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Megan Gale contemplates luxury home build

February 11, 2018, 4:54 am
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It looks like model Megan Gale has given up finding the perfect house for the family.

Instead, she's hinted that she will look to now build her own abode with her Richmond AFL star fiancee Shaun Hampson.

The mother of two has been flooding her Instagram with home building ideas, albeit starting mainly focused on bathrooms.

Her first snap was of a white marble bathroom overlooking rolling hills.

Gale has suggested she and Hampson could "be mad" for taking on the project.

"After several years of looking for “the perfect house” we are now considering creating it. Are we mad? Will it destroy us?," she posted.

"In any case, I’ve been collecting oodles of inspiration in case we take the plunge."

Gale said she loves a bathroom that incorporates nature in some way.

Novice decorator and model Elyse Knowles, who knows all about building a house having recently won The Block Elsternwick, warned it could be a "mission and a half with two kiddy's."

Gale is the mother to River and Rosie May Dee Hampson, who was born last September.

The Gale-Hampson family have been offloading homes over the last few years.

They now rent a cute $1400 a week cottage in Melbourne's east. The bullish $2,967,000 sale of her Melbourne home in Aberfeldie last year, north-west of the CBD, added further fuel to the fire that she and Hampson were preparing for a big buy.

At the time they listed their address as a Malvern East rental, which had been up for lease at $1,400 a week.

The three bedroom Victorian cottage sits under an 1890s slate roof. It comes with an award-winning designer garden with pool.

Gale sold her Palm Beach getaway for $3 million in 2016, having previously sold at Bondi Beach home for $1,025,000 and at a Tamarama home for $3 million in 2012.

This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph.

 

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Rose Bay's Belle Vue listed by ATC director Angela Belle McSweeney

February 11, 2018, 5:00 am
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The queen of the track, Angela Belle McSweeney, has listed her Rose Bay home after five decades of family ownership.
 
The Australian Turf Club director with a taste for bubbles is seeking $6.6 million through Gavin Rubinstein at Ray White Double Bay. 
 
The home’s interior is filled with memorabilia that highlights her remarkable horseracing bloodlines.
 
 
Angela’s late father, Tony McSweeney, the prominent horse owner and former chair of Tattersalls Club, paid £29,000 for the house in 1965.
 
Her grandfather, Pat Nailon, was a leading trainer for several decades from the 1920s.
 
McSweeney, who had her first trackside glass of Dom Perignon aged 13 at Chantilly Racecourse near Paris, was a model and successful businesswoman.
 
She helped to introduce fashions on the field in NSW in the early 1980s.
 
Her then-husband John Needham pioneered the Magic Millions concept in the late-1980s. 
 
Her campaign in late-2016 to join the board of the Turf Club secured support from trainer Gai Waterhouse, Alan Jones, Melissa Hoyer and Ray Hadley.
 
Longtime racing writers Ray Thomas and Max Presnell also backed her candidacy.
 
McSweeney, who has been working on a self-help empowerment book, will be downsizing after the February 22 auction.
 
Much of her time — and ­Instragam posts — centres on her daughter Juliet Love and her husband Charlie Albone, a landscape designer from Foxtel’s Selling Houses Australia.
 
McSweeney dotes on their two children, Leo, 5, and Hartford, 3.
 
She recently recalled how often the Tivoli Ave home was “awash with champagne”. 
 
Her mother’s friends would arrive on race days to have champagne before leaving for the track.
 
 “It was like a movie,” McSweeney told the Wentworth Courier. “Everyone was in high heels — that’s probably why I’m so mad on shoes.”
 
Her public relations company, Angela Belle McSweeney Internazionale, has for 25 years specialised in luxury brands including Tiffany & Co, Mercedes-Benz, Versace and Veuve Clicquot.
 
McSweeney has been a part-owner and manager of more than 60 thoroughbred horses through the decades, including the Magic Millions winner Our Horizon in 1990 and the Golden Nugget 1992 winner My Marilyn, whose blonde mane and tail reminded her of film star Marilyn Monroe.
 
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.
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Drummoyne offering with $3.25 million hopes

February 12, 2018, 2:41 am
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The Australian Women's Weekly news editor Michael Sheather and wife Julie are selling in Drummoyne.

The couple paid $741,000 for the 1890s Thompson Street property in 2001.

They have added a contemporary open-plan extension at the rear.

There are still original features in the home, including the polished floorboards and cast-iron fireplaces.

Set on 505 sqm, the family home has four bedrooms, two bathrooms.

The ground have a solar heated pool.

They're seeking around $3.25 million at its February 24 auction.

 

 

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Taj on the Swan owners sell at Dalkeith

February 12, 2018, 3:38 am
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The former Dalkeith home of Radhika Oswal, the wife of Indian tycoon Pankaj Oswal, has sold for $3 million.

