What to see this weekend

Penthouse, 181 Exhibition Street, Melbourne
About $2 million
3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 car spaces
1.30pm-2pm

Above one of Robert Hoddle’s eight original streets of Melbourne – known in 1837 as Stephen Street – hovers this two-level pad, one of four atop the mid-century Paramount building.

Chinatown is at its feet and from the terrace and picture windows are views of Parliament House, St Patrick’s Cathedral, city gardens and the Dandenongs. A fresh high-end renovation is complemented by on-site pool, gym and tennis court, plus direct lift access.

Expressions of interest close at 4pm, on May 3
Dingle Partners, Tracey Fletcher 0415 609 226

92 Ruskin Street, Elwood
$2.9 million
4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 car spaces
12.30pm-1pm

Brutalist in form, state-of-the-art, luxe-contemporary and practical as a family home, this circa 2013 build with pool is a masterful blend of raw textured concrete, warm timbers and luxury bespoke fixtures in its just-completed remodelling. “It’s incredibly well designed,” says the agent, who nominates the highlights as a sunken living room beside a “ponded environment” under a glazed void, and the natural light spilling through its glazed-roof gallery from front door to back.

Auction at 1pm, on May 7
Chisholm & Gamon, Torsten Kasper 0428 454 181

84 Sackville Street, Kew
$3.5 million
5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 car spaces
1.30pm-2pm

Beyond  its decorous facade, the corner-site brick period house, Bethune, becomes a backyard party girl with a top-to-toe makeover the agent describes as “imaginative, brilliantly done with contemporary flair”. The outdoor entertainment spaces off the kitchen/family room include raked rooflines over a two-way chimney, solar-heated pool and sunken home theatre with a curved timber seating pod and cubby house. The Sackville ward is renowned for its elite-school cluster.

Auction at 10.30am, on May 7
Marshall White, James Tostevin 0417 003 333

13 St Aubins Avenue, Caulfield North
$2.8 million
4 beds 4 baths 2 cars
1pm-1.30pm Saturday; 11am-11.30am Sunday

This on-trend mid-century house has the classic flat roof, solid-brick build (even its internal walls) and fully glazed  back to the north overlooking the pool, but its personality-plus Palm Springs styling takes it to another alluring level. There’s a living room-kitchen partnership both upstairs (opening to a balcony) and down (opening to a stone-paved terrace), serviced by a balanced zigzag of internal and external stairs. Two of the four bedrooms have an en suite.

Auction at 11.30am, on May 15
RT Edgar, Justine Harris 0407 332 618 (in conjunction with Gary Peer)

29 Cunningham Street, Northcote
$3 million
5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 car spaces
10.30am-11am

Inspired by its Victorian-heritage neighbourhood, this circa 2000 Point Architects house with pool has the continuity in its spacious accommodation that renovated originals can lack. It’s handy to Westgarth village shops, train, tram and Merri Creek. “There’s strong demand from up-sizers for this kind of property,” the agent says.

Auction at 3pm, on May 14
Barry Plant, Gino De Iesi  0418 328 062