LUXURY

GOLD COAST, QLD

A two-level condo-penthouse in the Palazzo Versace block on Main Beach in the Gold Coast has been listed for sale for $2.25 million. The 270sq m apartment was formerly owned by the flamboyant doctor Geoffrey Edelsten, who sold it in 2015. It has two bedrooms flanking either side of the central living space, which is finished with Italian mosaic flooring. There are no internal stairs, but a luxury, customised internal glass lift designed with the Versace motif runs to the renovated rooftop terrace. which has an enclosed entertaining space. Mashelle Jones at Queensland Sotheby’s is marketing the apartment, which comes with a 13m marina berth and access to the Palazzo Versace Hotel facilities. Palazzo Versace was completed in 2000, costing $200 million to build what was marketed as the first fashion-branded hotel in Australia.

SINGLETON, NSW

Baroona, one of Australia’s oldest country estates, has been listed by Knight Frank Prestige agent Deb Cullen with a guide of $5.5 million to $6 million. The 40ha Hunter Valley estate began life as Rosemont in 1829 when the first stage was built. Albert Dangar acquired the property in 1869 and commissioned Benjamin Backhouse to design Baroona. It was the birth and final resting place of two-time Melbourne Cup winner Peter Pan and has only had seven owners. The home last traded for $3.35 million before a full-scale upgrade by its owners, Singleton mining equipment manufacturer Tony Poke and his wife Gaylene. It has 26 rooms, including seven bedrooms, five bathrooms and a wine cellar.

SANDY BAY, TASMANIA

An award-winning Sandy Bay home with gun-barrel views of the River Derwent has been listed for sale after a designer renovation. The contemporary corrugated copperclad waterfront on the dress circle Sandy Bay Road was built in the mid-1990s by local architect Garry Forward. Entry to the home, which is over two levels, is through a foyer walkway over the indoor lap pool, opening to the main kitchen, living and dining area with stainless steel kitchen and feature gas fireplace. Flanking the open plan living space is a terrace that acts as a breezeway to the master wing with its marble ensuite.

The self-contained lower ground level has another two bedrooms, a kitchenette, and a second living and dining space access to a second balcony with a hot tub and views overlooking the river. The 955sq m sloping block runs down to the river, where there’s a boatshed and direct beach access. Knight Frank Tasmania agent Abi Freeman is asking for offers over $2.65 million.

MOSMAN PARK, WA

GREAT OCEAN ROAD, VIC

A Mosman Park home, high on the hilltop with panoramic views over the Swan River, has been listed for sale. It sits on 1045sq m on Bay View Terrace, where there has not been a sale since 2017. Five houses on the street have fetched more than $5 million.

The home, which last traded for $4.6 million in 2012, was built in the late 1920s, and updated and modernised in recent years. A lift connects the two levels, running from the downstairs formal dining area to the upstairs living space. There are two bedrooms downstairs and three upstairs.

The master with walk-in robe and ensuite opens to the river-facing balcony with views over the masts of the Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club and Point Walter. There’s a second kitchen on the upper level.

Mack Hall agent Peter Burns has the listing.

A hinterland home on the Great Ocean Road in Bellbrae has been listed for sale for the first time since its construction. The modern three-bedroom home was built on 11.2 ha after it traded for $725,000 in 2006. The owners had architect Mike Morris create the contemporary dwelling, which combines rich timber, rammed earth and polished concrete flooring. The open living zone was positioned for passive climate control and to look out to the restored landscape. Central to the living space is the kitchen with walk-in pantry and cellar. A guest wing with two bedrooms is located over a bridge through the kitchen. The master wing has its own ensuite, which features sliding doors that open to a screened room with views across the dam. Outside the home is a separate home office with adjoining creative studio, clad in spotted gum, and an architecturally designed vegetable garden. Great Ocean Properties Anglesea agents Ian Lawless and Jess Nowson have a $3.4 million to $3.7 million price guide.

GOLD COAST, QLD

Island dream

The final apartment in the boutique River Isles complex on the Gold Coast’s Chevron Island has been listed for sale.

