The Lantern house in Cronulla - with its top 100 Down Under architectural ranking - listed for May auction
Cronulla's Lantern House has been listed for May 25 auction.
Set on Gunnamatta Bay, the Darook Park Road property featured in Robyn Beaver's 2005 book Top 100 Houses From Down Under following its 2003 completion by DEM architects. By 2006 it was included in Beaver's subsequent book, 100 More of the World's Best Houses, the third in the international series which featuring Lantern alongside Stanic Harding's Gibbeson House in Surry Hills and Durbach Block's Spry House in Point Piper among Australia's chosen few.
The Cronulla block of land cost $1.85 million in 2000 and the house cost $3 million to build. Its architectural concept is layered translucency using glass as its main medium, starting with the finely sliced spider marble sheets on its facade.
It was listed in late 2007 with $6.9 million hopes and sold early 2008 for $5.3 million to the first person who inspected it.
David Highland at Highland Property Group is marketing The Lantern residence as luxury living combining architectural design with generous family efficiency.
"It forms an exceptionally private home of luxury and style in a prestigious peninsula address," the marketing says.
"There are generous living spaces with a selection of formal and casual areas incorporating sliding glass panels that open up to create a seamless flow to the outside areas.
"Wide terraces provide ideal entertaining spaces overlooking the stunning infinity edge heated swimming pool.
"Consisting of four bedrooms plus study, including a palatial master suite with luxury ensuite, walk-in dressing room, isolated retreat and private terrace with outlooks over the bay.
"There is a designer stone kitchen equipped with quality Miele appliances and walk-in pantry, huge games and media room, complete with full appliances, gas fireplace and kitchenette all flowing out to the pool and entertaining areas."
At the waters edge lies a striking boathouse and entertainer's balcony, fully equipped kitchen and bathroom.
Its additional features include automated awnings, translucent marble facias, integrated sound, data cabling, sun-washed decks, cathedral ceilings and Blackbutt polished floors.
No price indicator from Highland, but the house, on 815 sq m, would need to exceed $6.9 million to secure the Cronulla record price. It has stood with Tynan family purchase of the Bali-style waterfront house of former Sharks player Greg Mullane and his wife, interior designer Mandy in 2007. The highest sale in the past six years has been elsewhere on Taloombi Street at $6.3 million last year for a Bezzina-built home.
The 100 projects book included the work of architects and interior designers in Australia and New Zealand.
