Sir Peter Cosgrove, who will step down as Australia's governor-general next month, and wife Lady Lynne Cosgrove, are downsizing in Sydney's north.

They will vacate the governor-general's official residence, Admiralty House on the Kirribilli waterfront, and will be moving in to a three bedroom apartment in Milsons Point.

Records show they paid $2.25 million for the 15th floor apartment in the Pinnacle building.

The apartment had sat idly on the market for around 50 days through Di Jones agent Nigel Mukhi, prompting the vendor to attempt the lease the investment apartment again at $1,500 a week before the Cosgrove's swooped.

The Pinnacle building was built in the late 1990s on Dind Street.

The Cosgrove's have called the lower north shore home for over a decade, having bought a Neutral Bay townhouse for $1.95 million in 2007.

They sold it for $2.1 million in 2014 given Peter's appointment as governor-general and the luxury of moving in to the 1840s Victorian sandstone Admiralty House.

The property on the tip of Kirribilli was built in 1842 by Lieutenant-Colonel John Gibbes. It was bought by the colonial government in 1885 and renamed Admiralty House.

The South Sydney Rabbitohs legend Greg Inglis has sold his former Coogee home having pulled it from auction and reduced its price hopes.

Buyers were being told they’d need to offer $2.5 million to secure the Federation semi after it was initially listed for auction on June 1 with a guide of $2.8 million.

The home sold within 29 days of its listing, well ahead of the current 50 day Sydney average on market time.

McGrath Coogee agent Marnie Seinor secured the sale but said she couldn’t disclose its sale price.

“It holds a prized corner parcel in a coveted Coogee street, just metres from buzzing cafes, shops and the beach,” she said.

“The immaculately kept Federation semi celebrates relaxed coastal living,” she added.

Inglis bought the home in early 2012 having made the moving the prior season from Melbourne where he played for the Storm.

Inglis paid $1.1 million for the Bream St property, when the median price was around $1.4 million.

Coogee, with a current $2.6 million median house price, has seen a compound growth rate of 8.5 percent for houses over the past five years.

It was just a two bedroom, 1910 built Federation, but now still behind a traditional facade, extended to now have four bedrooms and two bathrooms across its three levels.

Since its listing Inglis has struggled with personal issues after retiring earlier this year from rugby league following a stellar 14 year on field career.

The former South Sydney captain has been admitted to a mental health facility to deal with the issues he has been facing.

His close friends Justin Hodges recently encouraged Inglis to get his life back on track for the sake of his young family after seeing “the hurt in his eyes”.

“He’s doing it very tough. Everything hit him at once; his marriage break-up and then his retirement came quickly, quicker than what he expected.”

The 32-year-old, was living at Little Bay, having leased the 1910 Coogee home in recent times.

The Kempsey-born NRL star and his estranged wife Sally, who recently moved back to Queensland, own investment properties including a renovated 1920s workers cottage in Sandgate, northwest of Brisbane, which cost $440,000 in 2014.

Nova FM breakfast radio star Michael “Wippa” Wipfli and his wife Lisa have reduced the price guidance of their Queens Park home ahead of its auction next week.

They initially had $2.5 million hopes three weeks ago, however there’s now a $2.3 million price signalling.

That’s despite the common belief that prices had bottomed following the federal election.

The couple snapped up the home in 2014, paying $1.87 million just six days in to its marketing.

On a 160 square metre block on Rawson Avenue, the architect-designed home has four bedrooms and two bathrooms.

Phillips Pantzer Donnelley agents Debbie Donnelley and Nick Quigley are marketing the classic Federation semi.

Wippa sold in Melbourne’s Armadale in 2016 for $1,825,000.

Set near swish High Street, the home had cost $1.48 million in 2010, not long before Wipfli was transferred to Sydney.

The family are considering a move closer to schools for kids Theodore and Jack.

Wippa has been a household name since 2009 when he teamed up with Ryan Shelton and Katie “Monty” Dimond on Nova’s drive show.

