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GRAND & INVITING Falling for a country retreat

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Flinders Mornington Peninsula $13.5 million-$14.5 million J E N M E LO CCO

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For sale Agent: Kay & Burton Flinders, Tom Barr Smith 0438 368 020 What would be the ultimate feature in your luxury home? Our cover

This Stephen Akehurst-designed residence set

property, a 10-hectare estate with a stately residence, has my dream pick –

on nearly 10 hectares includes old and new-world

a dedicated library. A sun-filled room lined with custom-built bookcases is

luxuries, from a dumb waiter and dedicated

my idea of a true retreat. The must-have luxury inclusions in prestige homes

library to a Zanussi kitchen and an indoor lap

today is the topic of our feature story. They range from multi-car garages,

pool. There's also a tennis court and a guest

to his-and-her dressing rooms, and gyms. What they all have in common is

cottage overlooking the rose garden.

that they add an air of indulgence to our busy lives. Meanwhile, in Property Path we look into the journey of Australian entertainer Hugh Jackman. His residential story, from a $240,000 apartment in Melbourne to a portfolio

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apartment and beach pads in the Hamptons and Bondi, is as impressive

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as his skyrocketing career.

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 Chief executive officer: Jason Pellegrino Residential sales: Queensland Brad McLeod, 0429 571 826 New South Wales Belinda Sinclair 0414 580 903 Victoria & Tasmania Mitch Armstrong 0438 820 767 Western Australia, South Australia & Northern Territory Jeroen van de Peppel 0427 292 797

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Expressions of interest: Close April 2 Agent: Jellis Craig Stonnington, Carla Fetter 0423 738 644 Rick Eckersley-designed gardens wrap around this arts and crafts residence, providing green vistas from the ground floor living spaces. Wellpreserved period features include herringbone parquetry floors and open fireplaces, and there’s a gorgeous window seat in the formal dining room.

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Birchgrove

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$7 million-$7.7 million

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Auction: April 18

Auction: April 7

Agent: The Agency North, Michael Rava 0411 225 084

Agent: Ray White Prestige Gold Coast,

Palazzo is about as close to the water as you can get without stepping onto

Jackson Paradise 0402 692 544

a boat, and comes with a private jetty and boat pen. The two-level property

Set within The Southport School zone on 1553

in an ultra-exclusive Birchgrove street features a distinctive interior design,

square metres, this Bayden Goddard-designed

with a smart home system and finishes sourced from around the world.

home is all about stylish family living.

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Ocean-side ultra luxury living.

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Where the showman calls home An Australian legend of screen and stage, Hugh Jackman and his family enjoy homes across the globe.

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ugh Jackman was a relative nobody in 1997 when he and his then-new wife Deborra-Lee Furness bought their matrimonial home, a two-bedder in Melbourne’s historic Cavendish House for $240,000.

Anonymity was not the issue it would later be; the couple had no need to hide the purchase behind a trust, and lodged it in their married names Hugh and Deborra-Lee Jackman.

The couple had met two years earlier on Jackman’s first professional acting job, after he graduated from the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts and joined the cast of the ABC series Corelli which starred Furness.

They married the following year in Toorak.

Since then, Jackman’s career has propelled him to super stardom, to the point that just looking at family homes in Melbourne’s leafy Albert Park in 2001 made The Age.

In 2007, the A-list couple leased some of Sydney’s finest homes. They started in the Point Piper mansion Altona, before corporate records show they moved the following year to a Woollahra mansion with tennis court and swimming pool then owned by property developer Rob Palmer, while Jackman filmed X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

There was also a stint leasing the Edgecliff colonial mansion Woodlands which had been bought by former Crown Resorts chief Rob Rankin in 2003 for $6.8 million.

Indeed, Jackman’s professional credits have long proven more extensive than his real estate portfolio, of which the former highlights include two Tony Awards, a Golden Globe, Emmy, and as of earlier this year a Grammy Award.

However, the couple’s relatively nomadic lifestyle is anchored by two main homes they

own on either side of the planet. In 2008, while still renting in Sydney, the couple bought a luxury apartment spread over three levels in New York’s Meier Towers overlooking the Hudson River for $US21 million, ahead of his work on the Broadway musical A Star Is Born.

The purchase by the Jackman family was spruiked as a savvy one on behalf of the couple, settling for almost half the original $US40 million asking price.

There is also a holiday home in the Hamptons set on a double block, that Furness tells Vogue has been a four-year designer labour of love with architecture firm Stelle Lomont Rouhani.

