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South Coast NSW, page 47

melbourne mansion in the air, Victorian terrace in lavender bay

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mid-century modern architects left a legacy in big demand

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a new Zealand retreat takes its cue from the surroundings

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big-name residential living is taking off

jonathan chancellor Interiors editor

impressive homes in the act are fetching big prices

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david meagher

no longer an afterthought, work spaces are going high end

joel robinson Elizabeth redman

port douglas is still the gilded destination it was in the ’80s

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an extraordinary weekender fit for its stunning setting

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baseball legend’s former home, reagan’s old digs

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Editor’s letter australia has adopted mid-century modern architecture as its own. it’s a form that echoes our climate, practicality and love of melding the indoors with outside. many of australia’s eminent architects have left an enduring legacy in mid-century modern homes typically influenced by frank lloyd wright, writes jonathan chancellor in our cover story this month. sydney architect neville gruzman’s 1950’s home in darling point was inspired by wright’s fallingwater, built in pennsylvania in 1935. gruzman’s home and other mid-century modern houses are finding favour today, with a handful recently changing hands and others, including gruzman House, listed for sale. in new Zealand’s waitakere ranges, fearon Hay architects have designed a weekender reflecting the surrounding natural materials, writes jamie durie. these “baches” – from the welsh word for small – dot southern new Zealand, but at 600sq m of living area the fearon Hay design defies the term. this month dolly lenz sees the values of the millennial generation changing as they move toward their thirties. burdened by student debt and generally not seen to prioritise buying a property, they are now showing a shift to home ownership as they look to start a family – just when baby boomers are downsizing and freeing up family homes. meanwhile in canberra, prices in the top suburbs are rivalling inner sydney and melbourne, reports jonathan chancellor, with buyers moving to the act from sydney, melbourne and brisbane. Emerging expatriate and international interest in the capital is also a factor. in our interiors section, milanda rout writes that childhood memories of the beach and the nsw south coast’s rolling green hills tempted jeffrey simpson and beau neilson – daughter of art patron judith neilson and investor kerr neilson – to buy land there. the couple’s friend, architect andy carson, has created a family home that frames the extraordinary views. we hope you enjoy this issue of Mansion Australia.

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Luxury

Landscape designer rick eckersley spent a dozen years creating musk cottage, his mornington Peninsula weekender. It was a labour of love after he paid $2 million for the 4ha Flinders holding that was almost entirely mown lawn. eckersley says he wanted the garden “to look like a Fred williams painting”. He bought the property as an escape from his weekends in St kilda, but also to showcase what can be done in a garden that is drought tolerant but still looks beautiful. rt edgar Flinders agents Holly Longmuir and Samantha moffatt have a guide of $4 million to $4.2 million for its october 28 auction.

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Full-floor apartment businessman and art collector Greg Hargrave is selling his full-floor apartment in the 35 Spring Street building on the garden fringe of the melbourne cbd. the former boss of Skilled Group paid $7.949 million-plus for the empty shell in 2013, four years before completion. nPm melbourne agent Sam nathan and colliers International agent brett Griffith are marketing the apartment with a guide of $16 million to $18.5 million.they say it is the most significant mansion-style apartment to have been completed within melbourne.

Hargrave, executive chairman of Qato capital, engaged interior architect and design firm kPdo for the inside, and landscape architect myles baldwin for the garden. the level-19 apartment has natural stone and timber finishes, and overlooks the treasury Gardens.

Spanning nearly 850sq m of indoor and outdoor living, the apartment is divided into two wings. It has five bedrooms and four bathrooms in one wing and three living zones in the other.

Last year Hargrave sold his 25th-floor penthouse atop 99 Spring Street for $7 million.

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There are just 29 riverfront homes in Tasmania’s Battery Point, on the River Derwent just south of Hobart. Now an 1890s waterfront – one of six in Battery Point with a jetty – has hit the market through St Andrews Hobart agent Steve Yannarakis with around $4.7 million hopes. Set on 1175sq m featuring terraced gardens with established trees, it also has a boatshed and slipway. The views of Short Beach, Errol Flynn Reserve and out to the Royal Yacht Club are some of the best in Hobart. The five-bedroom home, on Napoleon Street, comes with a 1990s extension to span 450sq m. Prices on Napoleon Street recently peaked at around $4.8 million with the sale of an 1890s weatherboard with extension by Maria Gigney Architects.

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Arts & Crafts allure Halstead, an arts & crafts-style mansion in toorak, has been listed with street record hopes. the captivating home on lansell road, one of melbourne’s priciest streets, sits alongside properties that have fetched as much as $17 million. dating from 1916, Halstead was designed by architect walter butler for Frances clements, who lived across the road. in the late 1930s it was home to the noted rural industry businessman sir william raws. it retains its arts & crafts allure, with a parapet roof, projecting eaves and paired columns, which were influenced by the English and dutch colonial style. the textured rendered brick structure has been restored and the rusticated stucco exterior of a bygone era also remains. the home has five bedrooms, six bathrooms, a home office and three living rooms. a swimming pool sits in the vast 3340sq m landscaped gardens. James liu at weast corporation is asking $23 million to $25 million for the home, which last traded for $12 million in 2014 when it was sold

by Hong kong-based couple simon and allison strapp. they had paid $11 million seven years earlier when buying from wellcom Group executive chairman wayne sidwell.

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Ever since the 1930s, apartments soaring high on Sydney’s Macquarie Street have had some of the best views in the country, stretching over the harbour and the Royal Botanic Gardens.

One of the most tightly held blocks, the 2006-built Macquarie Residences, opposite Parliament House, has just 42 apartments, with only a handful sold since the turn of the decade. The north penthouse, complete with infinity swimming pool, has just sold, having been listed for $8.9 million. Spanning 380sq m, the dual-level apartment with three bedrooms and three bathrooms was offered through Ray White Sydney CBD agent Michael Lowdon. The south penthouse has now also been listed.

The north and south penthouses were bought together for around $15 million in 2015 in Tower Holdings developer Terry Agnew’s project, designed by architect Bob Nation of Crone Nation, and Eugene Marchese of Marchese and Partners. The sale comes at a busy time in the Sydney CBD penthouse market, with the 14th-level penthouse in the Quay Grand also recently sold.

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the Eyrie, a historic holding in sydney’s newport, has been listed for sale after a brand new coastal chic home was built around it. the original 1908 sandstone cottage and the 1930s tower at bungan beach have been incorporated behind a Hamptons-style exterior. work was undertaken after it was bought by new Zealand-based filmmaker kate long, who bought it from jazz musician James morrison and wife Judi in 2013 for $3.01 million. when morrison bought the home in 1994 from sir Garfield barwick’s son ross barwick, it was advertised as an “unfixable dump”. it comprises four bedrooms and three bathrooms on a 1665sq m parcel. a balinese-style cabana and guest cabin overlook the 20m pool. max walls international agent anthony walls is marketing the home with guide of $7 million.

Few people lived at bungan before the 1920s. the napier thomson family of whitecourt at cremorne built the Eyrie.

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Luxury a Victorian-era terrace in sydney’s lavender bay reinvented by the late interior designer George Freedman has been listed for sale at $7.2 million.

Freedman transformed the waiwera street home on a 172sq m holding for the Halpern family in 2000, two years after it traded for $860,000. it was sold to the current vendor in 2011 for $4.05 million. the home has four bedrooms, three bathrooms, an upper-level media room, and an italian marble table in the open-plan lounge and dining space. the kitchen and second living space opens to a garden courtyard with pond, and there are views of the harbour from the rooftop terrace with outdoor kitchen. the agency’s dino lee is marketing it in conjunction with ballard Property. born in brooklyn, new York, Freedman left an indelible mark on his adopted home town after he arrived in the very late 1960s to “manhattanise” the headquarters of the bank of new south wales.

“For all the opulence in many of marsh Freedman’s designs, it was always balanced with tempered restraint guided by modernist principles,” wrote John Engelen of the design store dedece after his death in 2016.

An ultra-modern home fronting the Coomera River at Hope Island north of the Gold Coast has been listed for sale.

Entry is through established tropical gardens and under a hotel-style portico to a grand hallway featuring a glass and timber staircase.

The ground and lower levels feature a home cinema, library and a wine cellar. A floating walkway connects the upper level, which contains three of the five bedrooms. In total, there is some 723sq m of floor space.

The late 1980s architecturally designed home, which takes advantage of the views of the river, last traded for $4 million in 2004.There is mooring for a superyacht, and an infinity pool with spa on the 1745sq m parcel.Ray White East Brisbane agents Trevor Egan and Carrie Lowndes are marketing the home, which is within walking distance of the Sanctuary Cove village.

Hope Island’s highest sale so far this year came in February when retired corporate executive David Baird and his wife Marion spent $6.5 million on a golf course home.

