<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developments/broadbeach-qld-4218">Broadbeach</a> offers plenty of reasons to live vertically, but moving from a substantial family home into an apartment can expose the compromises of high-density living. Privacy, room for guests and usable living space tend to matter more when an apartment is intended as a permanent home rather than an occasional coastal base.

A typical residential floor at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/the-eveleigh-broadbeach-7-9-surf-parade-broadbeach-qld-4218">The Eveleigh</a>, on Surf Parade,&nbsp;contains just four apartments. The 94-residence development by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/hirsch-faigen">Hirsch &amp; Faigen</a> is predominantly made up of expansive three-bedroom homes, with a limited collection of half-floor penthouses above.

Across the apartment floors, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/rothelowman">Rothelowman</a> has used the relatively limited number of residences to give each home greater access to natural light and outlook. Living spaces extend towards full-height glazing, while a series of bay windows frame selected views across the Pacific Ocean, city and hinterland rather than treating the building edge as a continuous wall of glass.

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“The apartment floors deliver a collection of homes that embrace controlled outlook via a series of bay windows deliberately framing moments of view,” Rothelowman Director Kim Lowman said.

From outside, those projecting forms contribute to the tower’s faceted profile. Strong horizontal and vertical elements establish its proportions, while the changing position of the sun alters the light, shadow and reflection across the façade throughout the day.

The same attention moves inside the apartments, where the material palette combines warm timber, natural stone, metallic detailing and softer curved forms. Kitchens sit within the main living zone, with stone island benches, integrated joinery and European appliances, before the living areas extend towards the glazing and the outlook.

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Three genuine bedrooms provide room to accommodate family and guests, while two secure car spaces and storage address some of the practical considerations that can become more noticeable when moving from a larger home. Feedback from the display suite has centred on the warmth and restraint of the interiors, with buyers commenting that the residences feel like homes rather than conventional coastal apartments.

A limited collection of half-floor penthouses occupies the upper levels, increasing the scale of the living spaces and adding private balconies and elevated finishes. From this position, the outlook extends between the ocean and hinterland.

Outside the private residences, The Eveleigh separates its shared spaces between the podium and rooftop. The podium is centred on wellness, with subtropical landscaping surrounding a swimming pool and pool terrace, yoga garden, private gymnasium, sauna and hot and cold plunge facilities. Landscaped retreats and pavilions provide additional places to sit away from the main recreation areas.

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Higher in the building, a rooftop pavilion and private dining suite sit alongside resident lounge, barbecue and outdoor dining areas, opening towards panoramic views across the ocean, city and hinterland.

“Buyers are no longer just looking for an apartment, but a lifestyle where they can relax, reset, and enjoy a balanced way of living,” Hirsch &amp; Faigen Director of Sales Matt George said.

Interest to date has come from established owner-occupiers and interstate lifestyle purchasers, including buyers planning a future move to the Gold Coast. Many are coming from larger homes and want to reduce ongoing maintenance without giving up space for family and guests, privacy, two car spaces or the ability to entertain at home.

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Much of that daily life can also take place beyond the building without requiring a drive. Kurrawa Beach and Pratten Park are an easy walk from Surf Parade, while Pacific Fair, Oracle Boulevard, The Oasis, restaurants, cafés, entertainment and public transport are also within walking distance.

The Eveleigh is Hirsch &amp; Faigen's fourth Gold Coast development since entering the market in 2021, following The Hemingway at Palm Beach, The Emerson at Kirra and Yves at Mermaid Beach. Each of the preceding projects sold out before completion.

“Broadbeach had been on our radar throughout our time operating on the Gold Coast,” the developer said. “Following our projects in Palm Beach, Kirra and Mermaid Beach, Broadbeach represented the natural next step for the business.”

The Surf Parade site brought together proximity to the beach, protected coastal outlooks and walkability to dining, shopping and recreation. Hirsch &amp; Faigen also identified the street as an emerging premium residential address, with enough separation from Broadbeach's busier destinations to retain a quieter environment at home.

The Eveleigh is now under construction by Maxcon, with completion forecast for mid-2028. Three-bedroom residences are currently available from $2.87 million.

