<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.

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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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Fridcorp’s first Sydney project, Eve, is set to launch their display home on Saturday 24 May with around 200 new apartments coming to market. 
The Erskineville development, which includes one, two and three bedroom apartments, is situated on the corner of Eve and Macdonald Streets.
It is expected to be a glitzy affair after they sent out fancy scented candles to potential buyers, according to The Australian, and after <a href="/expert-insights/buying/fridcorp-host-completion-party-for-avenue-in-south-yarra">their recent launch of South Yarra development Avenue</a>, which saw Manu Fiedel catering and a number of models hired for the event.
With interiors from Hecker Guthrie and dKO Architects, <a href="https://www.evebyfridcorp.com.au" target="_blank">Eve</a> is 250 metres from the train station and 10 minutes to the CBD.
It includes views of Sydney Park to the CBD, wide frontages and balconies, storage space and a communal rooftop leisure deck with private central courtyard.
One bedroom, one bathroom apartments are available from $525,000; two bedroom, one bathroom apartments from $750,000; two bedroom, two bathroom from $780,000; three bedroom, two bathroom from $1.1 million. Each comes with parking, built in wardrobes and air conditioning.
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Title Tattle noticed the Joseph Lycett water-colour that shows Point Piper in the 1820s sold last week at Sotheby's auction for $219,600.
The colonial Point Piper ­landscape, Eliza Point showing Captain Piper’s Naval Villa and Garden (picture above against a black background), was painted by the convict artist who lived between 1755 and 1828.
It is a watercolour and gouache on paper 40.6 x 54.7 cm
It had been listed with an estimate $100,000 to $150,000 ranged, knocked down at $180,000 totalling $219,600 with buyer's premium.
The watercolour, with eucalypt framing, was acquired by the present owner at auction in 1973.
Its provenance was given as Sir Reginald Marcus Clark whose estate sold it in 1954.
Before Clark it was owned by Dr. W. Gerald Holt of Melbourne.
It was exhibited in the Joseph Lycett: Convict Artist, Museum of Sydney, 2006; and National Library of Australia, Canberra, 2007.
It was the last known watercolour of Sydney Harbour remaining in private ownership by the renowned colonial artist Joseph Lycett.
Listed by <a href="https://www.propertyobserver.com.au/https://www.sothebysaustralia.com.au/list/AU0787/93" target="_blank">Sotheby’s Australia</a>, the scene captures the essence of early settler colonial Australia with the burgeoning township of Sydney visible in the middle distance. The vista is westward from the North Shore, near present day Hermit Point between Rose Bay and Vaucluse. Shark Island is in the foreground and the double
On the left rocky promontory of Eliza Point (now Point Piper) sits John Piper’s naval villa shown nestling below its curious cruciform fenced garden.
The spirit of Captain John Piper, the pioneer spendthrift, is still prevalent on the Point Piper peninsula.
Just as Captain Piper's Henrietta Villa was the colony's showpiece - costing 10,000 pounds and taking four years to build in the 1810s - there have been plenty of big spenders of recent times.
Title Tattle recalls the contemporary boom began when Brian Johnson's high-tech "Bang and Olufsen" house - taking two and a half years to build and possibly $10 million to complete - became Sydney's then most noteworthy mansion in the mid-1980s.
But Point Piper's spendthrifts have not always led charmed financial lives.
The ominous portent was set by Captain Piper. Henrietta Villa was sold in 1827 in a mortagee sale to distiller Daniel Cooper for 5,000 pounds shortly after he resigned in fiscal controversy from his Bank of NSW chairmanship. It has long since been demolished.
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Precious 1820s Point Piper watercolour of John Piper naval villa sells

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Over the three months to April 1990, the median selling price of a dwelling (a combination of houses and units) across Sydney was recorded at $152,500. 
As at April 2014, the median selling price of a dwelling was $680,000 which represents a 347% increase in selling price over the 24 year period.  Of course a median price is only measured across properties which actually transacted but it is interesting to look at what the median priced home is over time
The following charts will look at the changes in median price over time and the location of median priced sales.  Note that the each dot represents one sale and the red dots indicate house sales while the blue dots represent unit sales.  The buffers shown on the maps represent a 10 kilometre, 20 kilometre and 50 kilometre distance from the Sydney CBD.
Three months to April 1990
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The median price of a Sydney home over the three months to April 1990 was $237,000, across the city there was 12 sales at that price over the period, three of which were units and the remaining nine were houses. 
