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8 guests · 3 bedrooms · 2 baths
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About this house rental
Rental basis: Entire house or apartment
Number of bedrooms: 3; Number of other rooms with beds: 0
Number of bathrooms: 2
If you cause damage to the property during your stay, you may be required to pay according to YourRentals’s property damage policy.
Step onto the lacework verandah into a gallery hallway lined with stunning art. Soaring ceilings meet contemporary luxury across three bedrooms, study, two bathrooms and light-filled open-plan living. Voice-controlled smart home, Sonos, vinyl turntable, 65” TV. Private oak-canopied back garden with festoon lights is your hidden retreat. Two off-street parks. Walk to High Street Armadale’s cafés, galleries and boutiques. Heritage meets modern sanctuary.
The space
High Street hums just beyond the gate.
Brides emerge from Vera Wang fittings. Espresso cups clink on marble tabletops. Antique hunters disappear into Victorian arcades. The energy of Melbourne's most elegant precinct pulses through the afternoon.
Then you step inside 35 Stanhope Street.
And everything... stops.
Soaring ceilings. Soft jazz from the Sonos. Indigenous Australian paintings glowing amber in the hallway light. Your shoulders drop before you've set down your bag.
This is the juxtaposition that makes this home irreplaceable: the bustle of one of Australia's great shopping streets, with a sanctuary waiting behind a single door.
The Arrival
The front verandah still wears its original Victorian lacework — a quiet announcement that what follows has roots.
You enter into a gallery hallway that changes how you breathe. Carefully curated and hand-picked art and paintings line both walls. Ochres. Deep river blues. Ancestral dot work that seems to pulse if you look long enough. The ceiling rises above you. The light softens. The city noise fades to memory.
This corridor isn't a passageway. It's a decompression chamber. By the time you reach the living space, you've already arrived — not just physically, but mentally.
The Heart
The hallway releases into a revelation: a light-drenched open-plan living pavilion where 1880s architecture meets contemporary volume.
Double-height kitchen cabinetry rises toward heritage ceilings. A generous island bench anchors morning coffee rituals. Hand-woven pendant spheres hover above a timber dining table that seats eight — the kind of table where lunches become dinners and conversations outlast the wine.
The living zone invites collapse. A deep sectional sofa. A 65" smart TV for streaming. The Sonos filling the room with whatever the moment demands — morning piano, afternoon jazz, evening vinyl from the curated collection by the turntable.
And this home listens.
Voice commands control the climate, summon music, adjust the lights. No fumbling for remotes. No searching for thermostats. Just speak, and the house responds. It's the kind of seamlessness you don't notice until you stay somewhere without it.
Warm timber floors run throughout.
The Bedrooms
Three bedrooms, each with a television, each with its own mood.
The Master Suite
This is where you'll linger longest.
A period fireplace anchors the room — ornamental now, but no less striking. Soft linens. Gentle light. A television for late-night watching when sleep doesn't come immediately.
But the real gift: a door that opens directly to the private courtyard. Your mornings begin here, coffee in hand, oak canopy overhead, the rest of the house still sleeping. This isn't a bedroom. It's a private world within a private world.
The Second Bedroom
Another period fireplace. Another room with presence.
Striped linens dress the bed. The television glows soft against heritage walls. There's a timelessness here — the sense that this room has held restful sleep for over a century, and will hold yours just as gently.
The Third Bedroom
Contemporary calm.
Neutral palette, abundant natural light, television ready for your streaming queue. The simplest of the three, and sometimes that's exactly what rest requires.
The Study
Tucked to the east wing of the living space is a dedicated workspace for those who need it — but the double sofa bed transforms it for larger groups. For those private meetings, pull the barn door separator to tuck yourself away from the joyful chatter from the open-plan living room.
The Bathrooms
Two bathrooms that understand ritual.
Dark tiles. Frameless glass. A horizontal window slicing natural light across the shower wall at golden hour — the kind of design detail that stops you mid-lather and makes you think, someone cared about this moment.
Skylights above. Steam rising into natural light. Clean lines that let morning routines feel unhurried.
These aren't bathrooms you rush through. These are bathrooms where you take your time.
The Courtyard
Step through the glass doors and find the reason you'll return.
A private outdoor breakout beneath a mature oak canopy. Festoon lights strung between branches, waiting for twilight. A timber dining setting that's hosted countless long evenings and will host yours.
This is inner Melbourne's rarest offering — genuine private outdoor space with established greenery, completely hidden from the world. The street could be buzzing two minutes' walk away. You'd never know.