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The Eveleigh brings house-like apartments to Broadbeach

A long-stalled Campbelltown development site is back in play, with new plans for 139 apartments set to supersede a mixed-use scheme approved almost a decade ago but never built.

The new proposal for 28 Cordeaux Street would deliver 116 market and 23 affordable apartments in a part 14-storey building, bringing a substantial new project into a Campbelltown market where new apartment supply remains limited.

Plans have been filed over the 3,092 sqm corner site at Moore-Oxley Street, around 600 metres from Campbelltown Railway Station and the city-centre retail core.

The site already carries a mixed-use residential approval dating to 2016. Doroch Architects has now been engaged on a larger replacement scheme, which is progressing as a State Significant Development Application following a Housing Delivery Authority determination in August 2025.

The apartment mix comprises 39 one-bedroom, 72 two-bedroom and 28 three-bedroom residences. Two-bedroom apartments make up just over half of the project, while three-bedroom homes account for 20 per cent.

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Of the 139 apartments, 23 will be delivered as affordable housing under the in-fill affordable housing provisions of the Housing SEPP. The affordable component represents 15 per cent of the residential gross floor area and will be managed by a registered Community Housing Provider.

Doroch has sought to break the scale of the building into two distinct elements, with a masonry podium of around four storeys establishing the street edge before the residential tower steps back above.

The corner position has shaped that approach. Cordeaux Street faces toward the commercial and civic centre, while Moore-Oxley Street leads into the lower-scale residential neighbourhood to the south, and the design verification report describes the site as "bridging the commercial core to the north and established residential areas to the south."

The podium will be expressed predominantly in face brick, while the upper levels shift to brushed and grooved concrete cladding with darker metal detailing. Recessed sections, deep balcony edges and landscaping break down the upper form, with an approximately 11.8-metre setback to the northern boundary addressing the adjoining St Peters Anglican School.

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Campbelltown has been starved of new residential developments in the last decade.

The only other notable development set to come to market this year is ALAND's Queen Square, a mixed-use precinct on over two hectares that will comprise apartments above a vibrant ground-level retail and hospitality dining precinct.

First look: New 139-apartment plans revive long-stalled Campbelltown city centre site

First Look: Sherlock Construction pitches apartments for low-rise Deception Bay

Queensland builder-developer MAYD has revealed the first look at its major North Kirra beachfront development, lodging amended plans that reduce the number of apartments and increase the proportion of larger residences.

The project is planned across a substantial 4,742 sqm amalgamated site spanning seven lots at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/2-6-pacific-parade-bilinga-qld-4225">2-6 Pacific Parade</a> and 27-33 Golden Four Drive in Bilin​ga, directly opposite Nor​th Kirra Beach.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/mayd-group">MAYD</a> secured the site for $32.5 million in 2025, in what was one of the Gold Coast's largest property transactions of the year.

The development will be delivered across two stages, with the first stage carrying an estimated gross realisation value of around $360 million.

The latest amendments seek to reduce the overall apartment count and shift the project further toward the owner-occupier market, with larger residences designed for buyers wanting considerably more space than traditionally offered in a beachfront apartment.

The residential mix will include townhomes, oversized two-bedroom apartments, substantial three-bedroom residences and four-bedroom homes.

MAYD has appointed Cera Stribley to lead the architecture and interiors, with the Melbourne-based design practice drawing on the beachfront setting through a series of ocean-facing terraces and heavily landscaped balconies.

Strong horizontal forms and curved balconies will define the exterior, with subtropical landscaping integrated throughout the building to soften the built form and increase the connection between the residences and the beachfront.

The project will also include an extensive collection of resident wellness and lifestyle facilities, continuing the broader shift across the Gold Coast's luxury apartment market toward larger homes supported by resort-style amenity.

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MAYD Founder Todd Mould said North Kirra was increasingly appealing to buyers attracted to the more established, lower-density character of the southern Gold Coast.