The couple are best known for their the proposed 'Taj on the Swan', the $70 million mansion planned in nearby Peppermint Grove.

The mansion, which was set to feature an observatory with revolving roof and parking for 17 cars, sat unfinished in the years since the Oswals fled Australia in 2010.

In 2016 the half-built mansion was knocked down, and the couple are still seeking offers around $20 million for the land alone, which spans over 6,580 sqm.

The Dalkeith home (top and above), was not as substantial. It still had seven ensuited bedrooms, a theatre room, games room, wine cellar, music room, gym, sauna, swimming pool and spa. Radhika had paid $1.9 million in 2002.

This article was first published in The Weekend Australian property section.

 

 

 
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Fortescue Metals CEO Elizabeth Gaines lists luxury Cottesloe apartment

February 12, 2018, 4:34 am
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Kevin Manuel and Elizabeth Gaines, the new CEO to Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest's mining company Fortsecue Metals, have listed their luxury Cottesloe apartment.

They bought the apartment for $3.57 million in 2016 from the Hughes car dealership family, just after Gaines was made CFO at the company.

It became their WA base after they sold on Sydney northern beaches, the former home of model and Myer ambassador Jennifer Hawkins and builder husband Jake Wall at North Curl Curl.

The Cottesloe three-level apartment is in a block of just four designed by the architect Blane Brackenridge. It comes with interiors from New York designers Al Martinez of Interior Management and Greg Wright.

Andrew Porteous at William Porteous Properties International is marketing the home.

This article was first published in The Weekend Australian property section.

 

 

 

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Mojo Australia co-founder Don Morris lists at Clareville

February 12, 2018, 4:38 am
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Advertising veteran Don Morris and wife Verity have listed Bushycroft, their luxury Clareville trophy.

The Hilltop Road home, crafted in mid-century modernist architecture, last traded for $2.35 million in 2008. It has undergone extensive renovation.

Belle Property agents Mark Griffin and Dylan Norman, who are asking $4.5 million, describe the estate as "hidden within one of the North Beaches' finest sub-tropical gardens.

It sits in nearly 3,000 sqm park-like grounds across two separate titles.

The home has two levels and four bedrooms, including a lower level studio apartment which opens to the 12.5 metre lap pool.

Morris was the former chairman of Tourism Australian and Tourism Queensland. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ASX chief Dominic Stevens lists in Bellevue Hill

February 12, 2018, 8:54 am
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Having emerged as the $21,165,000 buyer of Belhaven at Bellevue Hill, ASX boss Dominic Stevens and wife Emma are selling their now redundant home nearby.

The couple paid $8,715,000 for the Kambala Road property in 2005.

Set on 1,500 sqm, the family home has four bedrooms, a study, state of the art media room and a separate self-contained guest pavilion.

The lounge and dining areas open to wisteria draped pergola, sandstone outdoor entertaining terrace and a full-size tennis court. 

A heated swimming pool is surrounded by manicured gardens.

Sydney Sotheby's are marketing the property.

Dominic and Emma recently settled on Belhaven, the home of Brambles chief executive Stephen Johns and wife Michele Bender.

They had $27 million hopes for the home that sold through Sydney Sotheby's, hopes which fell well short.

The Victoria Road home, updated by Howard Tanner, costs Johns $4.5 million in 1989. 

It was built for the Sunday Times newspaper owner and showbiz entrepreneur Hugh “Huge Deal” Macintosh. From 1942 to 1948 it was run as the Belhaven Babies Home.

Belhaven has been redundant since Johns paid $16 million for the Darling Point apartment of Silicon Valley software billionaire David Doyle.

The unit in the Burley Katon Halliday designed project was minimalist in design.

 

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Actor Matt Doran lists Paddo one bedder with $1 million hopes

February 12, 2018, 1:17 pm
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The Matrix star Matt Doran and his wife, textile designer Teri McPhillips, have listed in Paddington following the birth of their first child.

They are seeking $1 million on Glenmore Road for their renovated art deco 69 sqm one bedroom apartment.

The first level unit cost $565,000 in 2012 at the rear of the block of 12. It goes to February 24 auction. Doran's next movie is Trafficked starring Ashley Judd. His big break was as Mouse in The Matrix and Elan Sleazebaggano in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones.

Doran landed a lead role in the film, Pirates' Island, after he graduated from acting for at the Australian Film and TV Academy in the early 1990s.

The Paddington one-bedder listing comes amid plans by the new parents to up-grade to “something with a backyard, preferably in the east,” according to McPhillips.

This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph.

