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The weekend's damp weather didn't dampen auction results.
Bidders were in attendance in both major capital cities, and auction results gave further signs of entering something of a holding pattern.
The Real Estate Institute of Victoria put Melbourne’s clearance rate at 62% over the weekend from its 797 auctions.
The last week of February showed Melbourne's clearance rate at 61%, among the most successful auction weekends since October 2010 and the first weekend with a clearance rate higher than 60% since March last year.
Sydney recorded a 55% clearance rate from its initial 311 results, according to Australian Property Monitors. It was 55% in the weekend prior.
Australian Property Monitors data shows 19.7% of Sydney vendors chose auctions over private treaty last year, compared with 21.7% in 2010.The percentage of homes actually sold by auction fell to 13.9% of total sales from a peak of 15.8% in the same period in 2010.
Senior economist at APM Dr Andrew Wilson says after a flat few years, there was strong auction activity in the second half of 2010.
The inner west and east are Sydney's traditional auction hot spots, with 26% of vendors selling this way last year.
The inner west had peaked a year earlier at 28%, with east on 27%.
Tim Lawless, research director at RP Data, noted recently that auction clearance rates were one of the timeliest indicators of housing market sentiment, particularly in the major auction markets of Melbourne and Sydney.
About 30% of all Melbourne houses and units are taken to auction (as opposed to private treaty sales) – the highest proportion of any capital city.
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Cookbook queen Donna Hay and her butcher husband, Bill Wilson, have put a $2.4 million asking price on their Paddington terrace after a $2.3 million vendor bid at its weekend auction.
The Windsor Street terrace – which comes in Tabbereresque all-white – was bought for $1.42 million in 2003 as an investment.
The couple also own a $3.85 million Watsons Bay residence. They retain another investment property in Holdsworth Street, Woollahra, which was bought for $1,615,000 in 2008 for Hay’s homewares shop.
The asking price came as there were two registered parties who did not bid along with two other parties whose finance wasn't locked in and they weren't ready to commit in the lead-up to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.propertyobserver.com.au/new-south-wales/cookbook-queen-donna-hay-serves-up-seconds-for-paddington-terrace-buyers-title-tattle/2012022253514">its proposed weekend auction listing </a>with $2.4 million hopes through McGrath agent James Dack.
Elsewhere in Paddington the food editor and cookery writer, Loukie Werle, sold her Bent Street terrace before its scheduled auction through Debbie Donnelley of goodyerDonnelley Real Estate. It last traded for $202,500 in 1985. The three level terrace - marketed as having a spectacular kitchen - sold at an undisclosed price, but understood to be well over its $2 million plus hopes. 
 
 
 
 
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Cookbook queen Donna Hay passes in Paddington terrace from weekend auction: Title Tattle

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Neerim House, the opulent estate in Castle Cove, looks like it's found a potential buyer.
It last sold in 2005 for $9,008,000, and the internet ads for the eight-bedroom mansion on 9,400 square metres of waterfront reserve overlooking Middle Harbour now say "under offer”.
It’s been listed by Chris Osborne at Raine &amp; Horne Neutral Bay, with RP Data showing it's been available for sale since early February. Its asking price has not been officially disclosed, but local agents say it had been expected to sell for around $11 million.
The mansion was built in 1990 by Rob Christie, who bought the one-hectare block for $900,000 from cleaning contractor John Schaeffer in 1987. The Lims family, who paid $4.1 million for the property in 1993, extended and renovated the residence to include a 15-seat home cinema, teppanyaki room and herb-infusion steamroom before its 2005 sale to the current vendors.
Other features include a sunken lounge room built around a central courtyard, billiards room, library, glass-enclosed pool, spa, change rooms, gym, tennis court, cabana, six-car garage, separate guest quarters and landscaped gardens.
 
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Castle Cove's Neerim House attracts buyer attention

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Crocodile Dundee stars Paul Hogan and wife Linda Kozlowski have listed their Malibu estate for sale. Hogan's 493-square-metre contemporary home came on the market last week at $6,475,000. The Huffington Post noted Hogan bought the house in 2009 for about $25,000 less.
The exclusive Serra Retreat neighbourhood, while not beachfront, has much larger lot sizes than Malibu's other prized housing developments.
Hogan's four-bedroom home, described as "the Hamptons meet modern minimalism," sits on about 2,000 square metres and includes a 21-metre pool and grassy yard.
The Malibu home is listed by Eytan Levin of The Levin Group.
The estate shares the same guarded gates with Kelsey Grammer and Mel Gibson homes..
Hogan's lawyer Andrew Robinson said the listing had nothing to do with Hogan's much-publicised battle with the Australian Tax Office.
Robinson confirmed the listing to News Ltd papers but said the sale was "not to raise money to pay legal costs or any alleged tax debts". Instead, he said Hogan had "two houses in the LA area and doesn't need one of them”. Hogan's other home is in Santa Barbara, 90 minutes north of LA.
Robinson indicated future proximity to schooling for Hogan's teenage son, Chance, might have been more of a factor in the listing decision.
"The choice of where he will live will be more influenced in the future by Chance's schooling requirements," he said.
Hogan, Kozlowski and Chance were currently living at the Malibu residence, and Hogan initially put the Santa Barbara estate on the market. However, he did not receive reasonable offers for the Santa Barbara mansion because of the depressed top end property market and decided to sell the Malibu property instead.
The property is pitched as "very private", with "custom-built cabinetry in every room" and an "oversized garage".
Hogan bought it in 2009 for US$6.45 million ($6.08 million). The 1972-built house was bought from Scott Gillen, a stunt driver turned television show producer, who has worked on the Speed Channel's Build or Bust, a motorcycle construction reality show, and Setup, which followed 12 amateur race car drivers in a racing competition. Gillen had paid US$3,825,000 in 2008.
Hogan has been a vocal critic of the ATO, which has been probing him for seven years as part of the controversial Project Wickenby investigation.
 
