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Year in review The highs and lows of 2018 Issue 22 November 2018
Rock solid
Hunters Hill’s sandstone mansions
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surry Hills smart move, landmark robin boyd, Gerringong spread
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warehouse conversions call for persistence as well as vision
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Ethical design aims to present more than just a pretty face
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the coming year in real estate promises changes in direction
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trophy home sales prove immune to wider market changes
david meagher
sydney’s prestigious seaside playground is hot property
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the winding waterway’s top vantage points are in big demand
john bede barlow’s architecture left an elegant legacy
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an extraordinary weekender fit for its stunning setting
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sydney’s historic sandstone enclave remains a solid performer
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a line-up of the design studios’ top picks for this year
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recently sold warehouse conversion of a century-old building that formerly housed a printing house, among other uses, in melbourne’s balaclava
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12-page Interiors section Warehouses offer the ultimate blank canvas
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Editor’s letter under the bricks and old timber beams of the country’s inner-city warehouses lurks a brave owner’s vision of a mansion. the space can be at least a century old, so no one fully knows just what will be uncovered, writes jonathan chancellor in this month’s cover story. but the soaring ceilings and expansive spaces of former industrial buildings have long been seen as a blank canvas for innovative design. the heritage and history continue to attract a wide range of buyers, such as craig campbell, creator of channel 10’s The Project, who renovated his melbourne warehouse – the former Henderson publishers building featured on our cover – three times since buying it in 1993 as one of the building’s four converted spaces. meanwhile we sample waterfronts, from sydney’s historic Hunters Hill and the northern beaches to homes along the brisbane river, and in our rural Estates section we feature the beautiful adelaide Hills. this month jamie durie looks at the new trends in green design, from building materials to furniture made from fungus. nor, he points out, does it cost a fortune to be green. a few plants in the house do wonders for cleaning the air. as the end of the year nears, jonathan chancellor reviews 2018, highlighting the record-breaking sales of the two former Fairfax family estates on sydney Harbour to new tech wealth in the form of atlassian founders mike cannon-brookes and scott Farquhar, while dolly lenz looks at the macro trends that will shape next year’s luxury sales around the globe. in our interiors section, a virtually transparent house allows views of the ocean to the south and garden to the north, writes sam duncan. the holiday house in central tilba, five hours south of sydney, by tobias partners was built to be a robust holiday home for family and friends in the windswept location. we hope you enjoyed Mansion Australia during the year and we’re signing off 2018 with a bumper 68-page issue. we wish you a relaxing summer break and look forward to returning in February. Turi Condon Editor
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Architect william Smart and his partner John Adcock are selling their Surry Hills home in inner Sydney, which includes the Smart design Studio HQ. Smart bought the double-fronted bourke Street terrace for $1.46 million in 2003 and spent two years creating the commercial and residential space. The top-level penthouse apartment has two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a concealed study. balconies overlook the tree-lined bourke and ridge Streets as well as a heritage church. The ground and first level is dedicated office space opening to a courtyard and stables that have been converted to a self-contained office. Steffan Ippolito at The oxford Agency has an $8 million guide for the november 17 auction.
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Star power A Sovereign Islands waterfront home inspired by those on miami’s Star Island has been listed for sale. Situated on brittanic crescent, it was designed by bayden goddard, an architect for the dubai royal family, and rebuilt three years ago after the block traded for $3.05 million in 2007. goddard’s brief from a local businessman was to create separation and equal amenities for all family members across two levels. The entertainment areas complement the water views. The four-bedroom, five-bathroom gold coast home on 1005sq m with a 22m water frontage has a waterfront pool overlooking a 15m pontoon and a marina berth for a 21m boat. The master suite with its own rooftop terrace and ensuite will feature in an upcoming issue of lifestyle magazine The Robb Report for its luxury walk-in wardrobe. The interiors of the 700sq m home are by the Sydney-based romaine Alwill Interiors and it can be purchased fully furnished. Alex and brian Phillis at Alex Phillis Luxury real estate are asking for offers over $6 million. The street record stands at $6 million for a seven-bedroom mansion on nearly 3000sq m.
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Picture perfect the miskin, home of award-winning architect and artist bruce buchanan at Glamorgan vale, has been listed for sale. set on 20ha in the somerset region more than 50km west of brisbane, it was designed to take in views of the surrounding hills from all four bedrooms as well as the living areas. the land has been used for grazing horses, cattle and deer. buchanan has called the brisbane valley country property home for more than three decades. He paid $52,000 for the land in 1985 and designed the homestead as a modern version of a traditional farmhouse. “it’s an uncomplicated design that served us well,” he says. buchanan, a realist landscape painter, says the property has been the most wonderful place to paint. during his ownership he added a 100sq m studio, and in 1997 relocated a historic lutheran church, built in 1881, from nearby Hatton vale. His teenagers and their friends used it as their games room. ray white lowood agent victoria bateman is seeking $1.1 million.
bridgford House, a black rock property designed by the late mid-century modernist architect robin boyd, has been sold to another melbourne architect by fellow architect maggie Edmond, widow of the late architect Peter corrigan. the landmark home was bought by melbourne university architecture academic catherine duggan and her hospitality industry partner maz salt. the home was built in the mid-1950s for charles and Phyllis bridgford at a cost of £9500. on a single level, it has a linear plan with all rooms facing north and has been kept in its original state by its long-time second owners. there are four bedrooms and a secluded paved garden with fishpond. it was sold by Jellis craig agent belinda anderson, who secured above the $2.7 million to $2.9 million guide.
Ray White Gerringong agent Neil Campbell says Ocean Pines, a 40ha estate at Gerringong on the NSW south coast, is the most spectacularly beautiful he’s ever seen. “There’s not another property like it,” he says. Once a dairy farm held by the Weir family for many generations, it is being offered by fashion pioneer and Inghams Chicken heir Robby Ingham and his wife Sarah. The couple paid $7 million through Campbell for the coastal acreage in 2012 and envisaged a retreat from their Sydney base, but they struggled to get approval from the council and are now happy nearby on the river. They’re offering the Gerringong retreat with hopes of reaching a record $10 million-plus. Campbell is marketing the envisaged 10-bedroom home as having “360-degree views of 60km of coastline to the north and south, and rural and mountain vistas”.
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Luxury cassells, a handcrafted home on melbourne’s outskirts at research, has been listed with $3 million to $3.3 million hopes. it’s been offered by cabinetmaker and shopfitter Jan Hacansson and his wife, leadlighter Jacquie cassells. they paid $660,000 for 3.6ha of land in the nillumbik shire, 30km north-east of melbourne, in 2006 and then commissioned local architect ross Henry to create the home. it was built by stonemason leigh wykes using Hebel blocks rendered to look like mud bricks. three separate buildings comprise the main residence, a studio space with kitchen and a one-bedroom guesthouse. Flannagan Peressini & shaw Greensborough agents ben Flannagan and lucas Peressini are marketing the home in conjunction with ian reid vendor advocates. Framed by a 60m rock serpent wall, the main four-bedroom home has interiors by black milk. the formal living area has walls of mornington Peninsula granite and the dining area opens to a deck paved with indian limestone.
Bundella, a riverfront cottage on Riverside Lane at Barwon Heads, has been sold. It had a price guide of $3.3 million to $3.63 million, and is one of just 25 that call the Barwon River their backyard. The three-bedroom, two-bathroom home hasn’t traded since it was bought in 1977 for $55,000. On 800sq m, it has living and dining areas with views over the estuary. The rear fronts the water, and includes a small lawn and a boat ramp. Abercromby’s Armadale agents Jock Langley and Emma Pierson sold the property. The Barwon Heads prestige market has been quite active, with nine house sales over $3 million since 2014. The record was set last year when a Paringa Lane home sold quietly for $4.4 million. Buckaginga, a waterfront home on Carr Street, recently sold for $4.15 million. The Cape Cod-style home on a 1390sq m riverfront parcel had a record-breaking $4.64 million to $4.9 million guide. The non-waterfront is just as popular in the small coastal suburb 110km south-west of Melbourne. Of the nine homes that sold for more than $3 million, four have been off the water. PErtH
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one of Perth’s most prized homes has hit the market. the walled riverfront mansion on chidley way, mosman Park, was built by burswood casino founder dallas dempster in the 1980s. much traded in the past decade or so, it has now been offered by eye surgeon Phillip mcGeorge and wife katherine, who have transformed the home since buying it for $11 million in 2012 from property developer luke saraceni. saraceni paid $16 million in 2008. Previous owners included stockbroker and mining company investor david rigoll; Firepower boss tim Johnston and his wife sandra; and lorraine copley. the mcGeorges undertook a two-year renovation of the home, which is largely built of limestone and glass. a 25m lap pool runs along the front. william Porteous at william Porteous Properties international dalkeith is seeking offers around $16 million. Perth’s top sale this year has been the vacant taj on swan site in Peppermint Grove, bought from the oswal family for $17 million by businessman John Gillett. the year’s highest recorded house sale was kerry stokes’ $11 million purchase in dalkeith from mining company chairman dr wolf martinick.
