Matthew Guy declines request to save Gough Whitlam, Kew birthplace from...
Ngara, the 1916 birthplace of the late Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam at 46 Rowland Street, Kew faces injudicious demolition following its $3.3 million recent sale. It was built in 1915, the block...
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Planning Minister Guy intervenes on Gough Whitlam, Kew birthplace demolition
Despite the demolition dozers out front, the future of Ngara, the 1916 birthplace of the late Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam at 46 Rowland Street, Kew is now officially in limbo. Probably now a decision...
View ArticleMichael King attends unsuccessful Nathan Tinkler Gold Coast stud auction
Nathan Tinkler’s first Patinack Farm property auction offering failed to secure a sale at LJ Hooker Gold Coast hinterland auction this week. Final bids passed in were $4,500,000 for Wadham Park,...
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Edward Jewell-Tait secures bullish snappy $9.25 million plus Bellevue Hill sale
The Credit Suisse head of private banking Edward Jewell-Tait and his wife, Jo, have snappily sold their Bellevue Hill trophy home. No price has been revealed although Property Observer gleans $9.25...
View ArticleJohn Piven-Large secures Point Piper's latest $30 million trophy home sale
The Point Piper Edwardian-era mansion of former liquor baron John Piven-Large has finally sold, the sixth Point Piper to sell since June at $30 million or more. The price remains undisclosed but...
View ArticleHigh flying Gerry and Sue McGowan list Double Bay penthouse
Gerry and Sue McGowan have listed their three bedroom Double Bay apartment for 14 November auction. The 13/38 Bay Street offering is the top floor, north facing penthouse. It has 490 square metres...
View ArticleIan Kortlang sells Carisbrooke, Potts Point penthouse
The veteran spinmeister Ian Kortlang has secured $2.2 million for his Potts Point company-title block Carisbrooke penthouse. Title Tattle recalls when Kortlang bought the seventh floor 180 square metre...
View ArticleRovello, the 1930s Bellevue Hill trophy home sold to local family
Sarah Henry, wife of engineering company boss Rupert Henry, has emerged as the mystery $20.5 million buyer of the Bellevue Hill trophy home, Rovello. The house sold in March on extended settlement...
View ArticleWollstonecraft home of Ted Hopkins, the late Mr Luna Park listed
The late Ted Hopkins, was an electrician at Adelaide's Glenelg fun park in 1930 when he was given the job of dismantling the rollercoaster and bringing it by barge up to Milsons Point, Sydney where, in...
View ArticlePlaywright David Williamson lists Pearl Beach retreat
The periodic Pearl Beach playwright David Williamson has listed his longtime retreat. Set among gum trees, Tranquility Cottage was bought in 2005 for $985,000 for the family of the Noosa-based...
View ArticleGuangzhou Evergrande Chinese billionaire Xu Jiayin tipped as Villa del Mare,...
The Chinese billionaire buyer of the Point Piper home of the recruitment queen Julia Ross has seemingly emerged as the Evergrande chairman Xu Jiayin. The true identity of the $39 million trophy home...
View ArticleNick and Kathryn Greiner list Otford weekender after selling Centennial Park...
The former NSW premier Nick Greiner and his ex-wife Kathryn have listed their Otford holiday home on the NSW Illawarra coast. It has been their retreat since 1999, when they paid $1.15 to buy what was...
View ArticleRevered author Donald Horne's longtime Woollahra terrace listing
Cardiff, the time capsule Woollahra home of late author and academic Donald Horne will be offered for auction on 18 November. Property Observer notes it was bought for £7,700 in early 1966, two years...
View ArticleAllen Jack & Cottier 1970s Vaucluse home sells for $3.5 million
A modernist Allen Jack & Cottier-designed home in Vaucluse has been sold for $3.5 million. Some six bidders competed for the dry side Coolong Road property. There was an opening bid of $2.8...
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Good Guys' Andrew Muir buys acclaimed Guilford Bell designed Baillieu House,...
Two Guilford Bell-designed homes on the Point Nepean Road on the Mornington Peninsula have been up for sale. Off market, the acclaimed, though very private, Guilford Bell-designed 1958 Baillieu House...
View ArticleDiners reckon bookie Tom Waterhouse behind $11 million plus Balmoral...
The bookmaker Tom Waterhouse has been pinpointed as the likely buyer of the beachfront Balmoral residence snapped up recently at $11 million plus within two weeks of its listing. The rumours began...
View ArticleRob Melhem's Fairhaven, Kirribilli mansion settles at $6.7 million
The sale of the Kirribilli mansion called Fairhaven has been settled at $6.7 million, having sold earlier this year at an undisclosed price. There were $7.5 million plus hopes in early 2013, having...
View ArticleWestpac boss Brian Hartzer's $12 million Vaucluse home
Westpac boss-in-waiting Brian Hartzer has a new Vaucluse abode. It is the trophy mansion designed by architect Michael Dysart with impressive rooftop entertaining space. Recent land title settlement...
View ArticleFormer Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie couldn't overcome 2010 surge price in...
The former Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie and his wife, Sally McKenzie, sold their Coogee penthouse last weekend for about $2.3 million. The four bedroom, three bathroom apartment had been bought off...
View ArticleThe Taj, Double Bay listed with $7 million plus hopes
Barrister and former Liberal politician Maurice Neil QC and his lawyer wife Natasha Goulden have listed their Spanish mission-style Double Bay residence, the Taj. The heritage listed property, built...
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