Harry Seidler's Gissing house at Wahroonga listed
Photographer Chris Colls and his wife, Ferne, have listed their Harry Seidler-designed Gissing House at Wahroonga.
They bought it in early 2008 for $2.66 million from the restauratuer Bill Granger and his wife, Natalie Elliott, who had bought it a few months earlier from the Gissing family at $2.65 million.
The Colls had a brief attempt in late 2010 to sell the 1972 house with $2.9 million-plus hopes.
The house, which sits on a private 1,688-square-metre Water Street holding, reportedly attracted attention from actor Eric Bana at the time. Other lesser entertaiment industry stars, Tom Williams and Tim Ross, were also spotted at its then open for inspections.
It's now listed through Marcus Lloyd-Jones at Modern House Estate Agents.
The five-bedroom, three-bathroom house – built for a family of five – remains in original yet modern condition.
The large, lofty lounge, with fireplace and wet bar, flows to a north-facing terrace, pool and level lawn.
The original landscape scheme by landscape architect Bruce Mackenzie has been maintained through the decades.
The interiors feature oak ceilings, concrete pillars, quartzite floors and walls of glass opening outdoors.
The three-level residence came to be after Janet Gissing came to admire Harry Seidler’s architecture.
Her husband, John Gissing, bought land at Wahroonga and as dinner guests at the Seidlers in the Harry and Penelope Seidler House, they asked Seidler if he could design them a house just like theirs.
The family live there until its 2008 .
The couple operate an international company, with Ferne, the CFO at Chris Colls Photography.
Photography: © Chris Colls
