What I love about our street is the real community we have - which was totally unexpected for a place in this pocket of Richmond! We bought our place because we wanted to be at the centre of everything but in a location which just enough away to be a little more quiet. I love wandering to the shops on Bridge Road, my husband loves the eating on Victoria Street and we both love brunches at either the Convent bakery or the New York Tomato (around the corner, it couldn't possibly be our patch's secret for much longer).
But what has really made our place home are the people that surround us. There is a real mix - young couples, a few share houses, multi-generational families and my favourite, Gwen. Gwen is the our most divine neighbour. Having lived in Richmond all of her eighty something years, she is one of the Richmond originals and a mad Tigers supporter (the bell of her little terrace plays the Richmond theme song). There is nothing which makes my day more than walking by on a sunny day, leaning over her fence for a chat while she reads the paper on the porch or prunes her beautiful roses. Gwen is the neigbour who brings your bins in because she likes the street to look good and she knows your busy and work hard. She's the neighbour who will ask you to help her light her hot water system when it goes out and then feed you up with tea and home made biscuts afterwards. Gwen's love for the street, the suburb and for us makes me smile every day - I wouldn't want to live anywhere else!