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Office strata space within the 1966 Peter Muller-designed Bourke Street Hoyts Cinema Centre in Melbourne has been priced upwards from $470,000.
The building’s conversion into strata offices accompanies its relaunch as <a target="_blank" href="https://www.140east.com.au/opportunity">140 East </a>by its developers, Drapac Property.
CBRE agent Tom Tuxworth and David Combes of Alexander Robertson are steering the strata sales campaign.
Whole and half floors as well smaller office ranging from 99 square metres to 677 square metres are being offered.
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The cinema façade, which has strong Frank Lloyd Wright influences, is National Trust listed.
The building housed three cinemas on its opening. Drapac Property bought the building in 2004 after Hoyts moved its main theatre complex to Melbourne Central. The cinemas closed in 2004
The premium fit-outs of the 7,000-square-metre space over the 10 floors will be designed by SJB Architects.
A half floor in 140 East has already been sold, with the level six strata space fetching $1.72 million, or $5,500 per square metre of building area.
Purchasers will also have the ability to buy car bays in the building, which is accessed off Little Bourke Street.
Buyers will enjoy tax depreciation benefits.
Combes says the Bourke Street precinct has undergone a renaissance in recent years with the addition of the Southern Cross Office development diagonally opposite.
Tuxworth says with no other product like it in the Melbourne CBD, he is expecting the project to be very well received.
"This precinct of the CBD currently – and historically – has the lowest vacancy rates, and there is no doubt rents are increasing and will continue to rise.”
Drapac Property purchased the building for $14.4 million.
The anchor tenant of the lower levels will be Virgin Active health and fitness club.
 
