68 Hortense St, Glen Iris is a 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom House with 2 parking spaces. The property has a land size of 650m2 and floor size of 209m2. While the property is not currently for sale or for rent, it was last sold in October 2024.
Offered to the market for the first time in three decades, this stately clinker brick period home surrounded by picturesque gardens delivers serene elegance, reminiscent of a grand European manor; occupying a coveted Summerhill Estate position, moments from leafy Ferndale and Anniversary Trails, Ashburton Village and train station.
Imbued with ambience of the era, the substantial home has been carefully crafted and beautifully maintained, presenting opulent formal living spaces under towering ceilings with hardwood timber flooring and joinery, an open fireplace and walls of windows capturing vistas of a north/west manicured lawn, established trees and greenery. The casual family and dining precinct with adjoining neatly presented kitchen is no less impressive, breath-taking in scale under high ceilings, providing seamless flow to an extensive paved alfresco zone spilling out to the rear garden delivering the epitome of indoor/outdoor entertaining.
The main bedroom fitted with floor to ceiling built in robes is positioned to overlook the glorious front garden while the slate bathroom with bath and separate laundry with rear access complete the downstairs domain. Accommodation on the upper level comprises three spacious bedrooms (BIRs) and a family bathroom.
A paved brick driveway provides ample off street parking for multiple vehicles and a lock up garage extends to a workshop and provides multipurpose use while ducted heating, split system heating/aircon, double glazed windows in the family room, under-stair and roof storage, two substantial water tanks (4500l & 5500l), solar panels and a garden shed are superb additions.
Enjoy this magnificent home evoking a bygone era of grandeur while delivering endless potential to update and refresh for a superior family lifestyle mere moments from buses, trams, trains, shops, dining and amenities, abundant parkland and Ashburton Primary School with easy access to esteemed secondary schools, Chadstone Shopping Centre and the M1.
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The size of Glen Iris is approximately 8.0 square kilometres. It has 26 parks covering nearly 8.7% of total area. The population of Glen Iris in 2016 was 25268 people. By 2021 the population was 26131 showing a population growth of 3.4% in the area during that time. The predominant age group in Glen Iris is 50-59 years. Households in Glen Iris are primarily couples with children and are likely to be repaying over $4000 per month on mortgage repayments. In general, people in Glen Iris work in a professional occupation.In 2021, 70.00% of the homes in Glen Iris were owner-occupied compared with 68.00% in 2016.
Glen Iris has 13,480 properties. Over the last 5 years, Houses in Glen Iris have seen a 4.37% increase in median value, while Units have seen a 6.61% increase. As at 31 March 2026:
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