Completed last year, the penthouse-like apartment on the small block of four’s top level spans 380sq m of internal and 250sq m of external space.

The external space incorporates the rooftop swimming pool, poolside deck, lawn and outdoor kitchen, as well as the entertaining level’s river-facing balcony, which also features a barbecue kitchen.

The balcony runs off the open plan kitchen, which has a 5m Calacatta marble island, and living and dining space, which is divided by a two-way gas fireplace with marble surrounds.

Each of the apartment’s three bedrooms has its own ensuite and walk-in wardrobes.

There’s a cinema, complete with a 150 inch anamorphic super-wide screen, a 4k projector and an integrated speaker system, as well as a home office and a cellar. The apartment also has its own jetty.

Harcourts Coastal Broadbeach agents Chez Fraser and Katrina Walsh are asking for offers over $4.85 million. The complex’s two ground-level apartments sold for $3.945 million and $3.495 million earlier this year.

Developer Pat O’Connor, who created the block after knocking down two adjoining properties on Stanhill Drive, is keeping the other apartment.

BELROSE, NSW

The long-time Belrose estate of the former Coca Cola Amatil chief executive Dean Wills has been listed for sale with a record-breaking guide. Wills, who oversaw the drink giant’s worth jump from $400 million to $8 billion, bought the property with his late wife, artist Margaret Wills, in 1994. There’s an art studio in the home where Margaret would paint – she was once commissioned by the Duke of Edinburgh to create a series depicting the Queensland outback. Wills is now asking for offers of $8.8 million through Sydney Country Living agent Brian McMillan. Set on a private 9490sq m, the full brick home has six bedrooms, including a lower-level master wing with two sitting areas, a fireplace, ensuite, walk-in robe and dressing room. The centrepiece is the 12-car showroom-style garage. Wills would have colourful racing identities and high-flying corporates, among them Frank Lowy, Jack Brabham and Wayne Gardner, pop in and take a peek at his much-publicised collection. He’s known to have bought 15 Ferraris over the years, and his showpiece car, a 1994 McLaren F1 coupe, was one of only 64 ever made. In the landscaped grounds is a swimming pool, spa, tennis court and cabana.

MITTAGONG, NSW

Range Farm Estate, a Mittagong, Southern Highlands trophy acreage offered with plans to build a home designed by the late Harry Seidler, has been listed. Alison Coopes at Agency by Alison Coopes and Angus Campbell-Jones at Campbell Jones Property are asking $8 million plus. Seidler visited twice, taking the owners to visit the Berman House, which he designed in nearby Joadja. There are three separate homes on the Mittagong property previously known as Glenelg. The 18ha estate last traded for $4.25 million in 2004 from Ian and Patricia Hay, who had the Seidler plans approved in 2003. The homestead is a three-bedroom storybook cottage refurbished by Engelen Moore’s Ian Moore. A new second residence dubbed The Hay Barn is a contemporary steel structure also designed by Moore.

GOLD COAST, QLD

Riverpoint, one of the Gold Coast’s most impressive homes, has sold for around $11.75 million in one of the city’s biggest sales of 2020. The sprawling mansion on the Isle of Capri’s La Scala Court was built by property developer Peter McQueen and his wife Kim. It first sold at auction in 2013 for just over $4 million. Three years earlier there had reportedly been a $9 million-plus offer. With its stone, timber and glass exterior, the home is described as resembling a Thai resort. Sitting on a 2625sq m Main River block with its own private beach, it has 1650sq m of internal space, six bedrooms, seven bathrooms, an executive home office, a cinema, gourmet kitchen with scullery and cold room, a wellness retreat with gym and a man cave. A 6m alfresco pavilion complete with outdoor kitchen is centrally located to integrate with the interior, the manicured gardens and the pool. In the grounds is a tennis court and a 10-car basement garage, which has direct access to the boat ramp and one of two pontoons. Kollosche Broadbeach agents Michael Kollosche and Eddie Wardale, with Amir Mian and Charles Delos Angeles at Amir Prestige, secured the sale.