DARLINGHURST, NSW
The penthouse crowning Darlinghurst’s Top of The Town apartment complex has been listed for sale. It’s being sold by the downsizing property developer Duncan Hardie. He and his late wife Lyn paid $10.9 million in 2016 when they bought the property from former media exec Cameron O’Reilly, who had paid the Sutton car dealership family $8.25 million for it in 2007. Hardie completely renovated the vast 700sq m-plus space two years ago. Entry is via a private lift. The top level is the rooftop garden, with 360-degree views of Sydney. Alison Coopes at Agency by Alison Coopes is asking for offers from $15 million.
EAST GIPPSLAND VICTORIA
Ocean Grange, a property in Paynesville in East Gippsland dating from the 1850s goldrush, has been listed for sale. The main homestead with commercial kitchen and a number of living zones was built in the late 1880s by the Barton family and still has its soaring clock tower. The quintessential Australian beach house sits on 9620sq m, nestled between Gippsland’s Ninety Mile Beach and the Gippsland Lakes, and is only accessible by boat. Paddle steamers carrying gold from the high country near Omeo once stopped at the front of the property. Ocean Grange Homestead has been owned by the same family for more than three decades. Rural and lifestyle specialist John Castran, who is marketing the property with son Lachlan, says it is one of the most prestigious holdings to ever be offered in East Gippsland. They expect to sell the home, which has been a $950 a night holiday rental in recent times, for around $1.5 million.
TRAVANCORE, VICTORIA
Politician Bill Shorten and wife Chloe recently put Travancore on the map by upgrading to the north-western Melbourne suburb, paying a record $3 million for a bigger family home. Now one of Travancore’s best homes has been listed and is set to blow it out of the water. McDonald Upton Essendon agent Joe Zucco, who has a guide of $8.5 million to $9.35 million, describes the home as a once-in-a-lifetime masterpiece. The opulent Mooltan Street home, built with floor-to-ceiling glass to frame the Travancore Park views, is one of Melbourne’s only hand-built in-situ concrete homes. It was designed by CHT Architects and constructed by commercial builders Hamilton Marino after the then two-bedroom brick home sold for $1.38 million in 2013. Over three levels, the designer property has six bedrooms, five bathrooms and three living spaces. There’s a home gym, office, cinema room, bar and steam room. In the grounds is an infinity pool and spa, as well as an outdoor kitchen.