Apart from one sale at <a href="/news">Sylvania</a>, the reaming 11 sales all occurred within a 20 kilometre radius of the city.  For houses, you will note that four of the nine suburbs are located within a 10 kilometre radius of the city and for units, <a href="/news">Epping</a> was the only suburb with a sale outside of the 10 kilometre region.
Three months to April 1994
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Moving to April 1994, there were 34 sales at the median price over the three month period and the median price was recorded at $169,000. 
Comparing this chart to the previous chart you see that the median priced house is beginning to move further away from the city centre with only five of the 24 median priced house sales within 10 kilometres of the city centre and five of those 24 sales were located more than 20 kilometres from the city centre.  For units, three of the 10 sales were outside of a 10 kilometre radius of the city, two of which were more than 20 kilometres away.
Three months to April 1999
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By April 1999, the Sydney median house price was recorded at $237,000 and over that three month period there was 28 houses sold at that price and 31 units. 
The big shift over the five year period was the fact that none of the median priced house sales were within a 10 kilometre radius and a greater proportion were located more than 20 kilometres from the city than those within 20 kilometres. 
Within a 10 kilometre radius of the city, units where the only sales at the median price however, units transacting at the median price were becoming more common in areas more than 10 kilometres from the city centre.
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Three months to April 2004
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The median Sydney dwelling price over the three months to April 2004 in Sydney was recorded at $440,000.
Over the preceding three months there were 62 house sales and 65 unit sales at that price.
Compared to five years earlier there were a few house sales within 10 kilometres of the city centre however, once again the majority occurred more than 20 kilometres from the city centre.  For units, most sales still occurred close to the city centre however, more and more were transacting at the median price further away from the city centre.
Three months to April 2009
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By April 2009, the median dwelling price in Sydney was slightly lower than from five years earlier, recorded at $420,000. Keep in mind that from early 2004 to mid-2009 there was no growth in Sydney home values after they fell by around 10%.  
The map is quite similar to the previous one with 102 houses and 103 units sold at the median price. 
Once again only a few house sales were within a 10 kilometre radius of the city with the vast majority occurring more than 20 kilometres from the CBD.  Unit sales were fairly similar and mostly focused within the 20 kilometre radius of the city.
Three months to April 2014
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Over the most recent three month period, the median Sydney dwelling price was recorded at $680,000.  Over the three month period (and note these figures will be revised higher) there was 31 house sales at the median price and 40 unit sales. 
Looking at the above map again we see few house sales within a 20 kilometre radius of the city and the median priced unit is pushing further away from the city centre with more and more sales occurring more than 10 kilometres from the CBD.
The analysis is an interesting exercise in how over time, the ‘typical’ home across the city is moving further and further away from the city centre. 
As a result, it is no wonder we are seeing growing levels of higher density development in the major capital cities.  As the typical housing option moves further away from the city centre, those that need or want to be close to the city centre look for more affordable alternatives such as units. 
As the city continues to grow and density in the inner city increases we would expect a further drift outwards of both the typical house and unit sale in Sydney.
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Clifton, the heritage listed Hunters Hill mansion, is the home of the next series of The Bachelor, replacing La Joie de Vivre at Bayview.
The reality television show on the struggling Network Ten is currently being filmed in the stunning mansion where the bachelor, Perth estate agent and property auctioneer Blake Garvey will hand out his roses.
“When you first meet Blake you’ll be struck by his height (6’5”) and his deep baritone voice (he’s been likened to Barry White),” <a href="https://www.acton.com.au/CarineGlades/?pagecall=staffMember&amp;staffID=105150" target="_blank">the Acton Real Estate Carine Glades’ website suggests</a>. Before the sometime model headed west to Sydney, he had two listings in the 6065 postcode from the office that services Carine, Duncraig, Padbury and Hillarys.
Clifton last sold in 1993 for $2.75 million to a investment syndicate which soon had the 5,124 square metre near-waterfront estate with a lawn tennis court available for $1,500 a week rental. It is not known officially what The Bachelor 's production company, Shine Australia, are paying the very large McCaffrey family who have been in residence, but $25,000 a week has been speculated.
Security plus Fresh Catering trucks were on the Woolwich Road driveway yesterday.
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The 120-year-old Hunters Hill property, listed by the National Trust, was previously the matrimonial home of the late Michael Grace and his wife Carol, of the Grace retail family.