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The cruise ship the World of ResidenSea left Melbourne unnoticed, but no doubt arrives tomorrow in Sydney to a somewhat soggy welcome. Continuously sailing the seas, and docking where the owners’ corporation want: that's life aboard The World, the still-unique floating private community that is permanent home to wealthy residents and their occasional guests.
Owned by those who live on board, The World has visited more than 125 nations and circles the globe every two to three years. The 43,524-tonne ship can travel the world at a maximum 18 knots.
Australians, especially Sydneysiders and Gold Coasters, are almost over-represented among the owners, which might explain the frequency of the trips Down Under.
The 165 lavish apartments consist of 106 two- and three-bedrooms units, there are 18 one- and two-bedroom homes, and then there are 39 studios.
There are six apartments currently available for resale including the priciest - a combined 388-square-metre 11th-floor offering at $10 million through Savills.
The facilities include two pools, a tennis court, virtual golf, gym, library, chapel, deli and even House of Graff jewellers.
It’s a 12-deck, 196-metre vessel that first set sail in 2002, and officially sold out four years later. The initial sales were at around the $42,000 a square metre mark.
"OUR EXECUTIVE CHEF GOT SOME LOBSTERS STRAIGHT OFF THE BOAT TODAY, CAN I TEMPT YOU TO TRY ONE?”
Title Tattle was aboard The World of ResidenSea, the first time it sailed into Sydney Harbour in 2003, bunked down in a 30-square-metre studio apartment among the then $850 a night paying guests on the lowest deck. But familiar faces among the owners upstairs were soon apparent. The language translation business entrepreneurs Nicola Chapman and Andrew McLeay – who played the doctor in the murder mystery night during the cruise – ranked among the Australian couples who were owners on The World. The late Sydney stockbroker Michael Toltz was another on-board owner. As where Bill and Imelda Roche, the developers of the Hunter Valley gardens estate.   Developed between 1998 and 2003 and spanning 25 hectares, the site is one of Australia's largest privately owned gardens which comes with cellar door with wines named after Bill and Imelda.  The Roches are presumably still enjoying their eight-floor apartment on The World, although Title Tattle was quite surprised to see them counted as crew in the ship’s manifest when it left Port Melbourne last week bound for Hobart and then Sydney. 
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The Scottish-born Levin Wine founder David Levin, and his Australian wife, Lynne, were aboard when it left Melbourne. David Levin, owner of The Capital Hotel in London, started growing his own grapes in the Loire Valley, France in 1985 to produce his own private label wines for his luxury hotels and restaurants. The Levins were great mates of the late Len Evans and during their numerous trips to Australia they were introduced to many advances in viticulture that they've now adopted at their Loire vineyard. 
As its many cloistered owners don't wish to be named as owners, ascertaining continued ownership is a little tricky, but acquistions by Australians have continued with Richard Penn, the one-time Gutbuster entrepreneur, and his wife, Heather, now among the reputed owners. From NSW's Southern Highlands, Ken and Susan Cooper, who own the Sutton Forest, Rotherwood estate are among the owners too.
Title Tattle recalls, that boarding in Sydney back in 2003, was the engineer Bob Sparke from Belvedere estate at Burradoo in the NSW Southern Highlands. Title Tattle recollects  Sparke's acquaintanceship with mining tycoon Gina Rinehart had blossomed and they were then regularly following the sunsets from a ninth-floor apartment. Gina, who of course can’t help working, had Queensland government ministers aboard at a 2010 private dinner which triggered some parliamentary controversy.
Built at a cost of $US262 million, The World was conceived in 1997 by Norwegian shipping magnate Knut Kloster jnr, whose father started the Norwegian Caribbean Line in 1966. The idea was to establish an exclusive floating resort whose residents would circumnavigate the world, visiting desirable destinations and attending global events. Initially boasting a one-to-one guest/staff ratio, the ship's exclusivity stemmed from the original requirement that owners have a $5 million-plus net worth. So the World is viewed by some as Noah's Ark for the filthy rich. 
Plenty of Americans were the early buyers including Jim Blair, a retired Silicon Valley property developer, and William Scott, a retired New York adman.  The Colorado-based health-club industry entrepreneur Richard Reed headed the residents' committee after paying $US21,000 per square metre for his 126-square-metre apartment. Any buyers of the 50-year-long leaseholds must prove a net worth of $US5 million and have no criminal record. 
Back in 2003 its wealthy apartment owners were beginning to mutiny. Motivational speaker John Demartini and his late wife, Australian astrologer Athena Starwoman, had outlaid $3 million on their glamorous cabin and expected nothing less than luxury while following the sunset in the ocean-going luxury ship. It was a one-bedroom apartment into which they moved after selling their Trump Tower apartment, unnerved after the September 11 terrorist attacks.
But after setting sail from Oslo in 2002, The World was overrun by rowdy short-stay tourists invited aboard by the ship's financially challenged operator to help fill the many unsold apartments.
"You would get to some ports, and there were three or 400 people who would come on board," complained Demartini. "You're sitting there and they're all tramping through your house."
Apparently the last straw for the owners aboard was when 20 top-selling Ford Australia dealers dressed in their company-logo T-shirts partied aboard during its 2003 Sydney docking.
Things have changed and the $1,000-plus a night six-day minimum stay has cleared the riff raff from the ship. Although Title Tattle did notice last year Demartini was offering one of his motivational lecture attendees the chance to also spend an extraordinary day with him and a small, elite group of other pioneering leaders at his luxury residence on The World. 
After Sydney it’s cruising Milford, Doubtful and Dusky sounds in New Zealand. Bon voyage!
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<img src="/images/stories/flagtitletat.jpg" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: left; margin: 5px;">Silverton, the freestanding 1884 Italianate mansion at Randwick in Sydney’s east (pictured above) has been relisted by the fashion designer Lisa Ho. The four-bedroom Dutruc Street property, with elegant French provincial adornments, has $3 million plus hopes. Ho has undertaken some renovations. There is also a detached teenagers' retreat on the 630-square-metre holding. It's one of three original homes known collectively as the judges' houses in Randwick's sought-after northern precinct. It’s been listed through Pauline Goodyer at GoodyerDonnelley. The street's last big sale was when Earlswood, the 1891 residence, was sold in 2010 for $4.3 million.
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<img src="/images/stories/flagtitletat.jpg" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: left; margin: 5px;">The St Kilda Road, Melbourne apartment of the late Dendy Cinema co-founder Mark Josem (pictured above and below) has been listed for sale by Kay and Burton with $1.3 million-plus hopes. It occupies the whole seventh floor of the East Tower. There are therefore great views over Fawkner Park. The two-bedroom apartment comes with study lined with the photos and autographs of the big touring stars over the years: Paul Newman, James Mason, Liza Minnelli, Tony Curtis and Steve McQueen, many of whom have dined at the apartment. Mark Josem arrived in Melbourne from Poland in 1945, eventually establishing Buildex, a large home building company in 1956, which was a major contributor to the Melbourne housing boom of the late 1950s and early 1960s, One of its major landmark construction projects was the Queenslodge Motel in Albert Park. In 1962 he branched out into cinema exhibition with the opening of the first of his drive-in cinemas at Sandringham. In 1969 he formed the Dendy Cinema chain with Robert Ward, which branched into distribution and then into production with films like The True story of Eskimo Nell (1975), Fantasm (1976), Blue Fire Lady (1977),;Patrick (1978), Snapshot (1979), The Naked Country (1985), Kangaroo (1986) and Club Life(1985).The complex comes with heated pool and barbecue area, tennis court and even owners' lounge. It’s been listed by Kay and Burton agents Peter Kudelka and Gary Ormrod who are taking offers until March 20. Josem died in 1986 and his widow, Ida, in January this year.
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The new chief executive at the Bank of Queensland Stuart Grimshaw and Susanne Grimshaw have now listed their hillside Whale Beach weekender. It follows <a target="_blank" href="/news">the recent listing of their Killara residence</a> following his posting to the Bank of Queensland. The Grimshaws paid $3.1 million in 2009 for the four-bedroom 1970s Whale Beach Road house, which goes to March 17 auction through McGrath agent Andrew Mappin with $3 million-plus expectations.  Their Killara, house which cost $3.5 million in 2003, has been listed with $4 million plus hopes through Scott Farquhar at McGrath Lindfield.
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<img src="/images/stories/flagtitletat.jpg" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: left; margin: 5px;">Summerlees Park, the 220-hectare Yarramalong Valley farm (pictured above), has been listed for April auction through David Nolan at Webster Nolan with $4 million-plus hopes. Its best known as a Murray Grey stud dating back to its ownership by the late retailing heir Charles Lloyd Jones. The farm, which traded in 1970 for $81,000, was sold by Lloyd Jones in 1995 for $1.8 million to the current vendors, retired Colonel Ross Brown and his wife, Joan. The secluded Yarramalong Valley property comes with a three-bedroom homestead modelled on an 1830s colonial home with central courtyard. It was built by architect Roger Charlesworth in 1983. There are two additional cottages on the property, which has about 80 hectares of cleared paddocks. After its sale Lloyd Jones scaled down to a neighbouring 34-hectare estate with cottage, which was last sold for $1.6 million. For the past ten years Summerlees Park has been managed by David and Carol Skerry.
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<img src="/images/stories/flagtitletat.jpg" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: left; margin: 5px;">Peter Perini, from Corinthian Industries, Australia's largest door maker and manufacturer, and his wife, Rosslyn, have listed their Neutral Bay residence, Keynsham. The  1921 Arts and Crafts house (pictured above) sits on 1,300 square metres overlooking the harbour and last traded at $4.5 million. The restored Shellcove Road house has three bedrooms including a whole-floor main suite. There’s also a billiard room. Ray White LNS agent has $8 million-plus hopes with expressions of interest closing March 13.
 
