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HEADING FOR THE COAST A new level of luxury by the beach

ARTIST’S IMPRESSION

COME HOME TO THE HARBOUR FRONT Limited selection of oversized luxury 3 bedroom waterfront residences developed by MADE Property.

The Isles opens out to the water’s edge, offering residents their own private beach, original boatsheds and jetty access. Combined with spacious kitchen, dining and living areas, the result is an expansive home which balances private retreat with sophisticated entertainer.

Under construction, ready to move in early 2022.

Price guide $5,750,000—$6,750,000.

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THE SUNSHINE COAST’S NEWEST OCEANSIDE COMMUNITY

Ultimate oceanside living now selling

From its commanding oceanside position, AZZURE Bokarina Beach offers luxury oceanside living with two-bedroom apartments through to sophisticated penthouses, meticulously designed to allow you to fully embrace all of the elements oceanside living has to offer.

Filled with luxury and style, residents can immerse themselves in eight levels of superb facilities with never to be built out views.

It’s all about the ocean.

To watch a sunrise, and to watch the ocean be different every day, why wouldn’t you want to live in this location.

This vibrant oceanside lifestyle on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, now beckons.

- Walter Iezzi, Developer

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City Beach Perth

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Branksome Gardens

$6.1 million-$6.3 million J E N M E LO CCO

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Set-date sale: Closing April 14 Agent: Realmark Coastal, Oliver Hess 0478 844 311 It’s the ultimate dream, escaping the rat race to live on an island. And for

Winner of the 2020 HIA WA Home of the Year

some residents of Sydney, on tiny Scotland Island on the northern beaches,

award, this newly built, four-level home is midway

it’s a dream come true. While the location is no doubt mesmerising, the

between the beach and the delightful Helston

people who have chosen this island life are also an attraction. “The

Park. Designed by Gavin Hestelow, its features

community is a big factor for me; it’s on par with the beauty of the place,”

include soaring ceilings, an internal lift, a theatre

resident Peter Heffernan says. “It used to be a very quirky, arty place;

room and a lap pool.

now it’s very family-oriented and very social.” Meanwhile, in The Property Investor we look at townhouses and how viable they are as an investment.

Townhouses have come into their own in recent times, offering some outdoor space and often located in middle-ring suburbs – two important factors following COVID-19. And, of course, we have selected some of the top homes on sale today in Hot Property.

Editor: Jen Melocco Jen.Melocco@domain. com.au Editorial producer: Paige Tonna Group picture editor: Vashti Newcomb Senior designer: Colleen Chin Quan Graphic designer: Emma Staughton National managing editor: Alice Stolz Group director, Consumer: Jason Chuck Chief executive officer: Jason Pellegrino

HOT PROPERTY MARTINA GEMMOLA \ BEK SHEPPARD

DESIGN DIGEST Comfort zone

COVER STORY Residential sales: Queensland Brad McLeod 0429 571 826 New South Wales Belinda Sinclair 0414 580 903 Victoria & Tasmania Mitch Armstrong 0438 820 767 Western Australia, South Australia & Northern Territory Jeroen van de Peppel 0427 292 797

Beauty and the beach

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FEATURE STORY Unique vision O U R COVE R Mondrian Gold Coast Private Residences,

LIVING IN Island life

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THE PROPERTY INVESTOR Townhouses have their moment

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Mosman Sydney

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For sale Agent: The Agency North, Nic Yates 0430 772 253 This luxury residence is well-equipped for entertaining, boasting a 74-square-metre covered entertaining terrace – with a Lynx barbecue and overlooking a fragrant garden and heated pool – a striking granite kitchen with a full butler’s pantry, a bespoke wine cellar and a home cinema.

Springbrook

Whale Beach

Gold Coast Hinterland \ 11-17 Lyrebird Ridge Road

Sydney

$20 million

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For sale: By expressions of interest

For sale

Agent: Ray White Rural Queensland, Peter Douglas 0407 172 101

Agent: LJ Hooker Palm Beach,

The private gardens of Eaglemont Estate mark the seasons in spectacular

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style, with silky oaks, liquidambars and soaring pines alongside camellias,

Enjoy all-day sunshine and glorious northerly

magnolias, ornamentals and fruiting trees. Throw in a substantial family

views over the sand and surf at this three-level

homestead, a solar-heated pool, a tennis court and guest accommodation.

house, with two living spaces and multiple decks.