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Victoriana one of the earliest properties in the elegant park-side row of mid-19th century homes on Howe crescent in south melbourne has been listed for sale, following recent renovation and extension, with $14 million to $15 million hopes. marshall white stonnington agents marcus chiminello and nicholas Hoo are marketing the home, with a private auction on october 30. the two-storey, double-fronted Victorian residence, built in 1866, last traded for $4.905 million in 2006. the rear was opened up and extended in 2014. it was originally two properties, and the facade retains its period grandeur. the reverend Hugh darling, minister of the clarendon street Presbyterian church, was its first owner. From the beginning it was described as having two apartments of eight rooms with a net asset value of £180. darling occupied one half and lewis coleman, described as a warehouseman, was the tenant of the other. in 1887 the property passed to George leverett, who also owned number 39-40 next door. other tenants included John buxton, the south melbourne auctioneer who was later to build Hughenden in beaconsfield Parade. the pair of houses is one of the most elegant designs in south melbourne. there are five bedrooms, three bathrooms, a wine cellar, media room and a private northwest garden designed by kate seddon on its 910sq m.

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Mid-century modern homes are more popular than ever, not just for their structural simplicity. They suit the local climate better than their cloistered predecessors

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many of australia’s eminent architects have left an enduring legacy in their mid-century modern homes, typically designed under the influence of the hallowed Frank lloyd wright, and none more so than the late uncompromising sydney architect neville Gruzman. the facade of Gruzman House, the darling Point home he designed in the late 1950s, emulates lloyd wright’s famous Falling water, the 1935 Pennsylvania icon.

Gruzman’s original family home on oswald street, built in 1958, was extended five years later, and then again in the early 1990s.

Filled with wooden ceilings and glossy, wide timber-panelled walls, it has been restored by its current owners, who, when they purchased it eight years ago, promised the Gruzman family they would maintain the architect’s legacy. the interconnected rooms all open onto decks and views of the surrounding garden, which is overlooked by gum trees. while it is now common for rooms to open to the outdoors, it was a rarity in the 1950s until architects such as Gruzman implemented the style.

Featuring japanese Edo influences, the home’s living room,

which is naturally lit by rows of timber windows and glass doors, was described by sydney opera House architect jørn utzon as “the best living room in australia”. a pink neon installation by 1960s artist michael kitching remains. the four-bedroom, three-bathroom home, featured in Vogue in 1968, has been listed for auction on october 22 through sydney sotheby’s agents deborah travers and tom jamieson. it includes four adjoining apartments. before his death in 2005 Gruzman endeavoured to leave the home to the nation. However, that never came to pass. australia’s wrightian school homes are now more revered than ever. the somewhat innovative trend arrived here via the postwar migration of architects who been influenced by noted us and European practitioners. Harry seidler is regarded as the father of modernist architecture in australia. wright was considered an early force behind the movement that emphasised how people lived while melding buildings with their natural environment. He learnt his craft from architect louis

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Left and below: 78 The Bulwark, Castlecrag. Opposite: Kiernan House in Dalkeith, Perth. Far right: 1960s home in Brighton, top, and mid-century classic in Kew

sullivan, who coined the term “form follows function”, which became a mantra of modernist architects. wright professed the same principle in a slightly different way, introducing the word “organic” to his design philosophy. in 2002, Gruzman wrote a tribute to his late friend and colleague, the architect bill lucas: “occasionally a city gives birth to a genius who will remain unknown to the general public until well after their death. bill lucas, the architect, teacher, inventor and philosopher, who died aged 76, is one of those people.” lucas’s interpretation of mid-century modern can be seen in a home at castlecrag that he and his late architect wife, ruth Harvey, built on their bushland block in 1957. dubbed the Glass House, the four-bedroom home constructed from steel and glass was the first one lucas built on the bulwark. a decade later there would be four neighbouring homes, all designed by him. the family home last traded for $560,000 in 1998. two years ago, another lucas-designed home sold for $2.055 million, and now another residence at 78 the bulwark, is for sale. last traded for $1.23 million in 2005, it has four bedrooms, and comes with white-painted ceilings, open-tread stairs and slate floors. its three storeys include six different levels, and it integrates sandstone boulders to form part of the walls on the lower levels. the 740sq m parcel of native bush leads down to sailors bay, which is overlooked by a number of outdoor decks and balconies. modern House agent marcus lloyd-Jones has the listing for an advertising industry couple. Prior to their ownership, the house was home to one of the producers of movie delight Babe.

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lloyd-Jones describes buyers of mid-century modern design as “value driven.” “we see again and again that good design attracts good people. mid-century modern houses are smaller than today’s bloated new builds, but they have space to breathe. “design hunters appreciate the connection to site, the simple material palette, the optimisation of light and the efficiency of the floor plan.” in 1968, architecture professor and author J.m. Freeland wrote in his book Architecture in Australia that living was taken outdoors in the 1950s. “all over australia, but particularly in sydney and areas north of it, the family took to outdoor living,” he wrote.

“Expansive paved terraces, covered with pergolas or scattered with brightly coloured canvas umbrellas and blinds and with painted timber or wrought iron furniture, opened from glassed living-rooms.”

Freeland even suggested that during the 1950s australia’s domestic architecture “ransacked” foreign architecture for ideas, and the character and the principles that lay behind them. comedian and mid-century modern enthusiast tim “rosso” ross says the best examples are simple yet liveable.

“For me the best feature is the use of glass; it allows for that old chestnut of letting the outside in,” he says. “it gives the illusion of more space, and in a country like australia where our climate is so fantastic it makes total sense to make the most of it. if there is one defining feature i like about them is their modesty. though i’m sure my wife would love more cupboards,” he adds. ross appears next month at the sydney opera House, continuing his tour which blends comedy and music to teach about architecturally-designed homes. His guest will be Grand Designs presenter kevin mccloud. the late ken woolley embraced the principles of clean modernist architecture when he created a home in wahroonga, a modernist cube protected by a wide overhanging roof. built in the mid-1960s, it was a Pettit + sevitt mkV design.

Pettit + sevitt, best remembered for its lowline design, was a project-home building company, credited with the production of 3500 affordable architecturally designed homes in the 1960s and ’70s. the mkV design was its largest and most expensive design, which meant only 30 were built, four of them in sydney. in 1965 the design was the subject of a four-page feature in Home Beautiful. since the wahroonga home last traded for $315,000 in 1996, a contemporary kitchen and bathrooms have been added to create

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The best of the mid-century style was based on architectural form, functionality, respect for climate and the durability of building materials. the 170sq m of inside space. It has four bedrooms, a study, three bathrooms and a covered rear terrace on its 1620sq m block which is set in mature landscaping. the property is listed through marcus Lloyd-Jones with a guide of $1.675 million. revived mid-century modern homes are finding success in the current market. earlier this year, a 1960s home in melbourne’s brighton sold for $3.295 million after being restored and renovated. designer dario Zoureff undertook the refurbishment of the threelevel dendy Street home, which traded for $2.272 million in 2013. marshall white bayside selling agents robin Parker and kate Fowler said the original floorplan is as relevant today as its was 60 years ago. there are two zoned living areas, four bedrooms and a study, three bathrooms and a Palm Springs-inspired pool and garden.

Parker notes that similar homes are now rare in melbourne’s bayside.

For only the second time, robin boyd’s free flowing 1954 bridgford House on beach road at black rock has been listed for sale with $2.9 million hopes. It goes to auction on october 27 through Jellis craig, without heritage protection. the Suchestow family undertook a sympathetic renovation in the 1960s to its dry dock boat room, which was sought by yachtsman and shipping agent charles bridgford. kew has is a mid-century classic currently for sale with a guide of $3 million to $3.3 million. the Yarra Street home was restored by the current vendor, designer Helen mcVean, who bought it for $1.42 million in 2013. Set in 685sq m of designed gardens, the home has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a warehouse-style office.

Jellis craig agents Peter Vigano and daniel Joyce are marketing the property in conjunction with kay & burton’s rebecca edwards.

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At Seaforth on Sydney’s middle Harbour a waterfront reserve home inspired by wright has $2.6 million to $2.85 million hopes after selling for $2.22 million less than two years ago. the three-bedroom house with an innovative open-plan design suspended over the trees is surrounded by expanses of glass. Stone real estate agents maria cassarino and Julian rowe have the listing.

Across the country, kiernan House in dalkeith, an iconic Perth mid-century home designed by raymond Jones, is on the market.

Space real estate cottesloe agent Susan James has a $3.7 million guide. Its pool, overlooked by an outdoor kitchen, is set in droughtresistant gardens inspired by those of californian modernist homes. the green of the yucca trees and large Agave plants contrast with the home’s charcoal, white and sand-coloured exterior. the property was mentioned first up in neil clerehan’s 1961 book Best Australian Houses, which featured 20 modernist-style homes. Its innovative, affordable design also warranted mention in a recent book, An Unfinished Experiment in Living: Australian Houses 1950-65, by Geoffrey London, Philip Goad and conrad Hamann. craig Steere Architects has added a modern extension to the kiernan House while retaining the best of the mid-century style, which was based on architectural form, utilitarian functionality, respect for the effect of climate and the durability of building materials.

