Property developer One Living, backed by former Macquarie banker turned investment manager Chris Green’s investment firm, has unveiled plans to bring more institutional capital into housing to help address the national supply crisis.

The New York-based investor has focused his firm, GreenPoint Partners, on addressing the supply shortage hitting middle market housing in Australia.

It is backing the new One Living business to develop more than 1000 units along the eastern seaboard. The new firm is starting with a development on Mona Vale Road, on the border of Mona Vale and Pymble, in Sydney’s Northern Beaches, with around 140 apartments planned. They are eyeing off more sites across the city.

With cost pressures rising in the industry, One Living’s model is to be a vertically integrated developer-builder, so it can respond directly to the housing gap by removing the cost inefficiencies embedded in traditional residential delivery.

“We are building a platform designed to operate at scale and starting in a market where there’s a clear need for quality, attainable housing,” One Living joint managing director Joseph Scuderi said.

“It’s that missing middle – it’s that attainable end of housing… that’s what most Australians invest into and what Australians can actually afford.”

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GreenPoint Partners brings years of experience assembling and scaling real estate operating businesses across major markets. And Green sees a big opportunity in Australia.

“For its size, sophistication and importance to the community, Australia’s living sector has remained largely under-institutionalised, which represents significant opportunity,” Green said. “GreenPoint identified that gap, assembled the right team, and is backing One Living to build a platform that is aligned to market needs.”

Green said being a builder-developer would give the company the capacity and flexibility it required to deliver reasonably-priced homes.

“We want it to be at that attainable level; not super high end luxury but at that attainable level,” he said.

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One Living will undertake a component of affordable housing in its schemes, which it will own and operate, and it could also run build-to-rent on some sites.

Green praised local policy settings.

“The NSW government is being very supportive, strategic and pragmatic in terms of how do we generate more supply of housing,” he said. “We think it’s actually positive for development and the bit that’s been lacking at that attainable level is that it’s lots of relatively small private developers, whereas we want to create an institutional platform.”

One Living is also&nbsp;looking at high-density projects and could take on more institutional funding in the future.

“The way we will be able to achieve economies of scale is through size,” Green added.

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One Living enters Sydney's new apartment market with Northern Beaches site acquisition

It's been several years since there's been an opportunity to buy a brand new townhome in Melbourne's coastal suburb of Mordialloc. Even apartment developments in recent times have been few and far between in the area.

Local developer LDS Property identified the gap in new housing, securing a site on White Street, directly opposite&nbsp;Woodlands Golf Club Mordialloc. They've recently launched&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-townhouses/wm-residences-mordialloc-102-white-street-mordialloc-vic-3195">WM Residences</a>, just 13 townhouses which they have already started building.

Projects by Buxton Director Heath Thompson, who is selling WM Residences, says the townhouses x that perfect middle ground be

"Mordialloc residents have had limited options to downsize within the suburb, often forcing them to look elsewhere despite long-standing ties to the area," Thompson says.

"With very little comparable new supply coming to market, projects like WM Residences are well placed, particularly as buyers look to capitalise on current conditions amid constrained supply."

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The development, designed by regarded architecture firm&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/ewert-leaf">Ewert Leaf</a>,&nbsp;adopts a deliberately restrained architectural approach, focusing on simplicity, durability and liveability rather than overt design gestures.

The boutique scale is central to the offering. With only 13 three-bedroom residences, each home is configured to prioritise functional layouts and everyday use, supported by private terraces and secure two-car garages.

Ewert Leaf’s design response leans into a calm, neutral material palette. Interiors are defined by oak flooring, white walls and soft finishes, creating a consistent and understated backdrop. The approach avoids trend-driven detailing in favour of longevity, with an emphasis on natural light and spatial clarity.

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Beyond aesthetics, the homes are designed to meet contemporary performance expectations. Each residence targets a minimum 6-star energy rating, incorporating double glazing, comprehensive insulation and all-electric Bosch appliances.

The project’s location supports a walkable coastal lifestyle, sitting within close proximity to Mordialloc’s foreshore, Main Street retail strip and the train station. Local cafés and dining venues, including Suburbia Deli and Hendriks Café, are within a short walk, reinforcing the area’s established neighbourhood character.

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While <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developments/mordialloc-vic-3195">Mordialloc</a> is often defined by its beach and pier, the project taps into other areas of day to day living, offering easy access to local food, casual dining and transport, rather than positioning itself purely as a lifestyle retreat.

