EMU PARK, QLD
The coastal Queensland trophy estate Mount Haven at Emu Park, overlooking Keppel Bay and Great Keppel Island on the coast of Rockhampton, is for sale, having been put to auction last month. The 58.5 hectare oceanfront block with homestead had inquiries from around the country; however it was a local bidder from Rockhampton who made the top bid before it was passed in. The property, listed through Ray White New Farm agents Hamish Bowman and Josh Brown, features a four-bedroom, three-bathroom homestead. There’s approval to subdivide to create eight lots. The lots would be located at the north-east corner of the property, fronting the ocean. The marketing suggests there’s potential for boutique accommodation, tourism ventures, exclusive retirement facilities, or the expansion of the existing private family home. The property is smaller than the 80 hectares offered in 2017 when it was listed with $15 million hopes.
TOORAK, VIC
WOOLLAHRA, NSW
Rosetta, a renovated two-storey terrace in Woollahra, has sold for almost its $3.875 million asking price. Last traded for $2.43 million in 2015, the open plan terrace on Wallis Street has three bedrooms. The entry level living and kitchen area opens to a rear travertine and ivy courtyard on its 135sq m block. There are two bedrooms on level two, and a separate studio apartment with its own ensuite above the garage. BresicWhitney Darlinghurst agents Darren Pearce and Di Grundy secured the sale post-auction. It’s only the eighth sale Woollahra has seen over $3 million so far in 2021, compared to 12 by mid-March last year, with realestate.com.au noting that the median house price sits at $3.6 million after 70 sales last year. It was $1.9 million nine years ago.
APRIL 10-11, 2021
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Apartment House, the Toorak home designed by architect Kerstin Thompson, has been withdrawn from sale. Marshall White Stonnington agents Justin Long and Richard Mackinnon had a $7.9 million to $8.5 million price guide. Completed in 2014, Apartment House was conceived by Thompson around a leafy central courtyard designed by Fiona Brockhoff. “The Apartment House delivers an ‘ageing in place’ housing typology for the clients,” Kerstin Thompson Architects have said of the project. “It was imagined as such in response to the clients’ request for a single-level, universally accessible but elevated and secure dwelling with views.” It comes with the now all-important media room and fitted home office on the main level, close to the master bedroom with ensuite. The Kooyong Road home in its dress circle location has a striking white brick and green copper facade. Entry is through double gates to the garden, with bluestone stairs and a lift leading to the main living and accommodation area. The living space is flanked by floor-to-ceiling glass that opens to the garden. Joining the living space is a state of the art kitchen, as well as a dining room, with dappled light admitted through “hit and miss” brickwork. On the ground level is a self-contained apartment with its own living and dining room, kitchen and private garden terrace. The other ground-level wing has an open-air gym and kitchenette concealed behind large cedar doors.
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