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Home of tHe br ave Transforming an empty shell that’s known several former lives into a space both liveable and beautiful is not for the fainthearted
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warehouse conversions are a challenge for the brave. not just any renovation, the huge task of warehouse conversion starts with an empty shell on purchase. The space can be a century or so old, so no one fully knows just what will be uncovered. They can be former drill halls, garages, lofts or old shoe factories dating from a time when there was space aplenty between the rows of emerging victorian terraces. It takes a creative type to view an empty industrial shell and envisage its possibilities as a family home amid the exposed bricks, expansive steel-framed windows, high ceilings and timber beams. bookseller mark rubbo, the founding chair of the melbourne writers Festival, and his wife wendy bought their expansive Fitzroy space in 2004 as an empty shell. They commissioned architect maggie edmond to adapt the property, keeping the original layout while creating a highly liveable space. “we had to visualise what it might become,” rubbo, the managing director of independent bookstore chain readings, recalled. “It was the only unit in the building to have a substantial rear terrace, which gave it an extra feeling of space.” The Little victoria Street warehouse began life as a drill hall in the 1930s. It has three bedrooms, three bathrooms and a kitchen adjoining the open plan living space, which flows to a north-facing terrace. nelson Alexander Fitzroy agents Peter Stephens and Sonya Laferla have a $2.8 million to $3 million price guide for its auction on november 24. rubbo says one of his favourite things about living in the warehouse conversion is the relaxed feeling. “I love the spaces; the high and vaulting ceilings make it seem much larger than it is, and there’s beautiful light that floods in from the north-facing balcony,” he says. “I also feel very secure. when we shut the door we retreat into out own magical world. It’s very quiet and peaceful and it’s hard to believe that we are 10 minutes walk from the cbd.” on the other side of melbourne, in a suburb not known for warehouse-style living, the creator of channel 10’s The Project, craig campbell, secured his space in 1994. He too liked the offering of a solid, grand old building with a rather simple entrance that could become a wonderful home. “when I got into it, warehouse living hadn’t taken off as much as it has today,” campbell says. He was attracted by the opportunity for “so much space”, along with security and sanctuary, “all behind a simple facade to the street. one door locks you away from the outside world.” campbell sold last month, and now awaits having neighbours peer over his suburban fence when he moves into his next home. “It will be a shock,” he says. over his long ownership, campbell oversaw three renovations to keep the property fresh. The bedroom layout was remodelled, walls removed and the floorplan opened up. He also remodelled the bathrooms and kitchen, and changed the stairs, skylights and windows. The home features a designer living room with built-in bar that opens through bi-fold doors to a leafy private courtyard with water feature. A striking timber staircase leads to the master retreat.
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The balaclava property 9km south of the melbourne cbd, had been a printing workshop, and before that housed stables, a rubber goods manufacturer, a piano repairer and greeting card-maker over its century-long existence. The facade still bears the name of Henderson Publishers etched onto a red-brick building where a rollerdoor reads “keep clear 24hr access” as it is now the home’s garage. The building was converted into four residences in 1993, and campbell paid $285,000 a year later. marshall white Stonnington agents Fiona Ansell-Jones and Sam Hobbs sold the home after having $2.6 million to $2.8 million hopes. most warehouse conversions feature wide open spaces, which is what makes a 1930s warehouse in South Yarra different. The narrow four-level property on Penny Lane was converted into apartments some 25 years ago. new owners commissioned architects to complete residential conversions of those empty-shell apartments. Sydney publisher Peter berman of Pol Publishing engaged Jackson Architecture to create a melbourne home and office outpost. “The project was an empty shell into which we wove a series of floor plays and split levels served by a folded steel stair, dramatically wrapped in a giant arcing zinc shingle wall,” says Sarah Jackson, director of Jackson Architecture. daryl Jacksons’s son, Tim Jackson, now of Jackson clements burrows, and Hamish Guthrie of Hecker Guthrie both worked on the project as fledgling designers with (daryl) Jackson Architecture. Sarah Jackson recalls that the narrowness of Penny Lane allowed the chance to create private outlooks with double-height voids. “narrow sites are inherently challenging from a buildability and access point of view,” she says, “but architecturally they provide an opportunity to create interesting and unique intimate spaces for the occupier.” Since the property last traded in 2013, for $1,967,500, an external glass lift has been added. It runs from the ground level all the way up to the rooftop entertaining area with kitchen and bar. It opens to a private deck with hot tub and barbecue. Set behind a traditional warehouse facade, the living room has also kept its warehouse allure, with dark wooden floors and black steel framed windows an obvious nod to a bygone era. The home has four ensuited bedrooms, including a master suite on its own level with a marble bathroom and walk-in wardrobes. Another bedroom opens onto a private internal garden courtyard. marshall white Stonnington agents Andrew Hayne and michael martin have a guide of $4.5 million to $4.95 million. knight Frank prestige agent richard Sholl says there has been a shift towards inner city, loft-style living. He notes that some of Sydney’s most iconic buildings, such as the Griffiths Tea building, have been recently transformed into new York-style apartments. “As Sydney has continued to expand, we have seen an increase in the repurposing of warehouses and historic buildings in innercity locations, as owners and developers look to utilise space more efficiently and accommodate the rising number of people seeking the convenience and amenity of urban living,” he says.
Opposite: Warehouse on Little Victoria Street, Fitzroy. Above: Four-level conversion on Penny Lane, South Yarra. Below: The Balaclava property that was previously stables, among other uses
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“buyers are attracted to repurposed warehouses as they offer a sense of heritage and history, while still providing the thoughtful design and exceptional finishes lofts are known for.” knight Frank’s richard klein says sydney enthusiastically embraced the loft trend prevalent across the globe’s major cities. “the rise of urban loft living has been occurring around the world for some time, particularly in manhattan’s soHo, london’s shoreditch and Paris’ montmartre,” klein says. “shoreditch is similar to sydney’s surry Hills, where the majority of loft conversions have stemmed from fashion warehouses that are no longer in use. Fund manager and cultural philanthropist daniel droga went straight to the top of one of sydney’s best heritage warehouses when he began his warehouse phase. droga recently sold his award-winning surry Hills penthouse, which has come to be known as the droga apartment. the Foster street space, which crowns the converted 1920s Edwards & co tea warehouse, was sold in a private off-market listing through bresicwhitney darlinghurst agent william Phillips for $3.7 million. in 1992, droga rented a floor of the warehouse, then dubbed Project a, to live in. it had no kitchen at the time. He then bought the building along with friends and family, and refurbished it. Each took a floor. the owners commissioned neil durbach and camilla block of durbach block Jaggers to design the conversion and the two level penthouse. the result received the wilkinson award in 1997 and a year later the robin boyd award – two of australia’s most prestigious architectural accolades. in 2001 droga moved out due to a growing family. For the past five years the apartment has been gifted to the australian institute of architects for use by international architecture practices during their residency, and has hosted the likes of nord architects, copenhagen, and renowned Finnish architect and philosopher Juhani Pallasmaa. the residency, the first of its kind in australia, aimed to promote architecture and design through a curated program that serves as a forum for contemporary issues in architecture, urbanism and design. daniel droga and his wife lyndell have a continuing interest in architecture and earlier this year established a scholarship for indigenous students of architecture at uts.
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Above: James Powditch’s warehouse in Sydney’s Annandale; Below: The Droga Apartment in Surry Hills
sydney-based artist James Powditch bought an empty shell warehouse in annandale in sydney’s inner west with his former partner, graphic designer diane adair, back in 2009. the pair paid $1.05 million for the property, which was nothing more than a 320sq m space with a roller door fronting the 240sq m block on albion street. seven years later the property was marketed as one of the best warehouse residences in sydney by bresicwhitney agent chris nunn. it sold for $3.7 million – the second-highest price paid for any residential property in the suburb in 2017. after buying in 2009, Powditch waited two years before gaining approval from the council to develop the warehouse. “it took a year and a half to approve a conversion that was completely within the envelope of the existing structure,” he says. with the help of architect friends, Powditch designed the home with the addition of a second-story mezzanine level and an internal courtyard. offering 500sq m of internal living space, the modern five-bedroom home features exposed concrete walls, original steel and blonde timber. Powditch says the building reflects his aesthetic through a sense of logical order, the use of raw materials, reuse and layering. the build took eight months to complete, and he later added his own studio at the rear. Powditch says they bought the building because of the agent and an architect. “Peter lonergan sold us on the idea that it was 320sq m of land
within a shell that i could do pretty much anything with, like a film studio,” he says. Powditch then re-thought the design and completely changed it. the new plan included the self-contained studio at the rear and a full-width courtyard in the middle that the living areas, which face north, open onto. “i had to make some big compromises as the council refused to allow a land-locked internal courtyard.” Powditch says he gave up the argument and compromised by extending the driveway from the street through the length of the building to the central courtyard. the artist worked daily with builder david mcnabb and project managed every aspect. “i did the bulk of the carpentry, involving detailing and formwork for the concrete benches and the grid layout for the walls and first floor,” he says. “it was kind of obsessive.” However by working every day on the site, Powditch managed to halve his costs. “we had three quotes from builders to do the build and all were close to a million,” he says. “by working everyday on site, drawing up detailing as we needed and project managing every aspect, it came in at $500,000.” Powditch described the finished article as a labour of love, and the thing he is most proud of in his career. “it was a simple extension of my art practice combined with a history of set-building,” he says. annandale has been a creative hub for warehouse conversions in recent years. a recent sale was the warehouse conversion of The Block producer Julian cress and his wife sarah armstrong. the space was the long-time studio of archibald Prize-winning artist Fred cress, Julian’s late father. mcGrath newtown agent damien west sold the property to andrew Parker, Qantas executive for government, industry and international affairs, who relocated from an apartment in Potts Point. after cress inherited the Johnston lane warehouse he commissioned block architect and designer Julian brenchley and darren Palmer to convert it into a four-bedroom space.