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DESIGN DIGEST

A warm welcome An inviting armchair, luxe rug, top lighting and a cosy bed – these designs offer cool-climate comfort. C o m p i l e d b y PAU LIN E M O RRIS SE Y LIGHT UP Designed by Coco Flip, the Honey collection includes a pendant light, table lamp, and wall sconce, handmade in Melbourne.

Taking cues from a honey dipper’s soft curves, each piece is available in ceramic stoneware or American white oak, with white or pink handblown glass for a gentle glow. cocoflip.com.au

SEVAK BABAKHANI

SWERVE AND CURVE A collaboration between Australian designer Nikolai Kotlarczyk and SP01, the Royce armchair showcases a series of curves, ensuring there is not a hard line in sight. Available with and without a headrest, Royce comes in a range of fabrics and leathers. spacefurniture.com.au

SOFT LANDING

ON EDGE With a sense of freedom and fluidity – achieved through

Heatherly Design’s

weaving textures, colours and patterns – the Our Edges Rug is designed

Bonnie Boucle Bed

by Elliat Rich for Stylecraft. It is handcrafted in India using natural fibres,

brings a sense of calm

including New Zealand wool and art silk highlights. stylecraft.com.au

to the bedroom, with its curvilinear shape and rounded base, dressed in an eggshell boucle. Bonnie comes ready-made in both king and queen sizes. heatherlydesign. com.au

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COVER STORY

B y K ATE J O N E S

MONDRIAN GOLD COAST PRIVATE RESIDENCES 50 The Esplanade, Burleigh Heads (on the corner of First Avenue) Architect: Elenberg Fraser Developer: Chris and Letitia Vitale, of Vitale Property Group Interior design: Studio Carter Number of residences: 83 Prices: Two-bed, 2.5bath $799,000-$1.755m; two-bed/multipurpose room $1.595m-$1.740m; three-bed, three-bath $1.595m-$2.95m; threebed, multipurpose room, 3.5 bath $3.39m-$3.59m; three-bed, multipurpose room sky homes $3.74m-$4.65m; penthouses, three-bed, multipurpose room, 3.5 bath $4.9m-$7.45m; toplevel penthouse, fourbed, multipurpose room, 4.5 bath $11.7 million Car parking: All have 2-3 car spaces Completion estimate: mid-2023 Agent: Total Property Group 1300 393 855 Inspect: Display open by appointment, 48 The Esplanade, Burleigh Heads

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Barefoot luxury comes to the Gold Coast The prestigious Mondrian brand is making its debut on Australian shores with hotel-branded apartments in Burleigh Heads.

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here’s nothing like the prospect of a weekend at a beach house to propel you to the end of Friday. Once there, it’s all about the salty air and the sun on your back.

Capturing this theme of barefoot luxury was at the heart of Robbyn Carter’s interior design at Mondrian Gold Coast Private Residences, a 25-storey development coming to Burleigh Heads on the Gold Coast. The Vitale Property Group development will house a mix of hotel rooms and apartments, including a fourbedroom penthouse priced at $11.7 million.

“With an insatiable view that envelopes this tower, the penthouse is the epitome of luxury,” Carter said. “It is spacious with an open kitchen, bar, study and living room that feel like they are floating in the middle of the Coral Sea. “The sculpted walls that navigate you through the space are adorned with a fireplace and are partially clad in stone.

“All the materials and fixtures have been upgraded here to reflect the finest of our times.”

Every corner of the Mondrian penthouse is articulated to deliver a prestigious and bespoke

lifestyle. Perhaps the centrepiece is the fullheight wine wall that stretches from the bar to the fireplace in the living room.

The luxurious kitchen also features a Gaggenau gas cooktop, oven, rangehood and integrated dishwasher, and the benchtop is crafted from travertine stone.

