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Federal Minister Sussan Ley's prior Gold Coast purchase offer

January 9, 2017, 5:47 am
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The Herald Sun has revealed the sidelined Federal health minister Sussan Ley used a taxpayer-funded trip to inspect a Gold Coast property nine months before her much reported 2015 purchase.

Ms Ley stood down on Monday from the ministry pending investigations of her taxpayer-funded Gold Coast trips, with the paper suggesting the latest revelations put her future in further doubt.

The Albury-based MP’s troubles worsen after retired couple Adrienne and Stewart McEachran came forward to claim that she and her partner, Graham Johnston, inspected their home in Advancetown (pictured above and below), in the Gold Coast hinterland, in late August and on September 8 in 2014.

Government documents reveal that Ms Ley billed taxpayers more than $2,000 in travel costs for a long weekend on the Gold Coast from September 5 to 8, 2014.

Ms Ley declined to answer queries on the latest claims, the paper said.

The selling couple said that in October, Ms Ley made an offer that was about $50,000 below the mid-$700,000 asking price, and they declined.

The Gold Coast hinterland property sold for $760,000 just a few months later.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull asked Ms Ley to stand aside without ministerial pay until her travel claims had been probed by the secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. 

It was a defiant Ms Ley who belatedly faced the media after the Herald Sun revealed last Friday she purchased an oceanview apartment in the De Ville complex during a taxpayer-funded work trip which she said had been unplanned.

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Peter Andre's Benowa Waters childhood home listed for sale

January 10, 2017, 3:50 am
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The former Gold Coast home of the UK based pop star Peter Andre has been listed for sale.

His childhood home at Benowa Waters will go under the hammer this month.

The 43 year old now lives in a Sussex mansion in England.

He grew up in the home with his four brothers and sisters and attended Benowa State High School after his father Savvas Andrea, 84, built the home in 1986 after the family moved from Sydney.

Mr Andre said he built homes on Sovereign Islands before deciding to settle his family in Benowa Waters.

“I built two houses on the Sovereign Island and I was going to build a house for my family there, too, but there were too many sandflies,” the grandfather told the local paper.

“I had a construction business called SavVillas. My sons were still in high school at the time, so they worked for me.”

The home with six bedrooms and four bathrooms has been listed by Lucy Cole Prestige Properties agent Lucy Cole.

She said Andre’s parents were packing up to be with their grandchildren in London.

The home on its 970 sqm Cabana Blvd block - which Cole suggests channels a Mediterranean style - will go to auction on January 28.

Known worldwide for his song Mysterious Girl, Andre found his fame on the Gold Coast when he became a contestant on Australian television talent show New Faces.

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Cate Blanchett resells Hunters Hill trophy home, Bulwarra

January 11, 2017, 2:20 am
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Actor Cate Blanchett and her playwright husband Andrew Upton have sold their Hunters Hill trophy home Bulwarra.

It was the second time the A-list couple have done so as an earlier sale of the historic 1877-built residence failed to proceed to settlement.

Bulwarra sold in 2015 for $19.8 million to a buyer from China.

There was no price disclosure on the latest sale by Ken Jacobs, of Christie’s International whose $20 million asking price remained unchanged throughout the latest campaign that began last August.

Blanchett was in New York when the latest sale took place, after her Broadway debut in the Sydney Theatre Company’s The Present.  

Blanchett and Upton purchased the 3642-square-metre estate for $10 million in 2005 from veteran merchant banker Jim Dominguez and his wife Suzanne.

Architects Nadine Alwill and Stephen Lesiuk were commissioned to undertake a large-scale extension that took three years and cost more than $8 million.

The 2015 sale of the home collapsed. 

The home was first listed with $20 million hopes. 

 

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Mosman businessman selling harbourtfront

January 12, 2017, 3:43 am
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Mosman businessman Necati Ates and wife Aynur are selling their Mosman home.

Offered with a price guidance of between $8.5 million and $9.3 million, the three level home on 468 sqm has six bedrooms and four bathrooms.

It offers its own direct and private access onto Mosman Bay with its own sandy rock pool, a davit for lifting small boats and a sizeable lawn.

