Beauty and the Geek locale Le Chateau in Dural sells
Le Chateau, a landmark manor house at Dural, has been sold, having been listed last October with $6.5 million hopes. It represents a relatively snappy sale, as RP Data note the average time on market before sale as 106 days in Dural, and even longer for prestige listings.
Mixing modern with medieval, the prestige listing in the semi-rural Hills District north-west of Sydney was the location of the Channel 7 recent television series Beauty and the Geek.
The marketing was previously put on hold while the owners enjoyed the income from the television production. No word yet but having pai close to the asking price, its probable the series will need a new accomodation base.
Owned by telco millionaire Colin Marland and his wife, Julie Anne, the vast Dural French-inspired mansion is set on two hectares of manicured grounds. It was sold through Christie's agents Ken Jacobs and Darren Curtis to offshore buyers.
The two-storey residence has five bedrooms, each with a travertine ensuite and walk-in wardrobe.
There is a grand entry foyer leading to formal and informal living, dining and entertainment areas, including a family room with an eight-metre-high ceiling.
The vast 1,770-square-metre Vineys Lane residence was built in 1997 for Ian Beilby, who made his money from hair-care products, electrical appliances and property development, and his wife, Jill.
Le Chateau last sold for $4 million to the Marlands in 2000. No sale price has yet been revealed.
The last Dural castle listing took three years to sell when in March last year Myriam Borg, founder of Cre8 Australia, bought the Dural French-inspired castle Normandie. The mortgagees-in-possession sold it off at $2.95 million. The vendors had wanted more than $6.25 million ever since listing it in 2009. Built in 1985 by Bronte Douglass, the founder of Douglass Pathology, and his wife, Darlene, the imposing sandstone residence had four bedroom suites, a grand reception hall and a billiard room. In the 2.2-hectare grounds are sweeping lawns, ornamental trees, a tennis court and swimming pool.