It is on a battle-axe Woolwich Road block with its privacy even from the riverfront protected by the 140-year-old Port Jackson fig trees.
The mansion was built by a former Sydney Stock Exchange chairman, John Ryder Jones in the 1890s.
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It was purchased by the Howie family - pre-eminent Sydney builders - on Jones's death in 1919 and they remained for two generations.
Sir Archibald Howie carried out extensive works in the 1930s, leaving an art deco legacy which included a Philippine mahogany-panelled dining room and an Egyptian bathroom.
The Grace family purchased Clifton in 1974 for $500,000.
Following Clifton's sale, the 7,000 square metre property was subdivided, with two of Clifton's five blocks sold to the Tieck family for $180,000 in early 1975.
La Joie de Vivre has been sitting unloved by buyers above Sydney’s northern beaches since 2010. The first Australian season of The Bachelor was filmed at the stunning mansion last July. 
It's the home of the former freight tycoon Gregory Poche and wife Kayvan Norton at 68 Minkara Road, Bayview.
The lavish French provincial mansion sits among spotted gum trees, with views from its floor to ceiling windows. The residence was built for Beirut industrialist Agob Dellalian who sold it for $7 million in 2003.
Gregory Poche and wife Kay van Norton bought the property for $10 million in 2003 through Claudio Marcolongo of LJ Hooker Avalon, and Christie's agent Ken Jacobs. La Joie de Vivre, meaning the ‘joy of living’ in French, catches impressive 180-degree view of Pittwater.
The couple have relocated to Little Manly Cove.
 
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Channel Ten's The Bachelor heads to Hunters Hill, leaving La Joie de Vivre behind

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The Turramurra property Linwood, designed in 1929 by architect Hugh Venables Vernon, has been sold.
It sold pre-auction for an undisclosed price having had $2.5 million hopes through Belle Property Pymble's Lesley Bassam.
<a href="https://www.belleproperty.com/selling/NSW/North-Shore-~-Upper/Turramurra/House/17P2914-23-womerah-street-turramurra-nsw-2074" target="_blank">The 1,739 square metre property Womerah Street property</a> last traded in 1996 for $910,000 when it was bought by Lissa and Nicholas Swan, the former director of Peppers Hotel Group and now company secretary of mining services company AJ Lucas Group.
It was renovated in 2012 enhancing its original features that include rich mahogany and cedar timber features, with polished floorboards and original fireplaces.
The grounds come with a pool and gazebo amid landscaped gardens with century-old trees. 
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Linwood, the Hugh Venables Vernon Turramurra house sells

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Prime residential prices in key cities worldwide rose by 0.8% on average in the first quarter of 2014, the slowest rate of growth since Q3 2012.
The Knight Frank Prime Global Cities Index tracks the price performance of 32 luxury residential markets.
Closer analysis shows the first quarter of the year has been the index’s weakest performing quarter in two years.
The first quarter, for many European and US cities, corresponds to the winter months where sales activity is sluggish and price movements slower.
The report noted in much of Asia it also marks a traditional low season as Chinese New Year sees sales activity decline.
In addition, tax changes (CGT, VAT etc) often take effect at the end of December leading to a spike in sales in the fourth quarter as buyers and vendors look to take advantage of lower rates e.g. fiscal cliff in New York in 2012.
Despite the slower quarterly rate of growth, the Prime Global Cities Index rose by 6.1% on an annual basis, up from 4.8% a year ago suggesting the overall trend for luxury prices continues to follow an upward trajectory.
Jakarta tops the rankings but Dublin saw the second highest rate of quarterly growth, with prime prices ending the first quarter 5.6% higher.
Last year marked a turning point for Dublin’s upmarket residential areas such as Dalkey and Ballsbridge. Since then luxury prices have risen around 24% but prices remain 35-45% below their pre-crisis peak.
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The full rankings and analysis is at <a href="https://my.knightfrank.com/research-reports/prime-global-cities-index.aspx" target="_blank" title="Prime Global Cities Index" style="line-height: 1.3em;">The Prime Global Cities Index</a>.
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Australand Property Group and joint venture partner LaSalle Investment Management have won the right to buy a residential site owned by UrbanGrowth NSW in North Ryde, Sydney.
The price of the 1.3 hectare site is understood to be about $50 million.