They bought the Musgrave Street waterfront for $6,430,500 in 2014 having sold their former Mosman home to cricket power couple Mitchell Starc and Alyssa Healy.

The couple commissioned the build of the five bedroom mansion which they sold to Starc and Healy for $4.55 million in 2014.

Necati and Anyur paid $1.78 million for the 671 sqm parcel and turned it into a ultra contemporary five bedroom, four bathroom property with home office and swimming pool.

The cricket pair recently sold the home for around $5.8 million to move into model Jennifer Hawkins North Curl Curl project, which cost them $5,235,000.

 

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Storage director Andrew Catosulis downsizing after Holland Park home sale

January 12, 2017, 4:22 am
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The National storage managing director Andrew Catsoulis and his wife Karen have sold their Brisbane home to a local buyer.

The Holland Park offering sold for $3.2 million through Place Kangaroo Point agent Simon Caulfield.

Caulfield said nothing in Holland Park under 2000 sqm of land had been sold at that price.

The Catsoulis family were downsizing because they had too much space, Caulfield told The Courier Mail.

It comes with self-contained guest accommodation, a shed designed as a man cave with work bench and television, multiple entertaining areas, a media room, numerous gardens and grassed areas, a 25m lap pool, and a gym with racking for bikes.

The impressive property even has special black and white speckled granite pavers to the driveway, pedestrian pathways, and garaging for up to five vehicles.

The Catsoulises purchased the property in 2002 before building the house 12 months later.

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Little known LA-based producer Emese Green sells Whale Beach double block

January 12, 2017, 4:40 am
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Due to ongoing commitments in the US, film producer Emese Tardy-Green has offloaded her Whale Beach property she bought with her late husband.

Initially it was expected to fetch around $12 million plus, however its latest marketing campaign through Sydney Sotheby's agent Michael King showed an $8.6 million price tag.

It was sold in conjunction with Peter Robinson at LJ Hooker Palm Beach.

Emese bought the home with her late husband Leonard Green, who headed up private equity giant Leonard Green and Partners, in two sections.

They spent $450,000 in 1984 for the parcel where the home stands and then bought the property next door two years later for $440,000 which acted as a garden extension.

The late architect and interior designer Frank Grill undertook a redesign of the four bedroom home around a decade ago.

There's a wine cellar, spa and alfresco dining area immersed within the private gardens.

They had a Malibu oceanfront residence and previously owned a harbourfront on the Point Piper peninsula.

Emese is a Hungarian born, Australian citizen based in Los Angeles having worked in London.

Among her credits are Castles Burning, a feature film based on the memory by Magda Denes.

 

 

 

 

 

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Ragtrader Aaron Kanat lists Corio Bay, Curlewis retreat

January 14, 2017, 3:39 am
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Aaron Kanat, former managing director of Hugo Boss, has $6 million to $6.5 million hopes for his architecturally designed waterfront home outside of Melbourne on Corio Bay.

The two-hectare property has views across the bay from Geelong to the Melbourne city skyline.

The is direct access onto a sandy, north-facing beach.

It comes with a championship tennis court at the rear of the property along with self-contained guest accommodation.

There are four bedrooms and four bathrooms in the house constructed by Hamilton Marino Builders around a decade ago with sliding walls of glass.

The home is listed for sale through Felix Hakins and Jeremy Fox of RT Edgar.

Over $8 million was being sought in 2010 for the Avila Road holding according to ksou website.

The 52 to 60 Avila Road block cost $1.75 million in 2006.

The top sale on the strip was $4.35 million in 2009 having been listed through RT Edgar at $5.5 million plus for the 2006-built home on 1.75 hectare.

At 25 Avila Road, Hemsley has been for sale on and off since 2011. Agent David Falk's last asking price was $1.9 million for the 1950s home.

Title Tattle recalls the original Hermsley House estate owned by the pioneering Curlewis family was subdivided in the 1970s.

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Rubberduck Café's Lin Tan lists in Southbank

January 16, 2017, 3:40 am
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The Southbank, Melbourne apartment of Lin Tan, who heads up Rubberduck Café in Malaysia, has been listed for sale.

