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ARRIVE IN STYLE Elevated living in Brisbane

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Bardon Brisbane 37 Dudley Street 5

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Auction: 1pm, October 23 Agent: Place Estate Agents Kangaroo Point, Rebecca Russell 0415 137 018 A fusion of art deco and contemporary design, After a recent long weekend at home with not much to do besides potter

this five-bedroom, three-bathroom home has an

in the garden and pack for the move to Sydney (two weeks to go!), I’m

elevated position with leafy district views. Curved

feeling the call of the bush and the beach as I reminisce about

internal walls, oak floors and stone features

spontaneously jumping in the car and heading, well, anywhere – to the city,

create a sophisticated family home over three

country or coast. I loved the journey to discover a community complete with

levels. There’s an island kitchen with integrated

a sourdough bakery, homeware stores and a small but notable restaurant

appliances, an al fresco space with an outdoor

that people will travel to from the nearest big city. Finding such places, and

kitchen, and a gazebo overlooking the pool.

the desirable properties for sale in them is a weekly task for writer Kate Farrelly who’s behind our column, Living In. She does a remarkable job at hunting down the areas and the stories of the people who have proudly relocated to them. Each week, I put another suburb on the list of places I want to explore with every column guiding me like a treasure map.

Editor: Josephine Huynh josephine.huynh@ domain.com.au Editorial producer: Paige Tonna Group picture editor: Kylie Thomson Senior designer: Colleen Chin Quan Graphic designer: Emma Staughton National managing editor: Alice Stolz Chief executive officer: Jason Pellegrino

HOT PROPERTY

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Residential sales: Queensland Brad McLeod 0429 571 826 New South Wales Belinda Sinclair 0414 580 903 Victoria & Tasmania Ray van Veenendaal 0438 279 870 Western Australia, South Australia & Northern Territory Jeroen van de Peppel 0427 292 797

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DESIGN DIGEST Say it with colour

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37 Dudley Street, Bardon Listed by Place Estate

LIVING IN Southern Sydney lifestyle allure

Agents Kangaroo Point PAG E 2

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THE PROPERTY INVESTOR Doing business the ethical way

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Mosman Park Perth 134 Glyde Street $12.5 million +

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Expressions of interest: Close November 5 Agent: Ray White Cottesloe Mosman Park, Jody Fewster 0414 688 988 With panoramic views across Freshwater Bay, Point Walter and the city skyline, this substantial home sits on a 2004-square-metre block just metres from the Swan River. Highlights include an internal lift, a home theatre, terraced gardens and a heated pool.

Armadale

South Yarra

Melbourne 2/16 Horsburgh Grove

Melbourne 30 Walsh Street

$10.5 million-$11.5 million

$7.1 million-$7.8 million

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Expressions of interest: Close 3pm, October 21

Expressions of interest: Close 4pm, October 19

Agent: RT Edgar Toorak, Mark Wridgway 0419 510 777

Agent: Castran Gilbert, Paul Castran 0418 313 038

In one of the suburb’s most prestigious streets, this striking new residence

Designed by the late Wayne Gillespie, this parkside

dominates the streetscape and is a short distance from High Street. The

residence comes with oak floors, ducted

home features delicate finishes, including a marble-lined foyer, a curved

airconditioning, Gaggenau appliances and a

concrete staircase, engineered oak floors and 360-degree rooftop views.

private, manicured court garden.

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COCO PRIVÉ Little Cove Hugged by the Noosa National Park, is world-class Coco Privé, the latest incomparable showpiece from the celebrated design and development team of Glen and Deborah Watson. With signature features such as floating day beds, curvaceous staircase, sky terrace, state-of-the-art alfresco spaces, and designer furniture, just bring your toothbrush and suitcase. Everything else is here.

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S E E M O R E AT O F F E R M A N N . C O M . A U 1/1-7 Bayview Road Noosa Heads.

Agent: Chris Miller 0412 894 542 NOOSA’S HOME OF PRESTIGE PROPERTY

DESIGN DIGEST

Dream in colour From sculptural statements to treasured textiles, these Australian designers bring a burst of colour inside. C o m p i l e d b y PAU LIN E M O RRIS SE Y BLOSSOMING COLLAB A beautiful collaboration between furniture designer Nicole Lawrence and experimental floral artist Hattie Molloy has resulted in the Amphora Vase – a traditional hourglass shape, wide triangular lips and a flourished neck, made from powdercoated aluminium. nicolelawrence.online

NOSTALGIC PRINTS Dripping in nostalgia, Bonnie and Neil’s latest collection, Goldie, centres on vintage-inspired designs. A range of tablecloths and napkins come in a palette of meadow flowers, fruit prints, hand-drawn patterns and classic beachy stripes. bonnieandneil.com.au

