Get the appThe owner of Akuna, a Point Piper waterfront home in Sydney, has listed it for $55 million. He bought the property for $60 million three years ago. The home has a rare Chinese-style boathouse, a deepwater jetty and a harbourside pool. Agent Steven Chen says the owner is realistic about the price. The house has five bedrooms, a 758 square metre block and approved plans for an extra level and a lift.
An 80-year-old grandfather who won a $13.9 million Sunshine Beach mansion in a lottery has sold it for $10.15 million, about $4 million less than its prize valuation. The retired Sydney engineer won the Maslina property at 27 Adams Street through RSL Queensland's Dream Home Art Union earlier this year. The house sold to resort managers Geoffrey and Tamara Hussin, who run Ivory Palms Resort in Noosaville. He said he wanted the money to help his children and grandchildren and to give to others who deserve it.
A four-bedroom, three-bathroom home at 49 Wumbalwarra Drive in Bega's Spanish Oaks Estate is on the market. Built in 2024 by RENSEN Construction, the two-storey residence sits on 1.3 acres with views to Mumbulla Mountain. The open-plan upper level includes a large cantilevered terrace and a media room. The lower level holds a 147 square-metre garage. Sales agent Candice Pocock from McGrath Merimbula says the home would suit avid entertainers, multigenerational families or downsizers.
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Get the appAmileka, the Byron Bay hinterland home used as the villa in the 2021 Love Island Australia series, has sold. Its most recent price guide was $6 million, down from the $8 million to $9 million guide set when it was first listed in October 2024. The owners, Mikaela Lancaster and Mark Britt, paid $9.5 million for the 10-hectare property in 2022. Nearby, The Ranch at Talofa sold before auction for an undisclosed price, understood to be $10 million.
Former news presenter Beverley O’Connor has put her Brighton house on the market, with a price range of $4.7 million to $5.1 million. She and her husband Stefan built the four-bedroom home in 2020 with Enzo Campus. The house has a solar-heated plunge pool, a kitchen with Wolf and Liebherr appliances and a study. Ms O’Connor said the couple want to spend more time in Europe and with family. Expressions of interest close at 5pm on October 27.
Developer Patrice Knott has put 30 Eblin Drive, Hamilton, on the market. The Brisbane property was completed after a year of planning and two years of construction. Designed by Muscolino Shaw and built by Aligned Builders, the home has a single-level main floor, a pool and a basement wine cellar holding more than 1,000 bottles. The upper level has five bedrooms. Ms Knott previously sold a Cairns trophy home for $5.29 million in 2020. Ray White Ascot agent Damon Warat said buyers increasingly want move-in-ready homes.
A Toorak home designed by Melbourne architect John Wardle is for sale for the first time, quoting $11.5 million to $12.65 million. Owner David Sutton, an engineer and chairman of clean energy firm RayGen, built Limestone House to passive-house principles. The four-bedroom home at 3 Leighton Court is the first in Australia designed under both Passivhaus principles and the Living Building Challenge. It features 40 solar panels, a battery and a 31,000-litre rainwater tank. The Suttons plan to move on to an apartment in East Melbourne and a house in Lorne.
A Sydney waterfront home once admired by Elton John is being quietly marketed with a $130 million price guide through Forbes Global Properties. Elton John named the Point Piper property the Bang & Olufsen House because of its tinted glass and flat roof. He made an $11 million offer in the 1980s but later withdrew it. The house was bought for $33.5 million in 2013 and is currently home to beauty entrepreneur Shelley Sullivan. If sold at the asking price, it would match the current Sydney house price record.
A luxury home in Melbourne’s north-west with a pool, teppanyaki grill and lift is on the market for $3.95m-$4.3m. The four-bedroom house at 30 Grammar St, Strathmore, was extended and renovated in 2022. It is a short walk to Napier Park, the Napier St shops, the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail and Lebanon Reserve. The property features a stone-topped island bench, Miele appliances, a walk-in pantry, and a rumpus room with a fireplace. Expressions of interest close at 12pm on Wednesday October 21.