28 Hewitt St, Wilston

The railway reached Wilston in 1899. Four years later, this house went up 200 metres from the platform. 123 years on, the trains still run. The fireplace tiles are still the hand glazed originals. And Wilston Village is still a 150 metre walk from the front gate. One of the suburb’s grand old Queenslanders. On 1,113m². Now available to lease. The Need To Knows… + 1903 Federation Queenslander on an elevated 1,113m² block with views over the suburb + 4 bedrooms or 3 beds plus a second living room + The bedrooms open directly onto wraparound verandahs + Separate formal living, informal living and dining + Original double sided fireplace with hand glazed Arts & Crafts tilework and an ornate timber surround, shared between the living and dining rooms (decorative only) + Coffered ceilings, original timber wall panelling, 150mm timber floorboards and 250mm skirting + Stained glass windows framing the formal entry + Rear kitchen with generous storage and a servery to the casual meals area + Bathroom with 2 shower zones + Laundry with a second toilet and a drying balcony + External stairs front and rear to the yards What The Pictures Don’t Show… + Bond: 6 weeks rent + Inclusions: Specialist garden maintenance + Water consumption charged to the tenant + Available: 9 November + Lease term: 12 month initial term + Pets: Upon application + Unfurnished + Secure single garage plus a large enclosed undercroft with storage and room for a second car or a trailer + Gated side driveway with off street parking and access to the rear yard What It’s Close To… + Wilston Village: 150m, a 4 minute walk to Alcove + Wilston Train Station: 200m + Windsor Homezone: 2 minute drive or 10 minute walk + Newmarket Village: 4 minute drive + Brisbane CBD: 15 minute drive + Wilston State School: under 1km What We Love… Saturday, 7am. Out the gate, coffee from the village in hand 5 minutes later, back on the front verandah before the street has woken up. 25 metres of frontage, a garden that took decades to grow, and a house that has been doing mornings like this since 1903. A rare chance to call one of Wilston’s original homes your own.