5 of the best luxury properties on sale around Australia this week

WHERE WATERS MEET Albert Park, Melbourne, $2 million - $2.2 million Interior designer Carole Whiting has listed her award-winning Victorian cottage, positioned midway between the lake and Port Phillip Bay. Whiting Architects has reimagined the three-bedroom, two-bathroom home beyond the character façade, creating contemporary spaces in shades of white and grey. The quirky integrated kitchen and living room has raked ceilings and enjoys north-easterly light and there’s a versatile loft with access to storage. Michael Townsend of McGrath St Kilda will take the property to auction on October 22.
WHERE WATERS MEET Albert Park, Melbourne, $2 million - $2.2 million Interior designer Carole Whiting has listed her award-winning Victorian cottage, positioned midway between the lake and Port Phillip Bay. Whiting Architects has reimagined the three-bedroom, two-bathroom home beyond the character façade, creating contemporary spaces in shades of white and grey. The quirky integrated kitchen and living room has raked ceilings and enjoys north-easterly light and there’s a versatile loft with access to storage. Michael Townsend of McGrath St Kilda will take the property to auction on October 22.
SEE FOREVER Curlewis, Geelong, $6 million to $6.5 million Aaron Kanat, former managing director of Hugo Boss, has listed his architecturally designed waterfront home. The two-hectare property has views across the bay from Geelong to the Melbourne city skyline, direct access onto a sandy, north-facing beach, a championship tennis court and self-contained guest accommodation. There are four bedrooms and four bathrooms, a three-car garage and sliding walls of glass blurring the lines between indoors and out. The home is for sale by negotiation through Jeremy Fox of RT Edgar Toorak.
ARCHITECT’S OWN Clarement, Perth, >$1,895,000 Architect Tim Wright of Wright Feldhusen Architects and his wife, Dani, are selling their Parry Street residence, positioned within easy reach of the town centre and Swanbourne Village. The three-bedroom, three-bathroom house has a six-star energy rating thanks in part to solar passive design that maximises winter sun and minimises summer heat. There are living rooms on each of the two levels, a marble and Miele kitchen and a covered outdoor dining area overlooking the pool. Deborah Brady of Acton Cottesloe has the listing.
PERIOD STYLE Tennyson Point, Sydney, $2.8 million The director of operations for Express Brokers, Theo Theodor, has listed his character home with Michael Gallina of Belle Property Hunters Hill, who will take it to auction on February 25. Situated between the better-known suburbs of Gladesville and Putney, Tennyson Point sprawls across a peninsula on the Parramatta River. This four-bedroom, three-bathroom property comes with north-facing living areas, a timber and granite kitchen and a palm-fringed pool. Features include leadlight windows, high ceilings, ducted air-conditioning and plantation shutters.
ELEGANT SURROUNDINGS Kooyong, Melbourne, $3.7 million Robert Zhang, a director of furniture wholesaler Asian Tide, has listed his elegant 1940s Georgian home. The 888 square-metre lot adjoins Sir Zelman Cowen Park and the property has expansive north-facing park views. The home spans two floors, with a selection of living spaces and one bedroom at entry level and three more bedrooms and a large terrace upstairs. There’s a stone kitchen with Miele appliances, a double garage and a private garden. Michael Ebeling of RT Edgar Toorak will take the property to auction on February 25.
SWEEPING VIEWS Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Auction KidsConcern childcare owner-operators Barry and Julie Longden are moving on from their full-floor sub-penthouse, which claims the 19th floor of Trilogy. Offering three bedrooms, four bathrooms and private garaging for four cars, the apartment has views over the river, Broadwater and the ocean. Agent James Ledgerwood of McGrath Surfers Paradise will take the property to auction on February 18 and says recent comparable sales range from $1.5 million for a Gold Coast Highway apartment in The Pinnacle to $2.15 million for a Markwell Avenue apartment in Platinum on the Beach.
ROOM TO LIVE Mont Albert North, Melbourne, $2 million to $2.2 million Respiratory and sleep physician Andrew Kyoong and his wife, Simone, are selling their house set on the high side of leafy Box Hill Crescent. The five-bedroom, two-bathroom property has three separate living areas including a light-filled formal lounge with open fireplace. There’s a stone-topped kitchen with a Bertazzoni oven and walk-in pantry and the family living spaces open onto a poolside deck and undercover dining area surrounded by established gardens. Justine Carlin of Jellis Craig Boroondara Group will take the property to auction on February 25.
ROOM TO LIVE Mont Albert North, Melbourne, $2 million to $2.2 million Respiratory and sleep physician Andrew Kyoong and his wife, Simone, are selling their house set on the high side of leafy Box Hill Crescent. The five-bedroom, two-bathroom property has three separate living areas including a light-filled formal lounge with open fireplace. There’s a stone-topped kitchen with a Bertazzoni oven and walk-in pantry and the family living spaces open onto a poolside deck and undercover dining area surrounded by established gardens. Justine Carlin of Jellis Craig Boroondara Group will take the property to auction on February 25.
by Katie Farrelly

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