"North Kirra presents one of the most compelling luxury residential opportunities currently emerging in Australia, combining absolute beachfront with the character and authenticity that buyers are increasingly seeking, and the same sense of tight-knit community that defined Burleigh and Currumbin perhaps 10 or 15 years ago," Mould said.

"With Gold Coast Airport on its doorstep, it also offers a level of accessibility that broadens its appeal across almost every market demographic."

The project comes as the southern Gold Coast continues to attract an increasing share of high-end apartment development and buyer activity.

Kirra in particular has emerged as one of the region's more tightly held beachfront markets, with its relatively low-density character, established surf and hospitality scene and proximity to Gold Coast Airport differentiating it from the higher-density markets further north.

Mould said those characteristics had informed the approach MAYD and Cera Stribley had taken to the project.

"We've worked closely with Cera Stribley to create a vision that is deeply connected to its surroundings," he said.

"Inspired by the coastline itself, the architecture has been shaped around space, privacy and resort-style living, creating a collection of homes that reflects the next generation of luxury on the southern Gold Coast."

MOTIV Managing Director Carly Cottam, who has been appointed to market the project, said buyer attention had continued to move south along the Gold Coast.

"Purchasers who may once have defaulted to Broadbeach, Main Beach or Surfers Paradise are increasingly recognising the value of a genuine beachfront location that offers lower density, strong amenity and a more established sense of community," Cottam said.

"Kirra has a powerful combination of growing demand and genuine scarcity. Beachfront supply is inherently constrained, the area remains relatively low density, and buyers are increasingly placing a premium on locations that feel established, uncrowded and authentic rather than heavily developed."

Cottam said the proximity to Gold Coast Airport was also proving increasingly important for interstate and second-home buyers.

"Being minutes from Gold Coast Airport makes it particularly compelling for interstate buyers, frequent travellers and second-home purchasers who can access an authentic coastal lifestyle almost immediately after stepping off a flight."

The acquisition takes MAYD's active development portfolio to more than $500 million, with the North Kirra project representing one of its largest undertakings to date.

MAYD is targeting an early 2027 launch.

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Castle Hill, the longtime hub of the Hills District, has been one of the major beneficiaries of Sydney's Metro expansion, with improved connectivity helping drive continued population growth, development and buyer demand across the Hills District.

But despite that growth, the suburb has seen relatively few major new apartment projects brought to market over the past 18 months.

Hills District developer Reve Group is looking to fill that gap with <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/nova-r-ve-castle-hill-2-garthowen-crescent-castle-hill-nsw-2154">Nova Rêve</a>, a major new mixed-use precinct on the corner of Garthowen Crescent and Old Castle Hill Road, a short walk from Castle Hill Metro Station and Castle Towers.

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The project will comprise three residential towers alongside a hotel, restaurants, cafes and a skybar, more than 1,600 sqm of ground-floor retail and almost an acre of landscaped gardens.

It represents the largest project undertaken by Reve Group, the development arm of the Kassis family, which has been building across the Hills District for more than 30 years through Kassis Homes.

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Nova Rêve also represents a significant step up from the family's first apartment development, Grand Rêve, which was delivered nearby on Garthowen Crescent.

Grand Rêve introduced larger, house-like apartment layouts and premium inclusions including Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances to the Castle Hill market.

Nova Rêve takes that approach to a precinct scale, combining the residential component with hospitality, retail and substantial public and resident landscaping.

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Reve Group Managing Director Sam Kassis said the project reflected the family's three decades of building in the Hills, which has evolved from trophy homes on quarter-acre blocks to larger-scale apartment development.

"Grand Rêve was our first apartment project here and it showed us what this pocket of Castle Hill could be. Nova Rêve is the refinement of that idea: not just apartments, but a place the whole suburb can use," Kassis said.

A key part of that approach is the hotel, which has been designed to operate as an amenity for the wider Castle Hill community rather than solely hotel guests.

It will include restaurants, cafes, skybars and all-day dining, alongside conference and event facilities catering to business functions, community groups and private events.

At ground level, more than 1,600 sqm of shops and cafes will open onto the surrounding streets and landscaped areas.

