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ID_Land’s latest Brunswick development, Canvas, offers residents a premier home with both breathtaking vista's and convenience.

Designing a building offering a collection of 62 one, two and three-bedroom apartments, the award-winning Rothelowman Architects has placed people at the cornerstone of their design.

Located on the building’s rooftop is a variety of communal spaces providing residential facilities and green spaces, with views of Melbourne’s city skyline and parks.

Brimming with amenity, the project boasts a communal lounge area, kitchen and entertainment dining, providing a refreshing work from home space or a quiet corner for a good book.

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The apartments are described as a&nbsp;blank canvas, designed to fulfill resident's needs&nbsp;through clean&nbsp;open-plan living.

Floor-to-ceiling windows provide connectivity to Melbourne, casting light on&nbsp;timber floorboards. The synergy between neutral interiors and the exteriors homage to Brunswick's industrial heritage inspire the ideal of hardwork and creativity a blank slate brings.

Canvas is located in close proximity to the Melbourne CBD, among&nbsp;universities and a short walk from Princes Park.

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Situated on the bustling Barkly Street, Canvas provides absolute convenience with private and secure access to an on-grade car park, with no car lifts or parking stackers.

Each apartment also benefits from at least one bike space and on-site bike maintenance facilities are available.

Green living was taken as a requirement with additions such as all communal areas in the complex make use of solar technology and the rooftop garden collects rainwater for greywater harvesting diminishing the building carbon footprint.

Canvas has a&nbsp;walk score of 97/100, located less than a minute from nearby shops and just three minutes&nbsp;walk to the nearest tram stop.

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ID_Land’s latest Brunswick development, Canvas, offers residents a premier home with both breathtaking vista's and convenience

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Rediscover working from home at ID_Land's Canvas in Brunswick

As the return to the office stalls due to ongoing lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne, discerning apartment developers are pivoting their approach to apartment design.

If not already as standard, a number of developers are going hard on the work-from-home office space, whether it&#39;s part of the wider development or within the apartments.

More than one-10th of Melbourne&#39;s office floor space was untenanted in July, the Property Council of Australia&#39;s Office Market Report showed. The St Kilda Rd precinct had Melbourne highest vacancy rate at 16.3 per cent, followed by Southbank by 15.2 per cent.

Chris McCue, managing director at architecture and design firm Carr, says he has seen the&nbsp;demand for a tailored home office space continue right through the pandemic.

&quot;The multitude of workspaces within a single dwelling has definitely risen as we move to more longer-term workplace flexibility and adaptive environments,&quot; McCue said.

The customisable apartments at Riverlee&#39;s mixed-use Melbourne development Seafarers had a recent buyer re-jig&nbsp;the floorplan, taking out the laundry sink which was moved to the ensuite to accomodate a study nook large enough for two people, fitted with cabinetry and shelving.

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The developer Riverlee also focused on the home office boom by adding shared facilities in the 123-room development, located in the same Flinders Street building as&nbsp;Australia&#39;s first 1 Hotel.

Residents will have access to a number of meeting rooms and breakout areas, an 800-seat function space, a residents-only library and communal lounge. There&#39;s also onsite building support staff who can assist with printing.

The home office facilities, as well as the access of&nbsp;exclusive privileges when staying at a&nbsp;1 Hotel&nbsp;worldwide, has seen a big uptake in purchases by entrepreneurs and executives.

Seafarers was&nbsp;designed by Fender Katsalidis on the banks of the Yarra River. They were tasked with&nbsp;reimagining&nbsp;the heritage-protected Goods Shed 5, preserving&nbsp;the only intact remnants from the days before containerisation.

McCue said Seafarers&nbsp;faceted exterior does more than create a striking urban presence, it yields uniquely large floorplans.

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&quot;From the four-bedroom penthouses to two-bedroom residences, each interior is meticulously planned to maximise natural light, external views and connection to the textures and rhythms of its riverfront setting,&quot; McCue said.

&quot;Luxury can mean so much in terms of spatial and service amenity and is where Seafarers achieves luxury in many ways.

&quot;From a service inclusion and connection to 1 Hotels, to the kitchen joinery and fixtures inclusions, to the inclusion of generous and highly-functional storage.

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&quot;There was a lot of consideration around house-like storage amenity, as well as spatial amenity and flow through spaces and connection.

&quot;Our key spatial thinking and beliefs include connected indoor and outdoor living spaces, controlled and extended aspects, extended views that are aligned with internal planning.&quot;

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Chris McCue, managing director at architecture and design firm Carr, says he has seen the demand for a tailored home office space continue right through the pandemic

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How apartment customisation and adding a home office is driving off the plan sales

A 2015 apartment complex in Melbourne&#39;s Fairfield has seen keen buyer interest given their provision of study nooks.

The latest offering was snapped up in 22 days, after the marketing advised a dedicated study nook added extra work-from-home flexibility to the smart, modern apartment in the heart of Fairfield.&nbsp;

Melbourne&#39;s CBD has seen one of the slowest return to work rates among the capital cities.

The apartment is about eight kms from the CBD.

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Situated on the ground floor, there was an attractive paved and landscaped terrace off the living area in the 70 sqm apartment.

