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PRESTIGE THE BEST IN AUSTRALIAN PROPERTY

GOING FOR GOLD Setting real e s tate records

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Toorak Melbourne 5

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$9.25 million-$9.75 million

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For sale Agent: Kay & Burton South Yarra, Andrew Sahhar 0417 363 358 No expense has been spared on this elegant Gaining entry to some of the country’s most spectacular houses is one

residence, a collaboration between Nicholas Day

mighty big perk of my job. Yes, it does, at times, lead to a serious case of

Architects and Aiello Construction. The long list

home envy, but to see the beauty, creativity and warmth behind the front

of luxury finishes includes oak parquetry flooring,

door is its own reward. Our cover property is one such home, as I discovered

coffered ceilings, steel-framed doors, marble and

on a recent visit. Behind its traditional terrace facade in Sydney’s

travertine in the kitchen and bathrooms and a

Paddington sits an inventive and inviting home that, as Lucy Macken

1200-bottle cellar.

explains in our cover story, could set a record for this desirable suburb.

Meanwhile, in our Living In column, writer Kate Farrelly takes us to the popular Victorian town of Daylesford. Part of Daylesford’s appeal is that it’s in a location that is lively and attracts visitors year-round. This makes it an

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interesting option for investors in the holiday rental market, along with those

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thinking of a more permanent stay.

Editor: Jen Melocco Jen.Melocco@domain. com.au Editorial producer: Isabelle Chesher Managing editor: Alice Stolz Senior designer: Colleen Chin Quan Graphic designer: Emma Staughton Group picture editor: Kylie Thomson

HOT PROPERTY

Chief editorial & marketing officer: Melina Cruickshank Residential sales: Queensland Brad McLeod, 0429 571 826 New South Wales Jon McConkey 0407 909 739 Victoria & Tasmania Matthew Maasdijk (03) 9249 5295 Western Australia, South Australia & Northern Territory Jeroen van de Peppel 0427 292 797

ESTEBAN LA TESSA

DESIGN DIGEST Next season style

COVER STORY The record-breakers

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DEREK SEWELL

LIVING IN O U R COVE R

The appeal of Daylesford

Paddington, NSW Listed by The Agency PAG E 6

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Mosman Sydney 4

$11 million-$11.5 million

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For sale Agent: McGrath Mosman, Michael Coombs 0424 391 255; LJ Hooker Avnu, Adrian Bridges 0414 616 101 It’s a short stroll to Chinamans Beach from this Philip Corben-designed home, which looks over Middle Harbour. There is a choice of living spaces, a stone and gas island kitchen with a butler’s pantry and a big master suite.

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Sydney CBD

Paradise Waters

Sydney

Surfers Paradise

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$8.9 million

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$7.95 million

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For sale

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Agent: Ray White Residential Sydney, Michael Lowdon 0400 203 630

Agent: Kollosche Prestige Agents, Michael

Spanning two levels atop Macquarie Residences, this penthouse has views

Kollosche 0411 188 815

across the eastern suburbs to the Opera House, Royal Botanic Gardens and

Offering a riverside lifestyle, this home has a 20-

harbour. In its open-plan living spaces are a fireplace and gas island kitchen.

metre pool, gym, billiards room, home theatre

A second living space has a bar overlooking the rooftop infinity pool.

and an internal lift to access all four levels.

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DESIGN DIGEST

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MICHAEL WEE

MAMA MULAN, CHATSWOOD Patrons will flock to this modern Chinese restaurant for more than the wagyu beef. The function room, designed by DS17, is a concrete and timber sanctuary, characterised by soft light and a sequence of over-sized pendant lights. mamamulan.com.au

DEREK SEWELL

SUNDOWN CUSHIONS It seems

MINIMA MORALIA SCREEN Christophe de la Fontaine specialises in

2018 is full of firsts for

point – made from powder-coated steel and pleated fabric, it blurs the line

textile designer

between furniture and art. domo.com.au

creating items that have a certain oomph. This room divider is a fine case in

Georgie Young. The debut range of her new label “Georgie Daphne” has just been released, and we love the way she’s translated elegant artworks into colourful cushions. georgiedaphne. com.au

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Eyes on the prize COVER STORY

Alster House has grabbed headlines before as a former residence of the PM. Up for sale, it’s in the spotlight again. B y LU CY MACKE N

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mong the bricks and mortar that collectively make up a suburb there is often a residence that stands so far above its neighbours in terms of size, quality or heritage that whenever it hits the market it seems to set a new local record.