WM Residences reflects a continued trend across Melbourne’s coastal suburbs towards smaller-scale, design-led townhouse developments, particularly on infill sites where proximity to amenity is already established.

With construction commenced prior to its market entry, the project aligns with a growing preference among buyers for developments with visible progress and defined delivery timeframes.

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WM Residences fills gap in Mordialloc townhouse market

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Developer GURNER™ Group has revealed $1.65 billion in residential sales nationally across the 12 months to December 2025, driven largely by the continued momentum of its Docklands wellness-focused precinct, Elysium Fields.

The sales result was generated across seven projects in Victoria and New South Wales, headlined by Elysium Fields, GURNER™’s $2.75 billion mixed-use precinct planned for Harbour Esplanade in Docklands.

The project has recorded more than $500 million in sales across the first three towers, equating to around 580 apartments sold.

The first tower, Helios, has now sold out of its 240 private residences, with GURNER™ preparing to release a premium penthouse collection comprising 15 three-bedroom penthouses in coming weeks.

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Elysium Fields is being developed on the long-held 20,000 sqm Docklands site at 208-226 Harbour Esplanade, which had remained undeveloped for more than two decades prior to GURNER™ taking over the project around four years ago.

Construction has now commenced across four towers ranging between 18 and 30 storeys, with Hamilton Marino and Maxcon appointed as builders.

Once complete, the precinct is expected to comprise around 1,100 residences, alongside retail, hospitality and public realm uses integrated throughout the site.

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Designed by Fraser &amp; Partners in collaboration with GURNER™ Design House, the project has been positioned around the developer’s broader focus on wellness-led residential living.

“We don’t sell apartments. We create a true luxury lifestyle that simply doesn’t exist elsewhere in the market today,” Founder and Executive Chairman Tim Gurner said.

“To deliver that requires an extraordinary level of detail, coordination and discipline across multiple verticals, from design and hospitality through to wellness and service.”

“We’ve always believed that living extends far beyond the physical residence. It’s about how you feel the moment you arrive, how you live day-to-day, and the ecosystem that supports that.” 
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The project’s design places a heavy focus on landscaping, wellness amenities and biophilic design principles.

Plans include around 3,700 sqm of landscaped gardens and open space throughout the precinct, alongside a retail and dining offering spanning approximately 5,000 sqm.

The broader public realm strategy centres around what GURNER™ describes as the “Path of Life”, an urban forest and landscaped pedestrian environment intended to connect the various buildings and wellness spaces across the precinct.

The apartments themselves will incorporate a range of wellness-focused inclusions, including purified air and water systems, circadian lighting, antimicrobial surfaces, and optional in-home wellness upgrades.

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Gurner said the company’s experience through its Saint Haven wellness clubs had directly informed the residential offering now being incorporated into Elysium Fields.

“We’re seeing a clear global shift toward longevity, performance and proactive health,” Gurner said.

“Our role is to deliver that in a way that feels seamless, highly private and beautifully resolved within the environments we create.”

A large component of the wellness offering is planned through the resident amenity and health facilities proposed within the precinct.

That includes plans for bathing and recovery facilities spread throughout the towers, incorporating mineral pools, saunas, steam rooms, flotation therapy, red light therapy and wellness lounges.

The developer is also seeking approvals for what it describes as a “reverse ageing medical clinic” within the precinct.

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According to project information released by the group, the proposed facility would include cryotherapy, IV infusion therapy, infrared and dry saunas, PEMF beds, MRIs, DEXA scans, brain scans and blood analysis services.

Within the first tower, Helios, residents will also have access to a dedicated amenity offering known as the Sky Private Club.

The upper 15 levels of the building will include private lounges, dining spaces, rooftop amenities and optional private wellness studios integrated within residences.

The Helios tower itself comprises 260 apartments ranging between 60 sqm and 300 sqm, including a collection of penthouses.

That includes a planned two-storey penthouse spanning around 600 sqm with uninterrupted bay views.

The Elysium Fields precinct is being delivered in partnership with Digital Harbour Holdings, a consortium that includes the Liberman family, which controls the development rights across the Docklands site.

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The sales result comes as GURNER™ continues expanding its national development pipeline beyond Victoria.

“We have a strong pipeline across Australia and are now focused on scaling into key markets including New South Wales and Queensland, while continuing to build on our Melbourne base,” Gurner said.