Jones’s own former home in cottesloe, a mid-century beach bungalow, sold late last year for $2.9 million without fanfare. It had been built by Jones, possibly most remembered for playing football for collingwood and melbourne, and then with South Fremantle after he’d relocated to Perth.

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Offering subdivision potential (STCA), it is ideal for cattle grazing, with paddocks, creeks, dams, natural springs and new cattle yards.

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Elliott Placks the great australian dream is still to own your home but the gap between the haves and the have nots has been widening. the big barrier is high capital growth in the property sector and flat wage growth for millennials. this inverse relationship is compounded, as to buy a property in sydney you will need to save 20 per cent deposit and pay stamp duty of roughly 5 per cent. based on our office’s sales to first home buyers, not many properties traded below $800,000. this means the deposit required is $160,000 and with an underwhelming stamp duty concession for first home buyers you will would still need $32,000. many millennials may opt to get into the property market as an investor first and only pay a 10 per cent deposit. this comes with costs such as mortgage insurance and no stamp duty concession, though the pathway to ownership is quicker and less of a burden in the short term. the challenge we face over the next decade is how to help support millennials to get into the market as the barriers are getting harder. increasing the first home buyers grant in excess of $650,000 [would be one fix], the other would be to change mortgage insurance from a 20 per cent deposit to a 10 per cent deposit only for first home buyers.

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Millennials on the move after a long delay in securing their own home compared with their parents’ experience at a similar age, millennials are about to make a big splash in the real estate market. burdened by student loan debt – which totalled $1.5 trillion in the first quarter of 2018 and now exceeds both auto and credit card debt – as well as postponing starting a family while they establish their careers, this growing demographic is now poised to make a sustained plunge into home ownership. the biggest myth about millennials is that they don’t view home ownership as a worthwhile goal in the way their parents did. this false narrative has been driven by the development of a sharingbased economy. but every survey of this age group has concluded that millennials share their parents’ desire for a home of their own, and based on what we’re seeing within our client base, their time has arrived. we are seeing more couples about to hit their 30s enter the market, and starting a family is their main motivation. we are currently working with several millennial clients who have been married for about five years and have delayed purchasing due to large student debt and the desire to save for a down payment. they wish to begin a family and their biggest challenge has been finding a home in an affordable price range. this has been exacerbated by limited supply. these buyers’ pursuit of a new home has increased in urgency as they’ve seen mortgage rates continue to rise, another factor affecting affordability. so what happens when you combine a baby-boom generation entering its retirement and looking to both cash in and downsize to fit a changing lifestyle with millennials entering their peak familyformation years? you have supercharged demand and a motivated seller base, with an increasing supply of homes. couple this with a tight jobs market with rising incomes and

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Millennials are showing a lot of interest in this apartment, above and below, on the market in Manhattan’s NoHo district for $4.395 million

the liveability and affordability of brisbane makes it a favoured destination for savvy millennials focused on buying property. i am marketing a classic 1970s white brick apartment building high on Hamilton Hill. the main buyers have been gen y bringing mum and dad to opens. these savvy and creative buyers love renovators, and view older-style unit blocks, art deco units (particularly in new farm) and starter cottages within 10km of the city as exciting projects. they are starting young – particularly apprentice tradies, who are happy to make the purchase a family affair, sometimes buying into their first home with siblings. one 24 year-old vendor i am working with has just purchased a second property, this one with her fiancée, having bought with her brother when she was younger. they typify a generation with sound values of wanting to get ahead financially while embracing traditional relationships and marriage. they are wise beyond their years and careful with their money. we also see that parents are extremely committed to helping their children get into the market, helping them save deposits by allowing them to live rent free at home for as long as possible, as well as drawing on their home equity to give their children a head start.

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Marty Fox stabilising home prices and a perfect storm of conditions has formed for sustained housing activity in the foreseeable future. the only caveat would be rising mortgage rates, which may dampen demand. but we believe policy makers, sensitive to the oversized role real estate plays in the overall economy, are mindful of not letting mortgage rates get high enough to inordinately affect the housing market. from our vantage point, the signals for the next few years are flashing full speed ahead and we are gearing up for a sustained period of transaction volume.

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

i don’t believe millennials hold home ownership in the same esteem as their parents did. life has changed dramatically through technology, opinions, politics, how relationships are found via apps and so forth, and i find home ownership has just slid down the ladder of importance. we’re living in a very “i want it now” society, and if you ask most property investors it’s the first purchase that seems to be the hardest. it takes discipline, stringent savings ability and sacrifice. student debt is probably the single biggest thing hindering the ability to save for a first home. there are millennials who are purchasing, however as a whole do they have the goal on a pedestal? we do see parents assisting millennials buying apartments with guarantees or help with deposits. i think it’s a real struggle for parents. i think people should look at buying property as tenants in common [partnership] and then look at flipping them to help save a deposit. study the market and see where money can be made through cosmetic renovation and fast-track your ability to save.

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Naming rites Upmarket residential projects carrying the moniker of luxury brands now span the globe, attracting cashed-up buyers with a desire to be seen buying the best the first true branded residence, the sherry-netherland in manhattan, opened its doors in the late 1920s. almost 100 years on, the upmarket branded residential sector is in more than 60 countries, expanding most recently from north american to asia’s willing embrace. there are now some 400 such projects across the world, of which about 300 are hotel branded, mostly urban, but often coastal. dubai has the highest concentration. the market only took off in the mid-1980s after the Four seasons group opened condos next to its hotel in boston. “that really demonstrated the success of the model,” says chris Graham, an international expert in the sector. the aman hotel group then launched the concept in a resort setting in 1988, with amanpuri in Phuket, thailand.

“For a hotel operator, residences can be a new theatre for the brand, a way to deepen the relationship with the consumers,” says luxury brand consultant Piers schmidt.

Queensland’s Gold coast saw the arrival of Palazzo Versace in 2000, marketed as the first fashion-branded hotel and costing $200

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million to build. Palazzo Versace is an opulent hotel whereas the likes of sydney offering one barangaroo is an integrated hospitality branded residence. knight Frank australia partner Erin van tuil says the escalation of the trend in australia is no coincidence. “sydney continues to attract high net worth individuals [Hnwis],” she says, adding that the newly launched crown residences was aimed at capitalising on an anticipated annual inflow into australia of 10,000 such individuals. australia is attracting more Hnwis than any country, and has done for three years running, according to knight Frank’s new world wealth report. one barangaroo will be australia’s first fully integrated, six-star hotel branded residence, van tuil says. “the driving force behind the ongoing interest is a combination of the lifestyle offering and the design and location.” she says the apartments had been benchmarked against projects in cities such as london, new York, Hong kong and singapore. “the full suite of hotel-style concierge services, in-room dining and priority booking at the restaurants within the building have set the benchmark high

for australia and will compete on a global level for both investors and residents alike.” casino tycoon james Packer, whose crown resorts secured approval for the $2 billion sydney casino at barangaroo, will retain two upper-level floors.

His apartment space, which will be fashioned by new York-based interior designers, is expected to have scandinavian bleached birch wood, ripple-textured bronze glass, polished blackened stainless steel, leather detailing, and white and silver-veined stone slabs from Greece. the $60 million acquisition set the nation’s apartment price record. another reported sale in the block was to former bookmaker bob blann, who has paid $40 million for a whole-floor residence. set on sydney Harbour, the apartments will start at $9.5 million, making the building australia’s most expensive apartment tower – although van tuil won’t disclose the price per square metre being sought throughout the building. the inaugural knight Frank branded residences report 2018 states the price differentials for branded residences can vary from as much as 132 per cent in some cities in asia to no differential at all. Van

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tuil suggests that “while the branded concept in the Sydney market is still embryonic, all the evidence we have to date from marketing one barangaroo is that a premium of 25 per cent to 35 per cent ahead of comparable non-branded product is where the market will sit.” crown’s executive vice president, strategy and development todd nisbet says residents’ services offer owners the opportunity to preserve their most precious commodity – time.

“As individuals increasingly become global citizens with diverse business interests, time is becoming a rare commodity,” he says. “with a full hospitality offering, individuals know that the day-today necessities are taken care of.” the castle residences is Sydney’s latest luxury hotel development under construction. the $380 million apartment project from Shanghai United has already seen a rumoured $18 million penthouse sale, secured last year before its launch. For a 300sq m apartment, that’s more $60,000 per square metre.

Shanghai United has partnered with AccorHotels for the 121 apartment development in the heritage-listed Porter House Hotel on castlereagh Street. the hotel will span levels one to nine and the apartments will be above. Architects candalepas Associates are designing the building, with interiors by Studio Aria.