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scratch the surface of quality design nowadays and you may be surprised to find a long ethical checklist, put together by the bright sparks of the architecture and design industry to ensure the end result doesn’t just look pretty on the outside. their work backs up its design promise with a selection of innovative sustainable or ecoconscious materials that also make us feel good. whether you’re designing a new home, updating an existing one, choosing wallpaper or paint or simply a piece of furniture, the pathway to making a green choice is becoming wider and greener every day. Here is a hand-picked selection of some of the products and materials out there to help you go to battle as part of the new Green design revolution. keep in mind it’s not just about the materials you use to build; it’s also about being conscious of their afterlife. carpet, for example, is among the top 10 items contributing to landfill. concrete is now recycled into smaller aggregate and can be used as a base foundation for pavers, or even to replace blue metal as the aggregate inside new slabs of concrete instead of going to landfill. (an interesting fact is that concrete never stops curing, even after 100 years.)
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in 2017, more than 450 million tonnes of plastic bottles were pushed into the world. it all has to go somewhere. with his program ocean clean up, 24-year-old dutch eco warrior and innovator boyan slat is set to pull out at least 50 tonnes of plastic, using just one of 60 proposed machines, from the notorious area known as the Great Pacific Garbage patch. the area is estimated to contain 1.8 trillion tonnes of plastic particles, weighing 79 metric tonnes and affecting more than 800 different marine species every day. if this isn’t motivation for us to start finding alternative uses for non-biodegradable materials, i don’t know what is. we can have a huge impact on reducing waste and landfill by simply choosing products created with recycled or recyclable materials. PEt, used to create plastic bottles, is a great example. it’s now being recycled into anything from fleecy winter jackets to sophisticated carpets. savvy diY designers can find some amazing materials to use. sustainability means different things to different people. a way to cut to the chase is to ask how the product is made, and with what materials. a holistic approach to design considers health, the environment and aesthetics.
many people don’t realise that cork, apart from being a delicious designer material, is also sustainable. literally the bark from a cork tree, once shaved and harvested it simply grows back – nature produces it for us. it’s long been seen as a resilient floor material with a slight cushioning effect, and increasingly has vertical interior and exterior uses. as a raw material, cork is rapidly renewable, anti-microbial and flexible, boasting both acoustic and thermal insulation properties that no other natural material offers. You can submerge it in liquid for centuries without fear of it rotting. not many materials can do all that. the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and romans had it right when they used it for building insulation, yet the material is only recently being employed for more than plugging our wine bottles. a firm in boulder colorado is using cork in some mouth-watering designs, making supersexy acoustic wall tiles in a range of innovative shapes and colours that can be used for ceilings and bathrooms as well as flooring. For interiors, a new range of furniture is made from 100 per cent natural materials. this biodegradable beauty is created mostly from
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fungus – a high-tech strain called Ganoderma lucidum – and when you get tired of it and you’re ready for a change you put it outside and watch it all melt back into the environment it came from. For walls, there’s a range of paint and plaster finishes that allow a building to breathe, creating a healthier indoor atmosphere. They use natural materials, and are free from synthetics and toxins. A clay/lime plaster and/or paint substitute, which lets water evaporate, regulates humidity, resists mould growth and absorbs light through its beautifully tactile matt texture. The Japanese discovered this technique thousands of years ago. For the outside, there are plenty of new products, including permeable pavers. They should be on everyone’s driveways – they would reduce the volume of stormwater run-off that ends up in our rivers and oceans as they allow water to soak through and into our gardens. They also allow ground covers or grass to be planted into driveways, making the world so much prettier. on the wood front, there are eco wood substitutes for decking or lumber, and with the planet losing approximately 35 football fields of rainforest every minute, we need solutions and plenty of substitutes to reduce the demand and
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Opposite: Furniture made using the fungus Ganoderma luciderm, top; and eco-wood cladding. Above, clockwise from top: Rockcote Marrakesh bathroom rendered finish; permeable paving; corkwall tiles; solar roof tiles
One medium-sized house plant in a medium-sized room can improve air quality by up to 25 per cent, and five plants by up to 75 per cent
the impact on our earth’s lungs. one of the standouts for me is made mostly from a superrenewable resource – rice husks, a common food industry waste product. It’s mixed with salt and mineral oil to create a very realistic wood-grain finished decking board or lumber that sands and ages just like wood. There’s even a green alternative to concrete. one in particular is remarkable: a hemp-based aggregate is bound by a lime-based mixture to deliver a product high in thermo and acoustic qualities, meaning you save on heating and cooling and get to sleep on a carbon-negative slab. of course, the obvious wellbeing machine to reduce volatile organic compounds in your home is the common house plant. one mediumsized plant in a medium-sized room can improve air quality by up to 25 per cent, and five plants by up to 75 per cent. check out the free app Plant Life balance, which can help you design and rate your space. Preview it on Instagram @ myplantlifebalance. To keep the garden well watered, there are intelligent drip irrigation systems that measures humidity and rainfall and adapt water use to conserve this precious resource and reduce water
wastage It’s ridiculous that we use drinking water to water our gardens. we all should have a water tank, and harvesting our own stormwater instead of sending it, pre-polluted, out into our oceans and greywater systems needs to be compulsory. our bathwater could then land in the garden and not in our oceans via the sewers. on the energy front there are plenty of choices – even windows that can absorb or harvest solar energy. but apart from the obvious solar, which now also comes in the form of roof tiles via elon musk and a few others, is Geothermal energy. That means drilling down beneath a home and inserting pipes that can save up to 75 per cent of energy costs. on top of all the green choices available for the home, there is now a new rating system to gauge the level of wellbeing a dwelling will provide. It’s called the weLL building Standard and Lendlease just picked up the first award for its use. This is really just at the tip of the iceberg of everything green out there, but I’ll leave you with this thought: Imagine if everyone on the planet installed solar roof tiles on their homes. we would never again need to mine fossil fuels, and we would harness enough clean energy to sustain planet earth and our ever-growing population forever.
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Andrew Baines the top-end prices are led by what i refer to as “windfall buyers” –those who have had a significant increase in wealth due to a commercial position or stockmarket listing. underpinning this buyer activity are those receiving inheritances. Estate agents are not likely to be accurate in predicting sharemarket performance, which is directly related to house prices, but it seems unlikely that small businesses will surge in 2019 so the chance of a plateau or decline seems likely. it appears that the banks are shellshocked by the increase in corporate governance, which is overdue. over recent years poor lending criteria have been masked by the increase in values. the phenomenon of price increases is mainly due to the appeal of preserving capital by storing it in homes, which are free of capital gains tax. Extra duties are a definite deterrence for offshore buyers, but several may absorb the taxes if they have a motivating need to move money out of their country. trophy homes will be purchased by locals in the ensuing period.
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Tim Foote Kurt Rappaport’s former Malibu mansion, sold to Canadian billionaire and Edmonton Oilers owner Daryl Katz for $US85 million 2019 outlook
Change in the wind this has been a good year for the real estate market. rising incomes, low interest rates, scarce inventory and a booming stock market have all contributed to making 2018 another recordbreaker year for housing. but several macro developments portend a significant change under way, so here is our perspective on what to expect in 2019. Winners and losers the past year saw its fair share of record-breaking transactions across the globe, and we expect this trend at the high end to continue into 2019 and beyond. two noteworthy transactions were atlassian chief executive mike cannon-brookes’ purchase of a waterfront estate in sydney for $100 million, and the purchase of Great keppel island in Queensland by asian investors for well above $50 million. other notable record sales included the $us120 million ($169 million) sale of kurt rappaport’s malibu mansion to canadian billionaire and Edmonton oilers owner daryl katz, as well as the $ Hkd 3.5 billion ($630 million) sale of a home on the famed Peak in Hong kong – the most expensive sale in all of asia. buoyed by healthy stock market gains, the uber-wealthy are sitting on a significant amount of cash, which is expected to be deployed to purchase trophy properties in prime markets. the top us cities we predict will see robust activity and new records in 2019 are seattle, los angeles, and new york. in terms of pricing, we see the lower end of the market struggling to achieve any significant increases. burdened by prices that have increased rapidly and significantly as well as rising mortgage rates – both negatively affecting affordability – the lower end of the market will struggle to achieve higher prices. while rising incomes and millennials entering their prime real estate buying years will be positive for the market, we still believe rising mortgage rates will dampen demand enough to offset these positive trends. we are also concerned about the impact of a prolonged trade war, with rising tariffs negatively affecting construction material costs.