In 2011 Wippa joined Ryan “Fitzy” Fitzgerald.

Wife Lisa, whom he married in 2013, is co-owner of baby health food company Nourishing Bubs.

The Queens Park market has been active in the past few months.

The last 27 house sales had a $2.66 million median, according­ to realestate.com.au.

Film editor David Gross recently­ sold the Yenda Avenue home he bought with former partner, actor Brooke Satchwell, in 2010.

It was listed with $2.25 million hopes

. Former Australian Olympic Committee chief Fiona de Jong and husband Alfredo Pisapia spent $2.35 million on a modernised 1920s Queens Park home.

This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph.

Renovation queen Cherie Barber, a regular on Channel 10’s The Living Room, has sold her five-level Birchgrove investment after 50 days on market.

It came with a $6.5 million price guide.

The harbourfront home with four bedrooms, a home office, movie room and roof terrace, cost $4.05 million in 2014.

Barber then undertook a full renovation which included relocating its internal lift to enhance the views.

Listed through Cobden & Hayson agent Mark Bowis, the Louisa Road home has over 300 square metres of living space on its 210 square metre holding.

Barber has been getting $850 a night on Airbnb.

The Airbnb superhost conducts courses on how landlords can increase their rental income.

This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph.

Brad Cranfield and Lara Welham have finally sold the impressive Hunter Valley home they built after their 2012 The Block win.

The couple, now based in Byron Bay with their children, secured $1,375,000 for the Bishops Bridge estate which had been for sale for 200-plus days.

Cranfield and Welham bought the 25 hectare vacant estate in 2012 for $510,000 — after taking home $606,000 prize earnings when their Dorcas Street, South Melbourne terrace renovation fetched $1.62 million, $506,000 over reserve, on The Block.

The couple had reduced the Bishop Bridge asking price from its initial $1,599,000.

Cranfield, who was a fitter and machinist in the coal mining industry while Welham was a physical education teacher before the 2012 series, is now a real estate agent, saying the transition was a “natural progression”.

He works with Christian Sergiacomi, husband of The Block interior designer Shelley Craft.

The designer Bishops Bridge home, that sits at the end of a long drive, comes with 6 metre-high ceilings.

Its living room has a timber feature wall backing the wood-burning fire.

A loft-style rumpus room overlooks the living space.

Coloured cathedral glass panes have been used throughout the four-bedroom home.

A timber tiered deck looks across the grounds, which include a creek and three dams, one with a floating pontoon.

This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph. 

Natalia Bradshaw is selling Pachamama, her Berry district retreat, as city life calls for the international curator of contemporary art.

The 12ha Wattamolla estate, 15 minutes from Berry and five minutes from Kangaroo Valley village, comes with mountain and countryside views.

It has four bedrooms and three fireplaces. The Wattamolla Rd grounds have two swimming holes, two waterfalls and a sunset firepit.

Belle Property Berry agent Gary Dale has the listing.

Wattamolla has seen five sales in the past two years ranging from $1.35 million to $2.7 million. Its top sale was $3.2 million for 200ha in 2012.

Bradshaw, who moved to Australia in the 1980s from Canada, has worked at the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Art Gallery of NSW.

She is chair of the University of NSW’s Art & Design Advisory Council and trustee of the Australian Museum Foundation.

She became an art adviser in 2004 for private, corporate and public collections.

This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph. 

Entrepreneur Jordan Grives is selling his Teneriffe apartment.

Grives paid $1.8 million for the three bedroom loft-style apartment just over 12 months ago shortly before selling his previous two bedroom apartment nearby.

Set in the Winchcombe Carson Woolstore, the top level apartment spans 265 square metres and has a built-on library, fully-equipped wet bar, a pool room, rumpus room and a large deck.

Ray White New Farm agents Matt Lancashire and Ben Percival have the listing.