Measuring a grand 503 square metres, the penthouse has plenty of room to spread out.

It has a multipurpose room, that could be a study or yoga studio, along with 4.5 bathrooms.

Underneath this top-level penthouse, sit a further 12 penthouses, all with three bedrooms and a multipurpose room with spaces ranging up to 313 square metres.

Carter, who heads award-winning Studio Carter, an international design firm with offices in Los Angeles, Singapore, Shanghai and Amsterdam, says buyers here will be spoiled for choice.

“The floor plans, the finishes, the views.

I think the buyers will struggle to pick one among them,” she says.

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Carter and her team, who were hand-picked to design the interiors at Mondrian Gold Coast, have a long list of upmarket credentials including everything from exclusive resorts in the Maldives to high-end nightclubs in Korea.

At this development, Carter has achieved a masterful look of effortless elegance using a palette of materials inspired by contemporary coastal design.

“Mondrian is an exquisite brand that prides itself on being a cultural connoisseur,” she said.

“I really kept their quintessential essence in mind as I created a prestigious and tailored lifestyle for the Mondrian Residence owners.

Every design element revolves around the theme ‘weekend at the beach house’.

“The design inspirations are taken from the pristine shorelines, beautiful landscapes and the sculpted sand.”

The Mondrian brand is part of a worldwide hotel chain, run by the Los Angeles-based company sbe, which is co-owned by the Accor hospitality group.

Every design element at Mondrian Gold Coast Private Residences revolves around the theme ‘weekend at the beach house’.

Its international hotels and residences are located at some of the world’s most prestigious addresses including Park Avenue, New York.

The Burleigh Heads development marks Mondrian’s debut on Australian shores.

Melbourne-based architects Elenberg Fraser have designed the residences in the secondary dunal systems on Burleigh’s beachfront.

Marble render clads the lower floors and a concrete spiral staircase leads up to the swimming pool, the perfect place to unwind after a beach session. With a series of small cave-like openings draped in greenery, the impression of a rocky outcrop is created.

The apartments at Mondrian are hotelbranded, giving residents access to hotel services such as in-room dining and concierge services. This comes in addition to hotel amenities including a pool, steam room, lounge, library, dining room, function room and outdoor barbecue areas.

The development is slated for completion in mid-2023.

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Adopting a unique point of view

FEATURE STORY

The Whale House soars through three luxe levels to deliver a 360-degree visual feast of harbour highlights. B y PAU L B E S T

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t’s a building for all seasons – a threestorey, architect-designed residence in Vaucluse, one of Sydney’s most affluent suburbs, promising uncommon levels of comfort and joy no matter what time of year it is, particularly when you have these tireless views.

From the eyrie of the rooftop terrace, you are afforded an unimpeded 360-degree panorama.

Looking west, it’s a veritable postcard of the Harbour City. Landmarks include the sleek Barangaroo tower, the Sydney Opera House and the Harbour Bridge, not to mention the blue waterways of the harbour itself.

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To the north are Sydney Heads and to the east are the open waters of the Tasman Sea, where one can watch humpback whales migrate. The house, unsurprisingly, has been nicknamed The Whale House.

“We saw the potential right away from the roof [of the previous two-storey 1930s apartment block],” says Joseph Alliker, director of Rudolfsson Alliker Associates Architects, the Darlinghurst-based practice that designed the residence. “They were ridiculously good views.”

Although it’s hard to look past those views – they’re pretty much in your face whichever way

you turn – the architects needed to design a structure that took advantage of the relatively compact sloping site and that was visually and functionally steadfast, as it would be exposed to the elements in its elevated position.

“It was a tricky design process,” Alliker says.

In response, the architects used concrete to create a solid, robust construction. The texture of the timber formwork used for the concrete was left exposed to emphasise the structural feel of the building, which was carried through from the outside indoors. In particular, this was used to good effect on the first floor to give the bedrooms a sense of safety and security.

In contrast, a more lightweight construction was used for the third floor, which was wrapped in floor-to-ceiling glass. Up here is where it made the most sense to locate the busy living, dining and entertaining areas of the house. The thinking was to make the floor feel “open and exposed” and draw the gaze out to the horizon.