Shanghai United chief executive Yangdong Xu says potential buyers have identified the combination of a five-star hotel in a mixed-use apartment project in a good location as key. daniel von barloewen, regional senior director for mixed-use development for europe at marriott International – the world’s largest hotel operator – says growth in the sector shows little sign of abating. “when buyers see marketing for a ritz-carlton, St regis, edItIon or marriott residence, they know that they’re going to get a quality product,” he says. the marriott’s branded residence projects in the pipeline include the docklands marriott, the first marriott to be built in Australia in 20 years, which will have 100 apartments above a 100-room hotel. For the $250 million project, capital Alliance engaged dko Architecture to create a more modern marriott. Its two 17-level towers, which sprout from a rectangular hotel podium, are wrapped in a translucent screen with a curved glass facade. And gone are the preconceived fittings of marriott’s yesteryear, with carpets and clunky furniture replaced by sleek designer inclusions and clean timber flooring. castran Gilbert South Yarra agent mark Forytarz is handling the marketing of the apartments. He says the project, set to open in 2020, will offer a new melbourne home for five-star living. the 100 apartments will comprise one, two and three bedders. A 28m wetedge rooftop infinity pool and adjoining bar will crown the building. richard crawford, marriott International’s senior director development for the Australia-Pacific region, says the new five-star hotel reflects the evolving needs of guests who use hotel rooms differently from the way they did in the past. they have high expectations of hotel luxury based on sophisticated Asian, european and American hotel experiences. “we’ve reinvented the hotel room, as we’ve found that hotel guests don’t use desks in the rooms, preferring to lounge on beds or sofas or work in well-designed communal spaces with a relaxed

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atmosphere,” crawford says. “they also don’t want their clothes and possessions hidden away in storage.”

In a nod to melbourne’s status as Australia’s fashion capital, the marriott docklands rooms will have the retail-influenced feature of wall racks that showcase guests’ fashion purchases or spring racing outfits rather than confining them to closets. capital Alliance founder and chief executive mohan du says the docklands development would appeal to a broad demographic of business and leisure travellers of all ages, while the much larger than average apartments were already tempting downsizers and young families to adopt the convenience of apartment living. capital Alliance will also bring the first Ac Hotels by marriott brand to Fishermans bend in 2020, with 111 apartments atop a 200room hotel. the Ac Hotel will be part of the 40-level mixed-use building known as normanby melbourne. dko Architecture has again been engaged to design the project, which will feature a cantilevered swimming pool spanning the width of the building. robert tye, director of specialised commercial at valuer opteon, says at the heart of branded residences, the apartment elements are no different to any other apartment development. “buyer profile is not significantly different to other projects in the inner brisbane area, however there is a higher proportion of owner/occupiers given both projects provide larger apartments.

“Generally, it would appear buyers would be the regular mix of investors, local ‘downsizers’ and ‘lock and leave’ occupiers.” the knight Frank report warns the growth of the sector will not be without potential pitfalls. “there is a danger that in democratising the concept of branded residences, developers also risk devaluing it,” it notes. “the concept has always been aspirational.” the risk is unlikely to stall developers, however, says von barloewen. “You might have oversupply in certain places, and as markets mature any premiums might reduce,” he says. brand involvement can certainly increase project visibility. “this can be something of an insurance policy,” says James Snelgar, director of global business development at residential and design company Yoo.

Brisbane has embraced the branded residence trend, with its newest development, Mary Lane (above), positioned atop the international five-star hotel The Westin.

Mary Lane’s one, two and three bedroom apartments start from the 17th level. The CBD residents will have a separate lobby and secure lifts, but access to the Westin’s concierge.

GMP Management’s Ian Pert, the development manager of Mary Lane, says the fusion of five-star hotels and luxury residences has been a successful concept in international cities, but the concept was relatively new for Brisbane.

Andrew Roubicek, Colliers International agent, says Mary Lane offers a luxurious, quiet city address that provided an easy transition between work and play as well as the ease of a “lock and leave” lifestyle. Designed by Woods Bagot, each residence is embellished with the designer features desired by “next generation” city buyers, he added.

Mary Lane is slated for completion this year.

Just across the river and Botanic Gardens, the $150 million luxury Banyan Tree Residences Brisbane development in Kangaroo Point (below) will feature 76 two and three bedroom apartments, including three penthouses.

The development, set to be completed next year, will have a 24-hour concierge service, spa, restaurant and resident gymnasium, as well as rooftop garden, private function room, barbecue facilities and an infinity pool.

Although not a hotel, it will carry the brand.

“We have welcomed many new owners since our launch, with a mixture of local buyers as well as those from overseas, including existing Banyan Tree owners,” says executive chairman Ho Kwon Ping.

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Capital gains The ACT residential market has moved well beyond the era of ubiquitous red-brick cottages

the canberra prestige residential market has never been stronger. that’s the view of Peter blackshaw agent mario sanfrancesco, who has had a hand in two of the three recent sales above $6 million. sanfrancesco, a 25-year veteran, still believes the prestige market isn›t at its peak. “i’m confident there will be a few more premium quality canberra homes transacting,” he says. “buyers have confidence in the canberra market.” spring in the act is typically strong, according to valuers Herron todd white (Htw), who recently noted that the housing market was driven by seasons, given its harsh winters. “once spring begins and the weather becomes warmer, buyers are motivated to inspect properties and the cycle picks up,” says valuer angus Howell. “the warm weather and blossoming of plants increases the marketability of properties. then, given the employment profile of the act, december and January are then quiet as the public service takes time off.”

Htw notes the overall housing market activity throughout winter 2018 has been steady to strong, which is expected to continue into the spring and summer. sanfrancesco says he’s seeing buyers moving from sydney, melbourne or brisbane, as well as international interest from the expat community, usually from the uk, us and parts of asia. He says international flights, the quality of the airport and the surrounding facilities owned by billionaire terry snow have contributed to the accessibility of canberra for the rest of the world. over the past 50 years, the act residential market has changed significantly, while the established suburbs of Forrest, Yarralumla, red Hill and reid remain the most sought after.

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between 1960 and 1975, the population in canberra went from 50,000 to 220,000 as it witnessed a construction boom. the new dwellings were somewhat standard, with many of them stereotypical red-brick cottages. in the early 1970s the median house price was $18,000, compared withs more than $700,000 in 2018. local families are the most prevalent buyer demographic, upgrading to substantial family homes in suburbs in the inner south such as Yarralumla, old deakin, old Griffith, red Hill and Forrest. sanfrancesco says Forrest retains its status as the most exclusive suburb. its median price last year was just under $2.8 million, rivalling the median prices of the some of the inner-city suburbs of sydney and melbourne.

Earlier this year, Forrest saw its suburb record smashed when a prospective buyer posted a letter into an ord street mail box expressing interest in the property. there were two private inspections, organised by the owner, which led to a $6.45 million sale – the third highest in canberra’s history. terence ring of kingston-based architects ring & associates designed the home around seven years ago after the 1930sq m block traded for $2.2 million in 2007. behind the solid cedar entry door is a large double-storey void with stairs heading to the upper and lower levels. on the ground floor is a theatre room, formal lounge, a private master suite, and a family and kitchen space that forms the central hub of the home. on the lower ground floor is the children’s wing, a rumpus room and a gym. stone is a major feature of the home, which was constructed by chase building Group. the property has a six-star energy rating, with extensive insulation, two 20,000 litre water tanks and solar panels to heat the pool.

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Luton Properties agent richard Luton affirms the strength of the prestige property market. “the canberra prestige housing market has never been stronger,” he says, noting the very tight supply of properties in the $3 million-plus range. He says the market will continue to remain buoyant due to canberra’s solid employment market, a number of feeder buyers in the price range, continued low interest rates and some superannuation changes. the priciest home on the market is a Yarralumla property with a $5 million-plus guide. the pavilion-style residence on Hill corner is nestled on 1980sq m of landscaped grounds on a bed of lush ivy, and framed by a careful planting of silver birch trees. It has been extensively renovated since it traded for $800,000 in 2003.

Statement double front doors open to a tiled hallway screened with rich, dark timber walls. A large central courtyard with pencil birches and ivy adjoins the living area, dining area and designer kitchen. It can easily hold up to 100 or more guests and has a dedicated outdoor barbecue area. the parents’ retreat gets its own wing on the ground level, complete with his and hers vanities and a free-standing stone bath. the bathroom opens to its own small courtyard overlooking a vista of Japanese maple trees. there’s another three bedrooms, a gym, a pilates studio, and a fully equipped home theatre with recliner seating for eight.

On the other side of the glass walkway is another outdoor entertaining space with full-sized synthetic tennis court and a twostorey pool house. As well as containing a gas and solar-heated 11m pool, the pool house functions as a self-contained apartment.

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A sale at that price would firmly place the home among canberra’s most expensive. westridge House in Yarralumla, one of canberra’s oldest homes, sold last year for $6.05 million. It was bought by Jaehee choi, who moved his family from north korea in the late 1980s. two years later they relocated to canberra.

“I fell in love with canberra – it was love at first sight and I haven’t left,” he told the local paper. “when I first arrived, canberra felt like a small town, a small village, but after I arrived, in less than 10 years I saw it start to grow rapidly in all areas.” westridge House dates from 1928, when Harold desbroweAnnear designed it for charles Lane-Poole, the founding principal of the Australian Forestry School. In 1975, the cSIrO became the new tenant and it was used as the residence for its chief officer. the house, which had been in government hands since it was built, sold at auction for $3.2 million in 2010.

