Brighton's Kinane could be back on top with price hopes of almost $20 million

Kinane, Brighton’s record-setting residence has been listed with price hopes of up to $20 million, which would allow it to regain the suburb’s top-seller crown.

The landmark Max Beck-built residence has been extensively renovated since it last sold for a record $11.2 million in 2006.

It has been listed by businessman Russell Small, who retired last year from the board of the telecom and utilities industry services provider Service Stream, and his partner Belinda Ding.

It has been listed through Kay & Burton Brighton agent Ian Jackson, with offers due by September 7.

Kinane is set on the corner of The Esplanade and Kinane Street, fronted by Canary Island palms.

After its 1988 completion by the then Becton chief, the locals dubbed it the Brighton Town Hall because of its imposing size and prominent position on almost an entire block of the Esplanade.

The six-bedroom house sits on a 3,200-square-metre block in one of Melbourne's finest beachfront reserve locations, with views over Port Phillip Bay.

It comes with bespoke interiors conceived by designer Kalef Alaton.

The four-level house comes with an internal lift and garaging for nine cars.

Upon entering, guests are greeted by a majestic foyer decked in Italian Riviera limestone and white marble flooring. There’s Abadela timber panelling from Africa in adjacent rooms.

There are four living domains, formal and informal dining rooms and a 1,200-bottle cellar.

The grounds have a championship-size tennis court, 25-metre indoor lap pool, gym, gas-heated outdoor pool and spa with resort-style patio, home theatre, steam and sauna rooms.

The Salvo family currently hold the record for a Brighton sale when they paid $15.6 million for the Calman family’s waterfront mansion on Glyndon Avenue in the suburb's "Golden Mile".

The five-bedroom mansion has a 59-metre water frontage and includes a tennis court, swimming pool, spa, sauna, gym, and rooftop entertainment area. It had been marketed in 2009 by JP Dixon for the Calmic cleaning chemical magnate Michael Calman and his wife, Mary.

The Calmans amalgamated two blocks in the late 1990s after they bought the extra block for about $5 million from the developer Adrian Campbell, who’d been involved in a tennis court fence scrap with neighbours.

Brighton’s third-place sale was when the St Kilda Football Club president Rod Buttress sold in 2007 for $11 million to Catherine O’Halloran, wife of the solicitor John O’Halloran.