Almost an acre of gardens designed by Land and Form Studios will run through the precinct, incorporating pathways, seating, barbecue areas and children's play spaces.

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Reve Group's Romio Georges said creating an active ground plane had been central to the planning of Nova Rêve.

"There are gardens with pathways, barbecues, seating and play areas, shops and cafes opening onto the street, and a hotel with restaurants and a skybar that anyone in Castle Hill can walk into," Georges said.

The project's elevated position on one of Sydney's highest ridgelines will also provide apartments with outlooks toward the Sydney skyline, surrounding parkland and the Blue Mountains.

More than 80 per cent of the apartments will occupy corner positions, with Turner responsible for both the architecture and interiors.

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Historic Hordern House at Potts Point has been listed for sale with $6.5 million hopes.
The 1880s Victoria Street terrace house was bought by the rare book dealers Anne McCormick and Derek McDonnell for $438,000 in 1985. 
Anne McCormick has been involved in rare books, manuscripts, paintings and prints since the 1970’s first in business in Paddington. They are moving to new premises.
The freestanding terrace has a 19 wide frontage, spanning three levels over 561 square metres.
The Richardson &amp; Wrench listing agent Geoff Cox said in the marketing it was ready for adaptation to a "large, stunning and private residence with at least 4 bedrooms."
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.
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Historic Hordern House, Potts Point listed by rare book sellers

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Powerbox Australia managing director Marc Rutty and wife Helen have emerged as the buyers of the Potts Point apartment of art patrons Lizanne and Julian Knights at $8 million in an off-market sale through Richardson &amp; Wrench.
Lizanne and Julian had bought the three bedroom, three bathroom Villard apartment from the late car dealer Ray Lintott and wife Penny for $6.17 million in 2011.
The Lintott's had paid $7.4 million for the apartment in<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-apartment-nsw-potts+point-120719781" target="_blank"> the Ercole Palazetti grand Parisian inspired building Villard</a> in 2008.
Lizanne and Julian outlaid $7.4 million last year for the Gunnis family, renovated Victorian era Italianate villa, Oakburn in nearby Elizabeth Bay.
Julian has more than 30 years' experience in the financial services industry and is the founding partner of private-equity group Ironbridge. He is on the board of the Biennale of Sydney and former chairman of the Sydney Dance Company. 
Rutty and wife Helen previously lived in Wahroonga before selling The Briars on Eastern Road late last year for $4.3 million to a Chinese family.
The home was on land subdivided off the Bonnie Brae estate that was owned by Rutty's grandfather, Sir Sydney Snow.
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Villard, Potts Point $8 million apartment sale

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New Zealand investor Brian Cook has secured the $16.3 million retail component of the new Omnia residential development in Potts Point.
The Woolworths Omnia centre comprises the 1,190sqm retail component of the new Omnia residential development, anchored by a 15-year prelease to Woolworths. 
It is directly opposite Coles and close to Harris Farms outlet.
CBRE’s Nick Willis negotiated the sale on a yield of close to 5 percent with colleagues Justin Dowers and Sharon Yang.
The Omnia sale is subject to Woolworths not exercising a final right of refusal to acquire the property where it plans a new format Metro store.
Woolworths has been operating from the Ikon basement on Macleay Street, with its future in doubt, but Woolworths is coy on giving its rivals any indication of its formal intent.
"We ensure our Metro stores are all in locations which are convenient for our customers to easily access given their busy lives and we look forward to launching in the area by 2018."
The Auckland-based investor Ben Cook has taken his Australian retail property buying spree over the past nine months to over $100 million.
The Cook Property Group also acquired the Beach House Lane retail centre on Bondi Beach for $31 million and the Bunnings warehouse in Sydney's Eastgardens for $56 million last October.
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New Woolworths Potts Point premises sold

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The Bendel family secured $520,000 for their bold and bright 1950s Potts Point studio apartment investment. 
Its colour scheme was inspired by Mighty Mouse, the animated super hero.
It was the work of industrial designer Nicholas Gurney whose Brougham Street project was shortlisted with a commendation at the Australian Interior Design Awards in 2013.
The top floor 27 sqm space, that comes with views of the city skyline and the Harbour Bridge, last traded $406,000 in June 2013.
It sold through Richardson &amp; Wrench.
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Potts Point mighty mouse studio sells at $520,000