The Location
You're staying in Melbourne's Bridal Capital.
That's not marketing — it's geography. High Street Armadale hosts Vera Wang, Pronovias, and a constellation of couture houses that draw brides from across Australia and beyond. If you're here for fittings, celebrations, or simply proximity to beautiful things, nowhere else compares.
But the street offers more than tulle and lace. This is one of Australia's densest concentration of galleries, antique dealers, and design boutiques. Kings Arcade charms with its heritage-listed passage. Cafés multiply on every corner.
And here's what matters: you're in the energy, but not of it. The bustle is your doorstep entertainment. The sanctuary is your home.
That separation — measured in a single threshold — is worth more than most amenities combined.
What You'll Find Here
Smart home voice control — climate, music, lighting respond to your commands
Sonos sound system — filling the main living space
Televisions in every bedroom — plus study, plus main living
65" Smart TV — streaming ready in the living room
Vinyl turntable — with curated records for analog evenings
Curated Indigenous Australian paintings — permanent artworks, not styling
Two period fireplaces — ornamental heritage features in master and second bedroom
Private courtyard — oak canopy, festoon lights, direct master access
Off-street parking — space for 2 vehicles, plus street permits
High-speed WiFi — throughout the home
Full laundry — washer and dryer
Heating and cooling — climate control in every room
Chef's kitchen — quality appliances, generous prep space
Guest Access
The entire residence is yours — three bedrooms, study with sofa bed, two bathrooms, kitchen, living areas, and private courtyard. Self check-in via secure keypad.
On the Art
The Indigenous Australian paintings throughout this home are carefully curated permanent fixtures. They carry cultural significance and have been selected with intention. Please appreciate them as you would in any gallery — visually, respectfully, gratefully.
Who Stays Here
Families gathering for occasions worth remembering. Bridal parties discovering why this street is legendary. Couples seeking a weekend that feels like an exhale. Executives who need to work but refuse to stay somewhere soulless. Creatives drawing inspiration from considered spaces.
Anyone who understands that where you stay shapes how you feel — and chooses accordingly.
House Rules
This is a cherished home. We welcome guests who treat beautiful things beautifully. No parties. No events. Respectful quiet after 10pm. The kind of care you'd bring to a friend's home — because that's what this is.
Guest access
Access to the home is via a secure PIN Code.
Number of bedrooms: 3; Number of other rooms with beds: 0
Number of bathrooms: 2
If you cause damage to the property during your stay, you may be required to pay according to YourRentals’s property damage policy.
Step onto the lacework verandah into a gallery hallway lined with stunning art. Soaring ceilings meet contemporary luxury across three bedrooms, study, two bathrooms and light-filled open-plan living. Voice-controlled smart home, Sonos, vinyl turntable, 65” TV. Private oak-canopied back garden with festoon lights is your hidden retreat. Two off-street parks. Walk to High Street Armadale’s cafés, galleries and boutiques. Heritage meets modern sanctuary.
The space
High Street hums just beyond the gate.
Brides emerge from Vera Wang fittings. Espresso cups clink on marble tabletops. Antique hunters disappear into Victorian arcades. The energy of Melbourne's most elegant precinct pulses through the afternoon.
Then you step inside 35 Stanhope Street.
And everything... stops.
Soaring ceilings. Soft jazz from the Sonos. Indigenous Australian paintings glowing amber in the hallway light. Your shoulders drop before you've set down your bag.
This is the juxtaposition that makes this home irreplaceable: the bustle of one of Australia's great shopping streets, with a sanctuary waiting behind a single door.
The Arrival
The front verandah still wears its original Victorian lacework — a quiet announcement that what follows has roots.
You enter into a gallery hallway that changes how you breathe. Carefully curated and hand-picked art and paintings line both walls. Ochres. Deep river blues. Ancestral dot work that seems to pulse if you look long enough. The ceiling rises above you. The light softens. The city noise fades to memory.
This corridor isn't a passageway. It's a decompression chamber. By the time you reach the living space, you've already arrived — not just physically, but mentally.
The Heart
The hallway releases into a revelation: a light-drenched open-plan living pavilion where 1880s architecture meets contemporary volume.
Double-height kitchen cabinetry rises toward heritage ceilings. A generous island bench anchors morning coffee rituals. Hand-woven pendant spheres hover above a timber dining table that seats eight — the kind of table where lunches become dinners and conversations outlast the wine.
The living zone invites collapse. A deep sectional sofa. A 65" smart TV for streaming. The Sonos filling the room with whatever the moment demands — morning piano, afternoon jazz, evening vinyl from the curated collection by the turntable.