It is due for completion in November and set on a site bought by the Treehouse Advancement Company in 2015 for $US6.5 million.

Then there’s the Sydney bolthole overlooking Bondi Beach, where the pair and their children Oscar and Ava reportedly stay when they’re in town. Set on the top floor of the boutique block of six apartments developed by Rebel PenfoldRussell, it was bought in 2015 for $5.9 million in a trust run by promoter Paul Dainty and LA-based business manager Howard Altman.

That same year, the couple off-loaded their Melbourne apartment in Cavendish House for $740,000, for a gain of $500,000.

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Hugh Jackman’s Sydney base in Bondi Beach, top; Jackman, above.

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Taking discernment to another level High-end home buyers have raised the bar in their list of luxury home essentials from lifts to 12-car garages. B y SU E WILLIAMS

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eparate his-and-hers bathrooms within en suites off master bedrooms, full butler’s pantries (often with two ovens and two freezers), larger kids’ bedrooms to fit queen or king-sized beds, sweeping staircases enabling owners to make dramatic entrances – buyers at the top end of the prestige property market are becoming ever more demanding.

“I’d call it discerning,” says Sydney buyers’ agent Janne Sutcliffe of Change of Address.

“They’re now much more precise about what they want and they want every box ticked.

They’ve travelled widely overseas and stayed

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in top hotels and know these things exist and can be achieved.”

Today, there’s a whole swathe of features high-end home purchasers are looking for.

Once, it tended to be mostly about location, size and number of bedrooms.

Now, it's more often location, how that size is arranged, the various elements on offer and ease of access with internal lifts.

Large and well-proportioned rooms are absolutely essential, along with a fabulous, well-appointed kitchen close to a family room where most people spend a lot of time and

often entertain, believes Ross Savas, managing director of Melbourne’s Kay & Burton.

“Also, garaging is becoming more and more important as some people have a passion towards collectible automobiles,” Savas says.

“Then there are his-and-hers dressing rooms, a pool, a wine cellar and a gym set up with its own bathroom and massage area, and a private cinema where you can have friends over to watch movies.

“Today, it's all about creating an environment at home so you don’t have to leave home.”

This week’s property, a palatial three-level home in Brisbane’s Hamilton, has many of those features, including the good-sized rooms, indoor-outdoor flow – via electric glass sliding doors – an infinity pool with covered barbecue area and a guests’ retreat with a fully-equipped gym and theatre.

“This house has been built with no expense spared,” says agent Matt Lancashire of Ray White New Farm. “Everything has been done with the best of the best, including Italian marble, incredible detailing and finishes, and

YOUR AGENT Matt Lancashire, Ray White New Farm

“This is a world-class house in terms of its features, its quality and its location on Dickson Terrace, with stunning never-to-bebuilt-out CBD views from all over the house.”

all designed by Greg Harris whose house prices have broken Brisbane records.”

Other features in demand include underground garages – 12-car preferred – so they don't impact on the house’s own footprint, a butler’s pantry with two large ovens and two full freezers, LED lighting and ionised pool systems, says Peter Robertson of William Porteous Properties International in Perth.

“Bedrooms are getting bigger too, with bigger built-in robes, all with en suites, and with kingsized beds even for small kids, so they'll still be there when they’re young adults,” he says.

“Increasingly, there are also his-and-hers studies, and at least two significant lounge room areas, preferably three. The house has to be big to fit these all in!”

High-end finishes and bespoke cabinetry are in increasing demand, as are separate and self-contained guest quarters, and en suites with double sinks and then separate showers, dressing rooms and toilets so busy couples can get ready for work in the morning without getting in each other’s way, Sutcliffe adds.

“Often people like classic and modern features together, like both lifts and grand sweeping staircases which are good for entrances.”

Lancashire says similar homes nearby to this week’s property have sold for between $8.8 million and $11 million.

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Expressions of interest: Close March 28 Agent: Ray White New Farm, Matt Lancashire 0416 476 480

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Beachfront Brighton “ We wanted to create an emotional response to living so close to the water’s edge.

Each aspect has been carefully controlled to frame individual features. These spaces were approached like works of art.”

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Leafy-green streets and a prized location make this a favourite for some of Melbourne’s most affluent residents. B y K ATE FARRE LLY It’s a suburb that has been occupied by the

says Englehart. “People want to live in a quality

among Melbourne’s truly prestigious addresses.

product in a quality suburb. The demographic

With a median house price of $2.25 million,

here is successful business people looking

Canterbury ranks in the city’s highest-priced

to upgrade in the inner-ring suburbs. From

suburbs alongside Toorak and Middle Park.

an investment point of view there’s greater

Avenue plays host to some of the suburb’s most expensive properties.

