1702/7 Chester Street, Newstead, Qld 4006

Somewhere between the front door and the pool, you stop thinking of this as an apartment at all. Penthouse C1702 sits at the top of Chester, and it does not behave like anything in the building beneath it. It sprawls. It breathes. It has a foyer, for heaven's sake, and a gallery to walk through before the city shows itself.

And then it does. The living and dining open wide and push you straight out to where the day is meant to happen. The terrace. All 148m2 of it, with a private pool and room to spare. This is not a balcony you shuffle onto with a coffee. This is the Sunday that starts with a swim and ends with everyone still there at dusk, plates on the table, the city lighting up in the distance while nobody makes a move to leave. It is the barbecue lunch that turns into dinner. Doors open, shoes off, breeze through, until inside and outside stop being separate things. It is the reason you buy up high in the first place.

The interior knows better than to compete with all that. A stone kitchen with Miele appliances and herringbone floors, calm and considered. Built for a dinner party you will absolutely host and a Tuesday you will happily waste. Three real bedrooms, properly apart from one another. Three bathrooms. A main suite with its own dressing room and a freestanding bath. Room for the family, room for guests, room to spread out and never trip over each other.

Then the building goes to work for you. A full-time concierge who knows your name. Two rooftop pools and spas, a gym, a private cinema, a residents' dining room and chef's kitchen, all a short lift ride from your door and none of it your problem to maintain. You get the sprawl and privacy of a house and not a single thing to mow, fix or look after. Brisbane offers that pairing almost never, and almost never this high up.

For all that remove, you are still in the thick of the good part of town. James Street, Gasworks and Howard Smith Wharves are a walk away, the river and the parks are on your doorstep, the CBD is minutes down the road. Close enough to walk to dinner, high enough that the noise never follows you home.

The good bits, for the scrollers:
+ 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3 secure car spaces
+ 308m2 total, 160m2 internal opening to a 148m2 terrace
+ Private pool and landscaped entertaining terrace
+ Main suite with dressing room and freestanding bath
+ Stone kitchen, Miele appliances, herringbone floors, ducted air
+ Full-time concierge, onsite building management, secure entry
+ Two rooftop pools, gym, cinema, private dining, BBQ areas and lounges
+ Walk to James Street, Gasworks, Howard Smith Wharves, the river and parks

If this is the one you have quietly been holding out for, come and stand on that terrace before someone else does. That is a conversation we would very much like to have, so let's talk.