It is on level 26 in the Triptych building on Kavanagh Street. She paid $1.95 million for the apartment in 2010.

There are three bedrooms, two with built-in storage and the master with a full ensuite.

There is a large open-plan living room with a stone-topped Miele kitchen and butler’s pantry.

Floor-to-ceiling windows capture views over the Botanic Gardens and communal facilities include an indoor lap pool, rooftop garden and concierge service.

The property is listed with Corene Chan of Core Realty with $2.5 million hopes.

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Suns superstar Gary Ablett lists Ashmore home after departure rumours

January 16, 2017, 7:54 am
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Gold Coast superstar Gary Ablett has listed his luxury Ashmore waterfront which is sure to respark the rumours he'll leave the Suns at the end of 2017, having not departed over the 2016 summer break.

The versatile midfielder has two years left on his current $1 million-a-season contract, however there's regular suggestions the 32 year old will finish his career on the Gold Coast.

Ablett paid $1.8 million for the home upon his arrival at the Gold Coast in 2011 having left boyhood club Geelong, whom he reportedly asked whether he could be traded to during last year's AFL trade period.

Set on 3342 sqm of landscaped grounds, with mature tropical trees and plants ensuring privacy, the home comprises four en-suited king size bedrooms and a self-contained guest quarters.

There are Bali huts and an outdoor entertaining area accompanying the full size floodlit tennis court and the lagoon style pool.

The home offers 65 metres of river frontage with a floating pontoon.

Ray White Surfers Paradise agent Marek Ancypa is seeking expressions of interest.

 

 

 

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Richard Lonn-designed Aderley jewel listed for auction

January 17, 2017, 3:52 am
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The Alderley, Brisbane home of jeweller Jenny McLaurie is for sale.

It is a Richard Lonn-designed property, set in an elevated position with views across the rooftops to the city skyline.

The five-bedroom, three-bathroom house occupies a 794 square metre block with the key living areas and master bedroom on the top floor.

Canda Reynolds of McGrath Paddington will take the three level home to February 4 auction. It last traded in 2012 at $1.957 million, having been built in 2008.

Buyers have been advised recent comparable sales included 30 Wellbeck Street, which sold for $2.5 million last June.

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Car dealer Neville Crichton's FIRB-stamped $62 million Point Piper sale

January 18, 2017, 5:57 am
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The Point Piper trophy home of luxury car importer Neville Crichton has sold for around $62 million.

It was sold subject to approval from the Foreign Investment Review Board. 

The home (waterfront centre) broke the headlines in 2011 after Title Tattle revealed Microsoft boss Bill Gates was set to rent the home during his Sydney sojourn.

Crichton's Tuscan-style residence, Portofino, made headlines in 2011 when it was briefly rented by the Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda at $25,000 a week.

It is next to the mega-mansion of Aussie John Symond which is for sale at $100 million plus.

The result puts it in the top two residential house sales nationally, topped by the $70 million record set by the Vaucluse hillside mansion, La Mer that was sold by James and Erica Packer in 2015.

The nearby waterfront mansion Altona ranks as the third highest house sale following its sale late last year for $61.8 million.

The three-level Portofino has six bedrooms, a gym, private jetty and is set on 1500 square metres at the end of Wingadal Place cul-de-sac in a sheltered inlet with gun-barrel Harbour Bridge views.

Crichton built after he bought the property from Bruce Rose and his wife Pam.

He recently joked if a burglar broke into his house “they’d look around and say, ‘you need a bit of help, here’s some money’.”

Crichton engaged Auckland-based designers Swan Railley Clapham to build a new residence on the Point Piper site he bought for $5.9 million from the Rose family in 1994.

The Roses bought in the early 1960s from the Hordern family for 18,000 pounds. The Rose family property held a private helipad licence.

Crichton and his girlfriend Nadi Hasandedic were spotted missing out at a downsizer Darling Point penthouse last year.

They reputedly also made an early offer of more than $20 million for the Finger Wharf penthouse of Russell Crowe at Woolloomooloo.