If the house itself doesn’t put the neighbours in their place, the sale price often will, and then follows quick calculations of what surrounding homes might be worth as a result.

Such houses usually have a name.

One such home is Altona, one of Australia’s most famous trophy homes on the Point Piper waterfront, which set an Australian high of $28 million in 2002, $52 million in 2013, and a suburb high in 2016 at $61.8 million.

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Braelin, in Centennial Park, is a regular on its local record list thanks to its $12 million sale in 2015, topped in April when it resold for $16.5 million.

In Castle Cove on Sydney’s north shore, the top title is regularly traded between twin waterfront estates Neerim Park and Neerim House: the latter currently holding the high at more than $15 million, topping the $13 million of last year set by Neerim Park.

“There are certain properties that exist in any suburb that capture people’s attention and draw people into the market who weren’t necessarily looking to buy,” said Ben Collier, of The Agency.

His recent sale of the Victorian manor Corinth is a case in point.

Having set the Woollahra high in 2007 at $11 million, the owners (prominent art patrons Gene and Brian Sherman) sold it in June for more than $16 million, after they purchased Braelin in Centennial Park, and despite having had no intention to sell up and move at the time.

Paddington’s best known price-setter is Alster House, which Collier has listed with a $15 million guide and which is set to smash the previous $11.85 million high set by the former Windsor Castle Hotel in 2016. And with good reason. The historic 1880s terrace is flush with impressive attributes, including a 10-metre frontage on a north-facing corner position that, at 550 square metres, is one of the largest privately held residential lots in the suburb.

YOUR AGENT Ben Collier, The Agency

‘‘It’s not often that a property captures everyone’s attention: an extraordinary combination of award-winning architecture, designer landscaping, within a 55-metre deep block.’’

Even before a major redesign by awardwinning architect Andrew Nolan and an Australian Institute of Architects gong in 2001, it had set a $2 million high in 1988 when bought

by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his wife Lucy.

The redesigned residence smashed the suburb high again in 2006 when sold for $6.55 million, and since then additions have included a teenager’s wing with loft designed by architect Rachel Neeson and an expanded en suite off the main bedroom that makes more of the city skyline views.

Behind the heritage facade it now has a clever floor plan that opens all three living areas to views of the 25-metre lap pool, and vast walls of glass and pivot doors that make good the Japanese-style rear garden and the central courtyard by acclaimed landscape designer Ken Lamb.

Expect to see neighbours of this landmark eastern suburbs property armed with calculators gathering at the September 22 auction.

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Auction: September 22 Agent: The Agency, Ben Collier 0414 646 476

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LIVING IN

37.319° S, 144.129° E

DAYLESFORD DEREK SWALWELL

Tree-changers sing the praises of their bustling Victorian spa town that knows no low season. B y K ATE FARRE LLY Think Daylesford and your mind is likely to turn to wining, dining and spa treatments, and rightly Wolf-Tasker’s two-hatted restaurant with

always intending to do business here, but I

adjoining hotel and spa, this thriving village about

wanted to sink into the community first so I

90 minutes’ drive north-west of Melbourne has

worked for Alla at the Lake House for four years.

earnt its reputation as a tourist mecca.

I’ve had the hotel for five-and-a-half years now –

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she’s beautiful.”

Community spirit

springs and ranked at number four on

The Federation-era hotel is a linchpin in the local

TripAdvisor’s recent list of the top-10 global

community, offering top Aussie pub food and a

destinations for wellness travel. On weekends,

selection of local wines.

by up to 20,000.