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Better buying opportunities the story of 2018 was reduced inventory driving higher and higher prices. we are seeing signs that this trend is beginning to reverse and increased supply will be a welcome relief to buyers who have been waiting on the sidelines. we are seeing developers of new properties becoming more willing to negotiate as they seek to unload remaining unsold inventory in their projects. similarly, sellers of existing homes who until now have held out for top dollar are starting to reduce inflated asking prices in order to attract more offers. this thawing of the standoff between buyers and sellers will lead to increased transaction volume in comparison to the last two years.
iconic sydney harbourside locations are clearly inspiring both local and overseas entrepreneurs and business leaders more than ever. there has been a distinct change in mindset around how much capital-wealthy clients are willing to invest in trophy homes. australia has had its first sale close to $100 million in sydney’s east, while the lower north shore has its second property listed for sale above $30 million. while record spends have occurred in the east, the lower north shore has many of the same attributes, such as proximity to the cbd and a great selection of impressive waterfront estates. the record price in mosman has been reset twice this year and now stands at $25 million – beating the previous record by $1.26 million. mosman apartments breached the $10 million mark for the first time with our sale in may, surpassing the previous record by $2 million. i think sydney’s harbourside market is undergoing a significant re-rating in values, with the lower north shore next in line to benefit. sydney has a rapidly growing international buyer pool and there is increasing awareness of just how limited our city’s supply of premium harbourside properties is.
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Mortgage rates the long-overdue normalisation of interest rates is in full swing and we expect mortgage rates to continue to increase throughout 2019. the Federal reserve has raised interest rates eight times since late 2015, and it is expected to continue doing so for at least the next two quarters. the 30-year fixed us mortgage rate is hovering around 4.9 per cent – a full 1 per cent increase since the beginning of the year. while not affecting the high end to any great degree, increasing rates will continue to spur many lower-end buyers to move now before rates go up. Adjustment next year is shaping up to be one of increased activity in the real estate market. developing headwinds are causing sellers to adjust their thinking about what they can reasonably expect to realise from the value of their homes. this will be welcome news to buyers, especially millennials, who are ready to take the plunge into property ownership. Dolly Lenz heads New York-based Dolly Lenz Real Estate and last year sold more than $US500 million worth of luxury US and international homes. dollylenz.com
Deborah Brady we are heading into 2019 with cautious optimism in the prestige market of Perth’s western suburbs. in the past six months Perth has seen an extraordinary number of top end sales. listings remain in short supply but we are still seeing six to eight off-market sales each month, many over $4 million. the best-performing segment would be the $4 million-plus bracket. we are also seeing more than one buyer for each of our prestige sales, so competition is achieving great results. Prestige property in Perth is commonly bought by locals or people moving home from the east coast. astute buyers believe the market has shifted off the base of 2017. we are not seeing huge capital growth, but transactions are up. i expect the activity to continue in the top end of cottesloe and surrounding suburbs. Properties with uninterrupted ocean views have achieved $6500 per square metre in 2018. the biggest sale in cottesloe this year was $8.375 million. we don’t see a lot of foreign buyers but we do see expats looking to move home. there’s cautious confidence in Perth that things are picking up a bit in the local economy, but if the stock market continues to be so volatile and if we go to an early election that would change everything.
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Purple patch Australia’s oldest garden suburb is as famous for its jacarandas as its stately sandstone mansions
as spring turns to summer, picturesque jacaranda trees in bloom dominate much of the sydney landscape. originally known as dream trees, jacarandas are resplendent at this time of year right across the city, and nowhere more so than on sydney Harbour. some say the north shore is especially ablaze as the local hospital gave all new mums jacaranda saplings in the 1950s. the 19th century novelist anthony trollope once characterised the scene as fairyland gardens falling down to the sea and the description is especially apt for the north shore enclave of Hunters Hill, renowned as australia’s oldest garden suburb. one of the best examples of a jacaranda-framed home on the historic Hunters Hill peninsula is bulwarra, the former residence of actor cate blanchett and her playwright husband andrew upton. blanchett and upton bought the sandstone property, which was built in 1877, in 2005 from veteran merchant banker jim dominguez and his wife suzanne, paying $10 million. it was sold in 2016 but the chinese buyer failed to complete the purchase, so it was returned to the market through christie’s international selling agent ken jacobs before being sold for $18 million early last year. the waterfront estate was bought by expat katrina chandler, the daughter of Hunter valley cattle farmer ken chandler. now known as katrina barter, she and her cka capital investment banker husband chris barter are based in london. the theatrical couple’s three-year, $8 million redesign of bulwarra was by architects nadine alwill and stephen lesiuk. they engaged will dangar to create the gardens, which feature a heated swimming pool wrapped in raw-finished decking.
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Opposite: Bulwarra, the former home of Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton. Above: Windermere, a heritage-listed sandstone mansion built in 1858. Below: Binstead, an 1860s sandstone home renovated by owner Belinda Dowsett
dangar said that flowering plants were added at the clients’ request, to bring a degree of romance to the scheme. “we had created these big significant statements, and balanced them with some softness by introducing flowering star jasmine and gazania to complement the existing jacaranda,” he said in his recent book Garden. the eureka moment came early on when dangar realised there was an opportunity to do more than renovate the pool. if he lifted it, he realised, the fall of the land would allow for a dwelling to be built under the pool area itself. there’s now a covered spa and dining pergola, with a unique studio retreat designed by alwill hidden below. two of the peninsula’s longer-term locals are billionaire property developer lang walker and his wife sue, who have called Hunters Hill home for more than three decades. in 1986 the pair spent $4.25 million on milthorpe, a heritage-listed home built in the 1870s by richard sim that sits on a sprawling 7280sq m waterfront parcel. Hunters Hill was one of the first areas on the north side of the harbour to have been settled by Europeans. it was sighted by captain john Hunter, from whom the suburb derives its name, when he charted sydney Harbour in 1788. in the 1840s entrepreneurs began to see the suburban potential of the wooded peninsula, which was accessible from the city as well as being a private cul-de-sac in the harbour. locally quarried sandstone was prominent in the construction of most of the homes in Hunters Hill. a number were built by French brothers didier and jules joubert, who bought 81ha of land in 1847. the brothers used 70 stonemasons from italy to construct solid, artistic houses. one of those homes, windermere – which jules joubert called home – has recently been listed for sale by its current owner, sam Guo, dubbed the chinese Gatsby for the lavish garden parties he holds on the 3560sq m riverfront estate. Guo paid $11.45 million for the grand estate in 2014 and has entertained a who’s who of stars from china, as well as the locals. He has extended the 1858 heritage-listed mansion, which looks north over lane cove river, blending old world charm with contemporary style. the opulently adorned formal reception rooms and dining areas steeped in French refinement have been retained. there are five bedrooms, five bathrooms, a music room, library, home theatre, wine cellar, gym with sauna and parking for 10 cars. the upperlevel wraparound balcony overlooks a heated ionised swimming pool. ausrealty carlingford agents jessica ke and omar obeid are marketing windermere as a masterpiece of historical significance. the latest historic sale was binstead, an 1860s sandstone home that has been extensively renovated by its interior designer owner, belinda dowsett, who runs bm interiors. in 1867, stonemason Ponziano cavalli purchased the land from italian migrant antonio bondietti. then in 1871 selina walker bought the house from cavalli and lived at binstead for the next four decades, raising eight children there. two of her spinster daughters eventually bought the home and subdivided the property. binstead now sits on 730sq m on alexandra street, while the neighbouring campbell street property retains the former estate’s stone stables. around 1913, binstead housed a girls’ grammar school run by a miss r. wight, who died in the 1960s. the Hawcroft family then held the property until 2011, when dowsett bought it for $2.7 million. dowsett has extended the home, which now has four bedrooms, a library and an upstairs retreat. she has retained a number of the original features, including the chandeliers and ceilings in the sandstone areas of the home. the state of the art gourmet kitchen has il Finale pendant lights imported from italy. when renovating the home, dowsett unearthed an 1873 bottle of wine that was sold with the home. an antique carrara one-piece marble bath sits in the garden, which has a built-in alfresco barbecue, a fire-pit area, and a pool with spa and outdoor shower. the gardens cover 725sq m. bresicwhitney agents nicole robertson and nicholas mcEvoy sold the home for $6.75 million in just seven days, after having a $5.75 million guide. Hunters Hill has had 20 or so sales at $5 million or above in the past two years. they included the former treasurer joe Hockey’s $7.7 million sale and nearby purchase.