The architects also designed a curved staircase and double-height glazed void, behind a curved blade wall, which created a striking visual

YOUR AGENT David Malouf, LJ Hooker Double Bay

“It’s extremely hard to find a property like this. It’s architectural design, location and views are unique. You get the best of both worlds with views that take in Sydney Harbour and the Heads.”

feature and also worked dynamically to connect all three levels.

Built in 2009, the house has more than stood the test of time. The original design, in many ways, was forward-thinking. For instance, it included high-performance sustainability – such as solar hydronic heating – a lift within the blade wall and a flexible, multigenerational floor plan to accommodate young children, teenagers or older parents. All are now standard features in most smart, architect-designed family homes.

The property was renovated in 2019, updating the main bedroom, enlarging the en suite and walk-in wardrobe, and reconfiguring the ground-level garage. Most significantly, the rooftop deck was added to maximise the outlook, along with floating stairs to the original, wonderfully curved internal entertainment courtyard below.

“To have a sky deck that looks out over the harbour, the heads and ocean is unique,” says Dave Klees, director of Virtue Projects, the building firm responsible for the renovation.

Vaucluse Sydney 256 Old South Head Road $8.5 million

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Auction: Wednesday, April 21 Agent: LJ Hooker Double Bay, David Malouf 0411 073 882

Hover your camera over the code to see Domain listings in Vaucluse

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LIVING IN

33.64° S 151.29° E

SCOTLAND ISLAND

This island lets you leave the mainland hustle behind, but it’s only a short boat trip when you need to get back. B y K ATE FARRE LLY When Peter Heffernan’s parents wanted to buy

are lots of kids learning to sail. We love watching

a property on Scotland Island back in the 1950s,

all that.”

their solicitor said they were mad and refused to

after a short stint on the mainland, moved back

of houses, no power and, to top it all off, you had

with his partner three years ago. He’s passionate

to get there by boat.

about life on the water surrounded by nature.

“What people don’t understand is that’s the

“Being this close to the water means you can

attraction,” says Heffernan with a laugh. “Your

go out for a sail every afternoon,” he says. “You

privacy here is unbelievable. But you can make

can drop in the Laser or the Jet Ski, go for a swim

it as social as you want. You can be involved with

or go spearfishing; it’s all on your doorstep.”

Heffernan, now a full-time resident, has had a

Bakker says the island has a coastal country-

island. With help from a new solicitor, his parents

town feel, with a solid community at its core.

family regularly spent time on the island.

In 2002, Heffernan and his wife Lyn bought their own weekender, moving in permanently six years ago when their kids had finished school.

Sydney 61 Robertson Road $4.4 million

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lifelong association with the northern beaches went ahead and bought a weekender and the

Scotland Island

Agent Murray Bakker grew up on the island and,

do the conveyancing. There were only a handful

activities or run your own race.”

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fetching $5 million.

“With the values the way they are now, we

a self-contained boathouse, a lush garden and New Guinea rosewood and sandstone finishes.

Life on the water surrounded by nature is

sheep,’” Heffernan says. “There’s always

could move wherever we wanted to, but moving

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night there’s a sailing race, and on Saturday there

say they’ll carry me out of here in a box!”

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in Scotland Island

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58 Watson Street, Newmarket

One of a Kind 6 Levels of Luxury!

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Land Area: 894m2 Living Area: 941m2

Located in one of Brisbane’s most prestigious suburbs, this unparalleled home is TJUVBUFE PO 8JMTUPO )JMMT just UISFF kilometres from the CBD and Southbank and commanding views of both Brisbane’s river and the sparkling city skyline With impeccable attention-to-detail, the home features exquisite design details throughout. Amongst the highlights are the expansive onyx stone bench tops and wall features imported from Italy, black & gold galaxy granite stairs, the Italian crystal white marble floors on all levels, the sand stone marble covering the entire exterior of the building which have been ground back on-site to create a seamless stone slab that covers each immaculate zone and level, and internal private elevator to access level 2 to level 5.

