37 Elswick St, Leichhardt NSW 2040

This is what a lifetime of love looks like. Freestanding and remarkably wide at 8 metres, this beautiful Victorian terrace is rich with period soul, holding a prized position on one of Leichhardt's most tightly held streets. A warm ochre facade with iron lacework and tessellated tiles sets an unmistakably characterful tone, before the original timber door opens to an elegant hallway of warm hardwood floors, drawing you beneath a jewel-toned leadlight arch. Two character-filled bedrooms give way to a gorgeous period bathroom with a freestanding claw-foot bath at its heart, before the home opens into a gracious living and dining domain bathed in eastern light, with French doors spilling to a sprawling, lushly planted garden beyond.

Upstairs, the principal bedroom retreat feels entirely its own. Extraordinary in scale and framed by sweeping district treetop views, it unfolds beneath lofty ceilings before French doors open to a balcony suspended above the leafy canopy. Vast, private and deeply serene, the garden is the home's true centrepiece, offering a rare sense of calm and space so close to the city. To the rear, a workshop stands ready for the creative, the handy, or simply those who need the space. Steps from Norton Plaza, the Italian Forum and Parramatta Road buses, with swift city access and local high schools close by, this is not simply a home. It's an heirloom.

- Beautifully appointed Victorian terrace, 278.2sqm