A man has been charged with murder, accused of killing his partner at home in front of their son in Ferntree Gully.

A 45-year-old man has been arrested after a woman was found dead inside a home in Ferntree Gully in Melbourne's east.

Tributes are flowing for the young mother-of-three who was allegedly killed in front of her youngest son in their Ferntree Gully home.

Suspect appeared before Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Saturday