Its expansive 2ha grounds back on to royal canberra Golf course. A 50sq m reception room with antique fireplace, solid timber floors and high ceilings opens onto a sandstone terrace. there are five bedrooms, three bathrooms and two sitting rooms. mugga way at red Hill is canberra’s version of Point Piper’s wolseley road, says Sanfrancesco. It has had two properties top $7 million. “mugga way is unique because it backs on to the red Hill nature reserve,” Sanfrancesco says. “blocks are extremely large, ranging from 1000sq m to 15,000sq m, which attracts a number of embassies and diplomatic residences.”

Luton says that mugga way, which is dubbed the golden mile, is considered canberra’s best-known top-end street. Its priciest sale was in 2010, when 27 mugga way, a 1.1ha corner property, sold for $7.3 million. billed as one of canberra’s largest private residences, the twostorey manor has five bedrooms, a study, a gallery and a basement wine cellar. the heritage-listed surrounds feature a tennis court, hand-carved sandstone and wrought-iron gazebo, ponds with timber bridges, and garden paths lit by Grecian-style lamps. three years later, 20 mugga way, on the other side of the street bordering the reserve, sold for $7.2 million. It was bought by chinese billionaire Liang Guangwei, the head of a state-backed technology conglomerate with high-level political connections. next door, Hillview also makes it in to canberra’s top 10 sales, having sold for $5.2 million last year. the five-bedroom home was designed by popular canberra architect kenneth Oliphant and Oakley Parkes & Partners, the designers of the Lodge and calthorpes House.

Hillview was the scene for countless functions and gatherings, and a popular venue for tennis parties in the 1920s and 30s. three properties have sold on the street this year, the priciest being 2 mugga way, which fetched $4.1 million. the late-1970s grand residence is the essence of the mid to late 20th-century architecture. Oversized double timber doors open to a soaring glass walkway topped by a crown of architecturally solid Oregon beams. the courtyard, which wraps around the swimming pool, features an outdoor kitchen entertaining area and a pool house with sauna and gym. the formal lounge with cathedral-like ceilings includes a fireplace. there’s a billiards room with fully equipped bar and an underground wine cellar that can store 1000 bottles. the bedroom wing, which is built around an atrium, has a sitting area, four bedrooms and a study. the master suite has views towards the 2805sq m gardens and red Hill reserve.

Sanfrancesco, who sold the home, says the record will be topped soon. “It’s a matter of when,” he says.

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Home offices used to be almost an afterthought, wedged into a forgotten corner, but spaces in which to think and create at home are now gaining more attention. as the major cities become more congested, the trend towards working from home – at least for part of the week – has been growing as people seek to cut down on time spent commuting. and those workers who can be flexible with their time are looking for oversized rooms fitted with locally sourced materials and offering views of nature. the new crop of home offices are luxurious spaces designed to give residents privacy and make working a pleasure. “often people used to put their study in the worst place in the house,” sJb architects director adam Haddow says. “but actually it’s about putting the study in the best place in the house, because you’re spending the most time in it … the last thing you want is to think,‘i don’t want to go there’.” the best position is a south-facing space, as northern light can be too aggressive on the eye for someone trying to look at a computer screen or a book, he says. light, ventilation and views are key. sJb architects uses australian hardwood timbers such as blackbutt or spotted gum that look better in the australian sunlight, instead of European or american choices. a water feature or fishpond positioned nearby creates background noise to cut down on the urban hum and calm the mind. luxurious touches can include quality sound systems or parquetry-style leather-tile floors.

Haddow is enjoying his own new home office, painted in a shade between sky blue and aquamarine and with a view of his roof garden where birds help themselves to nectar from banksia flowers.

Privacy is important for someone who needs to meet clients and take phone calls at home. wolf architects principal architect taras wolf suggests creating separate entrance for a home office if clients will be visiting. a business owner who will have staff sharing their home office could locate the room near a secondary kitchen and powder room for employees to use. the challenge for high-end spaces is to allow plenty of room to store clutter or a constant stream of mail, wolf says. “it’s not our job to make you tidy. it’s our job to make your mess look good.” some homebuyers who can’t find the workspace they want have taken a creative approach, ray white residential sydney cbd director michael lowdon discovered.

He has seen buyers snap up two apartments in one building so they can live in one and work in the other – which also gives the buyer extra parking space. in melbourne, kay & burton agent robert Fletcher is seeing highly detailed design in the home offices of properties changing hands in the city’s prestige market.

For example, a five-bedroom home designed by christopher doyle at 23 Glenbrook avenue, malvern East, features coffered ceilings and oak woodwork. it includes a home office fully lined in oak, and is listed with an indicative asking price of $5.9 million. “the couple who own it are both professional people and obviously they want to feel in their office that they’re working in an important environment in line with what they do as professionals,” Fletcher says.

“For those who have the opportunity to work from home … why not work in a luxurious space?”

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Clockwise from top left: SJB Architects director Adam Haddow’s own home office; desk in the shape of an aeroplane wing in a Toorak home office; contemporary home office by architect Taras Wolf; oak-lined home office in Malvern East

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kay & burton recently sold a four-bedroom townhouse at 4a chastleton avenue, toorak, that features a desk designed in the style of an aeroplane wing. the home had been listed with price expectations of between $6.2 million and $6.7 million. some homes come with a separate office space that owners can either use themselves or rent out. in sydney’s Paddington, an industrial conversion at 6a liverpool street that sold this year for $6.98 million included a contemporary residence and a neighbouring commercial space. it sold to a digital technology company director. “the key here is to have the convenience of being within the one dwelling, while also having the independence of the residential component and the commercial component,” the agency’s ben collier says. “no one wants to walk work colleagues through your home if it can be avoided.” collier has listed a six-bedroom residence at 41 darling Point road, darling Point, with a home office that looks out onto nearby greenery and lets in plenty of light. mim design founding principal miriam Fanning has seen a trend towards custom-designed desks, such as leather-clad ones with private access codes to certain files. she often designs multi-purpose rooms that can include a home office with a meeting table, sofa and television, and perhaps a fireplace and wine cabinet. “if someone wants to go and watch the football by the fire on a Friday night and have a glass of red in winter, it’s really cosy and comfortable,” Fanning says. “if someone wants to work from home, it’s a room that’s a bit more domestic in appearance.”

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woolbrook, woolbrook, on on 1800ha 1800ha outside outside Geelong Geelong and and one one of of western western Victoria’s Victoria’sclassic classicbluestone bluestonehomesteads, homesteads,has hasbeen beenlisted listedfor forsale sale after after100-plus 100-plusyears yearsof ofownership ownershipby byone onefamily. family. close close to to teesdale, teesdale, the the property property isis about about 28km 28km west west of of Geelong Geelongand andjust just80km 80kmfrom fromthe themelbourne melbournecbd. cbd.offers offersin in excess excessof of$24 $24million millionare arebeing beingsought. sought. woolbrook woolbrookdates datesfrom from1837, 1837,when whenthe thepastoral pastorallease leasewas washeld held by by the the learmonth learmonth brothers, brothers, thomas thomas and and somerville. somerville. the the premium premiumfarming farmingland landhas hasbeen beenowned ownedby bythree threegenerations generationsof of the themorrison morrisonfamily familysince since1910.

1910.the thefarm farmattracted attractedheadlines headlinesatat the thebeginning beginningof ofthe thefifties fiftieswool woolboom boomwhen whenaabale baleof ofits itsextraextrasuperfine superfinemerino merinowool woolfetched fetched290 290pence pence1/2d 1/2daapound pound––aaworld world record recordprice pricepaid paidby byaafirm firmof ofscottish scottishspinners spinnersin inoctober october1950.