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he stellar prices secured when trophy homes were sold this year in melbourne and then sydney will ensure 2018 remains in the annals for some years to come. the tighter credit environment has had only a subduing effect at the very top, although there have been emerging signs of price patchiness given the overall market outlook after years of boom times. the truly expensive homes appear to be holding up better than the slightly cheaper executive market, where buyers are more reliant on bank loans. according to the knight Frank Prime Global cities index, the most expensive homes in sydney recorded a 4 per cent price growth over the year to september 30. michelle ciesielski, knight Frank’s head of residential research for australia, noted that prestige homes in sydney, brisbane and melbourne all ranked above the global average annual prime residential price growth of 2.7 per cent. “despite a cooling mainstream market off the back of tighter lending practices, prime markets continue to experience growth, with buyers less impacted by these measures,” ciesielski says. new south wales now ranks 17th on the knight Frank global index, down from 15th place the previous quarter. “in the super-prime $10 million-plus bracket, the volume of sydney properties sold has reduced by just 2.6 per cent – highlighting ongoing demand by ultra high net worth individuals,” ciesielski notes. in melbourne, prime properties increased in value by 2.8 per cent over the year to september. brisbane ranked above melbourne, with annual price growth of 3.5 per cent in its prestige sector. melbourne kicked off the serious prestige market activity with the whisper-quiet $52.5 million sale of stonington, art dealer rod menzies malvern mansion. the grand 1890s home set a state record and ranked as the seventh biggest sale in australian history. stonington was built by cobb & co partner John wagner in an italianate victorian style designed by architect charles d’Ebro. menzies bought the 1.2ha parcel in 2007 for $17.5 million from developers who had sliced off large sections to build townhouses and apartments. kay & burton south Yarra agent ross savas says there is no reason there could not be another victorian state record next year. “the trophy property market will fare well in melbourne because there is a limited number of trophy homes compared to the demand from local and international buyers,” he says. “i expect the trophy home market not to change next year as there will be fewer offered because the perception is that the overall market is not performing well.” He says there is no justification for lowered confidence in melbourne, with historically low interest rates, 10-year unemployment lows and high immigration levels in the capital – “better than any other capital in the country”. there was also a new record in toorak, when ruslan kogan, the founder and chief executive of online shopping giant kogan, paid $38.8 million for a French-inspired sandstone mansion. it was sold by telecommunications investor Philip cornish. sydney lay in wait. and with the death at 95 of lady mary Fairfax late last year, her double bay home Fairwater was likely in play. it has a landholding that rivals kirribilli House. as quickly as the property was listed in september through a christie’s international database marketing campaign a ready buyer was found who smashed the national price record reportedly by almost $30 million. on a trip back home from san Francisco, tech billionaire mike cannon-brookes secured the historic home on 1.12ha just three weeks into its private marketing. Fairwater had been in the hands of the Fairfax media dynasty
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since its purchase for £5350 in 1901. the two-storey late victorian mansion, designed by architect J. Horbury Hunt for stockbroker Francis Joseph in 1881, is set on seven shillings beach, now nicknamed atlassian cove. it was sold, with its $100 million sale price unconfirmed, on delayed settlement terms through christie’s international agent ken Jacobs. Jacobs acknowledges that the trophy home market cycle is inherently inconsistent, and he doesn’t see that changing in the short term. “in the trophy category, numbers are always low, but 2018 has seen a quantum leap with reports of the magic $100 million benchmark being reached. 2015 saw the most significant recalibration of the trophy market in decades and 2018 has been equally significant.” Jacobs says the 2019 trophy market will be contingent on what properties are offered to attract both active and passive buyers. “the reality is that the trophy end of the market is challenging every year, so there is no reason to expect 2019 to be any different,” he says. there is a greater chance of new state records than a new national record, he adds, noting however that it will hinge on more quality stock coming to the market. the wildcard will be illconsidered political interference, which can distort the market in either direction, Jacobs says. cannon-brookes had been pinpointed as Fairwater’s most likely buyer after his business partner scott Farquhar, with whom he co-founded software giant atlassian in 2002, paid a record mortgage-free $71 million for the neighbouring Elaine the year before. the pair, whose wealth is estimated at around $7 billion each, were still students at the university of nsw when they set up atlassian. they became overnight billionaires when their tech company floated on the nasdaq stock exchange, closing the day with $8 billion. sydney’s tech heads love prestige waterfront property for their family compounds, and this year also saw the sutherland shirebased tech rich-lister david Greiner splash out son a prized cronulla beachfront site consolidation. He has quietly spent $23 million plus on the Esplanade. Greiner is one half of the publicity-shy duo from the shire who quietly built one of australia’s most exciting technology companies over the past decade. Founded by Greiner and ben richardson, campaign monitor was billed as the next atlasssian when it shot to prominence in 2014, selling a $348 million stake to us venture capital firms. Having started out in a garage in the sutherland shire, the pair’s most recent joint net worth was suggested to be $600 million. richardson is building a luxury home at shearwater landing, on a 3350sq m holding in the coastal cronulla master-planned residential precinct. He and his wife inger have no registered mortgage on the four building blocks, which cost $12.6 million. andrew baines at andrew baines & co south Yarra says topend prices are led by what he refers to as “windfall buyers” – those who “have had a significant increase in wealth due to a commercial position or stockmarket listing”. there’s still old family money evident with the $61 million sale of rona, the bellevue Hill trophy home that had sat on the market for the past two years. the locally based sheinberg family, who made their money from residential strata projects over the past four decades, bought the victorian rustic Gothic revival home, and promptly sold their nearby $16 million-plus mansion on victoria road. it was bought by the conley family, whose fortune derives from property investments consolidated by the late aviation pioneer John conley. it’s been a mixed year for the bellevue Hill trophy market. bonnington, a tudor, English-style manor, sold for $20.4 million – down $100,000 from its February trade earlier this year despite a quick makeover from art collector John schaeffer. it was bought by ari droga, partner at investment fund Global infrastructure Partners, and his interior designer wife lisa. the couple has since listed allala, the home on nearby cranbrook road in which they’ve resided since 2005.
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New South Wales now ranks 17th on the Knight Frank global index, down from 15th place the previous quarter. In Melbourne, prime properties increased in value by 2.8 per cent over the year to September. Brisbane ranked above Melbourne, with annual price growth of 3.5 per cent in its prestige sector. they bought the six-bedroom property with library and study from publican david thomas for $6.5 million. it was designed by Gilbert Hughes in the late 1930s for Geoffrey Forrest Hughes, the lawyer and aviator. ray white double bay agent Elliott Placks has a $14 million price guide. the lower north shore record was broken this year when moelis australia investment banker and sydney swans chairman andrew Pridham paid $25 million for the waterfront trophy home Hopetoun. the six-bedroom home on 2400 sq m came with a championship-sized tennis court, boatshed and slipway, heated swimming pool and guesthouse. initially having $40 million hopes, it had been on the market for four years. the sale marked the second time the lower north shore record was broken in 2018. Earlier this year, rEa board member richard Freudenstein and his wife Jane sold their non-waterfront home on burran avenue for $23,733,800. the seven-bedroom home, which is on 1650sq m and has an eight-car garage under its tennis court, was bought by wilson Hui Xiong Xue, the self-described shoe king of china who is a longtime australian citizen. the prime residential market often shows a significant swing in terms of buyer profile. offshore interest in australian prime residential property has waned, although knight Frank’s sarah Harding says that australia remains a highly attractive proposition for global wealth. wilson Hui Xiong Xue also spent $11 million on bremon, the warrawee trophy home of the now bankrupt former oil and gas entrepreneur Jerry ren. bremon, aka the chilton Hilton, had previously sold in 2010 for $11.5 million after achieving notoriety in the late 1980s as a squat during the unravelling of miner Pat burke’s stardom. corelogic recently calculated that the pricier sydney suburbs have been hit much harder than the cheaper suburbs. sydney’s upper quartile market have seen values down annually by 8.6 per cent while the lower quartile has recorded a 4.6 per cent fall. the top 25 per cent of the melbourne market has seen values fall by almost 9 per cent over the past 12 months. in melbourne, ahmed Fahour, former chief of nab and australia Post, unsuccessfully sought $44 million for invergowrie, the 1ha Hawthorn estate he bought for $22 million in 2013. the 1851 bluestone matrimonial mansion was built for sir James Palmer, the first speaker of the victorian legislative council. it features a swimming pool, spa, tennis court and three separate buildings: a guesthouse, stables turned self-contained cottage, and a six-car garage with a gym and studio. Fahour spent millions updating the property. brisbane’s highest house sale occurred when the Hawthorne home of arrow Energy chief execuitve shaun scott was bought by anthony Yap, the founder of Good Price Pharmacy warehouse, for $11.1 million. david and Garry Price at ray white sold the home, which was built in 2014 after scott paid $6.84 million for the vast 2135sq m riverfront parcel. it has five bedrooms, six bathrooms, two pools, a heated spa, a tennis court, boat house, putting green and 12m jetty. ray white new Farm agent matt lancashire said the brisbane trophy home market is still undervalued compared to those of sydney and melbourne. “confidence in the brisbane market is at an all-time high," lancashire says. “now more than ever, we’re finding purchases migrating to Queensland and seeing value particularly in the top end compared to comparable suburbs in these cities. “we have also had a resurgence of expatriate buyers coming back into the market in the last quarter.” the high-end market for brisbane properties over $5 million 36