Grives and his partner Amelia and their two Maltese cross poodles Ari and Coco are renting in New Farm.

Grives said they may build something, but will stay in Brisbane. 

Earlier this year Grives sold Fone Dynamics, the messaging and call analytics company he founded, for around $8.4 million.

In 2016 he pocketed $30 million when he sold his Fonebox enterprise to J2 Global, the NASDAQ-listed American internet services business.

This article was first published in the Weekend Australian. 

Former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing world champion Mick Doohan is selling his long-held Paradise Waters investment property.

Doohan has owned the original 1970s home on the pricey Admiralty Drive for nearly three decades, having paid $510,000 back in 1991, shortly after he began his professional career on the track.

Currently tenanted, the home on 675 square metres on the exclusive Jaraparilla Cove has five bedrooms, a front courtyard and a north facing swimming pool.

Michael Kollosche and Duncan Longmore at Kollosche Broadbeach have the listing.

Doohan, who won five consecutive 500cc World Championships, lives in the north of the Gold Coast in Coomera where he built his current home after paying $1.75 million for 18 hectares in 1996.

He also owns a Palm Beach home on Jefferson Lane.

This article was first published in the Weekend Australian. 

Property industry veteran Geoff McWilliam and wife Barbara have bought a Noosa holiday apartment through the family investment company.

The Sydney-based couple have emerged as the $6.1 million buyers on the pricey Hastings Street.

The near 200 square metre, three bedroom penthouse in the La Mer complex has a substantial terrace overlooking the water, as well as a rear courtyard.

Tom Offermann Real Estate agents Nic Hunter and Eric Seetoo sold the apartment that belonged to New Zealand-based Scott Holyoake, the managing director of Holyoake Air Management Solutions, and wife Tatiana. 

They paid $3.9 million in 2015. 

McWilliam has 30 years of experience in the property industry, including a decade at the Commonwealth Bank's property funds management division Colonial First State Property.

This article was first published in the Weekend Australian.

Hipages co-founder Roby Sharon-Zipser and his wife Jordana didn't find a buyer for their Vaucluse home when it went to recent auction.

It was listed as they had their eye on something bigger.

The Olola Avenue home was passed in on a $6.5 million vendor bid at its auction. There was interest but no bids.

The Sharon-Zipsers had initially sought $7 million for the four-bedroom home, which was knocked down to $6.75 million during its marketing.

The couple had paid $8 million just 12 months ago when upgrading from North Bondi.

Ray White’s Gavin Rubinstein offered the home with Cameron Kimber interiors.

This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph. 

Bronte's hot 2019 market has quietly clocked up another big ticket off market sale.

Alison Feletto, wife of investment banker Roger Feletto, managing director of Greenhill Australia, has paid $9.35 million for the modernised 1920s home of Mark and Antonia Saunokonoko.

The Saunokonoko's had paid $8.45 million in 2015 after its architect redesign by Mary Ellen Hudson for Scott and Jo Springett.

Set on 815 sqm, the Evans Street property has five bedrooms, three bathrooms and a swimming pool.

It's the second highest sale of 2019, reportedly through Bethwyn Richards at The Agency.

Feletto has been Randwick based sine paying in 2004. 

Property developer Elias Jreissati has offloaded his HMAS Port Melbourne penthouse for $16 million after more than four years on the market.

The five-bedroom sky home came with initial $18 million hopes. Jreissati paid $3.75 million for the HMAS apartment in 2003.

“These are trophy assets that are almost impossible to put a price on,” Mr Jreissati told Domain.

“It’s a fair price, and it’s commensurate of the uniqueness of the property. If we weren’t happy, we wouldn’t have sold it.”

Title Tattle gathers it sold to Running Fang, a Melbourne resident who obtained Foreign Investment Review Board approval for the purchase through RT Edgar agent Gerald Betts.

He is connected with a powerful northern Chinese provincial development company, Running Investment Group which recently acquired a nine-level office tower at 509 St Kilda Road from John Beville.

