Luxury townhouses tap in to billionaire’s peninsula boom

Luxury new two and three-bedroom townhouses are on the market at 86 Fenwick St, Portarlington.

Billionaire businessman Paul Little’s investments in Portarlington are driving developers to seize their opportunity in the Bellarine Peninsula lifestyle town.

Much has been made of Mr Little’s efforts in the town, including upgrading the Grand Hotel and introducing a daily ferry service to Melbourne, and luxury apartment and townhouse developments have followed.

The latter is a complex of eight luxury townhouses at 86 Fenwick St.

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Luxury new two and three-bedroom townhouses are on the market at 86 Fenwick St, Portarlington.

The project comprises seven two-bedroom and one three-bedroom townhouses, each spanning two storeys in a gated complex with private decks and gardens.

Shanelle Property director Stuart Atkins said potential buyers were waiting to see the finished product.

“We’ve had people from Melbourne that are moving down, retirees, local people that are just wanting to downsize from a 850sq m block of land that’s an older house and get something new,” he said.

The project is a collaboration between Apex Building Design Studio and Barking Dog Builders, providing a choice of five different layouts over two levels, with each residence featuring an open-plan design, high-end finishes, and a garage.

The kitchen at 8/86 Fenwick St, Portarlington, includes a butler’s pantry.

A timber staircase separates the floors.

Finishes include engineered oak floors and high square-set ceilings, ground-floor living and dining adjoining kitchens appointed with Bosch appliances, stone benchtops and custom joinery.

Mr Atkins said the wide street frontage enabled the design to create bigger spaces, including double-storey homes with back gardens.

“We haven’t been compromised on the size of them, because the average size of the secondary market there – the 50 to 60-year old units, they’re about 80sq m. Our smaller ones are 118sq m, so it’s bigger, more modern,” he said.

“We wanted to achieve something that felt safe and secure. There’s automatic gates at the front and out the back a tall Colorbond fence. You still get the morning sun, but you feel very safe.

The kitchen at 3/86 Fenwick St.

The living space opens to a private courtyard.

“If they want to go away, they can set and forget. And if they’ve got grandkids, the bedrooms are unusually large so you can get a couple of single beds, or a bunk bed in there.”

Fletchers Bellarine agent Ben Roberts said the townhouses have all the bells and whistles to allow people to enjoy the position and the town, that’s surrounded with many attractions.

“They’ve got big bedrooms, good glazing, good light and an architectural design. They’re super courtyards, super-private,” Mr Roberts said.

The homes are a short walk from the main street of Portarlington.

“But also for a lock-up-and-leave weekender, people getting the ferry from Melbourne down to accommodation on the Bellarine, which as we know, is tight.

“You’re 200m from the coffee shops, 500m for a beer at the pub and 700m to the ferry back to Melbourne, so as far location goes without being on the main street, it’s as good as. And it’s a quiet, wide street.”

Fletchers Bellarine agents Ben Roberts and Mary Garrett are marketing the townhouses, which range in price from $895,000 to $980,000 up to $1.35m-$1.45m.

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