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has fared better than last year, lancashire says. He believes the general health of the market has improved slightly with the number of transactions increasing. lancashire, who sold the record-setting $18.48 million property in kangaroo Point last year, says there’s a handful of properties that on a good day could break the $20 million barrier. this year also saw the settlement of the whisper-quiet sale of the home built by christopher skase in Hamilton. the ninebedroom hotel-style residence fetched $10.138 million when bought by local hotelier steven shoebridge. there had been heady price hopes on its initial offering. while activity in the brisbane market remained solid but subdued, the sunshine coast held the spotlight. kicking off the year was the $15.2 million sale of Pat rafter’s opulent sunshine beach home, which was quickly followed by an $18 million sale further up the beach just two weeks later. multi-award winning international designer david Hicks was commissioned to undertake a back-to-bare renovation for the hotel-like webb road home, which belonged to it entrepreneur danny wallis. it was bought by the singapore-based chief executive of Equis Energy, david russell. the sprawling 3595sq m beachfront has six ensuited bedrooms as well as domestic and commercial size kitchens. much as in a hotel, the atrium with staircase and chandelier takes centre stage. the grounds come with a tennis court and cabana, glass-fronted swimming pool and guest cottage. more recently, tom offermann and nic Hunter of tom offermann real Estate sold a $14 million property at sunshine beach before marketing had even begun, when former bombers chairman david Evans and his wife sonya flew in and swooped. the Queensland beachside momentum on the Gold coast did not see any records broken but there were some quick sales. at mermaid beach, bruce mathieson Jr, son of pokie magnate bruce mathieson snr, paid $11.6 million for a Hedges avenue absolute beachfront home. that was quickly followed by a $12 million purchase nearby by Queensland's richest man, mining tycoon clive Palmer, who bought the Gold coast’s most expensive home this year. the contemporary five-bedroom beach house, also on the exclusive Hedges avenue, has a gym with boxing ring, a 22m lap pool and steam room, basement garaging for eight cars, a wine cellar and an observatory retreat. tony v selling agent tony velissariou called it the Gold coast's most admired beachfront home. across the country in Perth, the knight Frank Global cities index suggests that now is the time to buy. the city’s prestige prices saw a 2 per cent increase over the year to september. the volume of prime residential sales priced between $3 million and $10 million has increased by around 48 per cent. ray white cottesloe mosman Park agent Jody Fewster says she is seeing multiple offers and some growth in the $4 millionplus range. “this is a sign that the smart money is coming out,” Fewster says. “we are heading into 2019 with cautious optimism.” the highest Perth sale this year came when the 6580sq m superblock that was slated for taj on the swan sold for $17 million. it had been last sold by the property developer warren anderson to the oswal family for $22.7 million in 2006. the biggest home sale this year came from dalkeith, where media tycoon kerry stokes spent $11 million to purchase an inbetween home near his long-time mansion, which he is demolishing and rebuilding. “our economic fundamentals are strong and western australia has a lot of activity around liquefied natural gas, which is bringing in more corporate activity,” Fewster says. “we are in peak selling season and buyers are demanding more stock.”
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he Point House, one of collaroy beach’s most distinctive beach homes with its sine-wave shape, has hit the market. the cutting-edge home on beach road, on the northernmost point of the collaroy basin and overlooking the beach, was designed in 2011 by Peter stutchbury architecture and built in 2012 by bellevarde constructions. the block last traded in 2005 for $5.2 million. the 605sq m residence has four bedrooms, four bathrooms, a media room and a home office, and the master suite has its own bathroom, dressing room and ocean-view terrace. there’s an outdoor kitchen adjoining the central courtyard and poolside oasis, which sit in private gardens designed by Pape landscape architecture. Panels of glass surround the high-ceilinged living room and open to the outdoors – all under zinc-clad roofing. belle Property dee why agent brendan Pomponio is marketing the home, which has been listed by oil and gas tycoon russell staley and his wife jennifer. the couple recently spent $15.5 million on a knockdown rebuild just along the road, and are expected to build the suburb’s best home on the 1500sq m combined site. “one of the joys of building the Point House was the collaboration
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between us all and the mutual respect for each other’s skills,” noted ulrika saar of Peter stutchbury architecture, who described their clients as adventurous. the property market on sydney’s northern beaches has benefited from a sunny spring selling season. agents are gearing up for a big summer too, after a record-breaking run in the region from bower street manly to the barrenjoey lighthouse. Prestige sales above $5 million are down slightly from this time last year, but properties at the very top end, above $10 million, are at an all-time high. this year there have been nine sales above $10 million in the northern beaches so far, compared to seven in the whole of last year. in the last four months of last year came five sales above $10 million. it is always a mix of beachfront and acreage. spring and summer are the most popular times to buy prestige property in the area. but one of the finest trophy homes in Queenscliff was sold for $12 million in just four days of its latewinter listing. the northern beaches offering came with recordbreaking hopes through jake rowe Partners agents jake rowe and nathan tse, who had a guide of $11 million to $12 million. renovated
since it last traded for $3.8 million in 2008, the tri-level home on its 805sq m Pavilion street block has five bedrooms, five bathrooms and two home offices. the lounge with gas log fireplaces as well as the glass- framed dining and living rooms flow to seaside terraces featuring a fire-pit and heated plunge pool. at the beginning of winter, the clontarf beachfront home of astra serviced apartments boss Peter davis and wife rachel sold for $11.5 million. the walter barda-designed home on monash crescent sold a week after being listed with a $10.5 million to $11.5 million guide through cherie Humel and michael clarke of clarke & Humel. the couple built after buying the 639sq m block in 2010 for $4.225 million. the davis family sale tops the previous clontarf high of $11 million, set in 2016 when madina Phara – wife of mongkol Phara, of one of cambodia’s ruling families – bought the nearby modernist landmark Portovenere from the estate of the late arts patron and transfield co-founder Franco belgiorno-nettis and his wife amina. the clontarf beachfront has had a run of top-end sales in recent months, including rock lee, which sold for $10.56 million. Hedge fund manager robert benz, of whitecove capital, and malin larsson sold the home they bought for $7.5 million in 2012 to lionel waker, who heads up the australian arm of software provider infovest, and jacqui Foord. mortgage broker john kolenda and his wife milenka also recently paid $8.5 million for a clontarf house they saw while sailing past on a yacht. at the northern end of the northern beaches, Palm beach has seen four sales above the $10 million mark so far this year, more than in any other year. they were all secured over the notoriously sleepy winter period in the millionaire’s getaway playground. the highest price – $18 million – was paid by fund manager vGi Partners founder and boss robert luciano. the bellevue Hill-based luciano, who had a $3.3 million
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weekender on nearby Florida road, bought the ocean road townhouse-style project of Hardie Grant chairman John Gerahty and his wife Patricia. The new four-level home, on 965sq m at the southern end of the beach, was built to maximise the uninterrupted views to barrenjoey Lighthouse. Fitted with state-of-the-art technology, including smart home automation, it has six ensuite bedrooms, a study and a beach-facing entertainer’s terrace. christie’s International selling agent ken Jacobs called it the pinnacle of Palm beach. The second-biggest sale so far this year has been the weekender of another hedge fund manager, bennelong Asset management cofounder and partner Paul Henry and his wife belinda. LJ Hooker Palm beach agent Peter robinson sold the marchese Partnersdesigned home for $15 million. The 1600sqm property, bought for $14 million in 2010 and offering views of both the ocean and Pittwater, had been on the market for the past two years. It was bought by Frank and Amber elsworth, of the muir Holden family, who in turn sold their nearby Snapperman beach weekender to commercial property investor Stephen burcher for $12 million. Financier bob Gilman, a key figure in bringing the American express card to Australia in the 1970s, has benefited the most from the solid Palm beach market. He tried to sell his home overlooking Pittwater in 2009 but it failed to find a buyer when listed initially in the high $7 millions; nor were there any offers when the price dropped to $6.5 million. Gilman has just secured $10.2 million for the home, dubbed coto de casa. The 1275 sq m property is the only one on Pittwater with a two-storey waterfront boat house near its private waterfront swimming pool. Gilman paid $1.575 million for the property in 1998, and transformed the main rundown house into a mediterranean-style home with eight ensuited bedrooms, a threestorey spiral staircase and wide decks with Pittwater views. Peter robinson, who sold the home in conjunction with Sydney Sotheby’s, says it represents the best of Pittwater. “The northern beaches offers it all, with the still, shimmering waters of Pittwater on one side and the ocean beaches on the other. “Palm beach and whale beach are still dominated by lifestyle buyers buying family holiday homes or weekenders. These buyers love that this is a relaxed area with a holiday vibe, but within an hour from the cbd.” Fourteen homes have sold for more than $10 million in Palm beach over the years. The first $10 million-plus sale was in 2007, when doug Shears, the Icm Agribusiness boss who made his fortune building then selling Uncle Tobys packaged foods and the berri fruit juice group, spent $15 million on a near-2000sq m property on Iluka road. The sale held the Palm beach record for five years before retired car dealer Laurie Sutton and wife di spent $22 million on kalua, the Joye family’s plantation-style trophy home on 4615sq m. That record was unchallenged until the internal $24 million transfer of the Packer beachfront reserve holding to Gretel Packer in the 2015 division with brother James of the assets of their father, the late media tycoon kerry Packer. The family bungalow on 4000sq m broke through the Palm beach $1 million when Packer bought it in 1981 from the maccormick family, who paid £12,000 for it in 1952.