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<img src="/images/stories/flagtitletat.jpg" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: left; margin: 5px;">Television personality broadcaster Tim Webster and his wife, Charmian, are now prepared to take $970,000 for their Kenthurst residence (pictured above). It was bought for $910,000 in 2006. They originally sought $1.085 million in May last year, which was reduced to $1.05 million towards the end of last year. Karen Allmark at Inconjunction Real Estate Galston describes it as a low-maintenance, five-bedroom pretty hideaway retreat that’s great for dog-lovers given a huge enclosed dog area. The grounds come with a salt-water pool.
<img src="/images/stories/flagtitletat.jpg" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: left; margin: 5px;">The Gregory family have listed their Longueville waterfront. The Belcote Road house with its 50-metre Lane Cove River waterfrontage last traded in 1994 when bought from then AJC chairman Bob Charley and wife Nina, who’d bought it 21 years earlier for $72,500. Title Tattle seems to recall that the Charleys then bought on the Kirribilli waterfront, better known as Waterhouse country, for $1.525 million from Victor and Maria Virgona, who'd paid $1.3 million in 1990 in the John Denoon-developed apartment complex. Tom and Sherry Gregory have secured council-approved Tanner Architect $1.5 million plans for a new residence. About $5 million is being sought for the property with jetty, boat shed, deep-water mooring. There are city views from the three-level house on 712 square metres, which had its top floor added in 1985. Its vast interior has several living rooms, terraces on each level, four bedrooms and three bathrooms. There is a rumpus room, library, cellar, study, pool, sauna and double garage. Its listed through Ray White Lane Cove agent Sandra Peach.
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<img src="/images/stories/flagtitletat.jpg" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: left; margin: 5px;">Weroona Estate (pictured above), one of the Blue Mountain’s most significant estates, has been sold for $2.4 million through Century 21 Central Mountains Hazelbrook agent Chris Delfsma. The estate, originally established in 1905, is located in historic township of Woodford some 90 minutes from the Sydney CBD. It’s 13.7 acres (5.5 hectares) of grounds with formal gardens, level lawns, pool, cabana and gazebo and a refurbished residence designed by the assistant architect on the Sydney Opera House. The home includes a grand lounge room with a marble fireplace, formal dining and sitting rooms, a sophisticated stone kitchen with commercial oven, a huge casual entertaining room with an integrated home theatre, seven enormous bedrooms, an office, six bathrooms, outdoor entertaining terraces, and a three-car garage. The grounds also feature the original 1905 gatehouse, presenting the perfect guest cottage or caretaker’s quarters. There is also the property’s original stables, which have been updated to provide a workshop. It was once the Weroona boarding house run by Morris Cooper until the late 1990s.
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<img src="/images/stories/flagtitletat.jpg" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: left; margin: 5px;">Portsea’s had its quietest summer selling season in recent memory. Few trophy listings, so even fewer actual sales. From the officially known data, the highest publicly recorded sale was $2,375,000 on the golf course on Relph Avenue. So summer’s done and dusted and Kay &amp; Burton Portsea agent Liz Jensen is now onto her Easter listings. Dundonald (pictured above), the five-bedroom, three-bathroom 1917 limestone residence opposite Fishermans Beach, has been with the Boykett  family since its construction. Set on 1,724 square metres of level Point Nepean Road lawns, it’s only been recently refreshed. More than $2.75 million is being sought. Summer's shining moment was the delayed terms settlement in December of the landmark clifftop Ilyuka to John Higgins, who ran a family paint business in Brunswick before his windfall investment in Polish breweries. Its sale – Victoria's record house sale – was officially recorded at $26 million after much speculation since its December 2010 exchange by the former Computershare director Michele O'Halloran. The 1930s Spanish Mission house was marketed by Ross Savas and the veteran agent Gerald Delany, who has since departed Kay &amp; Burton, and despite much speculation has yet to take his open for inspection sign boards to any other agency. Ilyuka, a sprawling house built for American oil tycoon Harry Cornforth in 1929-30, was marketed globally with a campaign that included a five-minute movie set in the mansion. O'Halloran bought the mansion in 1999 for $7.5 million and then secured $1.6 million for the 742-square-metre former vegie patch in a subsequent disposal.
 