COLOUR COMBOS

BEDDING BEAUTIES In line with the brand’s fun and vibrant trademark,

Designed by

Kip&Co has launched a fresh bedding collection full of bold florals,

Melbourne-based

statement stripes and tactile tartans, anchored by this season’s key colours

brand Dowel Jones,

of golden hues, fresh blues, berry tones and ivy greens. kipandco.com.au

the Arcade Pendant is a contemporary light fixture. Available in 351 colour combinations, it welcomes personal creativity through mixing or matching its top and bottom. doweljones.com

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COURTESY OF JONES

DEREK SWALWELL

Complete design melds function and visual delight

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eritage greets contemporary with a warm embrace in one of Kennedy Nolan’s latest residential projects – a restored and re-imagined Edwardian house in Melbourne’s inner suburb of Elsternwick.

“This project was a great opportunity to deploy the principles of complete design embodied by the arts and crafts movement,” says Kennedy Nolan founding director Patrick Kennedy. “An integrated amalgam of architecture, interior design and furnishing, all of which were developed by our team.”

The team are masters of the layered yet measured, colourful yet calm, visually arresting yet comfortable and warm, and this project takes things to a new level with its complex, multiple personalities carefully threaded by their deft hands and sharp sensibilities.

“The great strength of this project lies in its completeness,” says Kennedy, and I simply couldn’t agree more. As with all alterations and additions projects, the architects navigated the old fabric with the new, but the true mastery lies in the fact the overall house feels singular in mood, scale and quality.

This outcome, in part, resulted from the client’s request for something beautiful to look at wherever the eye landed. This compelled the design team to look at each element of the house both from a functional and an aesthetic approach. As a result, even the most mundane functions have been elevated into an art form.

One such visual highlight is the intricate record cabinet in the living room. Custom designed by Kennedy Nolan and made by FineForm Joinery, the Dulux Amazon Depths green outer shell gains a new dimension when the top lifts open to reveal the record player and the lining of rich red velour from Kvadrat.

The existing building fabric provided a rich source of inspiration for the design team. While the brief called for a complete approach to a suite of existing and newly constructed rooms,

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more importantly, the client spoke of “emotions and atmospheres rather than specific spatial or visual qualities”, Kennedy says.

This house was to be a refuge that provided visual delight in every instance. “Our approach emerged through devising a colour palette, an intention to imbue the interiors with colour [as appropriate to an arts and crafts house], but to make the colour as gentle as possible, and to modulate its intensity through the various rooms and zones.”

Kennedy Nolan deploys texture as a means to amplify the subtleties of colour: silk is used as wallpaper; walls are lined in render; and fluted, limed timber is used extensively.

“We were compelled to elevate the principal living spaces in order to maintain an appropriate visual hierarchy,” Kennedy says. “In some cases, this led to theatrical and elevated interiors, which were nonetheless rigorously controlled to maintain serenity and calm. It is the combination of drama and calm which feels like the project’s greatest achievement.”

“It is the combination of drama and calm which feels like the project’s greatest achievement.”

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LIVING IN

34.05538° S, 151.15158° E

CRONULLA DESTINATION NSW

This no-longer-secret southern suburb may be evolving apace but it retains its laid-back beachside appeal. B y K ATE FARRE LLY Once upon a time, it was locals who dominated

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Cronulla

The Pines is the brainchild of Ross Robinson,

the Cronulla market, but it seems the rest of

who moved from Coogee in 2008. He moved

Sydney 72 Nicholson Parade

Sydney has finally cottoned on to the lifestyle

from education into hospitality with Cronulla’s

$4.5 million

charms of this southern Sydney locale.

Zinc Bar, opened The Pines with Ritz Carlton-

Stretching from Wanda Beach and Cronulla Golf

chef James Metcalfe last year, and most recently

Darook Park in the south, this suburb is no longer

opened the more casual Apres Beach next door.

playing second fiddle to Bondi and Coogee.

“Until recently it’s been a little secret of

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“In the past, when people were looking to buy something beautiful in Cronulla, one of the

Sydney’s, but people finally understand what’s

negatives was where to go, where to hang out,”

here, only 45 minutes from the city,” says local

says Robinson. “Now, when someone ... comes

agent Laura McKay of Highlands Property Group.

down to look around they book into The Pines.

“We’ve seen a huge influx of out-of-area buyers.”

And the locals who would take an Uber into Cafe

New development

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trained Brian Mackenzie and Michelin-starred

course in the north to the sheltered beach at

Sydney for a night out now stay here.”