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The buoyancy in the market is not only felt at the ultra-prestige end. cotton House, a luxury trophy home on Pacific road, is set to be sold for the second time in 18 months, having traded early last year for $5.4 million. The two-level timber beach house came with a renovation from woolloomooloo-based architect Annabelle chapman that included a new kitchen and ensuite. The biggest job was adding a basement level, which has a rumpus room with accommodation and a deck. The owner’s brief was that the home have a “nantucket” feel, so chapman lined the walls with tongue and groove boarding and the rooms open on all sides to the surrounding timber decks. exuding coastal chic, cotton House sits in mature established gardens, with rolling lawns and palm trees on its 875sq m parcel. The entry level of the three-storey, five-bedroom home features an open-plan living, kitchen and dining area that opens to an outdoor dining terrace with ocean views. LJ Hooker Palm beach agent Peter robinson is marketing the property. At nearby newport, LJ Hooker Avalon agent Gordon Spring and kim Jeffery are marketing a quintessential beachhouse on bungan Head road with $4 million hopes. Spring says he is finding the prestige market above $4 million has had a strong level of inquiry. “It’s all about setting the right time line to facilitate the sale,” he says. “It’s about flexibility in the current market climate, and sellers and buyers working together.” The newport home’s three levels each open to ocean-facing entertaining terraces. An internal lift connects each of the levels, which include four bedrooms, four bathrooms and an internal courtyard on a 2080sq m holding. Spring and Jeffery recently sold a Prince Alfred Parade home on the foreshore of Pittwater for $4.85 million in just 11 days. offered with a guide of $4.7 million, the renovated 1970s residence is designed to take advantage of its prominent waterfront position on Pittwater. It has six bedrooms, three bathrooms and a number of wraparound terraces. The sale comes with approved plans for a walter barda-designed extension of the living space. by the water is a gas-heated mineral water swimming pool, entertaining cabana with outdoor kitchen, and a boathouse, jetty and pontoon.
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ust east of adelaide, the adelaide Hills region ranks as the closest rural escape to a capital city in the country. as the site of enthusiastic early European settlement, the Hills still bear traces of many of the grand homes of those pioneers. adelaide prides itself on being a 20-minute city, where you can get to the beach, the hills and the vineyards in that time. the Hills stretch across 90km from the barossa to the north and mclaren vale to the south. dee-anne Hunt at Harcourts williams says buyers seek out the Hills lifestyle. “they want to have some land that allows for more garden, a tennis court, swimming pool, outdoor entertaining, and possibly a paddock or two for a pony, pet lamb, hen house or simply space to call their own,” she says. “For many of my buyers, if a property isn’t perfect they are more than willing to invest in making it so, if it has everything else they want. such properties rarely hit the market, and if they do, it may be once in a lifetime. the many small townships in the Hills offer plenty of opportunity to explore and develop a favourite bakery, cafe or winery, more often within a few minutes’ drive.” corelogic data shows only 16 residential properties have changed hands for more than $3 million in the adelaide Hills region, and some haven’t traded for decades. Hunt recently listed warrakilla, an 1840s sandstone manor at mylor that is for sale for just the second time in its 170-year history. strawberry growers lucy and Hamilton walker bought the 15-room mansion in 2006 after moving to south australia from Queensland. the estate originally housed the wheatshed inn for cobb and co, which served as the rest stop on the trip between adelaide and strathalbyn. it was later bought by the surveyor general and agriculture identity George Goyder, who commissioned adelaide architect daniel Garlick in the 1880s to build his dream home. three decades after Goyder’s death, warrakilla was sold to richard crafter, who planted 4ha of prize-winning tobacco on the site, creating the state’s first tobacco plantation. the grand home was spared by the 1980 ash wednesday bushfire but was destroyed in the 1983 ash wednesday ii fire. it was subsequently redesigned to comprise some 775sq m of living space. warrakilla has five bedrooms, four living spaces, a wine cellar and a tasting room. the grounds feature an infinity edge pool and spa. the 18.6ha estate lends itself to rural pursuits, with 18-year-old sauvignon blanc vines on just over a hectare and 3ha dedicated to strawberry growing. the park-like grounds also feature horse facilities such as post and rail fencing, stables and an arena. Hunt, who has a price guide of $5 million-plus for the property,
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says that it is undoubtedly one of the most impressive landmark adelaide Hills estates. Grant Giordano at south australia sotheby’s says most prestige buyers simply want change and space. “Having worked and lived entirely and exclusively in a metropolitan area, they now seek to enjoy the privacy, space and lifestyle afforded by the adelaide Hills as a validation and realisation of all their hard work.” Giordano says adelaide offers varied lifestyles, from rural and beachside to metropolitan and suburban. not many prestige Hills properties become available, he says, as they stay with a single family for generations. He and Graham bowie have $2.9 million hopes for derrymor, a scottish inspired mansion in crafers being offered for the first time in two generations. located 14km south-east of adelaide, the property sits amid 7900sq m mature botanic-like gardens. the freestone centrepiece is a seven-bedroom, five-bathroom manor with three reception rooms and a panelled library. built in three stages over five decades, it consists of three storeys, with the top one nearly level with the towering treeline that guards the gated estate from view. a Hogwarts-like turret runs up the side of the home. there’s also a 15m swimming pool housed in a purpose-built conservatory. many of the prestige properties in the Hills date from the late 1800s, when sandstone was the favoured building material. at the 1911 census, around 70 per cent of australia’s stone houses were in south australia. Gumbank Homestead, a modernised 1840s heritage stone and cob property in charleston, recently found a new owner. restored and renovated, the property hadn’t traded in nearly two decades. the two-level home with 14 main rooms features ballast cobblestones and tall timber beams. it has four bedrooms, four living rooms, three bathrooms and two kitchens. the 3.6ha gardens include a stone blacksmith barn and cob shearing shed. there’s a small boutique vineyard planted with about 8000sq m of pinot vines yielding four tonnes a years. “the home exudes epic historic charm as if arrested from a tom robert’s painting,” selling agent dee-anne Hunt says. Hunt says interstate or overseas buyers quickly recognise the true value of the Hills’ uniquely balanced lifestyle. “Expats returning from overseas are a strong section of our market,” she says. newer homes in the adelaide Hills tend to be built in keeping with the surroundings. the Hills record was set in 2014 when mornington rise, a home built in 2010 out of rammed earth and janmantoo stone, fetched $5.5 million. the balhannah lifestyle property won the 2011 Hia Home of the Year, as well as the 2011 Hia Energy Efficient Home award. its self-sufficient water supply, with 294,000 litres of rainwater storage as well as four dams, contributes to its 6-star energy rating. the home has five bedrooms, four bathrooms, three living areas, a home cinema, games room, music room, home office, and a 720-bottle wine and produce cellar. outside in the 34ha grounds is a solar-heated, salt-chlorinated swimming pool and gas-heated spa, an outdoor kitchen, orchard and veggie garden, dog kennels and a chicken house. there are shearing and hay sheds, as well as cattle and sheep yards. Hunt, who sold the record-setter, is asking $4 million-plus for the nearby observation Hill, a 2015-built home on nearly 60ha overlooking the rolling hills. designed by aspex and built by Hughes construction, it was created to be protected from the elements, tucked away from the winds at the top of the land parcel. it’s serviced by two rainwater tanks with 100,000 litres of storage, two fire water tanks, and an eight-kilowatt solar panel system. Focused on indoor and outdoor living, the home has four bedrooms, three living spaces, a home theatre, a music room and a studio. the main living area with French oblica hanging fireplace opens to a solar-heated swimming pool. the paddocks are fenced for cattle and can run around 50 head. there are cattle yards, crush and loading ramps and a storage shed. observation Hill sits in fully landscaped gardens designed by Garden depot, with an automated watering system for the lawns, gardens and vegetable beds.
Hitting the heights The Hills are alive just outside Adelaide, with strong interest from buyers drawn by the prospect of privacy, proximity, space and lifestyle
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Auction 24th November @ 2pm, on-site Open for inspection Sat 12.30 – 1pm Standing proudly on a picturesque 1,465sqm corner allotment, historic ‘Foley House’ boldly reflects the grandeur of the Federation era. Steeped in history with only three families having resided at this stately residence, the current owners have transformed the home with an emphasis on liveability and entertainment. ‘Foley House’ is in a highly desirable location, central to St Ignatius Toowong, BBC and the Queensland Academy (SMT).
