Luxury
Hurakia lodge, a new Zealand listing, is drawing international attention from wealthy private investors looking to secure an island retreat near auckland. accessible only by sea or air, and with a 70m all-tide jetty, the property currently operates as a boutique lodge attracting high-net worth visitors to rakino island in the Hauraki Gulf. the 9ha property with five-bedroom, y-shaped Greg Boyden and Pete Bossleydesigned pavilion accommodation, is five minutes from auckland via helicopter. sydney’s andrew Jolliffe and auckland’s Finn Hurst of ray white Hotels are conducting the marketing for new Zealand-born businessman John macculloch, who has been living in sydney’s Bellevue Hill for the past eight years. offers of more than $10 million are expected. “it is time to let someone else enjoy this island paradise and occupy the front-row seating for the america’s cup defence in 2020/2021,” says macculloch, who built the lodge in 2002. He sold his company auckland aluminium to nZ-listed company Fletcher Building in 2007. there are 120 properties on the island and around 20 permanent residents.
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Country-style seclusion
A St Ives home that borders the Gadigal National Park, with views across the treetops, has been listed for sale. Built by local builders Oppidan Homes, it was custom designed by the vendors, Misho Stephan and wife LeeAnne, who are of to an acreage. The three-level family home has five bedrooms, four bathrooms and a home cinema. It overlooks a floodlit tennis court and heated infinity-edge saltwater pool. Ray White Double Bay agent Gavin Rubinstein is marketing the home for a May 22 auction, with a price guide of $4.5 million. The modern home in sleek white has been completely rebuilt since the owners bought the 1440sq m block five years ago. It was finished around six months ago. The record price for St Ives hit $5.6 million last year, up on its $4.1 million record of two years earlier.
the latest trophy home listing in warrawee is wirepe, a country-style home built in the early 1890s by architect maurice Halligan for fellow architect walter windeyer traill on an 1820sq m block among acres of orchards on sydney’s supper north shore. some 120 years later, the Hastings road home retains its privacy amid park-like grounds. Extensively renovated since it traded for $2.55 million in 2002, wirepe is at the end of a French-inspired gravel courtyard with an original anduze fountain. the colonial bond double-brick home has six bedrooms, three bathrooms, a study, a great room with formal dining and a swimming pool. a north-facing garden room serves as the kitchen and alfresco dining area. French doors open onto deep sandstone verandas. chadwick turramurra agents lynette malcolm and william Zhang have a price guide of $5.4 million to $5.8 million. some of warrawee’s priciest recent sales included the 1928 wichita at $5.25 million and the 1940s dellwood, which sold for $6.5 million. the former record holder, Bremon, failed to find a buyer when it went up against springfield Estate on Pibrac avenue which sold to chinese buyers last year for more than $12 million
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