They are set to get married this year.

 

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Citimark Properties Lee Crisp's renovated Mermaid Beach home listed for sale

January 19, 2017, 4:02 am
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Citimark Properties project manager Lee Crisp is selling his renovated Mermaid Beach property.

The home is at 28 Seaside Avenue.

Crisp is overseeing the Hercules apartment development at Hamilton in Brisbane.

He purchased what was an old 1960s-style three-bedroom beach cottage with his wife, Cassie in 1996 for $227,500.

The two-storey house now has four bedrooms, three bathrooms, a study, parking for two cars, a swimming pool, outdoor entertainment area and landscaped gardens.

Luke Henderson from John Henderson Professionals Mermaid Beach said the renovation was a testament to Mr Crisp’s years of experience in the property industry including the reused existing timber from the original cottage on floors in the main living areas.

Other recycled timber includes timber from a railway bridge in western Queensland to create the pillars that frame the large undercover patio at the rear of the home.

“The result is that they have created a fantastic, spacious, modern beachside home that harks back to days gone by.”

Mr Henderson said the property was in one of the most desirable streets in Mermaid Beach.

The property is scheduled to go under the hammer on January 24 during the Henderson’s Hot Summer Auctions event at Mermaid Beach Bowls Club.

The avenue has had two sales above $1.7 million.

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Murray Gleeson sells Pymble trophy home, Sandon

January 19, 2017, 5:17 am
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The former chief justice of the High Court Murray Gleeson and his wife Robyn have sold their heritage Pymble home Sandon.

The Gleeson's who bought the Federation Telegraph Road trophy home for $875,000 in 1984 have been trying to find a buyer since Spring in 2015.

It was previously owned by advertising executive Ross Rydge.

Set on 3100 square metres with a pool and court amid landscaped gardens, the home was listed with Chadwicks.

No price guide was released, but local word was there are hopes of more than $6 million.

No sale price has been released but the local word is around $5 million was secured since listed with the Stone agency.

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One of Victoria's largest rose gardens listed for sale at Mt Eliza's Kimderella

January 22, 2017, 3:01 am
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The historic Morning Star Estate in Mount Eliza on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula has been listed with $30 million plus hopes.

The 63-hectare property with vineyards, orchards and olive groves that overlook Port Phillip Bay last traded more than two decades ago.

It has been listed by Judy Barrett who turned it into a boutique 20-room hotel with conference facilities and a restaurant, run by her family.

The property featured in the Kath and Kim movie, Kath & Kimderella. The property has 12 hectares of pinot, chardonnay and cabernet grapes

A standout feature are the 75,000 rose bushes – one of the largest collections in Victoria.

It was once Nick Columb's horse stud until sold in 1993 for around $2.25 million.

Stretching from Nepean Highway to the sands of Sunnyside Beach, the property that features an 1860s mansion is being marketed by CBRE with a development permit for a 72-room hotel.

Last September, New Zealand's Ryman Healthcare, a retirement village operator, bought the nearby Mount Eliza Estate from the University of Melbourne for $37.5 million.

 

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Ingham family purchases Finger Wharf apartment

January 22, 2017, 4:05 am
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The Ingham family have bought the Finger Wharf apartment of digital media entrepreneur Mark Dalgleish for $6.06 million.

The three-bedroom Woolloomooloo apartment was listed last year by Ray White Double Bay agents Elliott Placks and Richard Faludi.

 This luxurious residence is one of only eight apartments at the exclusive northern end of the Finger Wharf, placed within a stroll of galleries and celebrated waterfront eateries.

The purchase is through a company with the shareholding held by Susan Ingham, widow of the late chicken and horse racing tycoon Jack Ingham.

The Point Piper-based Dalgleish bought the apartment in the Lang Walker development as an investment in 2010 for $4.5 million from Port Macquarie’s former Liberal branch president Ken Dodds.

The Port Macquarie property developer had spent $6 million to upgrade into Woolloomooloo Finger Wharf apartment in 2007 when the unit was bought from the executors of the late car dealer Peter Warren, who had paid $2.5 million in 1999. The three-bedroom apartment with two car spaces sold in 2010 through Elliott Placks of Ray White Double Bay in conjunction with Bill Bridges.