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we’ve done a lot of renovation to the old girl and

Springs, it’s home to an impressive 65 mineral

the resident population of around 3500 can swell

Hepburn Shire

“I came up here for the whole tree-change thing and really found my place,” says Banting. “I was

Alongside its northern neighbour Hepburn

Daylesford

St Kilda, Walton in 2015 and Banting in 2008.

so. Home to the much-lauded Lake House, Alla

Tourism town

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“What’s good about this town is that we support each other,” Banting says. “At the Lake

“We are a spectacular tourism town, people

House if they want to send their customers for a

For sale

come flooding through the doors from Friday to

pub lunch or a cold beer they send them to me,

Agent: Hockingstuart Daylesford, Will Walton

Sunday,” says Ann Marie Banting, Lake House

and I’ll send people to Wine and the Country if

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alumni and publican of the Daylesford Hotel.

they’re looking for a wine bar. We really share the

This renovated Victorian cottage is a leisurely

love and it’s kind of funny because you become a

10-minute stroll to the town centre. Offering

kind of mini-tourist depot.”

bright, open-plan living spaces, with a kitchen

Hockingstuart principal Will Walton says the tourists add “a sea of fresh faces and vibrancy to the economy”, providing employment and strong rental returns for investors.

“We don’t have a low season,” he says.

For Walton, a laid-back lifestyle that included

opening onto a north-facing deck, it comes with

an absence of traffic lights and traffic jams was a

a combustion fireplace, ducted heating, high

real drawcard. “Most people either move here

ceilings, a sitting room and a dedicated study.

“Daylesford is a 100 per cent all-year-round

because they’re approaching retirement or

tourism destination and people who buy holiday

because their job allows them to work from

homes have the difficulty of not being able to use

home,” he says. “It’s a little bit like Queenstown

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them because they’re so heavily booked.”

without the big lake and snow. It’s vibrant and fun

for breakfast, brunch or

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in summer, and cosy and warm in winter.”

lunch.

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THE STYLE

“We transport clients to the woodlands of Scandinavia and the lights of the north.”

GREAT DANE FURNITURE Anton Assaad Founder

ESTEBAN LA TESSA

Northern exposure

Q: Talk us through the vision for your new Sydney showroom on Oxford Street in

The insatiable interest in all things Scandi is nowhere more alive than in Great Dane’s hand-picked ranges. B y E LICIA M U RR AY

Paddington.

A: We designed the showroom in close collaboration with Nicky Lobo. We asked Nicky to help us create “a voyage through the forest”. It takes clients from an urban environment and

Q: When did your love affair with Scandinavian

showrooms in Melbourne and Sydney, as well as

transports them to the woodlands of

design begin?

a distributor in Perth called Design Farm. We also

Scandinavia and the lights of the north. The

A: Without knowing it at the time, it was through

started Great Dane Contract, servicing the

ground floor is dense, filled with rich carpets and

my grandfather. He was a retired CSIRO scientist

architecture and interior design community.

leather details, while the top floor is light and airy.

he made when he was only 12. Much of the

Q: What are the most sought-after pieces by

Q: Your most prized possession – furniture or

woodwork was simple, clean and honest, and

Australian customers?

otherwise?

very much inspired by Scandinavian design.

A: Great Dane has always had a love for wood,

A: My vintage Spanish chairs by Borge Mogensen

honest and beautiful furniture that eschews

are a favourite to sit and read books on or

Q: Tell us about Great Dane Furniture

trends. The Johansen table, designed by the late

snuggle up with my kids. Outside of furniture, it’s

A: When I first started the business, my

Mads Johansen, is a prime example. Each piece is

a bit of a cliche but I love it anyway: my 1984

warehouse in Prahran leaked so much, I would

specifically made to order in a factory of only six

Porsche 928S. It’s a manual, which was very rare

have to drive down every time it rained to move

craftsmen. In terms of popular designers, Borge

for that model, and has an all-original tan interior

buckets around. I went on six to eight trips per

Mogensen’s legacy is without peer and we are

and champagne exterior. My kids think the pop-

year to source vintage furniture, but now that the

very fortunate to be able to offer many of his

up headlights are hilarious.

business is no longer dealing in vintage, that’s

pieces through our relationship with Fredericia

now two or three trips per year. Today, we have

Furniture.

who made his own furniture. I have a piece that

Craftsman-made pieces are imported directly from the manufacturer.

