castlemaine VIC 3450

From the front verandah, with lacework overhead and Castlemaine spreading out through the treetops below, it is immediately clear that this house has been well lived in. Set high on a 1009 sqm corner allotment (approx), this is a double-fronted Victorian that has accumulated character across generations and has been updated where it counts.The central hallway sets the tone: a painted arch in green and red, period pine boards underfoot, and the particular quality of light that only comes from high ceilings and doors at each end. Off the hall, the rooms of the original house are intact and full of detail, decorative pressed ceilings, period fireplaces, and the kind of proportions that contemporary homes rarely reach. One bedroom serves equally well as a study or sitting room; another opens directly to the front verandah, with its outlook to the street and the countryside beyond.Towards the rear, the house opens into a bright, well-resolved addition: updated kitchen with timber benchtops and a sage splashback, open dining, and a north-facing living room with sliding doors onto a wide deck. The garden beyond is established and layered, with a grapevine pergola shading a paved patio, a serious shed, mature trees, and enough room to keep going if the inclination is there. The renovated bathroom with a freestanding bath and rainhead shower is tucked in beside the kitchen, relaxed and generously lit by garden views.The golf course and Kalimna Park are a short walk in one direction; central Castlemaine, with its food, music, and weekend ritual, is 1.5km in the other.A Victorian on this block, this close, with this much intact, it doesn't come around often.