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Chef Shannon Bennett's South Yarra sale price revealed as stellar $9.78 million

February 12, 2018, 1:22 pm
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The South Yarra trophy home offering of celebrity chef Shannon Bennett and his actor wife Madeleine West fetched $9.78 million when it sold late last year at private auction.

They listed Barwon, an updated 1880s Cromwell Road home, last November having spent around $16 million on a Toorak mansion, a four level Lansell Road home sold by the Melbourne pub owner Mazen Tabet.

The couple bought the South Yarra home for $4,805,000 in 2012, when upgrading from Kensington.

There were $7 million to $7.7 million price indications for the home through Kay And Burton agent Ross Savas.

The five bedroom home had a Jackson Clement Burrows' renovation and extension by the prior owner.

It sold to the Crowe family of Armadale who will be upsizing from a four bedroom timber cottage.

This article was first published in The Weekend Australian.

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Paddington terrace listed by Chic team member

February 12, 2018, 1:59 pm
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Chic Talent Management’s Jane Weston is off to Potts Point.

Her three level Paddington terrace last traded in 2013 for $1.3 million.

It comes with an approved development plans.

There is a guide of $2.3 million ahead of the March 10 auction.

 

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Chic Palmie home sold by the Pongrass family

February 12, 2018, 2:04 pm
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A chic beach house with postcard views over Pittwater has been sold at Palm Beach by the Pongrass family. 

Nick Pongrass, who heads Pongrass Properties, and his wife Leigh, held $5 million hopes.

The 1940s waterfront home sits on the tightly held Thyra Road, an exclusive strip of just 20 homes on the sand. Only three homes have sold in the last decade. 

It last traded for $4.278 million in 2005 after an impressive renovation that featured in Belle Magazine when sold by former finance executive John Mills and Greg Clark.

The latest design, strongly influenced by Burley Katon Halliday, sees white beamed ceilings contrast with sandstone feature walls. Lots of light features. 

Meeting the water is a self-contained boat shed with ramp, outdoor shower and pool.

Michael King at LJ Hooker Palm Beach, who describes the three bedroom home as Palm Beach perfection, was seeking offers of around $5 million.

The sale comes with approval for a new garage and self-contained studio.

Last year there were over 50 house sales in Palm Beach ranging from $1.2 million to $12 million.

This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.

 

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Kim Carew-Reid lists longheld Manar apartment in Potts Point

February 12, 2018, 9:44 pm
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Kim Carew-Reid, the former principal of the Hong Kong architecture and planning group, Hastings Carew Reid & Associates, and wife Elspeth have listed their Potts Point bolthole.

The ground floor apartment in the exclusive Manar on Macleay Street sits at the rear of the compound.

Complete with high patterned ceiligns and sisal floor coverings, the apartment has three bedrooms and one bathroom.

It has harbour views.

The apartment cost $545,000 way back in 1992. 

Manar is a secure complaex of three buildings set in manicured gardens.

Ray White agent Nick Thompson has the listing.

The couple previously owned nearby, a five bedroom, five level terrace, which they sold for $1.8 million in 2012.

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Punter Sean Bartholomew secures Vaucluse sale

February 12, 2018, 10:11 pm
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Tracey Bartholomew, the wife of big punter, Sean Bartholomew, has sold their Vaucluse abode.

Around $12 million has been secured through Ray White agent Gavin Rubinstein. It has been bought by Julia Yu, the Pyrmont-based gold mining company director.

It was last sold in 2013 for $8.8 million after being designed by architect Michael Suttor with interiors by Cameron Kimber in 2011.

It came with huge travertine island kitchen, with Gaggenau combiset cooktop, three ovens, two Miele dishwashers, Liebherr twin fridge/freezers, butlers pantry and walk in pantry with dumb waiter to garage.

The three-level residence is on a 1056-square-metre block with a heated pool and gardens by Paul Bangay.

This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph.

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Glasslyn, Mosman sold to Duncan family for $15.8 million

February 13, 2018, 9:30 pm
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Campbell and Francesca Duncan, the son and daughter-in-law of mining magnate Travers Duncan, have secured a Mosman abode.

It is the $15.8 million historic Mosman property, Glasslyn, built in 1906 to a design by Spain and Cosh.

The Cross Street property was sold by Nanuk Asset Management director Paul Chadwick and his wife Giselle.

It was sold by agent Michael Coombs of McGrath.

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Channel Nine's James Bracey scores North Curl Curl purchase

February 13, 2018, 9:42 pm
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Channel Nine sports presenter James Bracey and wife, Margot have settled on a North Curl Curl acquisition, having sold in Cammeray.

They have paid $3.05 million for a Hamptons style home near the beach.

The four bedroom, two bathroom home has an upstairs balcony with district views and ocean glimpses.

Belle Property Dee Why agent Nick Duchatel sold the home pre-auction in 18 days.