The bespoke foreshore penthouse at Port Melbourne was 1,040 square metres over three levels - 18, 19 and 20 - atop the HMAS Lonsdale building (pictured below).

Designed by architect Nonda Katsalidis, the Rouse Street property comes with five bedrooms and five bathrooms, plus a kitchen on each level.

191/85 Rouse Street has bay and city skyline views, perhaps the city's ultimate entertainer's residence with five balconies and two large landscaped rooftop areas 400 square metres in size.

The penthouse includes five bedrooms, seven bathrooms, two kitchens, an internal lift between the three levels, a two-storey 100-square-metre living room, an executive wing, a 1,800-bottle wine cellar and seven carparks.

Jreissati and his wife Colleen live on level 82 of the Eureka Tower in Southbank, close to his Collins Street office and the Yarra River helipad for commuting to their Yarra Valley estate.

The sale follows the $15 million Spring Street sale by the former Skilled Group boss Greg Hargrave to the former owner of Inflation night club Fab Ippoliti.

The 11th floor apartment at 150 Clarendon, East Melbourne encompassing more than 1,400 square metres of space, has been listed for sale at $46 million.

Legendary racing driver Allan Moffat and partner Sue McCure are selling their Toorak apartment.

They tried to find a buyer in 2013 when asking $2,495,000, just as the property price boom begun.

They're now expecting between $2.9 million to $3.19 million through Marshall White Stonnington agents Marcus Chiminello and Anna Perry.

Moffat and McCure paid $2.25 million for the three bedroom, ground floor unit when it was new in 2011.

Moffat won the Australian Touring Car Championship four times over his 25 year career, inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame late last year.

In 2015 Moffat sold his Toorak workshop of 40 years to developers.

This article was first published in the Weekend Australian. 

Willow Farm, the longtime Berry retreat of writer Amy Willesee (of the famed media family) and her writer husband Mark Whittaker, has been ­sold.

The homestead is 100 years old and is set in its own valley along with a farm stay and a yoga shala.

South Coast Prestige Properties selling agent Carrie Bond had a price guide of $5.5 million.

It was Amy’s mother Carol Willesee who initially ran a herd of Murray Grey cattle at the former dairy after its 2003 acquisition.

The family will stay in the area, but focus more on writing. The duo wrote Love And Death In Kathmandu.

This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph. 

Westpac boss Brian Hartzer has spent $6.8 million to buy on Pittwater’s western shore.

Hartzer and wife Georgiana have bought a charming sandstone weekender at Elvina Bay with water views from its elevated wraparound veranda.

The home sits on more than 2000 square metres of north-facing gardens, with a boat shed on its 50 metres of water frontage, according to marketing by Lachlan Elder at LJ Hooker.

It last traded for $6.25 million in 2007 and was built in the 1920s for a retailing family.

The sale price falls just below the record $7 million paid for Yamba, the 1920s retreat built for the Robertson family of Angus & Robertson bookstores.

It was bought in 2013 after Foreign Investment Review Board approval to the property company Far East Organisation, which is headed by Singapore billionaire Philip Ng.

Hartzer’s previous acquisition in Sydney was a mansion at Vaucluse designed by architect Michael Dysart with rooftop entertaining space.

The 2015 land title settlement records indicate a $12.75 million purchase in his wife’s name.

The home has views of the ocean and Harbour, five ensuite bedrooms with parents’, children’s and guest wings.

Hartzer became CEO of Westpac in 2015.

This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph. 

Former Real Housewives Of Sydney star Krissy Marsh has finally sold her Double Bay apartment, which she called home during the one and only season of the Foxtel series.

It was pulled from its auction earlier this week, but has since gone under contract.

It had been on the market for almost six months, with price expectations dropping from $5 million to between $4.28 million to $4.38 million.

Marsh, who lives in Dover Heights, had signalled she wished to sell to buy a holiday home in Noosa.