1950. some some 30 30 years years ago, ago, after after the the bottom bottom fell fell out out of of the the wool wool market marketand andthe the1982-83 1982-83drought droughtforced forcedaadrop dropin insheep sheepnumbers, numbers, the themorrisons morrisonsdiversified diversifiedinto intograins, grains,adding addingbarley, barley,wheat wheatand and canola. canola.andrew andrewmorrison morrisonbecame becameone oneof ofthe thepioneers pioneersof ofraisedraisedbed bed farming farming in in the the region, region, proving proving there there was was more more money money in in

grainsthan thanin insheep. sheep.cropping croppingin inwestern westernVictoria Victoriahas hasgrown grown grains dramatically, with with raised raised beds beds helping helping to to achieve achieve greater greater yield yield dramatically, securityby bypreventing preventingwaterlogging. waterlogging. security woolbrook now now operates operates as as aa mixed mixed farm, farm, producing producing woolbrook cerealsand andoilseeds oilseedsand andprime primelambs, lambs,although althoughaaportion portionof of cereals theland landhas hasbeen beenearmarked earmarkedfor forfuture futurelow-density low-densityresidential residential the subdivision.Every Everyyear yearthe thefamily familyploughs ploughsabout about1400ha 1400hain inthe the subdivision. hopewinter winterrains rainswill willfall falland andconvert convertthe thedry, dry,dusty dustypaddocks paddocksof of hope thescorching scorchingsummer summerto tobountiful bountifulgreen greenand andgold. gold. the theproperty propertywas wasoffered offeredfor forsale salein in1967, 1967,when whenits itsthen then9100 9100 the acreswere werecarrying carrying21,000 21,000merino merinosheep, sheep,with withbarunah barunahPlains Plains acres bloodlineand and450 450cattle. cattle.cbrE cbrEagents agentsdanny dannythomas, thomas,duncan duncan bloodline mcculloch and and james james beer beer have have now now listed listed itit in in conjunction conjunction mcculloch withken kenmcdonald mcdonaldof ofrichardson richardsonreal realEstate Estateatatnewtown. newtown. with theirprice priceguidance guidancefollows followson onthe the$4.35 $4.35million millionsale salein in2015 2015 their of the the historic historic barunah barunah Plains Plains homestead homestead atat nearby nearby Hesse, Hesse, aa of 260ha property property atat 4484 4484 Hamilton Hamilton Highway Highway and and one one of of the the 260ha country’sbest-known best-knownsheep sheepstations stationsand andhomesteads. homesteads.ititsold soldto to country’s ttHHEE w wEEEEkkEEnndd aauussttrraalli iaann | | ooccttoobbEErr 1 133- -1 144, , 22001 188

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damian damian and and jane jane canny. canny. itit has has had had just just six six owners owners since since settlement, settlement,including includingthe therussell russellfamily familyfrom fromthe the1850s 1850sto to1978.

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George Georgerussell russellarrived arrivedin inVan Vandiemen’s diemen’sland landfrom fromscotland scotland in in1831 1831and andin in1836 1836travelled travelledto toPort PortPhillip, Phillip,where wherehe hebecame became manager managerof ofthe thepastoral pastoralclyde clydecompany. company.when whenthe theproperty property was was featured featured in in the the 1910 1910 publication publication The The Pastoral Pastoral Homes Homes of of Australia, Australia,ititcovered covered20,000ha.

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European European settlement settlement by by squatters squatters in in western western Victoria Victoria began began after after the the Henty Henty brothers brothers landed landed in in Portland Portland bay bay in in 1834.

1834.by bythe themid-1840s mid-1840sthere therewere weresome some282 282pastoral pastoralruns runsin in the the rich rich western western district, district, with with aa population population of of nearly nearly 3500 3500 compared comparedto toalmost almost11,000 11,000in inmelbourne. melbourne. the the woolbrook woolbrook property property includes includes an an 1850s 1850s bluestone bluestone homestead homestead set set in in established established gardens, gardens, with with aa tennis tennis court court and and pool. pool.the thehome’s home’soriginal originalwing, wing,on onthe thewest westbank bankof ofthe thenative native Hut Hutcreek, creek,was wasbuilt builtby by“big “bigjohn” john”bell bellto toaadesign designby byGeelong Geelong architects architects shaw shaw and and dowden. dowden. the the bell bell family family of of pastoralists, pastoralists, whose whose ancestors ancestors fought fought in in scotland’s scotland’s battle battle of of dryfe dryfe sands sands in in 1593, 1593,included includedjames jamesbell, bell,the thefirst firsteditor editorof ofthe theGeelong GeelongAdvertiser.

Advertiser. the the Victorian Victorian Heritage Heritage council, council, which which considers considers the the residence residence aa “classic “classic model model of of homestead homestead life”, life”, notes notes that that the the architectural architecturalcommission commissiondemonstrated demonstratedthe theclose closelinks linksamong among the thescottish scottishPresbyterian Presbyteriansquatter squatterclass. class.the theoriginal originalbluestone bluestone service servicewing winghas hasbeen beenlost, lost,but butthe thehome homeretains retainsaahigh highdegree degree of ofintegrity integrityexternally externallyand andinternally. internally. the the property’s property’s next next owner owner was was pastoralist, pastoralist, politician politician and and oarsman oarsman sir sir Frederick Frederick Fairbairn, Fairbairn, one one of of the the six six Fairbairn Fairbairn brothers. brothers.“my “my37 37feet feetof ofsons,” sons,”their theirfather fathercalled calledthem. them. after afterstudying studyingat atcambridge, cambridge,sir sirFrederick Frederickinitially initiallyacquired acquired logan logandowns downsstation, station,near nearclermont, clermont,Queensland, Queensland,and andthen then woolbrook. woolbrook. He He was was captain captain of of the the Geelong Geelong golf golf club, club, played played cricket, cricket,and andserved servedon onthe theVictoria Victoriaracing racingclub clubcommittee. committee. “woolbrook “woolbrookisisaaflagship flagshipwestern westernVictorian Victorianrural ruralholding holding that will will be be highly highly sought sought after after in in the the current current market,” market,” says says that mcdonald.ititisisbeing beingoffered offeredin ineither eitherone oneline lineor oras asseparate separate mcdonald. lots. the the topography topography isis predominantly predominantly level level to to gently gently lots. undulating,and andthe theproperty property“is “isbenefited benefitedby byreliable reliablerainfall rainfall undulating, andproductive productivesoil soiltypes”, types”,adds addsthomas. thomas. and other significant significant historic historic homestead homestead sales sales in in the the Golden Golden other Plains shire shire include include the the picturesque picturesque langley langley Park, Park, an an 1840s 1840s Plains bluestoneresidence residenceon on48ha 48hawith withmoorabool mooraboolriver riverfrontage, frontage, bluestone whichsold soldfor for$2.35 $2.35million millionlast lastoctober octoberthrough throughrichardson richardson which real Estate.

Estate. on onthe theedge edgeof ofthe thenearby nearbybirregurra birregurratownship, township, real the 1865 1865 bluestone bluestone residence residence Elliminook Elliminook isis for for sale sale for for $2.25 $2.25 the millionthrough throughanthony anthonymcdonald mcdonaldat atcharles charlesstewart stewartreal real million Estate.its itsgarden gardenfeatures featuresaabunya bunyapine pineas asold oldas asthe thehome. home.

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Timeless Timeless appeal appeal Vaucluse, Vaucluse,aahistoric historic1830s 1830sGeorgian Georgianhomestead homesteadnear nearlaunceston, launceston, has hasbeen beenoffered offeredfor forsale salejust justthree threeyears yearsafter afterititwas waslast lastsold. sold.the the tasmanian tasmanianmidlands midlandsresidence residencepreviously previouslysat saton on2654ha 2654habut butthe the parcel parcelhas hasbeen beensubdivided subdividedafter afterits itssale salein in2015 2015for for$20 $20million. million. the theconara conarafarm farmwas wasbought boughtby byus usfood foodand andagricultural agricultural conglomerate conglomeratecargill, cargill,whose whoseaustralian australianrural ruralinterests interestsinclude include billabong billabongstation stationin inthe thensw nswEurongilly EurongillyValley, Valley,the thetemora temora aggregation aggregationin insouthern southernnsw nswand andsugarcane sugarcaneproperty property marwood marwoodFarm Farmatatmackay mackayin inQueensland.

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Following Followingaacorporate corporatebreak breakup, up,the theproperty propertyisisnow nowunder under the thecontrol controlof ofProterra Proterrainvestment investmentPartners, Partners,which whichinitially initially considered consideredconverting convertingthe thehomestead homesteadinto intovisitor visitor accommodation accommodationto tohelp helppay payfor forits itsupkeep. upkeep.

Vaucluse Vauclusenow nowsits sitson on38ha 38hathat thatfeature featuregardens gardenswith withaapool pool and andaagazebo gazebooverlooking overlookingthe thesouth southEsk Eskriver. river.the therustic rusticset set of ofstables stableshas hasalso alsobeen beenrestored restoredas asaccommodation. accommodation. the theresidence residencecomprises comprises10 10bedrooms, bedrooms,each eachwith withensuite. ensuite. there’s there’saacommercial commercialkitchen, kitchen,formal formaldining diningroom, room,and andaa number numberof ofliving livingand andentertaining entertainingareas. areas. cbrE cbrEagribusiness agribusinessagents agentsjames jamesbeer, beer,duncan duncanmcculloch mcculloch and anddanny dannythomas thomasare aremarketing marketingthe theproperty. property. the theimposing imposingtrophy trophyhome homewith withslate slateroof roofwas waspossibly possiblybuilt built in inthe the1830s 1830sto toaadesign designby byrobert robertbostock, bostock,adding addingto toan anearlier earlier two-storey two-storeysection sectionerected erectedin in1820.