Bracey, who left Sky News Australia in late 2016 to host the rugby league telecast on Channel Nine's The Sunday Footy Show, scored $1.65 million for his former Cammeray home.

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Roche family member sells for $11 million in Vaucluse

February 13, 2018, 9:48 pm
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The Vaucluse home of David and Clare Mulham, of the Rich List Roche family, has found a buyer at around $11 million.

Phillips Pantzer Donnelley agent Alexander Phillips was the Coolong Road buyer.

The daughter of Bill and Imelda Roche bought the five-bedder in 2008 for $9.6 million from Ailsa and Patrick Crammond, managing director of Southern Cross Financial Advisers.

Phillips' Paddington terrace - bought in 2014 for $4.465 million - will be rented out.

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Veteran merchant banker Mike Crivelli sells in Potts Point

February 14, 2018, 4:15 am
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Perennial Value Limited non-executive chairman Mike Crivelli and his horticulturalist wife Sue have quickly sold their Potts Point apartment.

The couple have pocketed $5 million for the apartment in the Mirvac developed Ikon building, inspired by New York's 5th Avenue.

When they paid $2.95 million in 2012 the three bedroom unit had been styled by Amgad Kamel, one of Australia's top designers.

The apartment (above and below), features wall to wall glass showcasing the harbour views and a cocktail bar.

Richardson & Wrench agent Jason Boon sold the apartment.

The Crivelli's have previously been based in a Pomeroy apartment nearby which they sold for $7 million in 2012.

That was a seventh-floor, north-east corner four bedroom, four bathroom apartment with wide terraces offering views of the harbour.

They bought the Winten-built apartment off the plan for $4.5 million in 2002 and then they worked with the building's architect, Susan Rothwell, to configure it to their specifications.

In 2003 just before its completion the merchant banker sold his Longueville mansion, Kara, after 25 years’ ownership, for $4,237,500.

Crivelli spent 20 years at BT before co-founding Perennial Investment Partners in 1996.

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Kennards sell in Bronte as former Tamarama SLSC president lists in Bondi

February 14, 2018, 9:03 am
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Bondi and Bronte are hot markets for houses, from colonial to contemporary. 
 
James Kennard, from the Kennards Self Storage family, has snappily sold his Yanko Ave, Bronte, beach house (above) which cost $5,325,000 in 2015.
 
BresicWhitney agent Nic Krasnostein said only that it set a street record, which would mean $6.3 million-plus. 
 
Kennard recently spent $4.15 million near Byron Bay.
 
IT consultant Bill Shires, the former Tamarama SLSC president, and his wife Judy have listed their colonial 1880s Bondi home, Barroda (below). It has a $3.8 million price guide through McGrath. 
 
There is a $3.8 million price guide through Simon Exelton at McGrath.

He describes it as a grand colonial estate occupying an elevated 626sqm corner block with views over Bondi.

"This rare offering has been in only two families over the past 100 years," he said.

The Shires bought its from the Norburn family in 2008 for $2,065,000.

"There is a full bar in the basement cellar where many a friend of the Norburn would bump their head on the low beam whilst wine tasting. 

The zoning allows for child care or respite day care centres.

This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Online publisher Jackie Maxted buys in Griffiths Tea conversion

February 14, 2018, 9:07 am
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Online publisher Jackie Maxted headlines the buyers in the settlement of the iconic Griffiths Tea Surry Hills warehouse conversion.

Maxted, who founded the Beauty Heaven website, paid $4 million for one of the penthouses in the now New York-style Federation warehouse apartments.

The two-storey, three bedroom penthouse, is one of seven.

The landmark Wentworth Street building is the $37 million development of the Cornerstone Property Group. It now comprises 39 apartments designed by PopovBass architects.

BresicWhitney are marketing some of the apartments that didn't sell in the building that had laid empty for 30 years.

In 2015 Maxted recently paid $4.55 million for one of Bondi Beach's rare original sandstone cottages.

The purchase came shortly after Beauty Heaven Group was bought by Bauer Media.

This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph.

 

 

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Meat wholesalers buy $7.5 million Point Piper apartment

February 14, 2018, 9:26 am
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Meat wholesaler Charles Handler and his wife Claire have paid $7.5 million for the Point Piper apartment of the late accountant Jacob Belfer.

The expansive whole floor apartment sold through Christie's International agent Ken Jacobs, who sold the home after 24 days.

Spanning nearly 350 sqm with balconies and garages, the waterfront apartment is just one of three residences in the tightly held block.

It has three bedrooms and a marble floored entertaining space which leads to a wraparound harbour-view terrace.

In 2016 Charles and Claire sold their Bellevue Hill family home for $6 million to Daniel and Alexis Kennedy, of the Kennedy Health Care nursing home family.

 

 

 

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