McKay says developers are building some

Coastal assets

“seriously beautiful”, top-quality apartments in

While Robinson loves the role he’s playing in the

Cronulla and while density in the area is

suburb’s evolution, he also loves what the suburb

Auction: 5.30pm, October 20

increasing, there’s still plenty of free-standing

has always offered: its waterside pleasures.

Agent: Highland Property Group,

homes on 600-square-metre blocks.

“I do a daily walk along the esplanade, which

Laura McKay 0409 450 600

The shops and eateries in the Gerrale Street

always provides inspiration for myself, my wife

Within easy reach of waterfront parkland and

shopping precinct will get a boost if the council

and my kids,” he says. “One of the best things

South Cronulla Beach, this smartly-presented

approves the Sammut Group’s $350 million Vue

about Cronulla is we’ve got miles of beach, so you

home comes with a mineral pool and a whole-

project of apartments, commercial space and

can always find your own piece of sand and if

floor main bedroom retreat.

retail anchored by Harris Farm Markets.

you’re a surfer you can find the surf.

“It’s got its own little ecosystem, so if you don’t

“We’ve got access to the Port Hacking

want to leave [the area] you don’t have to,”

waterway, so there’s the ability to take out your

Locals and their dogs

McKay says. “There are brilliant restaurants

boat and Jet Skis and discover hidden beaches.

enjoy a morning walk at

Hover your camera over the

popping up, including The Pines, a great spot for

And then there’s Boat Harbour Park where you

the popular South

code to see Domain listings

Sunday champagne and beachside fine dining.”

take the four-wheel-drive for a day out.”

Cronulla Beach.

in Cronulla

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HALLIDAYS POINT ’Il Vasari’ 361 Blackhead Road Nestled in the idyllic seaside haven of Hallidays Point, this prime 10.63ha (26 acres) site is a rare Seniors Living master planned community on the NSW Mid-North Coast. DA-approved for a retirement village, the site known as ’II Vasari’ will be surrounded by resort-style recreation facilities including a restaurant/bar, gym, swimming pool, library, doctor’s rooms, beauty salon and bowling greens. ’II Vasari’ currently has approval for a 104 bed nursing home and 96 dwellings in a mix of configurations. The project can be developed all at once or over 8 stages, whatever suits your requirements. Hallidays Point is a popular destination for retirees, situated between Forster and Taree, with easy access to major shopping centres and a range of medical specialists at the nearby Manning Base Hospital. It is just moments to Black Head Beach with a pristine ocean pool and popular fishing spots. ’Il Vasari’ is perfectly positioned to take advantage of the tranquil lifestyle offered by this pretty coastal hamlet.

For Sale View

Expressions of Interest Closing Tuesday, 26th October 2021 Contact Agent David Medina 0419 772 233 Francis Egan 0411 874 625

All information contained herein is gathered from sources we deem to be reliable. However we cannot guarantee its accuracy and interested parties should rely on their own enquiries.

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Investments with twice the payoff The pandemic has prompted many investors to find ways to get a solid return plus a positive social or environmental outcome.

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Ethical investments were once seen as a trade-off for profit but strong returns are changing that narrative.

etired cycling magazine editor and author Neil Irvine has always been inclined towards conservation causes but, when his dad died, he inherited his portfolio of shares … and discovered most were in oil companies and coal mining.

As a result, he gradually divested himself of those, signed up with a new financial advisor last year and put his money in impact, or ethical, investments instead.

“I didn’t like the feeling of getting income from the things I knew were harmful to the environment,” says Sydneysider Irvine, 65. “And a lot of the responsible funds are showing good returns as it’s such a growth industry. The future looks bright for environmentally sustainable industries and stocks should continue rising. It’s a win-win.”

His guide, CreationWealth director and senior financial advisor Andrew Zbik, says there’s been a fresh flood of people coming to him since the start of the pandemic, saying they’re now interested in doing good with their money.

He’s not sure if lockdowns have given people

the time to look more closely at their investments, or whether it’s a more significant attitudinal change. But he does know that more people are now keen on finding listed companies or Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) that meet the criteria of impact investing.

“A lot of the responsible funds are showing good returns.”

It’s an approach that seeks to bring both a financial return and an actively measured positive social or environmental outcome.

“I’ve had a lot of conversations with clients over the past 18 months around their values and how they don’t just want a recurring income; they want to invest in something worthwhile,”

Zbik says. “Many of them have changed their lives and are more now focused on family and friends rather than on material possessions.

“As well, 10 years ago, you might have wanted to invest in solar companies, for example, but I could only find two listed in Australia and they were not making money and relying on raising capital. Now, however, there’s been a huge growth in ETFs, which provide a great way for investors to purchase a basket of companies in a particular sector or index.”