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Offers over 6 Million OPULENCE, TIMELESS DESIGN AND TOTAL PRIVACY This opulent waterfront mansion has been inspired by the finest homes on Star Island in Miami, USA. Designed by Dubai Royal family architect Bayden Goddard. Opulence spread over 2 levels, the entertainment areas compliment the panoramic private water views, one of the best master bedroom suite’s in Australia, a sound proof party room, glass wine cellar, exquisite white marble floors, leather clad door handles, park your 70 ft boat out front of this home. 24 hour secured island estate 20 mins from Surfers Paradise, 10 mins from Sanctuary Cove Golf club. If this house was in Sydney the price would be 20 Million! Watch the video & take a 3D tour on my website
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Exceptionally presented, this circa 1930’s “Evelyn” residence exudes historical character and charm in a prestigious and elite Hamilton location. Meticulously remastered with modern showpiece inclusions throughout, “Evelyn” presents a rare and exclusive opportunity in the Brisbane market.
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809m2 of North facing land Ducted air-conditioning throughout Large triple car garage Secure fully fenced block Manicured and landscaped surrounds Ascot State School zone Walk to Racecourse Road Cafe Society
3 Dunlop St, Newstead, Qld 4006
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Maleny House by Bark Architects, Sunshine Coast Hinterland, Queensland • Panoramic Views • Statement Residence • Exquisitely Detailed • 4 Bed • 3.5 Bath • 6 Car View 1pm-2pm Saturday November 17th
Offers Invited Contact Linda Shore-Perez 0427 378 687
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20 Doric Street, Shelley WA Iconic Tudor Home with Period Features This architecturally designed Tudor mansion set on 1012 square metres of lush gardens in the peaceful riverside suburb of Shelley, presents a wonderful opportunity to buy a unique family home with period features and offers flexible private and family sharing experiences for a growing family. Featuring bow and dormer windows, timber gabled roof, creamy stucco swirled walls and a traditional chimney stack and cap. But the stars of this home are the handcrafted leadlight windows and the century-old restored hardwood timbers from the Fremantle Wool Stores which greet you from the entry hall and feature throughout the home. The solid timber stairwell from the front entry is complemented by a wood carved banister and shiplap panelling soaring 12 metres from ground floor to the roof ridge as you ascend to the upper-level front to rear living room. Downstairs is a wellproportioned kitchen with granite bench tops, an adjacent large dining/ living room area with views over the backyard. There is also a formal dining room. The spacious upstairs living room with open fireplace spans the front to rear of the home and features exposed rafters to accentuate the cathedral ceilings. The north facing windows and deck offer treetop, river and city views. Features include: * Separate study * Activity room with skylight * Large kitchen with granite bench tops * Dumbwaiter from the kitchen to the upstairs living room * Two attic spaces * Large carport for 4-6 vehicles ( plus 4-6 on 2 driveways) * Extensive gardens * A BBQ/tandoor oven * Vegetable garden
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Legacy of local style in 1892, architect John bede barlow designed a home for his cousins, the lane-mullins family. the house, at 8 challis avenue, Potts Point, named killountan, joined other well-known barlow homes, including keadue in Elizabeth bay and st kevin’s in woollahra. John lane-mullins, director of toohey’s and a long-time member of the nsw legislative council, was a man of considerable means. a father of five, he was a leader of the roman catholic laity and from the 1870s served as treasurer of the st mary’s cathedral building Fund. lane-mullins was also a notable patron of the arts and foundation president of the australian Ex libris society. His family hailed from county cork, ireland, where the family home was also named killountan. the Potts Point home (pictured above) is between macleay and victoria streets. For the past two decades or so it has been known as simpsons of Potts Point, a small boutique hotel of 14 rooms. but its current listing seems likely to 52
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see it return to its original use as a residence. it will be the only privately owned freestanding mansion of its era in the area. during the 1920s when the house was known as belgravia, it was split into six apartments that earned £320 annually when offered for sale in 1944. in the late 1980s, the Farris family undertook a year-long restoration of the property. its unostentatious facade of red brick, with stained glass windows and timber ornamentation, was a statement against the vulgarity of the victorian architecture of the day. the decorative elements, now restored, were reserved for inside. missing mouldings have been replaced, elliptical tudor arches highlighted, and a new internal staircase built in the same style as the one demolished decades earlier. a conservatory was erected and garaging built underneath. the wooden columns at the entrance were uncovered, recreating the original front porch. there is a precedent for the building’s conversion back to residential use, touted by the
listing agents, ken Jacobs at christie’s international and william manning at mcGrath. the 1890s terrace saraville was once restauratuer Peter doyle’s le trianon, renamed cicada in the mid-1990s with a revamped luigi roselli fitout. it is a distant dining memory, given it has since been restored and then sold as a residence for $13 million in 2016. there was another notable terrace sale in challis avenue, at $12.5 million last year. killountan, which featured in michael cannon’s Our Beautiful Homes: Australia’s upper middle class in the Edwardian Age, last traded when it was bought by keith wherry in 2002 for $2.85 million. barlow built houses for sydney’s new rich professionals, mostly catholics with big families. His other 1892 architectural jewel is st kevin’s, woollahra, designed for dr Patrick collins and his wife, margaret. their ageing daughters kept the home until 1976, when then adman leo schofield and his then wife, jeweller anne
schofield, rescued the home from its infirm state after buying it for $182,250. architect Peter stronach, who helped restore st kevin’s for the schofields, said that the house went against the prevailing italianate victorian wedding-cake style. bede barlow instead built face brick houses with no wrought iron, but with timber and brickwork decorations, along with verandas. it was the beginning of an acceptance of a local style as opposed to merely copying a European style. st kevin’s last sold for $2.2 million in 1994, to Paul keating when he was prime minister. “no part of the house has been changed in concession to passing infatuations with fashionable configuration,” keating once told me. “leo saved it, and i finished the task.” bede barlow, the president of the institute of architects of nsw between 1897 and 1902, lived at airmount, waverley, now the christian brothers’ college, with his wife mary, their only son having been killed at Gallipoli.
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SUNSHINE COAST MODERNISM This fabulous modernist designed house from the early 70’s is a perfect getaway or private home. Beautifully renovated under the guidance of local architect Bronwyn Innes it has many features that tie it to designers such as Pettit & Sevitt oor to ceiling awning ows out to wide wrap around covered terraces for relaxing and entertaining in style. All of this surrounded by nature on 3.5 acres. Here you are far from the crowds yet only 4 mins to Eumundi’s delightful village markets, cafes and shops, 25 minutes to Noosa, and 75 mins to Brisbane Airport. The detail in the renovation needs to be seen to be appreciated here – come have a look and feel it for yourself! Overseas owner reluctantly parting with his much loved retreat.
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Double vision A stunning holiday home in southern New South Wales uses ingenious positioning, simplified lines and dramatic glazing to make the most of its spectacular setting
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eiling and wall linings are predominantly of birch plywood, and the external walls on the east and west feature solid timber cladding. the plywood brings the garden into the interior, says Peters; it’s soft, warm, deals well with the light, and marking the end of the building, it blends with the wooded surroundings. Peters says “monolithic, finely detailed and honest construction using beautiful contemporary materials like glass, steel and timber” are core to the design approach of the practice. the materials used in the Haxstead Garden House hold their own, “with no superfluous components or lavish decorative elements”. the garden, created over a long period, ranges from small and ornamental to large-scale strategic plantings. it forges microclimates – important along a windswept coastline. a perimeter of melaleuca and casuarina trees merge with the native bush, and norfolk island pines punctuate lawns, complemented by sculptural beds of native poa, exotic miscanthus grasses, cactus and succulents. Peters says he had the rare opportunity of staying a few nights while “working” after the project was complete. “the nice thing about this building is you can sit in it and the environment is going to change around you, sometimes very quickly,” he says. “it can become very dramatic, and just being in this refuge, along this scene, with these vantage points and feeling protected is a really nice experience.”
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“Midwood” 411 Old South Road, Mittagong
• Enter the farm via an avenue of Chinese Elms over the “Chain of Ponds Creek” • Substantial Richard Rowe designed farmhouse set in a private garden overlooking a dam & all weather tennis court, large level front & rear lawns, irrigated lawns & gardens • Huge eat-in kitchen and north facing family room with stone fireplace • Various living and dining areas, both formal and casual, ducted r/c air conditioning • Productive pasture improved property, excellent fencing, water (200,000 litre rainwater storage, bore & pump) and outbuildings including a 540 sqm 6 bay shed
91 Shepherd St., Bowral • C.1890 classic weatherboard in Old Bowral on elevated 3/4 acre block • Originally the ‘schoolhouse’ for Mt. Shepherd, the home has been meticulously renovated and extended • Surrounded by a beautiful old garden offering distant views over Bowral • Charming country kitchen with double ovens, dishwasher and butler’s sink • Multiple living and dining areas with French doors to verandah, and loft library
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