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<img src="/images/stories/flagtitletat.jpg" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: left; margin: 5px;">The property developer and yacht-racing identity George Snow and his wife, Sabrina, have abandoned plans to move into a Darling Point penthouse (pictured above). The Snows have put the penthouse on the market through Bart Doff of Laing+Simmons Double Bay and McGrath's Ben Collier as their Point Piper waterfront residence, Deauville, has not been sold. Snow, best known for twice taking line honours in the Sydney to Hobart as the owner-skipper of super-maxi yacht Brindabella, had spent $8.5 million on the penthouse with marina last March. Their five-bedroom 1935 Longworth Avenue waterfront house, which last sold for $3 million in 1993, comes with direct private access to Lady Martins Beach. More than $17 million was being sought when it went to June auction. It now sits on the books of Pillinger Real Estate.
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<img src="/images/stories/flagtitletat.jpg" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: left; margin: 5px;">Construction mogul Daniel Grollo has sold his Cape Schanck holiday house (pictured above). Its sale price has not been disclosed, but the five-bedroom, four bathroom house, which offers sweeping views of Bass Strait, <a target="_blank" href="/news">was listed pre-Christmas with $2 million-plus hopes</a>. Set on the doorstep of the exclusive National Golf Club, the house sits on 3,155 square metres. It comes with three living areas, gourmet kitchen, wine cellar, theatre, bar, horizon pool and a double garage. Kay &amp; Burton Flinders agent Andrew Hines had the listing. Grollo bought the property for $2.45 million mid-2008 following several unsuccessful sales campaigns in which the house was quoted at prices from $2.7 million to $4 million. It had been designed by Waterface Living Architecture for friends Dr Dick Merigan, a GP with a large practice in Rowville, and Paul Goss, owner of Modern Milk Supplies. 
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<img src="/images/stories/flagtitletat.jpg" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: left; margin: 5px;">Rathven, the rarely traded 1887 Randwick residence, has been sold – almost one year after its auction. The six-bedroom, six-bathroom Italianate colonial villa that sits on a 2,117-square-metre St Marks Road block fetched around $6.3 million through Ballard Property agent Bill Bridges. The grounds come with an 18-metre pool, a spa and a tennis court. It was built by the colonial carpenter George Raffan on land that extended to the bottom of Glebe Gully, with the gardens featuring Norfolk Island pines, huge bamboos and two Port Jackson fig trees. After his arrival from Scotland in 1874, Raffan had a shop on Bridge Street near the Tank Stream. Raffan pioneered the cement industry and became a pastoralist, owning Lue and Cooyal stations at Mudgee. After its 1927 sale by Dr Abraham M. Loewenthal, Rathven operated as a boarding school for Sydney Grammar School until 1976. It was heritage listed in 1979 by then planning minister Paul Landa after 72 residential apartments were proposed for the site. It last traded, derelict, in 1982 for $410,000 when bought by gastroenterologist Dr Terry Bolin and his wife, Robin. The previous Randwick record stood at $5.45 million on Wentworth Street last year, which narrowly eclipsed the $5.3 sale in 2010 of the residence of the retired Swans coach Paul Roos and his wife, Tami.
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Oakfield, the 1830s Mudgee district property with olive grove, has been listed for sale.
It last traded when bought by the Moon family for $2.1 million in 2007 from the former Westfield executives Ian Newton and Judy Hall.
The <a target="_blank" href="https://www.efarming.com.au/Classifieds/details/id/3674/title/oakfield-mudgee-nsw">40-hectare holding</a> is on Lue Road at Lawsons Creek, four kilometres east of Mudgee.
The restored colonial house, surrounded by English-style garden and herb patch, was part of a land grant in the early 1800s to Lieutenant William Lawson.
The homestead has high ceilings and polished timber floors in large rooms.
The property first sold in 1850 to Alexander Cox, remaining with the Cox family until 1965.
The grounds have a studio, a separate indoor pool, tennis court and a nine-hectare olive grove.
It once had a vineyard as it was among the properties held by Wyndham Estate wineries until sold in the late 1980s.
It’s been listed by Trent Robertson at the Mudgee agency Peter Druitt &amp; Co in conjunction with Webster Nolan agent David Nolan who are taking offers until April 5.
The gardens are complemented by sculptures by Tom Bass, the late father of horticulturalist Belinda Moon.
 
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Craig Anderson and Craig Minahan, who headed the beleaguered Ashington property development group, and partner Ray Burkett have lodged a caveat over the title of the Ritz Carlton/Stamford Double Bay hotel development site.
Their company, Trioline Pty Ltd, claims an equitable interest with a claim for unpaid project development fees.
The caveat notes an equitable lien over the assets of the Project X Hotel Trust to secure payment to the Anderson company of Project X development fees.
NSW Supreme Court proceedings are underway between the Anderson trio and the property group Parissen Capital Project X, which assumed control of Ashington’s development project in 2010.
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Parissen Capital is co-directed by Sam Renauf, who has been an executive with Scarborough Pacific, which fronts <a target="_blank" href="https://www.propertyobserver.com.au/developments/controversial-double-bay-high-rise-hits-the-market-in-new-twist-to-four-year-saga/2012022953628">the Double Bay project’s</a> current syndicate. Another former Valad Property Group executive, Nicki Garrett, is also a director at Parissen.
There was prior disputation over the project in 2009 when Valad was involved in the development but there was a falling out over monies due by Ashington for the final instalment of a fee payable under a facilitation agreement pursuant to which Ashington was introduced to the Double Bay venture.
The failure to make a payment resulted in Valad issuing a notice of demand to Ashington in June 2009.
Superannuation funds LUCRF, Sunsuper and HESTA reportedly put $150 million in the Ashington with much of the money having been written off.
 
 
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New drama in Double Bay Ritz Carlton/Stamford project as former Ashington partners lodge caveat over site

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One of Professor Leslie Wilkinson’s most prized Point Piper houses has been listed for sale by the retired shirt maker-cum-property developer Charles Scarf and his wife, Maria.
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The 1959 Wentworth Street property was the second-last of Wilkinson’s house designs.
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The house (pictured above) was said to be loosely modelled on the Erechtheion, an Athens temple.
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It last traded when bought from the then low-profile expatriate businessman Richard Wiesener for $8.25 million – which was 1992's highest sale. The neighbouring property had been bought for $6.5 million for its tennis court in 1989, and it took the estate to 2,717 square metres. The original house reportedly cost $350,000 in the 1970s.
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The house itself has 677 square metres of internal space. It has been quietly on and off the market over several years, including during the boom years., and not advertised until this week’s Domain East spread by Ray White Double Bay Prestige agent Elliott Placks and Dan White from the newly formed White Private Investment &amp; Advisory.
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Offers exceeding $30 million and even reputedly closer to $40 million have been previously made for the large estate with tennis court. The last known offer came late last year from a client of Bill Bridges and Alison Coopes at around $30 million.
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It’s been modernised by architect Michael Suttor. Its home office in the former garage offers harbour views through to the Manly pensinsula.
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Point Piper’s other significant hillside offering is <a href="https://www.propertyobserver.com.au/residential/artists-patricia-piccinini-and-peter-hennessey-get-sweet-deal-selling-in-fitzroy-title-tattle/2011112552545" target="_blank">Villa del Mare, the home of recruitment queen Julia Ross</a>. The Wolseley Road offering (pictured above) was discreetly put on the market late last year, but now is having a big campaign. The trophy residence has $40 million-plus hopes through Ken Jacobs of Christie's Great Estates and LJ Hooker Double Bay's Bill Malouf. The limestone palazzo sits on a 1,508-square-metre block. The house was designed by architect Chris Tsioulos when built in the late 1990s by the developer Nati Stoliar. It’s almost certain to sell to Chinese buyers.
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Point Piper’s most prized Leslie Wilkinson home listed