It came with an European laundry, car space and storage cage.

It was sold by Woodards agent Andrew Guarino.

The apartment last sold off the plan in 2014 at $425,850.

It was advertised in late 2017 as a $400 a week rental.

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&quot;Sleek finishes paired with oak floors created an engaging living and dining domain, flooded in natural light,&quot; his marketing advised.

There was a Bosch equipped Caesarstone kitchen.

&quot;Lifestyle and location are first-class with the vibrant cafes, restaurants and shopping of Fairfield Village at your door.

&quot;There is easy access to buses and trains, with the added bonus of Fairfield Boathouse, Yarra Bend Park and bike trails within walking distance,&quot; Guarino advised.

The development application lodged with Darabin Council in 2013 sought 35 apartments comprise 14 one-bedroom and 21 two-bedroom dwellings, and 33 car parking spaces in the basement.

The four storey complex replaced two Edwardian era homes.

The $508,000 sale was at 3/62-64 Station Street 

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One bedder with study nook fits the bill in $508,000 Fairfield sale

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The need for a work or study area has been the most important desire of homebuyers since the pandemic.

"More flexible working arrangements have driven the change in preferences, with commute times becoming less of a factor," NAB Executive, Home Ownership, Andy Kerr says.

It follows NAB research, which surveyed 330 property professionals, including investors, real estate agents, &amp; developers.

It revealed around nine in 10 (86%) see a study or work area as more important now to homebuyers than it was pre-pandemic.

Other factors to hold greater value include good local shopping, restaurants and amenities (75%), the size of the property (65%), buying a house over an apartment (63%) and access to good public transport (51%).

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“Lockdowns have reshaped how we live and with many at home for longer periods, the desire for a little more space has grown,” Mr Kerr said.

“This may mean a larger living room for the kids to play, a dedicated study to separate work from home life or a bigger backyard for the new puppy to run around.”

The factor that has shown the greatest decline in importance is the need to be in a metro area, with 57 per cent saying this is now less important. 

Victorians are seen most willing to move away from metro areas on the back of Melbourne’s longer lockdown.

In a similar vein, consideration of a move to regional areas is swelling, with 85 per cent listing this as a more important factor.

Buyers in NSW, home to Australia’s most expensive capital, are seen to be keenest to consider a regional move. 

This shows up in price data as regional NSW outpaces all other regions.

“The idea of a sea change or tree change is exciting to many Australians and a large number of customers have made the move in recent months as hybrid working models become more common,” Mr Kerr said.

“Our data shows more than one in 10 Australians expect to buy a home this year, and more and more will be looking further out than we have seen historically.”
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New NAB data details the factors that have become more important to Australian homebuyers since the pandemic.

Work space has been the biggest desire on the homebuyer list since pandemic: NAB

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The increase in the ‘small office home office’ (SoHo) worker, fuelled in part by mobile and Wi-Fi technology, has implications for the property market in that more city workers will have the option to live in more affordable lifestyle locations with good access back to the city when required, says John McGrath in a recent Switzer blog.
As technology advances and more businesses introduce flexible working arrangements, the need to go ‘into the office’ is diminishing and that transformation has a bearing on the property market.
Working in SoHo was one of the hottest future trends analysed in the latest annual McGrath Report.
Imagine being able to pay off your home much sooner, spend every afternoon at the beach, take a 10 minute drive to everything, live for less and still earn a big city salary? That’s the lifestyle of a future generation of teleworkers who won’t need to live in expensive cities to earn a living, writes McGrath.
Citing a 2015 report commissioned by nbn™, he says social demographer Bernard Salt described a new Australian dream where work fits around lifestyle. Fast broadband will allow more people to work when and where they like, with workplaces switching focus to what is delivered rather than serving the traditional 9 to 5. 
According to ABS figures, 8.5% of the workforce operates as a sole-person business; and one in 12 employees spend more time working from home than any other location.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority adds that one in two Australians are already considered ‘digital workers’ who use the internet to work away from the office part-time, full-time or outside normal hours.
A typical digital worker is aged 35 to 44, university qualified and lives in a major capital city. They work for medium-sized businesses (20-199 employees) and more than a third telecommute three-plus days per week. But soon enough, more of them will be working remotely on a permanent basis.
As Salt says in the report, “The Australian penchant for lifestyle locations such as seachange and treechange might be enhanced as more people set up businesses or deliver work via the internet from wherever they choose to live.”
Workplaces are increasingly recognising the benefits of digital employees, including the ability to hire the best of the best no matter where they are located; heightened productivity because teleworkers are not subjected to the usual office distractions; and greater staff retention because employees will appreciate this new style of flexibility.
Right now in Sydney, there is a growing trend of senior executives and empty-nesters heading to the Blue Mountains, Southern Highlands and the North Coast where they can work from home part-time, enjoy a better lifestyle and commute to Sydney with ease.
McGrath believes more young families will join the trend, propelled not only by new and flexible employment opportunities but also by rising property values in major cities, which limits them in terms of home size and discretionary spending after paying the mortgage.
With every Australian expected to have access to the NBN by 2020, the population outside capital cities is expected to swell to 10 million from eight million today in 2030, according to the report, called Towards a Super Connected Australia.
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