“We currently have more than $3 billion in the market, growing to over $5 billion by October, and expect to materially outperform last year in the 2026 calendar year.”

The result also reflects the continued strength of the upper-end apartment market in Melbourne, particularly for owner-occupier-focused product with large-scale amenity and lifestyle offerings.

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Record result anchored by the Group’s “utopian” Elysium Fields precinct – defying market headwinds in Docklands.

Elysium Fields drive Gurner to $1.65 billion in apartment sales over 2025

National Australia Bank (NAB) will fund <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/palmera-residences-gold-coast-18-garfield-terrace-surfers-paradise-qld-4217">Palmera</a>, a $1 billion, 52-level luxury residential tower being developed by Central Equity in one of the Gold Coast’s most tightly held coastal locations at Northcliffe.

The project, launched recently by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/central-equity">Central Equity</a>, one of Victoria’s largest private residential developers, comes at a time when construction funding for large residential developments has become increasingly competitive as lenders tighten exposure to the sector.

Multiplex has been appointed the builder, and construction is now underway.

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Since its first project, Central Equity has delivered more than 85 residential developments with a combined end value exceeding $8 billion.

Palmera reflects Central Equity’s growing focus on the Gold Coast luxury apartment market and continues a relationship between Central Equity and NAB that dates back to the late 1980s, when the bank funded one of Melbourne’s earliest inner-city residential towers at a time when high-rise apartment living in the CBD was largely unproven.

“NAB’s funding of Central Equity’s $36 million CBD development in the late 1980’s to the financing of the billion-dollar tower today highlights the long-term relationship between the two organisations in delivering major residential projects” said Central Equity Founder and Chairman Eddie Kutner.

He said NAB’s early support was instrumental in helping establish the company’s development model.

“When we commenced our first residential tower in the late 1980s the concept of funding off-the-plan apartments was still largely untested in Australia,” Kutner said.

“NAB recognised the opportunity early and supported the project when others were uncertain. That relationship has now continued for more than 37 years across many developments.”

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Central Equity was established in 1987 when Melbourne’s CBD and Southbank precinct were still dominated by warehouses and commercial buildings. Fewer than 100 residents lived in Southbank at the time, and large-scale residential development in the inner city was not widely considered.

Recognising changing demographics and lifestyle preferences, the company began developing high-rise residential projects designed to bring permanent residents into the city centre.

Central Equity has provided accommodation for approximately 40,000 residents across Melbourne’s CBD and Southbank, while also incorporating supporting infrastructure including essential lifestyle facilities like retail spaces, childcare facilities and neighbourhood activity centres.

Central Equity has spent many years assembling the Palmera development site on the corner of Garfield Terrace and Frederick Street in Northcliffe, creating a supersite of around 3,300 sqm.

The developer said the Palmera apartment tower reflects its long-term view of the Gold Coast as a growing and increasingly diversified economy.

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Supported by infrastructure including the light rail network, major road upgrades expanded education, hospital and medical facilities and continued expansion at the Gold Coast Airport with more internation and domestic flights.

Positioned in the tightly held Northcliffe precinct, the 52-level tower will deliver 347 apartments, targeting buyers seeking a high-end coastal lifestyle, from downsizers to interstate investors.

Designed by Marchese Partners with interiors by DBI, Palmera has been conceived as a next-generation residential offering, featuring a collection of oversized apartments, with premium three-bedroom residences offering sweeping northern views stretching from Surfers Paradise through to Burleigh Heads.

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NAB funds $1 billion Surfers Paradise apartment development, Palmera

Two years after completing one of the newest developments in North Sydney, developer <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/aqualand-australia">Aqualand</a> is turning its attention to the rapidly evolving St Leonards apartment market.

The developer, which completed AURA by Aqualand on North Sydney's Walker Street, has lodged plans for a 5,918 sqm site at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/33-37-herbert-street-st-leonards-nsw-2065">33-37 Herbert Street, St Leonards,</a> seeking approval for a pair of residential towers rising above a shared podium opposite Royal North Shore Hospital.

The proposal forms part of the broader transformation underway across the St Leonards-Crows Nest precinct, where former industrial and commercial sites are increasingly being redeveloped into high-density mixed-use projects tied to major transport infrastructure.

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According to the planning documents, the site sits “within the St Leonards–Crows Nest Strategic Centre, identified by the NSW Government as a key area for accommodating future jobs and housing across Sydney.”