Connecting Mont Albert and Canterbury roads,

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appreciation in these inner areas.”

A safe investment Jellis Craig founding director Alastair Craig

the oak-lined avenue has been home to many

lived in Canterbury for 33 years. Born and bred

of Melbourne’s business and political elite.

in neighbouring Camberwell, Craig says it was

Today’s residents include Ron and Carol

an easy decision to buy in an area that offers a

Minogue, parents to Kylie and Danii, ex-footballer

combination of period and contemporary homes

and head of Brown Property Group Fraser Brown

within easy reach of parkland, top schools and

and founder of luxury home builder Englehart

public transport.

Homes Ron Englehart.

Canterbury

“You can’t lose in the long term in this street,”

well-to-do for more than 100 years and today it’s

The tree-lined thoroughfare of Monomeath

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“It’s a conservative suburb, very leafy and green, and for me it’s always been close to work,” he

Agent: Jellis Craig & Company, Alastair Craig

says. “The area holds its value very well. If you

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Englehart moved to Canterbury from an acreage

drive around Canterbury at the moment, you’ll

Inspired by the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, this

property in Templestowe in 2000, drawn by the

see a number of houses being renovated and

modern home is wrapped in landscaped gardens

schools and the proximity to the city.

new homes being erected. I think if people have

and comes with an enclosed, heated pool.

a large parcel of land they feel confident to invest

There are two generous living areas on the

the leafy feel,” he says. “At the time we were

in it – it’s difficult to over-capitalise in the

ground floor, both oriented to take advantageof a

building three spec homes in Canterbury so

long-term.”

northern aspect, as well as an upper level retreat.

Inner-city sanctuary

“It’s a functional, convenient location and I love

we decided to keep one for ourselves.”

Englehart and his wife Fran are so happy in

Craig says there have been plenty of notable sales in the suburb, many sold off-market and

the suburb that when it came time to upgrade,

undisclosed. The suburb’s record price was set

Ron Englehart and wife

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they bought the house across the road and built

in 2015, when a Monomeath Avenue home sold

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a new home, moving in a month ago.

for $13.188 million.

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ow much money would you need in the bank to guarantee true happiness? In a recent study Harvard University researchers claimed it’s around $10 million. Of course they were wrong. The official price of joy is $464,600, the cost of a Bentley Continental GT Convertible in your garage.

You're not just buying a car when you invest in a drop-top, you're buying an experience. And Bentley's third-generation luxury cruiser takes the whole adventure towards the borders of what's possible in this rarified sector.

The GT Convertible is a brilliant prospect even with the roof up. We went traditional for about 20 minutes and the Bentley was effortlessly serene, thanks in part to a Z-fold roof that gives a three-decibel noise reduction over the previous model, and silky air suspension. Corners are dispatched with regal poise.

The Bentley's understated theatre begins as soon as that tailored roof dissolves with barely a mechanical whisper, in just 19 seconds.

Grand Tourers are designed to facilitate long,

comfortable journeys, yet losing the roof doesn't spoil the Bentley's unhurried personality.

The cabin is a relatively peaceful cocoon at most speeds. At around 120km/h, roof down, it's still possible to have a conversation.

In styling terms, the GT Convertible is an upgrade on its predecessor, with a more muscular, brooding presence. Relaxed refinement is enhanced by the Bentley-fication of the leather and veneer interior – all handcrafted, naturally. The door panels and seats are part-coated with quilted leather, and there is a choice of 15 hide colours.

Cold weather can't spoil the party, either; neck warmers are built discreetly into chrome vents in the seats, while your back, behind and even the centre armrest can be heated, too.

If all this suggests the GT Convertible is too mannered, it will have a trick up its sleeve when it's launched in May: a “Sport” setting that siphons the best from its mighty 467kW/900Nm W12 engine. Once found, it can't be forgotten.

Happy days indeed.

Auction: March 28 Agent: Ray White Double Bay, Michael Finger 0425 233 488 There is a choice of six car spaces in this vast Vaucluse pile designed by Harold Finger. That leaves plenty of options to park your Bentley Convertible when the sun isn’t shining. The other five spots provide room for the rest of your car collection, along with bike options if desired.