1820.in in1847, 1847,john johnbayles, bayles,aa magistrate magistratefor forthe thedistrict, district,bought boughtVaucluse Vauclusefrom fromthe thetrustees trustees of ofrobert robertbostock’s bostock’sestate estatefor for£9000. £9000. longtime longtimeowners ownerswere werethe themckinnon mckinnonfamily, family,who whoheld held ititfrom from1918 1918to tothe themid-1990s, mid-1990s,when whenthey theywere werecaught caughtin inthe the collapse collapseof ofinsurer insurerlloyd’s lloyd’sof oflondon london––an anevent eventthat thataffected affected aanumber numberof ofwealthy wealthytasmanians. tasmanians. before beforeVaucluse’s Vaucluse’slast lastsale, sale,michael michaeland andsusie susiewarner warnerran ran about about14,000 14,000merino merinosheep sheepand and400 400angus anguscattle. cattle.they theyalso also grew grewpotatoes, potatoes,poppies, poppies,grass grassseeds, seeds,canola canolaand andcereals. cereals.the the home homewas wasfeatured featuredin inaa2009 2009book bookon onprivate privatecolonial colonialestates, estates, Country CountryHouses Housesof ofTasmania Tasmania, ,published publishedby bytheir theirdaughter daughter Georgia Georgiawith withphotographer photographeralice alicebennett bennett(allen (allenand andunwin). unwin). at atthe thetime timethe thetasmanian tasmanianHeritage Heritagecouncil councilchairman chairman michael michaellynch lynchnoted notedtasmania tasmaniahad hadmore morecolonial colonialheritage heritage per percapita capitathan thananywhere anywherein inaustralia, australia,as ashistoric historicbuildings buildingsin in Victoria Victoriaand andnsw nswwere wereknocked knockeddown downin inprosperous prosperoustimes times Georgian Georgianhomes homesin intasmania tasmaniahave haveenduring enduringpopularity. popularity.the the lake lakeHouse, House,arguably arguablythe thestate’s state’sfinest finestexample, example,sold soldearlier earlierthis this year yearfor for$9.3 $9.3million, million,aastate staterecord recordand andone oneof ofsix sixtasmanian tasmanian Georgian Georgianhomes homessold soldfor formore morethan than$1 $1million millionthis thisyear. year.

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Below: The contemporary home on Kitchener Avenue, Ascot, designed by local architect Shaun Lockyer

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Buyers are drawn to the cutting-edge and the classic in Brisbane’s upmarket enclaves working in the property development industry always helps when building your own home. in brisbane’s ascot, angela barr and husband nick, managing director of property developer and builder limitless, called on their friend and award-winning local architect shaun lockyer to create their new home. they spent $1.96 million on a six-bedroom 1920s Queenslander on a 900sq m parcel in 2015, and then commissioned lockyer to design a contemporary five-bedroom home with modern features. the striking kitchener road home is lined with black adjustable louvres that control the light in the house. it features control4 Home automation to manage the security, lighting and music. working closely with the barrs, lockyer created an atrium-style design for visibility and functionality. nick says the space allows a level of supervision over the children you don’t get in other homes.

“You can manage the house easily from here, and you can see where everyone is from the kitchen and living space,” he says. the atrium links the indoors and outdoors, the latter designed by landscaped designer steven clegg. the garden spaces feature an outdoor kitchen, wood fireplace, external shower, swimming pool and pool storage house. clegg created a vertical garden at the rear, as well as space for 10kw battery storage to service the 10.68kw solar system. there are also three garages, one of which can be used as a gym. ray white new Farm agent matt lancashire says the home is an ultra-modern masterpiece. “this style of build is generally done in sydney, not in brisbane,” he says. “this house has what everyone wants but you cannot get, and that’s the kitchen with butler’s pantry plus outdoor and indoor

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In Sydney style integration with flat grass and pool – all on one level. it’s perfect for families as you can see what the kids are up to in every room.” lancashire is marketing the home, with expression of interest closing on november 9. comparable homes in the area have fetched from the high $5 millions to high $6 millions. shaun lockyer has been in the brisbane architectural limelight since opening his architectural practice in 2009. His earliest commissions were clayfield House, Highgate Hill House and mountford road House in new Farm – all built in 2011. His focus is on modernist architecture connecting people and place. Five of his homes are on the market, ranging from inner brisbane to the hinterland. lockyer’s biggest commission was undoubtedly balaam, a contemporary riverfront residence built in Hamilton in 2006 by property developer don o’rorke. ranking among brisbane’s best homes, the eight-bedroom balaam fetched $11.8 million, a suburb record, in 2015. the landmark property is now on the market again, also through lancashire.

in the hinterland, Green House, a luxury home at wights mountain, was created by lockyer to connect with the environment. constructed using natural and recycled materials, the barn-like, onelevel structure between front and rear courtyards has four bedrooms and two bathrooms. chooks roam in the rear courtyard to the north, while to the south is an infinity-edge swimming pool accompanied by an outdoor entertaining area with built-in barbecue kitchen. in ascot, voyeurs take the popular heritage tour to check out the historic homes. chateau nous on rupert terrace, sold last year for $4.2 million, is among them. the home, an example of Functionalist architecture, was built in 1938 and is said to reflect the glamorous settings of 1930s Hollywood parties. nyrambla, on Henry street, which dates from the 1800s, has not traded for decades, while the nearby windermere sold for a sutherland avenue record when it fetched $10.2 million in 2014.

Pub baron andrew Griffiths sold windermere, which was originally built for politician j.G. appel to a design by prominent architect richard Gailey. domino’s Pizza boss don meij topped the suburb record earlier this year when he sold his trophy home in ascot for $11 million. the chief executive of australia’s largest pizza chain bought the property in march 2016 for $8.615 million from one of australia’s richest female chief executives, maxine Horne, and her Fone Zone co-founder and ex-husband, david mcmahon. coronis Hamilton agent Patrick mckinnon secured the on-sale of the sutherland avenue home after receiving an off-market offer from aerocare Flight support boss Glenn rutherford. set on a sprawling 2024sq m of land, it has six bedrooms, all with marble ensuites.

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France.By Bythe the13th 13thcentury centuryititbelonged belongedto toCirencester CirencesterAbbey, Abbey,according accordingto tothe thelisting listing with withestate estateagent agentStrutt Strutt&&Parker, Parker,aamember memberofofLuxury LuxuryPortfolio Portfoliointernational. international. the theGrade Gradeii-listed ii-listed493 493sq sqm mmain mainhouse housedates datesfrom fromthe the15th 15thcentury, century,with with additions additionsmade madein inthe the17th 17thand and18th 18thcenturies. centuries.in inthe the1920s 1920sthe thelocal localArts Artsand andCrafts Crafts architect architectNorman NormanJewson Jewsonremodelled remodelledit.it.the thefarm farmisissurrounded surroundedby bygardens, gardens, grounds, grounds,paddocks paddocksand andwoodland, woodland,and andincludes includesaalake. lake.

After Afterthree threemonths monthson onthe themarket, market,the theformer formerabode abodeofofuS uSpresident presidentronald ronaldreagan reaganand and his hisfirst firstwife, wife,actress actressJane Janewyman, wyman,has hassold soldfor for$uS6.45 $uS6.45million million($9 ($9million), million),according accordingto to Christophe ChristopheChoo, Choo,the thelisting listingagent. agent.Built Builtin in1938, 1938,the thehouse housealso alsorecently recentlyserved servedas asthe the tV tVhome homeofofJoan JoanCrawford Crawfordin inthe the2017 2017Fx Fxseries seriesFeud, Feud,which whichstarred starredJessica JessicaLange Langeand and Susan SusanSarandon Sarandonas asCrawford Crawfordand andBette Bettedavis, davis,Choo Choosays. says. the the572sq 572sqm, m,five-bedroom, five-bedroom,six-bathroom six-bathroomhome homeon on17656sq 17656sqm msold soldand andclosed closedin inan an all-cash all-cashdeal dealin in10 10days, days,according accordingto toChoo, Choo,whose whosefirm, firm,Coldwell ColdwellBanker Bankerresidential residential Brokerage, Brokerage,represented representedboth boththe theowner ownerand andthe thebuyer. buyer.the theColonial Colonialrevival-style revival-style single-family single-familyhome homewas wasdesigned designedby byprominent prominentarchitect architectPaul Paulwilliams, williams,the theAmerican American institute instituteofofArchitects’ Architects’first firstblack blackmember. member.

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Life’s a resort the melbourne property and racing tycoon lloyd williams loves Four mile beach, Port douglas. “if i could only bring my racehorses up from [Victoria] – it’s a beautiful beach for them,” he recently told The Australian. “we like Port douglas; we love the beach and the village and the main street.” williams has quietly been collecting villas in the far north Queensland holiday town for the past three decades. He recently bought two more fourbedroom houses in the mirage Villas complex. “it’s not a real estate investment, it’s a lifestyle investment,” the businessman said of his outlay. the neighbours are a who’s who of the business world, and most appear to be from melbourne.