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Established developer Roxy-Pacific has just unveiled its mixed-use project in Potts Point, The Hensley.
Located on Bayswater Road, The Henley was designed by award-wining architects Woods Bagot's, whose bold architectural statement won a design competition to create a one-of-a-kind addition to Potts Point that captures its past and present.
Behind its historic façade, the Hensley's contemporary structure drifts from brick to modern steel and glass.
The lobby mirrors the area's bohemian past, with art deco touches and herringbone floor tiling.
The eight level building has 44 north-east facing one, two and three bedroom apartments, with the higher apartments offering views extending to Rushcutters Bay and the city.
Buyers in The Hensley have the option of a dark and bold or light and bright colour scheme in their apartment.
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As well as spacious balconies extending from the living spaces, there's a rooftop terrace with a communal kitchen garden (above).
The building will also have its own café on the ground floor.
Opening launch has been scheduled for June 4. Construction is expected to begin in August 2016 with completion proposed for December 2017.
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 Developer Roxy-Pacific unveils mixed-use Potts Point project The Hensley

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A Macquarie Bank director has emerged as the buyer of the William Smart-designed semi, Ilari in Potts Point, that was snappily resold by Mark Ainsworth, of the Aristocrat pokie clan for a quick prize payout.
It has been bought by Michael Price who has been at Macquarie for almost three decades.
He's known as passionate supporter of the not-for-profit sector in Australia, he is chair of the social finance advisory council at Social Ventures Australia, which boosts the sustainability of organisations such as ReachOut.
Ainsworth paid for $4.6 million in April last year for <a href="https://www.propertyobserver.com.au/https://www.randw.com.au/residential-for-sale/0000281349" target="_blank">the Tusculum Street house</a> (above) which recently resold though Jason Boon and Geoff Cox of Richardson &amp; Wrench Elizabeth Bay at $5.35 million.
It followed his $7.55 million purchase of a Surry Hills warehouse residence with heart-shaped swimming pool.
The three storey Federation house was sold to Ainsworth by designer Johnson Chan, who had paid $1.9 million in 2007 buying the property with a humble Tudor facade from barrister-cum-buyers agent Chris Curtis.
Inspectees were told a further $3.5 million had been spent on its substantial rebuild by Chan with Smart Design Studio winning some 15 awards and commendations for the work, including the 2012 AIA Architecture Award for heritage and interior design.
The four-bedroom home with a steel and bronze cantilevered staircase as its centrepiece was marketed as a mix of concrete, steel, glass, stone, timber and all the expected high technology gadgetry.
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Mark Ainsworth sells Potts Point semi to Macquarie banker

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Dr Joe Pollak, of the Men's Medical Clinic, has emerged as the mystery $264,000 buyer of the record-breaking Potts Point residential car space.
Set in somewhat dated 1960s Macleay Street block, The Chimes, the price even ranked a mention in the current federal parliamentary hearing into home ownership given the clash of egos stellar auction result. 
The 62 year old Dr Pollak is an inner city property resident and investor.  
His 26 square metre car space is the longer then normal, apparently giving him the hope of tandem parking.
Specializing in the treatment of impotence since 1994, Dr Joe Pollak bills himself as one of Australia's most experienced mens' health practitioners having seen over 65,000 men.
This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph.
 