ASX-listed developer <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/stockland">Stockland</a>&nbsp;is continuing its push back into the new apartment market, filing plans for a prominent gateway site between Collingwood and East Melbourne.

The development giant, which moved back into the new apartment space when it announced Stanton Place in Sydney's Rosebery and have since filed plans for a 50-storey tower, are jumping into the off the plan Melbourne market.

They are hoping to create a mixed-use neighbourhood precinct for <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/79-81-victoria-parade-collingwood-vic-3066">79-81 Victoria Parade</a>, replacing an existing commercial building with a scheme by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/john-wardle-architects">Wardle</a>&nbsp;for 478 apartments,&nbsp;ground-floor retail, new public open spaces and a publicly accessible pedestrian laneway.

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The design report identifies the public realm as a central driver of the proposal.

"Collingwood has limited access to high-quality parks and public open space, and the proposal delivers valuable new areas for respite, social interaction and fine-grain retail activity."

The development would deliver a diverse mix of housing, including studio, one, two and three-bedroom apartments alongside townhouse-style residences. Two basement levels are proposed beneath the development, providing resident and retail parking as well as extensive bicycle facilities.

Wardle's design draws heavily on Collingwood's industrial character, using articulated building forms, brickwork and robust materials inspired by the suburb's warehouse and manufacturing heritage. The built form has been broken into a series of smaller volumes to better respond to the surrounding streetscape while extensive communal gardens, rooftop amenities and shared resident spaces are integrated throughout the project.

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The planning documents describe the existing office building as offering little engagement with the public realm, with the redevelopment intended to create a more permeable and active neighbourhood destination.

"The proposed scheme presents a significant opportunity to deliver a vibrant retail plaza and a local neighbourhood hub serving both existing and future Collingwood residents."

The 79–81 Victoria Parade site occupies a strategic location about 1.5 kilometres east of Melbourne's CBD, at the threshold between Collingwood and East Melbourne. It is well served by tram services along Victoria Parade and sits within walking distance of St Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy Gardens, the Fitzroy activity centre and a broad range of employment, retail and hospitality destinations.

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Stockland plans new mixed-use neighbourhood precinct for Collingwood gateway site

An 1880s timber cottage that has survived Kangaroo Point's transformation from riverside suburb to high-density apartment precinct is set to become the centrepiece of <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/zephyr">Zephyr Group</a>'s proposed Banksia development.

Rather than see the locally heritage-listed Alpha Cottage as an obstacle to navigate, plans integrate the landmark home into a new 18-storey residential tower, giving one of the suburb's oldest surviving residences a new role as the project's communal hub.

The development application covers a 1,177 sqm amalgamated site at 127-133 Lambert Street and 30 Shafston Avenue, where Zephyr Group plans to deliver 64 apartments above three basement levels. Designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/joe-adsett-architects">Joe Adsett Architects</a>, the proposal carefully weaves the retained heritage cottage into a contemporary residential scheme, with the tower elevated above the historic building to preserve its presence within the Lambert Street streetscape.

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Named after the native Australian Banksia flower, the project draws inspiration from its distinctive form through curved balconies, sculpted planter boxes and cascading subtropical landscaping that soften the building's profile.

As the design report explains: "The tower's identity is defined by its feature facade, drawing direct inspiration from the Banksia wildflower. The building departs from traditional rigidity through the use of elegant, GRC-moulded planter boxes that appear as if shaped by the breeze."

Plans propose 64 apartments, comprising 32 two-bedroom and 32 three-bedroom residences, across an 18-storey tower. Residents would have access to rooftop amenities including a swimming pool, spa, gym, sauna, private cinema, dining spaces and landscaped recreation areas, while more than half the site is dedicated to planting and open space.

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The heritage component is the defining feature of the proposal. Constructed in the early 1880s and occupied from at least 1883, Alpha Cottage is recognised by Brisbane City Council as an important surviving example of Kangaroo Point's nineteenth-century residential development and as a representative transverse-gable timber cottage. Despite extensive redevelopment across the peninsula, the building has retained a high degree of its original form and internal fabric.

As part of the redevelopment, the cottage will be carefully relocated a short distance within its original allotment to facilitate construction before being returned to a prominent position along Lambert Street. Original verandah elements will be dismantled, catalogued and reinstated, while significant internal features, including timber flooring, wall linings, joinery, doors, windows and hardware, will be retained. Later additions, including the enclosed rear verandah, will be removed to better reveal the building's original form.

Once restored, Alpha Cottage will accommodate the building manager's office, mail room and parcel facilities, providing an active everyday use that supports its long-term conservation rather than preserving it as a static display. The heritage strategy also maintains landscaped space around the building, allowing it to remain visually distinct beneath the new tower.

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The Heritage Impact Assessment concludes that "the proposal secures the ongoing occupation, maintenance and conservation of Alpha Cottage," finding the development would result in "no more than a minor impact on the cultural heritage significance" of the building while ensuring its long-term future.

