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Mosman Sydney 1 Curlew Camp Road $7.5 million-$8.25 million J E N M E LO CCO

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Auction: May 1 Agent: Richardson & Wrench Mosman, Stephen Patrick 0413 834 848; The Agency North, Recently I had the pleasure to meet renowned gallery owner Michael Reid.

Nic Yates 0430 772 253

He has well-known galleries in Sydney’s Surry Hills and also Berlin but, as I

Facing north-east over Sirius Cove, this family

discovered, spends a large part of his time living in Murrurundi, where he has

home blurs the boundaries between indoors and

a gallery just outside Scone, which is the subject of our LIving In column this

out, with the inclusion of glass ceilings and

week. He is an avid fan of the area and is not alone. The Upper Hunter Valley

towering glass bi-fold doors. A grand entry gallery

town that has long been known as the location of the Packer family’s polo

lined in silver travertine leads upstairs to the key

estate, Ellerston, is developing a reputation for its lifestyle credentials,

living areas, zoned for lounging, dining and

including award-winning restaurant The Cottage, restored bars and

soaking up the views.

homeware stores. Meanwhile, its Civic Theatre is undergoing a restoration into a performance space. There is plenty of other work afoot in this prosperous spot, which makes it a good time to consider the town for those

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Editor: Jen Melocco Jen.Melocco@domain. com.au Editorial producer: Isabelle Chesher Managing editor: Alice Stolz Senior designer: Colleen Chin Quan Graphic designer: Emma Staughton Group picture editor: Kylie Thomson Proofreader: Nicole Bittar Chief editorial & marketing officer: Melina Cruickshank Residential sales: Queensland Brad McLeod, 0429 571 826 New South Wales Jon McConkey 0407 909 739 Victoria & Tasmania Matthew Maasdijk (03) 9249 5295 Western Australia, South Australia & Northern Territory Jeroen van de Peppel 0427 292 797

HOT PROPERTY

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DESIGN DIGEST Taste of the exotic

FEATURE STORY Tasmanian escape

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O U R COVE R 87 Barcom Avenue, Darlinghurst.

LIVING IN Escape to Scone

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Brighton Melbourne 64 Well Street $5.75 million-$6.25 million

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Expressions of Interest: Close May 9 Agent: Marshall White Bayside, Kate Strickland 0400 125 946 With an original build by award-winning Atkinson Pontifex and a recent renovation by Austin Design Associates, this Hamptons-inspired home comes with Royal Oak Floors, timber-and-stone feature walls, a marble kitchen with a butler’s pantry and clever study nooks. Outside, there’s a deck with a fireplace, level lawns and a pool.

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Darlinghurst

Salter Point

Sydney 87 Barcom Avenue

Perth 20 River Way

$10 million

$4.8 million-$5.2 million

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Expressions of Interest: Close May 18

For sale

Agent: BradfieldCleary, Georgia Cleary 0414 913 913

Agent: William Porteous Properties International,

Mix one part grande dame with two parts dramatic contemporary

Mark Dimmock 0404 048 277

architecture and you’ll come to appreciate the impact of this transformed

This new, three-level residence delivers serene

Victorian manor. Highlights include the stone kitchen with soaring ceilings

Canning River views and bespoke interiors,

and exposed beams, the heated pool, the rooftop vegetable garden and the

featuring polished concrete, steel, exposed brick,

enclosed courtyard with a barbecue terrace.

washed limestone, and marri and walnut timbers.

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DESIGN DIGEST

Art and soul Think globally but act locally, with design inspiration to appreciate at home and abroad. C o m p i l e d b y ISAB E LLE CH E S H E R ELEMENTS VASE Frenchman Jerome Aumont of Collection Particuliere is a master of the unusual and alluring. Enter the Elements vase, with a cube of Marquina marble at its base and black smoked glass extending towards a polished brass top. ondene.com.au

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WORKSHOP BROTHERS Studio Esteta have made a marvel in this Glen Waverley cafe-restaurant.

As a nod to the client’s heritage and menu, they’ve taken cues from Chinese design cornerstones – hence that unmissable hallway, circular, to symbolise unity. workshopbrothers.com.au

ROSE FEATHERS WALL Artisans at LA’s

REALM The New York counterpart to Woollahra’s Olsen Gallery is worth

Natural Curiosities

paintings, which explore alternate ways of experiencing reality, will feature

hand-make these

there until May 13. olsengruin.com

a visit if you’re in the United States next month. Marisa Purcell’s whimsical

hangings to order, down to the last feather steeped in rosewater and threaded onto a linen canvas. They’re perfect for that blank wall you weren’t quite sure how to decorate. cocorepublic.com.au

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Tasmanian treasure FEATURE STORY

After a complete structural-and-cosmetic overhaul, this colonial homestead, ripe with period charm and history, is up for sale.

