57 Caroline Street, Clifton Hill, Vic 3068

Affordable, light-filled and brilliantly located, this first-level one-bedroom apartment offers a genuine opportunity to get a foothold in Clifton Hill without the usual Clifton Hill price tag.

Set back within an established development, the apartment enjoys a pleasant leafy outlook across Caroline Street, with Quarries Park just moments away and some of Melbourne's best walking, cycling and riverside parklands virtually on the doorstep.

Fresh and immediately comfortable, the apartment features a generous living and dining area, practical galley kitchen, double bedroom with built-in robes and an ensuite-style bathroom with shower over bath. An undercover car space on title adds another increasingly valuable inner-city advantage.

For a first home buyer, it's an affordable way to stop renting and start owning in a suburb that can otherwise be difficult to enter. For someone living regionally, it makes equal sense as a low-maintenance Melbourne stopover – lock it up, leave the car and head into the city by train.

Clifton Hill Station is an easy walk away, while nearby arterial roads and the Trennery Crescent connection provide straightforward access through Abbotsford and across Melbourne. Quarries Park, Merri Creek, the Yarra River trails and Yarra Bend are all close by, along with the cafés, shops and everyday conveniences that make Clifton Hill such an enduringly popular place to live.