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Poised on nearly 2,000m2 of absolute waterfront land, with a 30m frontage and deep water mooring, this residence looks out to Moreton Bay and Stradbroke Island.

WORLDCLASS RABY BAY

5 Grenoble Place

The owners have bought elsewhere and are selling this breathtaking home which is 25 minutes from Brisbane’s CBD. Offering 12,000 square feet of remarkable finishes this home also enjoys panoramic bay views.

A collection of versatile living areas make up the lower level, with waterfront outdoor entertaining. the kitchen welcomes all with in-laid mahogany cabinetry, stone benches and butler’s pantry. An exquisite home cinema, an American style office, a gym overlooking the tiled pool, wine cellar, steam room, and so much more.

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NEW ZEALAND'S FINEST LUXURY PROPERTIES Set in one of New Zealand's most spectacular coastal locations, on the northwest tip of the South Island you will ďŹ nd this trophy waterfront property. Spanning 329 hectares the stunning peninsula with over 8kms of water frontage can be explored by boat or land.

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This truly is an unsurpassed natural wilderness sanctuary with its secluded private beaches of golden sand, incredible ancient rock formations, and the second largest Nikau Palm forest in New Zealand bordering a protected marine and wildlife reserve and the iconic Kahurangi National Park.

The main residence on the property is an extraordinary building of 2,732m2 designed to harmonise with its environment, offering luxury accommodation and positioned to command views from every room across the serene, forest-edged Whanganui inlet.

The farm boasts two working cattle and sheep yards and a 345m2 implement shed, which can also be utilised as a helicopter hangar. The property is well known for its sustainable lifestyle of hunting for wild deer and boar whilst the coastline and ocean provide exceptional ďŹ shing. luxuryrealestate.co.nz/GB01

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EAST TOOWOOMBA 12 Mayes Street

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Land size: 3,470m2

PREMIUM EAST SIDE POSITION This magnificent award winning Architect designed home is gated and privately positioned on an extraordinary 3,470m2 parcel of land in prime East Toowoomba. Offered for the first time in nearly 20 years this iconic home attributes include a championship size flood lit tennis court, 10x5m2 indoor swimming pool, walk in 2000 bottle wine cellar and full integration of green technologies. Immediately upon arrival the beauty of this Michael Witty designed residence is quite breathtaking and the privacy is particularly striking. The owner has commenced construction of his new home with the completion scheduled for September 2019. The owner is willing to move now or continue residing at the property with a rent back arrangement.

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CAIRNS’ FINEST RESIDENCE AUCTION Thursday 4 October

21 KNOTT COURT, WHITFIELD, QLD PRESTIGE RESIDENTIAL

Tom Quaid 0400 773 444 City, mountain and ocean views

Substantial 6,800m2* hillside allotment with rainforest backdrop

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1,400m2* of living across 2 levels

6 bedrooms, including self-contained 2 bedroom guest quarters

7 bathrooms including ensuite to each bedroom

8 car underground garage

The best position in one of Cairns’ most valuable streets

Jay Beattie 0428 551 062 *Approx

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Wonderful value on Noosa’s famous North Shore On the shoreline of one of Queensland’s most blissful luxury holiday destinations is this parcel of paradise. The 1138sqm peaceful riverfront property is positioned across the water from the celebrity haunts of Noosa Heads and Noosaville, and only two hours’ drive north of Brisbane. It’s also just 15 minutes to bustling Hastings Street via boat, which is included with the purchase of the property. Sold as seen, this is the best value waterfront residence in Noosa; a superb holiday home minus the Noosa Heads price tags.

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