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ustralian Douglas Blain, who has become one of Britain’s most celebrated protectors of its heritage homes, is now selling his own painstakingly restored colonial homestead in his native Tasmania.

Brockley Estate was originally built in 1840 on an expansive 1900 hectares of land, on the east coast. It is a 45-minute drive from Hobart and close to Freycinet, the Midlands and the Tasman Peninsula.

Blain bought the nearly 180-year-old sandstone and convict brick home 14 years ago,

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and then immediately undertook a lengthy renovation and refurbishment.

“The house was in a terrible state when I took possession and it took quite a long time to restore,” says Blain, 79, who is revered in Britain for his work saving threatened Georgian houses in the 1970s and 1980s in London’s previously rundown East End. “I’d done so much restoration work in the UK, but I thought, why not have a go at restoring a place where my roots are? I did it at huge cost but it responded so well. It has a wonderful

pedigree and has proved a terrific investment, and good fun. I collected some wonderful antique furniture in Hobart and the whole estate now has such a mellow feel.”

The house is being run as a successful sixroom boutique hotel, along with its nearby cottages – once the old dairy – and the former shearers’ quarters. It also has a super-fine merino-wool operation, with 3000 sheep, a cross-bred prime-lamb operation, Hereford cattle and brown-trout fishing in the river.

At selling agents Roberts Real Estate, property

YOUR AGENT Peter Wade, Roberts Real Estate

“The renovation has been done with such care and meticulous attention to detail that it would be difficult to find something more sympathetically and thoughtfully done.”

officer Tanya Kilpatrick says Brockley Estate is one of Tasmania’s most-beloved colonial treasures. “It would make a wonderful permanent residence, or the buyer might be someone who wants to see it continue to be managed as a boutique hotel and a managed farming operation, but wants to enjoy it when they visit,” she says.

Blain stays for a few weeks at a time on his twice-yearly visits back to Australia, but has decided it’s time for someone else to enjoy it.

“It’s breaking my heart to sell it but, at my age, you start thinking of the children and they don’t have the time to look after old buildings, and I don’t think they’d make proper use of it,” he says. “So I’d love it to go to someone who really appreciates it and understands it and will look after it.”

Buckland Tasmania 160 Brockley Road $3 million +

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For sale: By Expressions of Interest Agent: Roberts Real Estate Glenorchy, Peter Wade 0417 395 584

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LIVING IN

32.055° S, 150.864° E

SCONE TIM BRAND

City dwellers already appreciate Scone for its annual race day – and there are other reasons to move to the town. B y K ATE FARRE LLY

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Middle Brook

You might bump into the likes of Gerry Harvey,

reinvented as a stylish bakery/restaurant/bar

John Singleton and Alan Jones if you’re visiting

and the Herd Store has become a destination for

Scone 42 Tullong Road

Scone on May 11 and 12, when Australia’s richest

fashion and homewares,” says Luck, who runs the

$1.3 million-$1.4 million

country race, the Scone Cup, takes place.

local butcher, Luck’s Premium Cuts.

There’s nearly $2 million in prize money on offer

iconic art-deco Civic Theatre Cinema for use as a

about 10,000 locals and visitors pass through the

performance and event space.”

club gates. “The choppers fly in; the private jets come in: when we hear those start to hum,

Business is booming

there’s a real sense of occasion in the air,” says

Luck says Scone is one of the “more prosperous”

Scone local Polly Yuille.

country towns, supported by a variety of

But while the annual race day has long been a

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industries, including agriculture, thoroughbred

drawcard for city dwellers, there are a host of

breeding and mining. Now, the town’s business

new reasons for out-of-towners to invest in or

leaders have put together a business prospectus

move to Scone.

encouraging others to capitalise on the region’s

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“The Coroneo family is also refurbishing the

over the two-day racing carnival, which sees

investment opportunities. “Some of the key investment opportunities are around short-term

For sale

Work is about to begin on the Scone bypass,

accommodation and property‚ both rental and

Agent: John Flood Estate Agents, Meredith

which means the local council and Chamber of

for purchase,” says Luck.

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Commerce have been actively looking at ways to entice people into the town.

Meredith Munro, an agent with John Flood

Blairgowrie is a 4.9-hectare estate that’s a five-

Estate Agents, moved from Sydney to Scone 24

minute drive north of Scone’s town centre.

years ago. “Over the time I’ve been here, I’ve seen

Complete with a saltwater swimming pool and

reports that $22 million has been made available

it change from a mainly rural-based community

tennis court, the property has a modern kitchen,

for an aviation museum and a proposal for a

to seeing a huge increase in the equine industry,

renovated bathrooms, and a home office. There’s

world-class equine museum is being considered.

including the Hunter Valley Equine Research

a six-bay stable block, rainwater storage, fenced

Chamber of Commerce president David Luck

A $190-million Upper Hunter Energy Park has

Centre and one of the best racing facilities in the

yards and a separate artist’s studio.

been approved, with completion estimated in

world, plus growth in mining and many other

Horse studs, dairies and

2022. “Recent investment in the town has seen

areas,” she says. “Once we used to socialise with

farmland as seen from

the opening of award-winning restaurant The

just landowners, [but] now we mix with

Strathearn Park Lodge

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Cottage, the Thoroughbred Hotel has been

professionals from all walks of life.”

in Scone.