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Dr Joe Pollak buys $264,000 Potts Point car space

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The William Smart-designed semi in Potts Point, listed at $5.5 million-plus, has been sold for $4.6 million.
<a href="https://www.randw.com.au/1490419/" target="_blank">Ilari was listed</a> though Jason Boon and Geoff Cox of Richardson &amp; Wrench Elizabeth Bay.
The three storey Federation house was sold by designer Johnson Chan, who paid $1.9 million in 2007 buying the property with a humble Tudor facade from barrister-cum-buyers agent Chris Curtis.
Inspectees were told a further $3.5 million had been spent on its substantial rebuild by Smart, of Smart Design Studio, who won <a href="https://smartdesignstudio.com/projects/residential/tusculum/" target="_blank">some 15 awards and commendations </a>for the work, including the 2012 AIA Architecture Award for heritage and interior design. 
The four-bedroom home with a steel and bronze cantilevered staircase as its centrepiece was marketed as a mix of concrete, steel, glass, stone, timber and technology.
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William Smart-designed Potts Point semi sells for $4.6 million

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The Potts Point Georgian villa Rockwall House has sold for an undisclosed $10 million plus, the suburb's third-highest house price.
The 1830s-era house was designed by architect John Verge for the surveyor John Busby. Title Tattle understands it fetched $11 million.
The property developer Mirvac, who built the adjacent Rockwall apartment complex, had its restoration overseen by heritage architect Howard Tanner.
The heritage-listed villa last traded in 1999 when bought it for $2 million.
Relisted last December <a href="https://www.blacketglasgow.com.au/property/Potts%20Point/Rockwall/listing" target="_blank">through Peter Blacket of Blacket &amp; Glasgow</a>, it was offloaded by antique enthusiast Lilian Barclay-Rollason, the partner of solicitor John Rollason, who first sought to secure its sale in 2011 with $13 million hopes.
The couple married at the house on April 26 in 2008, though the title remained in her name only.
John Cameron Rollason was for a number of years a partner at Gadens and then a contractor consultant to Lane &amp; Lane from 1996.
The contents are listed for forthcoming auction through Mossgreen Auctions. 
The suburb record was set when the horse breeder Tony Peterson sold the 1870s residence Jenner House on Macleay Street (pictured below) for $15 million in 2009 to car dealer Terry Mullens. <a href="/news/jenner-house-potts-point-record-setting-trophy-home-listing">Jenner was a briefly listed last May</a> but then withdrawn from sale.
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Last year <a href="/news/nsw/bomera-the-potts-point-italianate-sandstone-beauty-sells">Bomera on the lower end of Wylde Street</a> fetched $12.5 million after it was restored by Jorge and Monica Fernandez who'd bought it from the Department of Defence.
<a href="/news/nsw/sandstone-potts-point-1858-italianate-trophy-mansion-bomera-relisted">Bomera</a> (pictured below), initially listed with $25 million hopes, was bought by Leanne Catelan, a daughter of late property date entrepreneur Ray Catelan.
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Freestanding villas in Potts Point are few and far between with the next most expensive residential offerings being terraces along Challis Avenue, with retail/commercial potential, with two sales at over $5 million.
Rockwall, the 1830s Regency-style house was designed for John Busby, of Busby's Bore fame, the Scottish engineer tasked with finding a supply of fresh water for the city, after the Tank Stream became too polluted.
Busby was among the favoured few who received a Woolloomooloo Hill land grant from Governor Darling in 1828.
These private residences were required to meet Darling's imposing villa vision.
Title Tattle reckons only five of the first 17 villas still stand, including two other restored Verge designs, Elizabeth Bay House and Tusculum.
After Busby found himself in financial trouble, Verge amended the plans in 1835 for Belltrees grazier Hamilton Sempill.
But Sempill, too, hit difficulties during the 1840s and quit the colony for Scotland.
The four-bedroom, four-bathroom villa, featured in an 1840 watercolour in the State Library of NSW.
The three-level Rockwall Crescent residence, which was heritage listed in 1979, was in a neglected state for decades when part of the idle Chevron development site.
It received a $1.7 million 1990s Howard Tanner restoration when developer Mirvac built the adjoining Rockwall apartment block.
It now sits on 1,349 square metres, down from 3.2 hectares.
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Regency-style Rockwall House, Potts Point finally sells