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Restaurateur couple buy deceased Petersham estate

January 23, 2017, 3:13 am
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Restaurateur couple Elvis Abrahanowicz and Sarah Doyle have spent around $2 million to buy Rawhiti, a 1910 Californian bungalow in Sydney's Petersham.

The co-owners of Argentinian restaurants Porteno and Bodega are expected to renovated the outdated bungalow.

Set on 675 sqm, the original three bedroom bungalow currently was advertised as rundown.

The home was listed through Richardson & Wrench Bondi Junction agents Jeremy Wiesner and Andre Frack.

 

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Neale Muston sells Mosman home for $14 million to Chinese fashionista family

January 24, 2017, 2:58 am
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The $14 million former Mosman residence of securities trader Neale Muston has been bought by the family behind one of China’s leading fashion brands, Goelia.

The Casey Brown Architects-designed residence sold late last year through McGrath agents Michael Coombs and John Melville.

The buyer’s agent Deborah West was amid the negotiations which fell short of the $14.5 million plus price guidance.

The purchaser has emerged as Daisy Dongying He, wife of Goelia president Gordon Qiming Hu.

The couple own on South Australia’s Kangaroo Island where they have development plans for a tourism retreat on their 100-hectare winery.

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V8 champion Will Davison lists Torquay holiday home

January 26, 2017, 2:09 am
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The VB racing car champion Will Davison has listed his Torquay retreat.

The holiday home of the recent Bathurst 1000 winner was shortlisted on its 2012 completion in the Victorian Architecture Awards.

It first sold in early 2015 for $2 million having been initially listed with $3.2 million expectations.

The Wolveridge Architects design includes a mix of timber and concrete.

It comes with a 13-metre pool.

261 The Esplanade, Torquay.

Set on the The Esplanade overlooking the Sands Golf Club, it has been listed by Great Ocean Properties agent Ian Lawless, who seeks offers by February 17.

It is on the market with $2.475 million to $2.575 million hopes as Davison had relocated to the Gold Coast.

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Oscar Done tipped to trade up to $5.8 million Watsons Bay home

January 28, 2017, 3:27 am
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Oscar Done, son of the iconic Sydney artist Ken Done, is tipped to be trading up Watsons Bay homes.

He's reputedly spent $5.8 million on a 1995-built, but still contemporary designer home sold late last year through Bradfield Cleary agent Georgia Cleary.

Done and his sister Camilla runs the family’s property development business Cadmium Property Group.

He has been at Watsons Bay since 2006 having purchased a Pacific Street cottage on 320 sqm for $2.5 million, which doesn't appear to have been yet offered for sale.

Camilla bought at Watsons Bay in 2008 for $2.4 million.

The siblings $40 million Surry Hills project will be launched next month.

It is an amalgamated 432-442 Elizabeth Street site with 27 aparments for sale through CBRE agent Ben Stewart in the block to be known as The Surry.

The preliminary prices will range from $875,000 for a one-bedroom aparment up to $2.1 million for a three-bedroom.

The Done family secured the site for $9.25 million in 2015.

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Former Adelaide Crow Paddy Dangerfield lists former Henley Beach home

January 28, 2017, 3:55 am
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The former Adelaide Crow, Patrick Dangerfield has his redundant Adelaide home for sale.

His onetime Henley Beach home hit the market this week, having returned to Victoria to play for Geelong.

The five-bedroom Lawrie Street house has $750,000 price hopes for its February 11 auction.

Dangerfield purchased the property in 2010 and then renovated the home to include dual living across two storeys.

He told the local paper he loved living near the beach during his time in Adelaide.

“The community are great and everything is just near by,” he said.

Harris Real Estate agent Hannah Delmenico scored the listing of the 742 sqm property at 24 Lawrie Street.

"The home will tick many boxes of multiple buyer groups including the lifestyle changer, the budding family, Airbnb hosts and, of course, developers," the marketing says.

The champion AFL midfielder paid $605,000 in 2010.

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