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S u n S h i n e B e ac h M y k o n o s H o u s e D u k e S t re e t Mykonos House takes your breath away. Designed by two artists, this inspirational home captures your heart. Known as ‘The Palace’ and reminiscent of the magnificent island homes of the Mediterranean, this unique property sits in its own private grounds a few minutes’ stroll from the beach. This rare home, the first million-dollar build in Sunshine Beach, has parking for up to 6 cars, comfortably sleeps 12, a designer kitchen to thrill adventurous cooks, rooftop terraces, open plan living areas designed for laidback luxury family life. Find out more at www.sunshinebeach.info.

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Occupying 702m 2 of prime riverside real estate, this solid two storey residence is the embodiment of a bygone era, designed to frame and ma ximise the stunning outlook of the Brisbane River.

Appointed with all the modern inclusions one could want or need, this residence is ready to be lived in immediately and sits high enough to have never been flood affected. The solid brick build also provides an outstanding foundation for any future renovations or updates. Located in West End, this address is within close proximity of amenities, reputable schools and local highlights.

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PURE NOOSA LUXURY Welcome to luxury living at 279 Gympie Terrace A once-in-a lifetime Noosa prestige property where worldfamous natural beauty is complemented and matched by spacious award-winning design. There are only 3 apartments on offer – each of them being the very embodiment of Noosa luxury and located in one of the last riverfront blocks on Gympie Terrace, Noosaville.

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Stephen is renowned for his vast experience, talent, vision and expertise. He has over 45 years experience in design, multidisciplined in building, interior and furniture design. He holds a “building Services Authority” license for building design, medium rise and building design open.

He studied in Australia and UK and worked in Sydney, London and the Middle East.

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Elegant Riverside Estate Be prepared to fall in love with the beauty of this distinctive contemporary home with a hint of Art Deco influence. This private riverside estate will create family memories filled with regular tennis matches, lap swimming, riverside entertaining and family gatherings. Or simply to unwind and relax within the serenity of the residence and its grounds. Discreetly located at the end of a cul-de-sac lined with prestigious properties, the tranquillity of its location belies its proximity to city living.

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Modern, refined, relaxed. This is elite Australian coastal living in Mermaid Beach. These large, contemporary villas offer a fresh and carefree lifestyle. A morning swim? Lazy cafe lunch? Perhaps an evening drink? The nearby options are endless. The choices are yours.

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Inspection Nestled amid bushland at the foot of the Watagan Mountains, ‘Petrenha’ is a 225 acre (91 hectare) resort-style landholding offering complete privacy. The estate contains a main residence, manager’s cottage, guesthouse and superb alfresco facilities including a pool, spa and dining pavilion. It offers wide and varied income generating opportunities with scope to run cattle, agist racehorses, the potential for organic farming, endless movie and television opportunities replete with existing facility for an on-site manager.

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93 Seaforth Crs, Seaforth

Stunning Waterfront Residence Lifestyle This state of the art contemporary residence will certainly impress those seeking a quality water-front residence. The home is only 17 years old and offers an abundance of natural light, level easy access to the home from the double garage with extra off street parking and boasts amazing 210 degree views. This is a home you will truly treasure with its superb Middle Harbour location that is only 25 mins from the City and a 5 min drive to Manly Ferry wharf and beach.

Features & Accommodation Features include large multiple living areas with exceptional water views, a state of the art gourmet kitchen with marble finishes overlooking your casual dining room, heated wet edge pool and spa, reverse cycle air-conditioning, split sound system accessing all rooms of the house, underfloor heating, alarm system and loads of storage. Access to the waterfront is from the pool level via a well looked after walkway / staircase. You will just love it.

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CASTLECRAG 337 Edinburgh Road SUN-KISSED WATERFRONT OASIS So much more than six-star living – this exquisitely private architect-crafted home sets the bar for landmark luxury in a prized Castlecrag enclave.

Grandly rear-elevated to soak up gorgeous all-day light and cinematic views across Sugarloaf Bay, it blends visionary family design with sumptuous volumes, blissful in/outdoor transitions from nearly every room and five vast viewing terraces in total. A statement entertainer of distinction, you need look no further than this simply majestic address to achieve your ultimate executive lifestyle.

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8 Black Street Brighton

‘Elwin’ - an exclusive estate in Brighton’s blue chip heart

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Exclusively situated amidst botanic gardens, ‘Elwin’ c. 1888 flaunts all the requisites for an elite Brighton lifestyle with peerless period style, landmark luxury and direct access to Church Street. An awardwinning transformation showcases grand formal rooms and a contemporary extension with everything you could want and more.

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