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Selling Cairns Hottest Properties

26 Brindabella Quay, Trinity Park, Cairns, Qld 4879 Glamour, Privacy & Sophistication are three words that might not be enough to describe this amazing property on Brindabella Quay, Bluewater Harbour Cairns. Built as an impressive residence

by Ash Moseley Homes and spread over two levels, the prominent position on the corner of Brindabella Quay is awe inspiring offering more tranquility and privacy than most other homes with Bluewater Harbour.

Features include: • Stunning award winning builder built home on a 1001m2* canal block • water frontage, 8 meter pontoon, bridge free access to the Coral Sea • Entry Moat • Home theatre with digital equipment included • All televisions included • Home office • Family living at it's best • Miele Appliances inc gas cooktop • Open plan living, large outdoor entertaining area • Grand master with private balcony • Full irrigation to the landscaped gardens • Gourmet kitchen with generous walk in pantry • Saltwater pool & sala hut • Drive through driveway • Side access • Tinnie and floating tinnie dock included • Daikin Airconditioning • 6000w generator included

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APARTMENT LIFE

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The apartments feature a sophisticated, natural material palette.

Shoot for the stars Apartment living reaches sophisticated and spacious new heights as sky homes target the owner-occupier market.

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he sleek built-in bar and subtly curved floor-to-ceiling glass windows showcasing a knockout view of Melbourne’s skyline look like they belong in a hot new restaurant or cocktail bar.

However the “sky bar”, as it’s described, isn’t open to the public. Rather, it’s an intimate space incorporated into the design of each southfacing “sky home” of a new residential tower in Melbourne’s inner north-west.

Rise is the fourth and final stage of Caydon’s Mason Square precinct in Moonee Ponds, about six kilometres from the city centre. The residences promise spacious floor plans, luxe interiors, exclusive amenities and unrivalled views from Melbourne’s north-west.

With these homes, Caydon is also tapping into a broader trend in the Australian property market of developers offering oversized, ultra-

luxurious inner-city apartments aimed at owner-occupiers.

Melbourne architecture firm Fender Katsalidis collaborated with the developer on early masterplanning of the Mason Square precinct and external facade concepts.

Caydon’s director of architecture and design, Giuditta De Santis, says space was the key design principle. “We set out to create a floorplan with home-sized proportions and luxurious amenities, the likes of which are rarely seen in high-rise developments.”

Residents and their guests will have access to the conservatory on level 22. The space contains a larger, formal sky bar, a fireplace, individual banquettes and deck.

Associate landscape architect David Wyld, of Oculus, explains the vision for the outdoor area.

“The conservatory’s open-air deck uses soft

landscape lighting integrated into customdesigned furniture and walls to create ambience and a relaxed outdoor space for residents to entertain and unwind,” Wyld says. Rise also features a swimming pool and spa space and a gym with steam room, sauna and yoga studio.

Downsizers and professionals looking to upgrade or buy their first home have been the main buyers since the sky homes launched in February. The penthouse sold for $1.9 million – a new apartment record for Moonee Ponds.

The national president of the Australian Institute of Architects, Richard Kirk, says urbanisation is bringing more people to live in inner-city areas. Developers in Australia are starting to shift away from generic apartments aimed at investors in favour of larger, more intricate offerings – such as sky homes – aimed squarely at the owner-occupier market.

“I think it’s a much better outcome,” Kirk says.

“A monoculture of apartments isn’t desirable at all and doesn’t allow for that diversity of choice.

This is a sign of greater sophistication and innovation in the market.”

RISE SKY HOMES Address: 15 Everage Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria Architect: Caydon and Fender Katsalidis Developer & interior design: Caydon Landscape architecture: Oculus Prices: Three-bed, $1.1465 million-$1.866 million Completion: Late 2019 Agent: Caydon, 1800 676 637 Open for inspection: An interactive display apartment at 122A Puckle Street, Moonee Ponds, is

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A C TO N COTTESLOE & DALKEITH

PEPPERMINT GROVE, WA (address available upon request)

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3,638m2

A rare slice of Peppermint Grove history on offer Nearly an acre estate / Art Deco / Two garages / Separate guest studio / Private and beautifully maintained grounds / Grand proportions Only owned by a handful of families since it was first built in the mid-1930s, this expansive family home is a stunning example of Art Deco architecture.

