What to see this weekend

11 North Terrace, Clifton Hill
About $3.3 million
4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 car spaces
11.30am-noon

The agent says North Terrace is in Melbourne’s top-10 most tightly held streets so an auction in the wide strip facing Darling Gardens is a treat. Even rarer is such a large and lovely property: a renovated heritage house with slate roof, fireplaces and four bedrooms (plus conversion potential for more) on a landscaped 600-square-metre block with north-facing rear garden. It’s an easy walk to schools, transport and Queens Parade shops.

Auction at 2.30pm, on December 3
Nelson Alexander, James Keenan 0418 580 620

42b Spring Road, Caulfield South
$2.15-$2.35 million
4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 2 car spaces
1pm-1.30pm Saturday & 12.30pm-1pm Sunday

Living will be easy over summer at this pristine circa-2014 property with a salt-chlorinated pool, home cinema, outdoor fireplace and family areas that spell out relaxing evenings and fun-filled school holidays. The floor plan is spot-on (well zoned, with bedrooms upstairs), the inclusions lack nothing and the top-notch finishes include wide oak floorboards, Quantum Quartz kitchen benches and limestone – just what you’d expect from a contemporary owner-builder.

Auction at 12.30pm, on December 4
Gary Peer, Nikki Janover 0412 496 545

8 Monica Street, Essendon
$2.5-$2.65 million
6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 2 car spaces
11am-11.30am

The director of well-established local building firm Hille’s Home Extensions is selling his impressively spacious six-bedroom house in the prestigious Mar Lodge estate. It’s strong on entertainment spaces, with a vast covered verandah between a solar-heated pool in the north-facing garden, and the slick open-plan kitchen/family zone, yet its weatherboard facade, high ceilings and oak parquetry floors give it gracious period-style character.

Auction at 2pm, on December 10
Brad Teal, Rodney Callahan  0418 131 123

9 Ross Street, Kew
$3.8 million-plus
5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 car spaces
2.30pm-3pm

The Sackville ward is “a market all of its own” particularly for families drawn to its elite schools, the agent says; and in such a well-positioned, tree-lined street, behind a low-key facade, this renovated house with pool has an appealing beauty. Luxury contemporary fittings harmonise with its warm European styling seen in dark-stained timber floors, stone chimney and vine-covered pergola for alfresco dining.

Auction at 11.30am, on December 3
Marshall White, James Tostevin 0417 003 333

6 Earlsfield Road, Hampton
$1.8 million-plus
4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 car spaces
2.45pm-3.15pm

Between a pretty California bungalow facade and its Mini-Me cubby house in the back garden, this house has sleek contemporary style, a solar-heated pool, and schools within walking distance.

Auction at 12.30pm, on December 3
Hodges, Angus Graham 0401 505 259