Fancy a world class view or your own private driveway tunnel? Domain takes a look at this weeks prestige offerings.
BRW Rich List-er Paul Lederer and his wife Eva are making a late run for the 2016 property market, listing their Point Piper investment property for $20 million.
The Wyuna Road property was designed by architect John Suttor and purchased by the Lederers in 1992 for $2.8 million from businessman Charles Scarf and his wife Maria, who at the time traded up to a Leslie Wilkinson-designed residence around the corner.
The Lederers have since traded up as well to Wolseley Road, where they bought their $26 million property in 2008 and have since built their mega-mansion.
The property at 11 Wyuna Road, Point Piper, NSW was designed by architect John Suttor.
The two-storey property with a swimming pool and the sort of views for which Point Piper is so coveted is listed with Michael Pallier, of Sotheby’s International.
Radioman Ian Parry-Okeden’s tree change
Radio broadcaster Ian Parry-Okeden has set a last-minute December 17 auction on his Bayview home amid plans to move to the bit of land he purchased outside Canberra four years ago.
The Lederers purchased 11 Wyuna Road, Point Piper in 1992.
The former 2GB and 2UE presenter, who founded Media Monitors in 1978, comes from a distinguished line of pastoralists, most notable his late father William Parry-Okeden.
The two-storey home with four bedrooms, a self-contained apartment and views to Pittwater was purchased in 1994 for $515,000 by his late mother Molly Parry Okeden.
And yes, before rich-list readers ask, Ian is the former brother-in-law of US-born heiress Blair Parry-Okeden, ranked by Forbes this year as Australia’s richest woman.
The views from 11 Wyuna Road are the sort for which Point Piper is so coveted.
Chris Gamarra, of Laing+Simmons Narrabeen, is asking $1.5 million.
Designer classic
When the designer Mosman home of advertising’s living legend Reg Bryson was completed 20 years ago it was deemed a fitting choice to feature in the first Domain liftout launched in 1996.
Ian Parry-Okeden has set a last-minute December 17 auction on his Bayview home.
It was, after all, designed by prominent architect Alex Popov with meticulous attention to everything from the aspect, views, breezes and light, to the natural finishes and timeless design.
At the time Popov explained his choice to use distinctive rectangle windows because “the view doesn’t need giant panes of glass”, as distinct from walls of glass that “over a period … become a wallpaper”.
It was just one of many design features that was well ahead of its time, as were the cement bench tops in the kitchen and the natural choice of finishes throughout. Set on a sloping block that ends at the beachfront reserve at Sirius Cove, it is listed with Stephen Patrick, of Richardson & Wrench Mosman, with a guide of about $9 million.
The property at Curlew Camp Road, Mosman is set on a sloping block that ends at a beachfront reserve.
Bryson, a former chief executive of the Campaign Palace, was awarded the industry’s highest honour, the Advertising Federation of Australia medallion in 2005.
The listing comes a week after car dealer John Newell and his wife Maria have sold their home a few doors up the waterfront for about $8.4 million.
Geoff Smith, of LJ Hooker Mosman, and Kingsley Yates, of Province, declined to reveal the exact result, but a source tipped the result and the buyer as Orange Supermarkets owner Gu Yan and his wife Tracy.
Ahead of its time: Curlew Camp Road, Mosman.
Pearl Beach’s modernist jewel
Lovers of mid-century architecture will want to see this. A classic beach house built in 1963 and designed by architect Brian Mazlin, one of the founders of Devine Erby Mazlin.
It is owned by Tim Dyroff, creative director at Resolution Design, who paid $1.52 million for it in 2007 and thankfully commissioned architect Tom Ferguson to restore it a few years later.
The Mosman property was featured in the first Domain liftout launched in 1996.
The result is just what you want to find at the protected southern end of Pearl Beach with its bushy outlook and beautifully simplistic interiors.
Marcus Lloyd-Jones, of Modern House, is asking $2.6 million.
Auctions highs
Green Point Road, Pearl Beach.
Investment banker Jamie Taylor and his wife Yvette finally scored a buyer on their Bellevue Hill home this week, taking $5.9 million under the hammer through Michael Pallier, of Sotheby’s International.
The Fairfax Road property was listed a year ago with another agent, having last traded in 2008 for $5.3 million.
The 1930s-era residence was formerly owned by Antonia Kidman and her then husband, the late Angus Hawley, before they sold it in 2005 for $4.45 million.
The Double Bay home of Francis Douglas, QC also sold under the hammer this week, again through Pallier and co-agent Sally Hampshire, of Laing+Simmons Double Bay.
Originally designed by architect Leslie Wilkinson circa 1936 and restored by architect Luigi Rosselli, the heritage-listed property was given a guide of $6.5 million to $6.9 million ahead of the auction, and managed to go above that to sell under the hammer of auctioneer Vic Lorusso for $7.05 million.