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Idyllic Sunshine Coast Hinterland Hideaway For Sale by Expressions of Interest closing Thursday 29 April at 4pm 23 & 55 Hutton Road, Kiamba, Sunshine Coast, QLD

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A unique opportunity awaits to own a piece of paradise in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland, only 30 minutes from Noosa. Nestled high amongst rich lush forested acreage with 180 degrees of uninterrupted water vistas, the property is an idyllic private sanctuary.

The property features an expansive home with a lagoon pool and landscaped grounds, coupled with a two bedroom lakeside guest house. The tranquility is enhanced by a northerly aspect with the property sitting against your own private mountain. The 150 acre property enjoys multiple titles allowing for future house sites, all capturing the unparalleled water views. This is indeed a magnificent property on the Sunshine Coast, one which rarely presents to the market.

Nick Dowling 0419 726 705 Johnny Gooderham 0499 980 259

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THE PROPERTY INVESTOR

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Townhomes – the missing link Designed to fill the market gap between houses and apartments, these dwellings have great investment appeal. B y SU E WILLIAMS

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Townhouses are low-maintenance and have lower running fees than apartments.

hen we consider residential investment, most of the attention is focused on houses versus apartments. But how about the missing middle ground – townhouses?

Traditionally, townhouses are two or threelevel dwellings that share walls with neighbours and have small gardens or courtyards.

“They’re always designed to fill the void between a house and an apartment, and in my view, there’s always very, very strong demand for them,” says Dennis Vertzayias, director and partner at Laver Residential Projects.

“They’re in keeping with the 2021 lifestyle as they tend to be low-maintenance like an apartment, but have a small outdoor space and, without all that land, they’re significantly cheaper than a house,” he says. “As long as they’re well-designed, I see them becoming more and more popular in the marketplace, for both investors and their tenants.”

Townhouses are increasingly the choice of some developers too. Mulpha Developments has created a complete estate of them, Essentia at Norwest, Sydney.

“COVID-19 has accelerated an underlying trend for people to focus on the complete lifestyle package that their home offers and these townhomes are a good example,” says executive general manager Tim Spencer.

“People like them as they have a tangible connection to the ground.”

“They’re based on sustainability, wellness and connectivity. We have seen two price rises this year and the achievement of record prices for the region – $1.7 million for a townhome.”

Location is always critical, of course. Ninety per cent of homes in Melbourne’s Cranbourne, for example, are house-and-land packages, and only 10 per cent are townhouses, says Luke

Harris, CEO of The Property Mentors. That makes them even more desirable.

“Then they can perform very well in terms of capital growth, and vacancy rates can be extremely low as they’re so scarce,” he says.

“People are often keen to downsize into them in the same suburb where they’ve been living on a big family block.”

Demand for townhouses is particularly high in the middle-ring suburbs of cities where there can be resistance to high-density apartments and free-standing houses are very expensive, believes Clinton Ostwald, director of property advisors Urbis Group.

“People like them as they have a tangible connection to the ground and sense of land, rather than being in the air,” he said. “That gives people a sense of security. And if they are strata, then the fees are often lower because they tend not to have all the facilities that apartments can have, and they’re low-maintenance, so the running fees are lower. From an investment perspective, that makes them very attractive.”

Popularity with tenants can keep yields healthy, while townhouses often enjoy steady price growth, too.

“Property on land has traditionally enjoyed better capital growth than apartments,” said Jason Field, managing director of National Property Valuers.

“Because they tend to be larger than apartments – and there are fewer of them – [they] have great appeal for investors.”

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The Undisputed Jewel of the Noosa Hinterland

On an idyllic knoll surrounded by Mt Cooroy, lush rainforests and eagle’s eye views over the Coral Sea, is the safe secure, stunningly majestic oasis, Stonelea Estate.

Indoors, sophisticated design is next level luxe with features such as a lift, outdoors taking centre stage is a helipad, and for those desirous of an unrivalled lifestyle, the 5-star residence just 15 minutes to Noosa Main Beach, has it all.

Price: $15.5m

S E E M O R E AT O F F E R M A N N . C O M . A U Stonelea Estate, Cooroy Mountain Road, Noosa Hinterland.

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