40/60 Cradle Mountain Drive, Craigieburn, Vic 3064

If you're taking your first steps on the property ladder either as an owner-occupier or investor, you don't have to start at the very bottom. Take this fabulous three-level, two-bedroom townhouse, for example, which offers a sensational entry into the booming Melbourne property market with a lifestyle that's the envy of many.

Within moments, you can find yourself shopping around Stocklands Highlands Shopping Centre or hopping onto bus services along Grand Boulevard. And for fitness enthusiasts and nature lovers alike, having scenic walking/bike tracks through ?The Garlands' on your doorstep, Highlands Reserve within walking distance and numerous parks enriches your lifestyle.

Once you've returned from sampling the area's best lifestyle assets, turn the key and enter a world of stylish living with the advantages of a low maintenance design, zoned accommodation and seamless indoor-outdoor living.

Those working from home will appreciate the sizeable proportions of the downstairs study, while admirers of contemporary style will marvel at the chic character of the open-plan living, which impresses with its size and scale, warm timber floors, square-set high ceilings, modern kitchen with stainless steel appliances and integration with a relaxing balcony.

Two bedrooms of excellent proportions serviced by a two-way modern bathroom enjoy the privacy of the upstairs floorplan, while split-system heating/cooling, remote single garage and seamless access to schools, Highlands Medical Centre and the Hume Freeway adds further appeal.