The proposal has been designed by fjcstudio, formerly FJMT Studio, and is being progressed through the State Significant Development pathway due to its scale and affordable housing provision.

The scheme would comprise 413 apartments, including 46 affordable housing units, alongside retail and commercial uses fronting Herbert Street. The project would also include communal open space, landscaping, a swimming pool, gymnasium, children’s play areas and podium-level resident amenities.

Planning documents show the development would consist of a part-13, part-39 storey tower form positioned above a four-storey podium.

“The development comprises a unified podium that activates the street interface, and two setback towers to accommodate new housing supply while maintaining an appropriate human scale at ground level,” fjcstudio noted in its Design Report.

The northern and southern towers have been shaped to respond to the surrounding skyline while also limiting overshadowing impacts to nearby public open space, particularly Talus Reserve.

The design report said the differing tower heights were intended to “contribute to a varied skyline while responding to the surrounding built form context and solar access considerations.”

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The site sits directly opposite Royal North Shore Hospital and within walking distance of both St Leonards Station and the new Crows Nest Metro station.

While the site itself sits just outside the formal Crows Nest Transport Oriented Development boundary, the planning documents repeatedly reference its alignment with the broader TOD objectives reshaping the Lower North Shore.

“The site is located adjacent to St Leonards Station and in close proximity to Crows Nest Metro which is within the Crows Nest Transit Orientated Development Accelerated Precinct which has been identified by the NSW Government to support housing delivery,” the Design Verification Statement noted.

According to fjcstudio, the project has been designed to respond to the broader transition occurring across St Leonards, where increasing residential density is being concentrated around transport infrastructure and employment hubs.

“The broader precinct is undergoing significant change, with a mix of existing mid-rise buildings and newer high-density developments,” the report stated.

“Recent and approved projects indicate a consistent shift toward taller built form, typically organised as tower-and-podium typologies with more active ground levels.”

The proposal includes close to 6,000 sqm of retail and commercial space across the ground floor and podium levels, designed to create a more activated street edge along Herbert Street.

Aqualand’s plans would also introduce a landscaped podium shared between the two towers, with communal open space in the form of a podium rooftop designed to support resident interaction and improve urban greening outcomes. The scheme would also introduce pocket parks at the northern and southern ends of the site, including a landscaped area at the corner of Herbert and Ella streets designed to improve pedestrian amenity and soften the streetscape.

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The proposal is being progressed through the NSW Government’s Housing Delivery Authority pathway, which was introduced to accelerate housing supply across the state. The application was declared State Significant Development in April 2025 following an expression of interest process.

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St Leonards has been particularly active with new developments in recent weeks. Developer SP Setia’s <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/nsw/first-look-sp-setia-targets-st-leonards-skyline-with-40-storey-tod-tower">plans for a new 42-storey tower</a> recently went on exhibition through the same pathway, while <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/nsw/first-look-stockland-plans-52-storey-538-apartment-st-leonards-tower">Stockland’s 52-storey tower proposal</a> was also recently unveiled.

Aside from the St Leonards project, which is expected to take around nine months to move through the approvals process ahead of a potential 2027 launch, Aqualand is also preparing to launch Boronia, a new apartment project in Roseville comprising around 111 apartments on Larkin Street.

The developer also has approvals in place for the next stage of the Barangaroo precinct, which will feature new residential, retail, hospitality and community uses, alongside a new metro entry across the five-hectare site.

More than 50 new retail destinations are planned for Central Barangaroo, alongside a 270-metre-long boulevard connecting Hickson Park to Nawi Cove. Together with Harbour Park, more than 50 per cent of the precinct will comprise public open space and parkland.