Joe Adsett Architects have designed the tower to sit above the heritage building rather than overwhelm it, creating a clear visual separation between old and new. The development's flowing balconies, integrated planting and organic façade respond to Brisbane's subtropical climate while complementing the restored cottage below.

Banksia occupies a prominent corner in Kangaroo Point within walking distance of the Kangaroo Point Bridge, Brisbane River, ferry services, QUT, the CBD and the Woolloongabba precinct. The site also benefits from direct access to active transport infrastructure and sits within an area earmarked for continued higher-density residential growth.

Zephyr Group's Banksia to wrap new Kangaroo Point tower around 1880s Alpha Cottage

Buying into a masterplanned community often means committing to a vision still years from taking shape. At <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/kew-tallawong-23-27-schofields-road-tallawong-nsw-2762">Kew Tallawong</a>, that vision is already visible.

Residents have moved into the completed first stage, landscaped spaces are established, and the next chapter is now underway. Stage 1 has been completed and settled, with Stage 2 now selling off-the-plan.

Designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/pbd-architects">PBD Architects</a>, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/kew-tallawong-23-27-schofields-road-tallawong-nsw-2762">Kew Tallawong</a> combines attainable apartment living with sustainability initiatives rarely seen at this price point, including rooftop solar, battery storage and a resident EV-sharing program.

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Located on Schofi​elds Road, just moments from Tal​lawong Metro Station and Schof​ields Train Station, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/kew-tallawong-23-27-schofields-road-tallawong-nsw-2762">Kew Tallawong</a> has been designed to appeal to a broad mix of buyers, from first-home purchasers looking for a foothold in Sy​dney's property market to downsizers seeking a connected, low-maintenance lifestyle.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/kew-tallawong-23-27-schofields-road-tallawong-nsw-2762">Kew Tallawong</a> has been conceived as a thoughtfully planned masterplanned community that will evolve over multiple stages, with buyers now able to secure one, two and three-bedroom apartments within a neighbourhood that is already beginning to establish its identity.

One of the project's defining features is its focus on sustainability. Solar energy systems, battery storage and future EV charging infrastructure have been incorporated throughout the development, reflecting a long-term approach to both environmental performance and everyday convenience.

Sustainability sits at the centre of the development's vision, with solar energy systems, battery storage and future EV charging infrastructure integrated throughout the community.

That emphasis on future-ready living extends beyond the technology. Landscaped communal gardens, outdoor gathering spaces and plans for a future retail precinct aim to create a neighbourhood where residents can access daily conveniences without travelling far from home.

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The apartments themselves have been designed with liveability front of mind. Rather than chasing maximum density, the focus has been placed on creating practical homes with generous natural light, usable layouts and strong connections to outdoor space.

Importantly, these design principles have been applied consistently across the one, two and three-bedroom apartment offerings.

The appeal of <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/kew-tallawong-23-27-schofields-road-tallawong-nsw-2762">Kew Tallawong</a> is also closely linked to its location within Syd​ney's rapidly evolving north-west growth corridor. Over the past decade, major infrastructure investment has transformed the area, with new transport links, business precincts and community facilities reshaping suburbs like Talla​wong and Schofiel​ds.

The agent says buyers are increasingly recognising the area's long-term potential.

"Typical buyers that we're finding across <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/kew-tallawong-23-27-schofields-road-tallawong-nsw-2762">Kew Tallawong</a> especially are your first-home buyers, your investors, your upsizers as well as your downsizers," Hawes says.

Connectivity remains one of the project's strongest drawcards. Residents have access to both Tallaw​ong Metro Station and Schofi​elds Train Station, providing links to the Sydn​ey CBD, Norw​est Business Park, Macquari​e Park and other major employment hubs. Retail centres including Rous​e Hill Town Centre and Sch​ofields Village are also nearby, alongside schools, parks and future healthcare infrastructure.

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For Stage 1 resident Roji, it is the balance between convenience and comfort that has defined the experience of living at Kew.

"For me, it's a balance of quality and convenience," she says. "Everything I need is right here."

"If I wanted to catch the train, Scho​fields Station is just around the corner. Tallaw​ong Metro connects me to the city."

More importantly, she says, the development has delivered something that cannot be measured in floorplans or specifications.

"<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/kew-tallawong-23-27-schofields-road-tallawong-nsw-2762">Kew Tallawong</a> feels like home."

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As Stage 2 enters the market, that lived experience may be one of the project's strongest selling points. Buyers are not purchasing into an untested concept or a future promise. They are joining a community that is already taking shape.

Ongoing investment in transport, retail, healthcare and public open space continues to strengthen the appeal of Syd​ney's north-west growth corridor, while <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/kew-tallawong-23-27-schofields-road-tallawong-nsw-2762">Kew Tallawong</a>'s established first stage provides buyers with a tangible sense of the community's future direction.

For a limited time, buyer can secure a new home at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/kew-tallawong-23-27-schofields-road-tallawong-nsw-2762">Kew Tallawong</a> with just a $10,000.

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Kew Tallawong: A growing community taking shape in Sydney's north-west

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/freecity">Freecity</a> has received development approval for its 51-storey mixed-use tower at 153-157 Walker Street, North Sydney, set to be one of the tallest mixed-use residential-led buildings in one of Sydney’s most sought-after commercial and residential addresses.

Lodged as a State Significant Development Application (SSDA) through the Housing Delivery Authority (HDA) pathway and approved by the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure following a comprehensive public exhibition and submissions process, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/153-walker-street-north-sydney-nsw-2060">the project</a> will deliver 296 apartments, alongside a 170-room, luxury hotel, activated retail and significant public domain improvements.

Situated just 200 metres from Victoria Cross Metro Station, on one of the largest developable sites in North Sydney, the development will rise to 234 metres, making it one of the tallest buildings in the suburb. With an end value of approximately $1.5 billion, the project responds directly to the NSW Government’s mandate to accelerate housing delivery in well-located, transit-connected areas.