Early investor thomas klinger has been there since he paid $660,000 in 1988. michael and samantha baillieu from toorak paid $1.4 million in 2013. luciano crema paid $670,000 in 2012. williams does not allow his properties to be let on the open market. rather, they are used by his large extended family. dune (pictured), a luxury home built in 2010 as 44

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a contemporary interpretation of the Queenslander, has been one of Port douglas’s most profitable holiday villas. set in tropical gardens with coconut palms and exotic frangipanis, it can fetch up to $3500 a night. architect Jeremy wolveridge used timber and stone to create the five-bedroom home, which has a 20m temperature-controlled magna Pool – a luxury magnesium mineral pool that helps ease aches and pains and even soothes the skin. barbara wolveridge from Queensland sotheby’s is marketing the dune property for the melbourne real estate operative sean cussell, who bought a vacant double block of land that had previously been owned by brw rich-lister kevin seymour. wolveridge says places such as dune rent out for a high price per night because “it’s like visitors having their own mini hotel with their extended family”. sydney developer Paul smith’s nearby beachfront comprising three offerings, the bali House, Plantation and meryula, remains listed for sale. the bali House was the first self-built property in the resort. another offering within the mirage resort,

Villa 101, sold after being listed at $2.1 million through the Pink agency’s callum Jones by vendors who were given the first pick of the villas by developer christopher skase and who have owned it for 30 years. with integrated resort zoning, homes on the compound are Firbapproved for international buyers. the dbi-designed resort hotel has been fully owned by chinese investment firm Fullshare Group since it purchased it in 2013 from melbourne entrepreneur david marriner. the completion of the mirage resort in 1987 helped transform the Far north Queensland town from fishing village to luxury tourism destination. in the 1870s, Port douglas serviced gold mining towns about 200km away. at one point there were 27 liquor outlets in the main street. sugarcane farming followed, but by 1960 the town’s population was just 100. now it sits at 3500, and can double in peak tourism season via busy cairns international airport. the sheraton mirage resort, built by skase’s failed Qintex group, even envisaged a luxurious

hovercraft operating between the airport and resort. the then high-flying businessman and his wife Pixie built the five-star resort for a reported cost of $100 million as a sister act for his similar surfers Paradise endeavour.

Famous guests then and since have included former us president bill clinton, Hollywood a-lister matthew mcconaughey, rocker mick Jagger, supermodel claudia schiffer and opera singer luciano Pavarotti. the skases launched the project with a mildly ironic too Good to be true themed gala, which i will never forget. the skase influence persists. the musical duo client liaison finds inspiration in archive resort footage of christopher skase by rennie Ellis. the synth-pop pair’s deluxe fashion collection debuted at this year’s mercedes-benz Fashion week australia by paying homage to their muse, christopher skase, the mirage and “the idea of a late-afternoon party”. “life’s a resort; you’re just wearing it,” says client liaison’s monte morgan, the son of pollster Gary. “Glitter in the moonlight ... sparkle at sunrise.”

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Australia.“i“Igrew grewupupgoing goingdown downthe thesouth South coast coastforforholidays, holidays,and andhaving havingthose thosememories memoriesofofswimming swimmingwith with dolphins, dolphins,going goingtotothe thebeach beachand anddoing doingallallthose thosethings thingsthat thatstick stick with withyou. you.Even eventoday, today,i Ihave havevery veryvivid vividmemories memoriesofofa achildhood childhood spent spentononthe thesouth Southcoast.” coast.” the thecouple couplewere weredriving drivingback backtotosydney Sydneyafter aftera weekend a weekendlooking looking forfora aholiday holidayhome homewhen whena avacant vacantproperty propertyoverlooking overlookingwerri werri beach beachand andGerringong Gerringongcaught caughtthe theeye eyeofofneilson. neilson. “i“Iturned turnedtotoJeff Jeffand andsaid said‘wouldn’t ‘wouldn’tit itbebewonderful wonderfultotohave havea a place placeononthose thosebeautiful beautifulhills?’ hills?’and andthen thenwhen whenwewegot gotback backwewe started startedGoogling Googlingproperties propertiesininthe thearea,” area,”she shesays. says.the theprocess processtook took a acouple coupleofofmonths, months,but buteventually eventuallythey theyfound foundthe thesite, site,which whichhad had been beenononthe themarket marketforformore morethan thana ayear yearand andhad hadnonopower, power,water water oror services. services. “we “we called called them them onon the the tuesday, tuesday, visited visited onon the the thursday thursday and andpurchased purchasedit itononthe thesaturday Saturday– –ininfact facti think I thinkweweactually actuallyput putanan offer offerononthe theway wayhome homeininthe thecar.” car.” the thecouple, couple,who whohave havea afour-year-old four-year-olddaughter daughterand anda atwo-yeartwo-yearold oldson, son,then thenwent wentabout aboutthe theprocess processofoftrying tryingtotobuild builda ahouse houseonon such sucha alocation. location.they theyhave haveexperience experiencewith withbuilding buildingprojects projects– –their their sydney Sydneyhome homeisisa awarehouse warehouseconversion conversionininchippendale chippendalethat thatwas was essentially essentiallya aderelict derelictbuilding buildingbefore beforethey theyrenovated renovatedit.it. the thevalue valueofofarchitecture architectureand andtown townplanning, planning,especially especiallyinin transforming transformingurban urbanenvironments, environments,isisalmost almostthe thefamily familybusiness: business: neilson neilsonisisthe thedaughter daughterofofart artpatron patronJudith Judithneilson neilsonand andinvestor investor kerr kerrneilson. neilson.Judith Judithfounded foundedthe thewhite whiterabbit rabbitGallery Galleryinin2009 2009toto house househer hercollection collectionofofchinese chineseart artininthe theformerly formerlyindustrial industrialinnerinnersydney Sydneysuburb suburbofofchippendale, chippendale,and andher herhome home– –also alsoininchippendale chippendale and andonce oncea awarehouse warehouse– –took tookout outthe thenation’s nation’shighest highestresidential residential architecture architectureaward. award. “i“Ithink think[good [goodarchitecture] architecture]can canchange changethe theway waypeople peoplefeel feel about abouta aspace spaceand andinteract interactwith withit,”it,”beau beauneilson neilsonsays. says.“and “Andi think I think inincommercial commercialand andmore moredensely denselypopulated populatedareas areasit’sit’sparticularly particularly powerful powerfulbecause becauseofofthe thenumber numberofofpeople peoplewho whowalk walkthrough throughit it every everyday.” day.” neilson neilsonand andsimpson Simpsoncompleted completeda amixed-use mixed-usecommercial commercial project projectininredfern, redfern,where wherethey theyturned turneda aderelict derelictwarehouse warehouseinto intoa a wine winebar, bar,a acafé caféand andcreative creativeoffices. offices.that thatisisalso alsowhen whenthey theyfirst first

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The house’s design has cleverly captured the views in a manner that makes moving through it akin to being in an art gallery.

Setting its pavilions around a courtyard, garden and pool affords the family some protection from the fierce winds that can buffet the exposed coastal setting near Gerringong

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worked with architect andy carson (they had known each other previously as friends). “the space is all andy’s doing,” says neilson. “it was basically a hodge-podge of different buildings and different spaces to make up one building, and he did an amazing job of cohesively putting them all together and creating a wonderful workspace for people to hang out in.” so when neilson and simpson hit a few roadblocks in the design of their Gerringong weekender, they turned to carson to see if he could help. “i put a few sketches together and sent my terrible sketches to andy and basically said ‘do you want to have a go at doing this?’ and he did and just made it amazingly better immediately,” simpson recalls. “i think the original design is basically what is here today.” that original design was three pavilions built around a courtyard, garden and swimming pool, giving the family some space shielded from the elements. “You get smashed by the wind,” says neilson of one of the downsides of the extraordinary location, “so having a space that was protected was one of the key features of the home that we were committed to from the beginning.” carson also took a rather different approach to dealing with the incredible 360-degree views. He didn’t simply design a house with giant glass windows. instead, he framed the views by blocking some of them out, inspired to do so by a monk. “there is this book called The Pattern Language and there’s this little passage in it about a monk at this temple,” he explains. “and it’s up in the hills in this beautiful, incredible landscape. there is a stone-walled courtyard you walk though and there is one little slit in the wall. and when you go through the temple you don’t see any views, but seeing the view through that one little slit in the wall just burns it in the back of your mind and you can picture it forever.” both neilson and simpson are very much converts to this way of thinking. “the framed views for me are all so very surprising,” simpson says. “andy has cleverly captured all the different views in different manners, and as you move through the space you really get a sense of… i don’t know exactly. it’s kind of a weird feeling of taking in the beauty as you would in an art gallery.”

Given the extraordinary site and the extraordinary challenges, the build was pretty fast. the design process was done in a couple of weeks, the first sod was turned on august 26, 2016, and the couple got the keys to the completed house on september 1, 2017. they also added a guesthouse. and both the grown-ups and the kids in the family love it. How many times have they visited since construction was finished?

“Every weekend since we got the keys,” says neilson. “it is pretty magical here in the afternoons when the sun is going down and the sea mist passes over the landscape.”

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