And this home listens.
Voice commands control the climate, summon music, adjust the lights. No fumbling for remotes. No searching for thermostats. Just speak, and the house responds. It's the kind of seamlessness you don't notice until you stay somewhere without it.
Warm timber floors run throughout.
The Bedrooms
Three bedrooms, each with a television, each with its own mood.
The Master Suite
This is where you'll linger longest.
A period fireplace anchors the room — ornamental now, but no less striking. Soft linens. Gentle light. A television for late-night watching when sleep doesn't come immediately.
But the real gift: a door that opens directly to the private courtyard. Your mornings begin here, coffee in hand, oak canopy overhead, the rest of the house still sleeping. This isn't a bedroom. It's a private world within a private world.
The Second Bedroom
Another period fireplace. Another room with presence.
Striped linens dress the bed. The television glows soft against heritage walls. There's a timelessness here — the sense that this room has held restful sleep for over a century, and will hold yours just as gently.
The Third Bedroom
Contemporary calm.
Neutral palette, abundant natural light, television ready for your streaming queue. The simplest of the three, and sometimes that's exactly what rest requires.
The Study
Tucked to the east wing of the living space is a dedicated workspace for those who need it — but the double sofa bed transforms it for larger groups. For those private meetings, pull the barn door separator to tuck yourself away from the joyful chatter from the open-plan living room.
The Bathrooms
Two bathrooms that understand ritual.
Dark tiles. Frameless glass. A horizontal window slicing natural light across the shower wall at golden hour — the kind of design detail that stops you mid-lather and makes you think, someone cared about this moment.
Skylights above. Steam rising into natural light. Clean lines that let morning routines feel unhurried.
These aren't bathrooms you rush through. These are bathrooms where you take your time.
The Courtyard
Step through the glass doors and find the reason you'll return.
A private outdoor breakout beneath a mature oak canopy. Festoon lights strung between branches, waiting for twilight. A timber dining setting that's hosted countless long evenings and will host yours.
This is inner Melbourne's rarest offering — genuine private outdoor space with established greenery, completely hidden from the world. The street could be buzzing two minutes' walk away. You'd never know.
The Location
You're staying in Melbourne's Bridal Capital.
That's not marketing — it's geography. High Street Armadale hosts Vera Wang, Pronovias, and a constellation of couture houses that draw brides from across Australia and beyond. If you're here for fittings, celebrations, or simply proximity to beautiful things, nowhere else compares.
But the street offers more than tulle and lace. This is one of Australia's densest concentration of galleries, antique dealers, and design boutiques. Kings Arcade charms with its heritage-listed passage. Cafés multiply on every corner.
And here's what matters: you're in the energy, but not of it. The bustle is your doorstep entertainment. The sanctuary is your home.
That separation — measured in a single threshold — is worth more than most amenities combined.
What You'll Find Here
Smart home voice control — climate, music, lighting respond to your commands
Sonos sound system — filling the main living space
Televisions in every bedroom — plus study, plus main living
65" Smart TV — streaming ready in the living room
Vinyl turntable — with curated records for analog evenings
Curated Indigenous Australian paintings — permanent artworks, not styling
Two period fireplaces — ornamental heritage features in master and second bedroom
Private courtyard — oak canopy, festoon lights, direct master access
Off-street parking — space for 2 vehicles, plus street permits
High-speed WiFi — throughout the home
Full laundry — washer and dryer
Heating and cooling — climate control in every room
Chef's kitchen — quality appliances, generous prep space
Guest Access
The entire residence is yours — three bedrooms, study with sofa bed, two bathrooms, kitchen, living areas, and private courtyard. Self check-in via secure keypad.
On the Art
The Indigenous Australian paintings throughout this home are carefully curated permanent fixtures. They carry cultural significance and have been selected with intention. Please appreciate them as you would in any gallery — visually, respectfully, gratefully.
Who Stays Here
Families gathering for occasions worth remembering. Bridal parties discovering why this street is legendary. Couples seeking a weekend that feels like an exhale. Executives who need to work but refuse to stay somewhere soulless. Creatives drawing inspiration from considered spaces.
Anyone who understands that where you stay shapes how you feel — and chooses accordingly.
House Rules
This is a cherished home. We welcome guests who treat beautiful things beautifully. No parties. No events. Respectful quiet after 10pm. The kind of care you'd bring to a friend's home — because that's what this is.
Guest access
Access to the home is via a secure PIN Code.
Amenities at Sanctuary on Stanhope - Art & Modern Luxury
Non-smoking
No pets allowed
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