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The apartment mix will cater to a broad range of buyers, with 65 studio and one-bedroom apartments, 139 two-bedroom residences, 35 three-bedroom apartments, 48 four-bedroom homes, and nine penthouses. Residents will have access to a dedicated amenity level on Level 33, featuring a swimming pool with views towards the Harbour Bridge, Sydney Opera House and North Sydney CBD, as well as a gym, library, shared kitchen, lounge and outdoor entertaining areas.

The hotel will occupy the lower six levels of the building and include meeting and function spaces, a wellness centre with gym, yoga studio, swimming pool and sauna, further strengthening North Sydney's growing hospitality offering.

At ground level, the development has been designed to improve pedestrian connections through the precinct. More than 700 sqm of retail space will activate the street frontage, while a landscaped through-site link connecting Walker Street, Little Walker Street and Doris Fitton Park will provide new public open space with seating, paving and extensive native landscaping.

Freecity Group Co-Founder and Joint CEO Tony Sun said the project represents one of the most significant development opportunities currently available in North Sydney.

"This is one of the most significant development sites in North Sydney and it comes at a pivotal moment for the precinct," Sun said.

"North Sydney is undergoing a genuine transformation, and this project will contribute housing the city urgently needs while creating a landmark destination."

Executive Director of Development Michael Romano said demand for both residential and hotel accommodation would continue to strengthen as the Metro precinct matures.

"The structural demand for high-quality housing and hotel accommodation in North Sydney is compelling, and will only grow as the precinct continues to evolve around the new Metro station," Romano said.

Architectus has designed the tower, orientating the apartments to maximise views towards Sydney Harbour while introducing a sculpted façade intended to respond to light, wind and the surrounding skyline.

Architectus Principal Marko Damic said the design sought to create a tower that contributes to the public realm as much as the skyline.

"We wanted to design a tower that doesn't just sit in the skyline but actively participates and contributes to city life," Damic said.

First look: Freecity gets green light for mixed-use apartment and hotel tower in North Sydney

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/abadeen">Abadeen</a> and <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/perifa">PERIFA</a> have celebrated the topping out of <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/putney-wharf-harbourfront-precinct-20-waterview-street-putney-nsw-2112">Putney Wharf,</a> marking a significant milestone in the delivery of one of Syd​ney's most anticipated waterfront communities.

Located on Sydney's harbourfront at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developments/putney-nsw-2112">Putney</a>, the project has now reached its highest structural point, with construction progressing strongly towards completion in 2027. 
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The milestone was celebrated on-site with project partners Phoenix Property Investors, Mitsubishi Estate Asia, Versatile Construction, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/sjb-architects">SJB</a>, consultants and stakeholders, to recognise the collective effort behind the transformation of the historic waterfront site into a vibrant new residential, marina and lifestyle destination.

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<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/putney-wharf-harbourfront-precinct-20-waterview-street-putney-nsw-2112">Putney Wharf</a> will deliver a mix of waterfront residences and terraces, complemented by a private 36-berth marina, waterfront dining opportunities and a revitalised foreshore designed to reconnect the community with the river's edge. 
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Abadeen Executive Chairman and Founder Justin Brown said the project represented a rare opportunity to create the next chapter in Sydn​ey's long history of successful waterfront precincts. 
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"Throughout Sydney, some of the city's most sought-after addresses have emerged from carefully considered waterfront precincts such as Woolloom​ooloo Wharf, Walsh Bay and Breakfast Point," Brown said.

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"What makes these places so successful is that they become much more than residential developments," Brown said.

"They bring together homes, hospitality, marina facilities, public spaces and a strong sense of community in locations where future supply is incredibly limited."

Brown has long described absolute waterfront land in Sy​dney as "finite."

"Once these opportunities are developed, they are rarely replicated. That's why Syd​ney's waterfront precincts have consistently demonstrated strong demand and long-term value growth over many decades. 
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"<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/putney-wharf-harbourfront-precinct-20-waterview-street-putney-nsw-2112">Putney Wharf</a> is one of the few remaining opportunities to secure a residence within a masterplanned waterfront community that combines direct water access, marina ownership opportunities and a genuine village lifestyle just moments from the Sy​dney CBD."

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PERIFA Founder and Managing Director Fabrizio Perilli said the project reflected a shared commitment to delivering exceptional places that create long-term value for residents and the broader community. 
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"The topping out milestone is a significant achievement for the Versatile Group and a testament to the collaboration between all project partners, consultants and contractors involved," Perilli said. 
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"Beyond the residences themselves, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/putney-wharf-harbourfront-precinct-20-waterview-street-putney-nsw-2112">Putney Wharf</a> will establish a new waterfront destination that celebrates the history, character and lifestyle of this unique location while creating a lasting legacy for future generations."

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Construction is being delivered by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/builders/versatile">Versatile Construction</a>, with structural works now substantially complete across the precinct. Attention will progressively shift to the construction of the waterview terraces, apartment façades, services and interior fit-out works over the coming months. 
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With limited residences and marina berths remaining, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/putney-wharf-harbourfront-precinct-20-waterview-street-putney-nsw-2112">Putney Wharf</a> continues to attract strong interest from owner occupiers and downsizers seeking a premium waterfront lifestyle within close proximity to Putne​y Village, Rh​odes, Top Ry​de and the Syd​ney CBD. 
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As one of the last opportunities to secure a residence within a new masterplanned waterfront community on Sy​dney Harbour, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/putney-wharf-harbourfront-precinct-20-waterview-street-putney-nsw-2112">Putney Wharf</a> is expected to remain a highly sought-after address for years to come.

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Jonathan Chancellor

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