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Gav and Waz, one of the competing couples in the first series of Channel Nine’s The Block back in 2003, are coming back to the city from the Byron Bay hinterland.
Title Tattle gleans they have spent about $2.25 million on a poolside Potts Point apartment.
It had to be ground floor garden given their dog, Charlie is a priority. The Richardson and Wrench agent Jason Boon showed them the ground-floor apartment in Rockwall Gardens, which was then sold by the architect Deece Giles.The Jack Russell had apparently been in residence round the corner at the Diamant Hotel since they all left the 23 hectare farm.
The Designer Boys <a href="/news/nsw/designer-boys-gav-and-waz-list-charltons-their-byron-bay-hinterland-retreat-at-3-1-million-plus">recently sold Charltons</a>, through Nicolette van Wijngaarden at Unique Estates for $3 million to the Garnham family of Watsons Bay. It was a 120 year old farmhouse on a hillside block (pictured above), which they bought in 2007 for $610,000.
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Meanwhile Dan Reilly and Dani Wales have secured $429,500 for their one-bedroom Ark, Richmond apartment which they moved into while debuting on The Block in 2012 renovating terraces in South Melbourne.
The reality TV celebrity couple - with the twitter handle <a href="https://twitter.com/DaniandDan" target="_blank">@DaniandDan</a> - had it listed through <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-apartment-vic-richmond-115965119" target="_blank">Justine Harris of Hocking Stuart</a> with a $439,000 asking price.
They paid $420,000 off the plan in late 2010, settling in late 2011, just before they moved into the derelict Cameron Street, Richmond Block set.
Melbourne unit prices have recently come in at a $448,000 median, according to the latest RP Data-Rismark index with prices up 8.9% across Melbourne just in the past year. The RP Data median unit price in 2011 was around $424,000.
Designed by Fender Katsalidis Architects, the 114/253 Bridge Road apartment has open-plan living and dining along with an outdoor entertaining area.
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The current <a href="/news">Richmond</a> median unit price is around $522,500, up 3% over the past year. <a href="https://mail.privatemedia.com.au/owa/14.3.174.1/scripts/premium/UrlBlockedError.aspx" target="_blank">There was a $525,000 median peak in 2011</a>.
Dani Wales runs the online magazine <a href="https://mail.privatemedia.com.au/owa/14.3.174.1/scripts/premium/redir.aspx?C=Zypvoq-Ft0-Zo--uD2WkVVUBMIcZI9EIgvcF3B5QsaRmMoZQ3xffbBvdZwi7mrZ-nA6Kk5sm-Ps.&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fthehome-journal.com%2f" target="_blank">The Home Journal</a>.
Dan Reilly works as a carpenter while studying to be a builder.
They bought a 114-year-old property in Seddon <a href="https://mail.privatemedia.com.au/owa/14.3.174.1/scripts/premium/UrlBlockedError.aspx" target="_blank" title="UrlBlockedError.aspx
Cmd+Click to follow link">in May last year</a> which needs renovating. It was secured for around $460,000 which was less than its previous $480,000 purchase in 2009.
<img src="/images/stories/flagtitletat.jpg" alt="flagtitletat" width="25" height="34">The filming of the next Block series in <a href="/news">Prahran</a> has begun. Title Tattle gleans there's a mystery former professional sports star among the contestants who are installing apartments in <a href="/news/the-block-shifting-to-high-street-prahran-after-objectors-fail-to-lodge-vcat-appeal">a former High Street office complex</a>.
<img src="/images/stories/flagtitletat.jpg" alt="flagtitletat" width="25" height="34">An apartment that took second place in the 2004 series of The Block goes to auction this month in <a href="/news">Manly</a>. It is the second time the two-bedroom pad in Manly has traded since it sold for $872,000 in front of the cameras on behalf of renovators Jason and Kirsten Johnson. Title Tattle recalls all four of the Whistler Street units sold after renovation for silly prices.
This apartment last sold at $882,000 in 2008, so it went up $10,000 in the first four years following its renovation. 
It's now a decade later and Chris Boys, director of strategy and solutions at Dun and Bradstreet, has hopes of more than $1 million. That's around 2% growth over the past six years. 
The Whistler Street block of four was the location for the second series of the popular TV show, won by Andrew Rochford and Jamie Nicholson. Now coming with updated finishes, the garden apartment goes to auction on April 12 through Jason Pantzer, of Philips Pantzer Donnelley.
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