One of a kind
Heritage-listed ‘Crohamhurst Observatory
To an agent, every property they market, and every seller, deserves the same degree of attention and service. That said, every now and then something very special comes along that will stay in their mind long after the listing is over, the marketing campaign finished and the sale process come to an end. And being special may have nothing to do with sale price or the value of the marketing campaign.
Here are five such properties.
Scenic rim masterpiece For Lisa Psaras, RE/MAX Regency, it was a category five-rated, commercially designed hotelstyle grand residence of 1,022m2, plus caretaker or guest studio and industrial-grade four bay lock up garage, on 18.73ha in the Scenic Rim, Queensland. The owners had led the construction project from start to finish, and had landmark projects to their name including at Hayman Island,
Daydream Island and Kakadu National Park; the Hinze Dam spillway, Darwin power station, Gladstone aluminum smelter, as well as many residential and mixed-use buildings, commercial scale sheds, cinemas, warehouses and medical centers. In addition was a passion for interior finishes and creating environments that showcase their appreciation of their surrounds. It all came together in a masterpiece of grand design and proportions.
Weathering the years A heritage-listed property on 1.33 hectares made a lasting impression on Sandra de Jersey, RE/MAX First. ‘Crohamhurst Observatory’, constructed in 1935 for Inigo Owen Jones, who’s said to be Australia’s most famous long-range weather forecaster, sat perfectly positioned in a garden complete with rose bushes, a holly hedge, bunyas and hoop pine. The observatory building, with its three large rooms and a storage room, still had its original benches. Nearby on the property was a lovely renovated four-bedroom Queenslander relocated from Maryborough about 15 years ago. The property’s just 25 minutes from the beaches of the Sunshine Coast. Inigo Jones died on November 1954, aged 82, at Crohamhurst Observatory, from where he’d issued his somewhat controversial predictions for many years The Crohamhurst Observatory was added to the Queensland Heritage Register in November 2008.
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