Marsh paid $3.5 million for the three-bedroom, three-bathroom home in 2015.

Raine & Horne Double Bay agents Alex Lyons and Ric Serrao handled marketing of the Bay Street apartment, which was a $2850-a-week rental.

The 285 square metre unit comes with a combined formal lounge and dining area, as well as a separate media room.

All three of its bedrooms open to balconies. There is a full-width terrace flowing from the open-plan living area.

The show’s last episode aired 22 months ago.

Marsh briefly tried to sell the Dover Heights home she shares with husband John and their three kids in early 2017 when asking $8 million.

The Mackenzie Pronk-designed six-bedroom entertainer features interiors from Make Creative’s Antonia Pesenti.

The four-level home was rebuilt since it was bought for $1,975,000 in 2003, and now comes with a gym, cinema, heated plunge pool and a rooftop terrace.

The highest Double Bay apartment sale last year was away from the shopping village where philanthropic Kiwi businessman Sir Owen Glenn took $9 million for his Gladswood Gardens apartment on the Harbour.

The two-level, three-bedroom apartment sold through agent Sally Hampshire to horse racing enthusiast Steven Gregg, chairman of Caltex Australia and board member at Tabcorp.

There has also been a $10.5 million Cross Street off-the-plan penthouse sale in the 1788 project.

This article first appeared in The Sunday Telegraph. 

Despite Hollywood success, Dan MacPherson retains strong links to the Sutherland Shire, where he secured tenants this month for his longtime Cronulla investment — a one-bedroom unit which was his first purchase in Australia.

MacPherson has owned it for 17 years, having paid $295,000 in 2002, about the time he left his Melbourne-based role as swim coach Joel Samuels in Neighbours for the UK, where he landed a role on cop drama The Bill.

Then-Cronulla teen MacPherson, who had planned on studying commerce at university, got his first TV role when discovered by an entertainment manager while competing in a triathlon in 1998.

A year later, he won the Most Popular New Talent Logie.

MacPherson was seeking $500-a-week tenants for the apartment, located at the south end of the beach just 100 metres from the sand. In 2007, the rental was $270 a week.

He briefly tried to sell the ground-floor Gerrale Street unit for $420,000 in 2007, about the time he took on a role on Seven’s City Homicide.

MacPherson was fortunate a buyer didn’t emerge after two months, as the median price for a one-bedder now sits at $575,000.

Its rental listing details suggest he’s not intending on selling anytime soon, as it was offered with a 12-month lease with the option­ of extending.

These days, MacPherson rents at Bondi with his wife, fellow actor Zoe Ventoura.

He also owns at Queensland’s Sunshine Beach, where he has a two-level timber bolthole with ocean views that cost $2.15 million in 2010.

When stateside, MacPherson and Ventoura reside at coastal Santa Monica, just west of Hollywood.

Ventoura has owned a two-bedroom apartment in South Coogee since paying $605,000 in 2006. It is a $620-a-week rental.

This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph. 

Former NAB chief of staff Rosemary Rogers and husband Anthony have put their Williamstown trophy home on listing websites with an accompanying official price guidance.

It was previously an off-market offering.

The couple are seemingly resigned to make a loss on the Power Street property that cost $3.8 million in late 2017.

It is now being marketed with a $3.5 million to $3.8 million price guide with offers due July 4.

The 1800s Victorian has four original era bedrooms and two bathrooms off an arched hallway at the front of the house. 

The rear of the home has been architecturally renovated, featuring a modern open plan kitchen, a retreat, living room and third bathroom.

There's an indoor pool with its own climate controlled pavilion at the rear of the 1,010 square metre plot.

RT Edgar Inner West agent Joanne Royston has the listing.

Rogers, who was the chief of staff for former NAB boss Andrew Thorburn, was charged in March with 56 counts of being an agent corruptly receiving a benefit, and dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception.

This article was first published in the Weekend Australian.