One of this suburb’s grand old homes, lovers of the rich character of historical homes will relish the opportunity to breathe new life and transform it for the next generation.

Though the home is unequivocally grand in both style and proportion, the spectacular grounds that surround this unique property are what elevates it to another level altogether. st prestigious Set in this prestigious riverside enclave and only minutes to the beautiful Swan River, foreshore, Yacht Club, shopping precincts and walking distance to Perth’s most private schools. It is one of only five existing properties in Peppermint Grove that remains on land in excess of 3,600 square metres. Properties in this echelon of the he market are tightly held within families, rarely making it to the open market.

It is both a pleasure and a privilege to offer this home to the market, call me for more information.

JODY FEWSTER 0414 688 988 jody.fewster@acton.com.au ACTON Cottesloe & Dalkeith 160 Stirling Highway, Nedlands Ph: (08) 9386 8255 acton.com.au/Cottesloe

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Want to live the life of a recording star? This country estate, once home to Adele, could be yours – but not for a song.

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forecast. Stamp-duty hikes have made it more expensive to move. Meanwhile, Brexit uncertainty and the snap general election contributed to market jitters.

WHAT YOU CAN BUY FOR … $14.5 million A five-bedroom Queen Anne-style home on a seven-hectare estate in Tonbridge, Kent.

Adele fans, take note. If front-row tickets to see

don’t think much has changed internally since

your idol perform live aren’t cutting it, you might

she lived there.”

like to consider a new addition to your Adele

Built at the turn of the 20th century, in the

“And international buyers have also had to deal with a less hospitable tax environment, following changes to inheritance and capital-gains tax,”

collection: the sprawling English country estate

Vernacular Revival style, the main 10-bedroom

the report notes. It predicts two years of

that was inhabited by the multi Grammy winner.

residence was refurbished in the 1930s. Many

subdued growth.

Lock House in Partridge Green, West Sussex, is

art-deco features remain, including built-in

on the market for £7.25 million, or about $13.2

bedroom furniture. Outside, find sweeping lawns

Can Australians buy in?

million. The singer rented the 34-hectare estate

and gardens, light woodland and open pasture, a

Yes, indeed, but be warned: buyers of second

$6.8 million A circa-1540 six-bedroom house on 10 hectares in West Sussex, including separate barn residence.

in 2010 and 2011.

tennis court, pools, a gym and helicopter hangar.

(and subsequent) homes are hit with higher rates

$4.6 million A new five-bedroom home in East Preston, about 100 kilometres from London, with English Channel views.

converted the property from a convent into an

James Mackenzie, of Strutt & Parker, the

Prestige properties in the south of England

Christie’s International Real Estate affiliate

range from storybook castles to stately rural

handling the listing, says the existing owner

homes and chic waterfront pads.

incredible house. “[The] estate will appeal to someone who

Current market The luxury property market outside London has

wants complete privacy. The current owner

tumbled 15 per cent from its 2014 peak,

rented it out to Adele for that very reason and I

according to a recent Savills residential property

of stamp duty on a sliding scale up to 15 per cent for amounts over £1.5 million.

Non residents have a hard time borrowing money from British domestic banks, so it wouldn’t hurt to consult a financial adviser as well as hiring a solicitor to seal the deal. christiesrealestate.com

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36-38 The Peak, Park Ridge, Brinsmead, Cairns Magnificent architectural masterpiece, establishing fresh benchmarks for quality, design and lifestyle in an exceptional location with bespoke finishes & detail throughout this spectacular one of a kind property

• One off fully designed residence surrounded by reflection ponds & landscaping • Appointments that will impress the most experienced eye for detail.

• Ocean and city views that expand beyond the immediate treescape.

• 3 split levels and a private lower level which encompasses intelligent design elements.

• 7star Thermal performance energy rating

CALL Lisa Costa 0432 084 781

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BRISBANE CITY 2703/140 ALICE STREET

3 BED 2+ BATH 2 CAR + POOL

Presenting unparalleled sophistication in an unrivalled location, this prestigious 27th floor residence boasts panoramic 180 degree views across the botanic gardens, river and beyond. Comprising a lounge, dining area, sleek kitchen and two separate balconies, the heart of the apartment is a supreme entertaining and relaxing space. The master bedroom has a stunning view, spacious walk-in robe and luxe ensuite. Two other bedrooms and a media lounge are located on the west side of the apartment. World class resident facilities including a dual lane lap pool, spa, Technogym, plunge pool, Hammam thermal stone and steam rooms along with a 24/7 concierge.

INSPECT Saturday 28th April 1:30 – 2pm and Sunday 29th April 1:30 – 2pm FOR SALE

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