“The Green House’ at 257 Burnley St, Richmond.
A 1960s time capsule Richmond property known as “The Green House” has hit the market with a $1.4m-$1.54m price range.
The home at 257 Burnley St, a local icon within its suburb, features a distinctive facade – a fusion of concrete blocks and a Spanish Mission-style loggia – that was added onto the residence in 1964.
Jellis Craig Richmond director Elliot Gill said the three-bedroom house’s owner of about 60 to 70 years was a carpenter and joiner who had built all the joinery inside the abode.
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And it’s attracted plenty of interest since being listed for sale with many people attending inspections to check out the colourful retro interior.
“I think people have just been really happy that the inside reflects the outside,” Mr Gill said.
“It’s just a very recognisable property because it’s not like anything else.”
There’s a large front living room, sewing room, rear sunroom and laundry, plus a workshop and store room the owner has used for his woodworking projects, next to the car port.
“There’s good rear access as well, from a lane, for parking,” Mr Gill said.
Wire mesh covers the workshop’s windows, after the owner’s children developed a fondness for backyard cricket.
The interiors have not been styled but retain their genuine vintage style.
A kitchen like Mum and Dad, or your grandparents, used to have.
The sewing room is home to a Singer sewing machine and a Tigers poster.
Mr Gill said the owner has downsized and his children were now organising the house’s sale.
The home is close to Burnley Park, the Yarra River, public transport, Melbourne Park and the MCG, plus Burnley St, Swan St and Bridge Rd’s eateries and shops.
It’s also near Punt Rd Oval where the Tigers are based, a fact appreciated by the Richmond supporters in the owner’s family.
Possibly the grooviest bathroom in Richmond.
One of the three-bedrooms.
The house does not have a heritage listing but is beloved by many local residents.
Mr Gill said that although the 396sq m block would be an ideal development site, subject to council approval, most buyers interested in The Green House were families.
The eye-catching home has received quite a bit of attention on social media, including from the Instagram account Tallstorey run by Storey of Melbourne blogger Rohan Storey, who covers historic architecture and distinctive buildings across the city.
In his post about the house, Mr Storey writes that film critic, author and Monash University Adjunct Associate Professor, Adrian Martin, grew up there and that his father owns the house.
Even the roof is green.
Purple walls and a purple roof in another bedroom.
The owner’s woodworking workshop.
Mr Martin’s first book of essays on popular culture, Phantasms, was published in 1994.
In 2003, he wrote a book about the Mad Max movies.
Martin has also provided audio commentary on movies for DVD companies and won the 1997 Pascall Prize for Arts Criticism (Australia) and the 1993 Australian Film Institute’s Byron Kennedy Award for creative enterprise within the film and television industries
The house will be auctioned at 11am on August 31.
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