Investment company BetaShares launched the first of its current eight ethical ETFs in January 2017 and now accounts for 65 per cent of the $5.3 billion industry that’s grown 88.7 per cent over the past year.

Early on, people believed the ethical aspect was a trade-off for profit, but that’s no longer the case, says chief executive Alex Vynokur. One of the ETFs, the global sustainability fund ETHI, had a return of 32 per cent last year, and 24 per cent a year for the past three.

“My perspective is that COVID probably accelerated a trend towards impact, or responsible, investing that was already happening,” Vynokur says.

“Also, people now understand that, as well as the satisfaction or pleasure of this kind of investment, they are making very good returns.

Investing in new industries developing alternative sources of energy or fighting climate change isn’t only the right thing to do, it’s also a phenomenal business opportunity.”

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Exquisite and Iconic Main River Estate

293-295 Monaco Street, Broadbeach Waters Scan for Listing

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Auction On-Site, Sunday 31 October at 12pm 6

For Further Details Contact Michael Kollosche 04111 888 15 Jay Helprin 0407 894 775

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Revered as one of Main River’s most stately residences, this grand manor epitomises exquisite elegance without losing its undeniable warmth and charm. Standing proudly on a meticulously manicured 2,411m2 double block with 39m waterfrontage, flawless finishes shine throughout this masterpiece that has been expertly designed to be a magnificent masterpiece, yet functional, family-friendly and befitting of both milestone celebrations and everyday living. A haven of happy memories for the same family for 25 years, multiple living and dining zones open via French doors onto a full-length, river-facing sandstone terrace. A gourmet kitchen with acclaimed Liebherr and Ilve appliances will be a hub for family connection, while six bedrooms (including the sophisticated master suite with spa ensuite), ensures everyone has a private sanctuary to retreat to. *approximate

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506 The Esplanade, Palm Beach Auction On-Site, Friday 29 October at 10am Beachfront House

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Open for Inspection

Saturday 11am - 11:45am Wednesday 11am - 11:45am

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Troy Dowker 0409 057 087

Beachside House

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Capitalise on a scarce beachfront property opportunity with your chance to purchase two impeccable residences of distinction. Occupying a prime 826m2 block with dual street frontages and directly across from the white sands of Palm Beach, both of these exceptionally built homes deliver a unique blue-chip offering. Live in one, rent the other or utilise as a large and luxurious family compound where you’ll create a legacy of everlasting memories to cherish. The beachfront house is a showcase of coastal elegance, where expansive windows and doors bask in ocean breezes and capture scenic views. The second home located at 1471 Gold Coast Highway is an icon of modern excellence featuring 3 bedrooms plus study, providing easy access to cafes, restaurants, walk to Tallebudgera SLSC and still water Estuary, and Burleigh Headland. *approximate

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1/110 Bower Street, Manly Seize a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to secure the ultimate 430m2 Freehold Title oceanfront trophy residence with breathtaking ocean & coastal panoramas. Placed within a block of four luxury residences that has sweeping living spaces which flow to a sundrenched oceanfront entertainers’ terrace with built-in barbecues, wet bar & heated lap pool. Designed to absolute perfection, it’s nestled by the water with direct private access to the Marine Pde walkway & Fairy Bower Beach, & only a stroll to Manly or Shelly Beach.

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Bed 4 | Bath 3.5 | Car 2 • Vast living areas/seaside terraces on both floors • Calacatta marble kitchen, travertine bathrooms • Secure lift, heated tiled flooring & ducted a/c • Double LUG, heated pool, wet bar & wine cellar

Auction Sat 6th Nov 9.00am View By appointment only Jake Rowe 0414 612 546 Nathan Tse 0411 386 455 rowe-partners.com.au

OFFERS CLOSING 21ST OCTOBER (UNLESS SOLD PRIOR)

24 BAY VIEW TCE, MOSMAN PARK WA

y Secure undercroft garage for up to 8 cars, ideal for a car collector y Luxury imported Italian Effetti kitchen with separate scullery and Gaggenau appliances y Master suite is pure luxury with views to the River, fully fitted dressing room and luxurious marble ensuite y Home office with River views & balcony y Lift access to each floor

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This luxury residence is elevated on Bay View Terrace in one of Perth’s most prestigious suburbs, Mosman Park, and features panoramic views of the Swan River and beyond.

Move in for Christmas or accept a 3 year lease at $180,000 Per Annum subject to final approval CONTACT

Nello (Neil) Magro Principal/Licencee

0408 866 881

nmagro@prestigepg.com.au

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