Located adjacent to the newly completed North Ryde train station, it is expected to yield up to 400 apartments 
It forms part of the North Ryde Urban Activation Precinct.
The site is well serviced with close access to education facilities, including Macquarie University; a major regional shopping centre; and employment precincts.
The site’s zoning permits a mixed used development so will include as a small retail component.
“Following the success of existing projects in Wolli Creek and Clemton Park, we look forward to expanding our partnering relationship with LaSalle Investment Management," Australand’s Managing director, Bob Johnston, said
“Securing this project further strengthens our position in the Sydney market and provides greater visibility of our medium term residential pipeline with the project expected to deliver earnings from 2016,” Mr Johnston said. 
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Hindmarsh’s $41 million 18-level  residential tower is undergoing construction, with a crane currently visible on the Sydney CBD site.
The development, <a href="https://aspiresydney.com.au/index.php" target="_blank">Aspire</a>, is in the southern part of the CBD, near Hyde Park, and is being built by Hindmarsh Construction. It is almost 100% sold.
Hindmarsh NSW state manager development, Steve Laffey, said that it is an important addition to their Sydney portfolio.
“The project has been successful in appealing to buyers at a time when demand for quality apartments in the CBD remains robust,” said Laffey. 
Including 48 apartments, it will include a podium level to Alberta Street. The two- and three-bedroom apartments, of which the majority are north-facing, have been selling from $840,000. They come with secure parking.
It is set for completion in December 2014.
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McGrath Estate Agents expects more than $825,000 for the Darling Point apartment that Lara Bingle bought from interior designer Blainey North for $882,000 in 2010, soon after her break-up with Test cricket captain Michael Clarke.
It's a stylish one-bedroom that is <a href="https://www.mcgrath.com.au/buy/apartment-darling-point-nsw-2027/225301/?searchID=39312079" target="_blank">set for </a><a href="https://www.mcgrath.com.au/buy/apartment-darling-point-nsw-2027/225301/?searchID=39312079" target="_blank">June 14 auction</a>.
It is a Goomerah Court company title art deco apartment apartment with city and harbour views from most of its 65 square metre space. It was not the apartment that Lara lived in while filming her reality television series, which was based on Notts Avenue, Bondi Beach.
It has American oak parquetry floors. It had been traded at $700,000 when bought by Blainey North.
There have been two other McGrath sales in the block when $925,000 was secured for <a href="https://www.propertyobserver.com.au/https://www.mcgrath.com.au/buy/apartment-darling-point-nsw-2027/76865" target="_blank" style="line-height: 1.3em;">a two bedroom unrenovated listing</a> and then a <a href="https://www.mcgrath.com.au/buy/apartment-darling-point-nsw-2027/193910/?searchID=38820498" target="_blank" style="line-height: 1.3em;">renovated two bedroom sale last October</a> at around $800,000 which Title Tattle suggests would explain the latest pricing estimate.
RP Data puts the current apartment median in <a href="/news">Darling Point</a> at around $1.2 million, which has eased over the past month from $1.3 million.
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Low interest rates and confidence built through growth in the stock market have senior economist for Australian Property Monitors, Andrew Wilson, predicting an uptick. He believes that the lower north shore, northern beaches and city east are following the boom seen in the lower and middle markets in Sydney.
Already, over the March quarter, APM’s figures recorded 8% growth in the prestige market, compared to the western suburbs’ 3.9%.
He revealed, at the second annual LJ Hooker Mosman Investment Seminar, that the middle and lower ends are tampering off, however the lower north shore is firing up.
“Current prestige markets are definitely not as advanced in the price cycle as previous highs in 2009 and 2010, there is still some way for that market to reach the top,” he said.
In fact, he believes that by the end of 2014, the lower north shore will have seen 10% in growth.
“There is no stopping the prestige property market at the moment, there is still a lot of positive energy buzzing around with reports of the highest price growth since 2003,” he told seminar attendees.
“This positive atmosphere has worked as a mindset shift for possible buyers and sellers in that market, rather than an underpinning driver.”
LJ Hooker Mosman director Bernard Ryan said that he is seeing properties over $1.8 million transacting faster.
“Investors and upgraders have been honing in on the lower north shore since interest rates started trending down in November 2011, but activity really gathered pace in the last year,” Ryan said.
“We’ve always had a strong contingent of locally-based clients, but interstate-based and overseas investors have increased their presence recently.”
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