First look: Aqualand joins St Leonards apartment party

The Block

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Nine's renovation reality show The Block is set for serious competition this year, as Ten have Australian Survivor, set to go to air this Sunday August 21 at 7.30pm.
Both coincide with the end of the Olympics where Channel Seven have understandably absorbed the strongest audience over the last two weeks.
Seven will attempt to hang on to some of their Olympic audience with new cooking show Zumbo's Just Desserts, which airs Monday, and could create a three-way reality battle, although whispers are that it is not likely to impress.
Australian Survivor sees 24 people marooned on the tropical island of Samoa with little more than clothes on their back.
Having to fend for themselves, the contestants must compete with each other, yet also build relationships so they don't find themselves being voted off the island.
The winner will earn half a million dollars at the end of the 55 day show.
The Block is again in Melbourne.
Lizzie Young, Nine Entertainment's director of innovation, partnership and customer experience, suggested she wasn't worried about the potential impact on The Block's performance.
“My view is The Block is the biggest reality format coming to television for the remainder of the year," she told Mumbrella.
"We absolutely believe in The Block. 
"We have complete confidence that it will deliver,” she said.
“It’s been a year and we know that Blockheads are hugely loyal fans, so that puts us in a really good position.”
The Block's grand finale audiences have been decreasing since 2010, and last year The Block posted its lowest finale audience to date, with 1.57 million tuning in for the grand final.
“We’ve spent this year addressing that and ensuring our content distribution strategy meets what the audience wants and to that end we launched 9Now, our live-streaming and video on demand product in February, and we’ve got 1.5m signed up subscribers to that product – and that means for this season of The Block it is available to the entire audience anytime, anywhere, on any device,” she said. 
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The New Block Port Melbourne seeks to survive against rivals in ratings chase 

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Viewers of The Block now have the opportunity to join a crowdfunding campaign to buy one of the five apartments in the upcoming Port Melbourne series.
The 12th season of The Block starts shortly on Channel 9 with five couples.
This time viewers can be actively involved as an investor for $2,500 through crowdfunder DomaCom as the DomaCom CEO Arthur Naoumidis is a fan of Australia's longest running reality show.
 “I have always been a great fan of The Block, and allowing viewers the opportunity to actually invest in one of the apartments will bring another dimension to this acclaimed program,” he said.
“Viewers will be able to use DomaCom’s platform as an investment vehicle in one or more of the apartments, effectively vastly widening the net of those viewers who can be involved at this level.
"In the past, the apartments were auctioned at the completion of the renovation, so to be involved was clearly beyond the resources of the vast majority of viewers.
"But now they can have an investment stake that doesn’t bet the farm.”
Viewers can choose the apartment or their favourite Blockheads to support, go online and open an account with DomaCom, transferring the amount they wish to invest.
They then place a 'bid' on their chosen apartment.
DomaCom will issue a formal documentation and prepare to bid at the televised auction should sufficient money be raised.
The shows latest project is a heritage-listed building in Port Melbourne, that was acquired from property developer Harry Stamoulis for around $5 million.
If successful and the apartment is purchased, DomaCom will appoint a property manager to ensure the apartment is tenanted and the investors will each receive their share of the rent and future capital growth.
Investors can also sell their share at any time using DomaCom's online platform.
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Block viewers can crowd fund their favourite apartment

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The weekend sale of a former The Block project offering at a loss highlighted the risk of buying under the gaze of the television bright lights.
The <a href="https://www.propertyobserver.com.au/https://www.jelliscraig.com.au/property-details-2-1a-Affleck-Street-South-Yarra/383097" target="_blank">2/1a Affleck St, South Yarra</a> apartment was among 626 homes put to weekend auction in Melbourne, now the adopted home of the soon to return Channel 9 renovation stress series that began in Sydney in 2003.
The whole floor former Hotel Saville apartment — transformed on the Blocktagon last year by Caro and Kingi - sold to owner-occupiers for $1.722 million.
Despite three bidders, the sale price through the Jellis Craig agency was $13,000 less than its $1.735 million price as last November’s televised auction.
Selling agent Nathan Waterson noted it was was sold without its furniture, which he estimated to be worth $150,000.
The vendors had won the apartment in a $2 ticket purchase in the Mater Prize Home lottery.
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The Block South Yarra apartment falls short of prior auction price

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The fraud case against a former South Australian young BRW rich-lister, Cathy Jayne Pearce, has been thrown out by a Queensland Magistrate Court judge because prosecutors weren't ready to start her trial.
Cathy Pearce was there for what was expected to be a three-day trial over an alleged car insurance fraud.
The charge against the 43-year-old, valued at $30,000 or more, dated to 2008.
Judge Julie Ryrie refused a request by the prosecution to adjourn the case because it did not have all of the information required to proceed.
"There is an obligation upon the Crown to prosecute in a timely way," she said.
The former Adelaide real estate identity mentions on her LinkedIn page that she was "considered as the South Australian property princess during the 1990s.
She hit headlines when she was a buyer at The Block series in Manly.
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Sunnybrae, one of the cottages from The Block All Stars television series, is back up for sale in Bondi with $2.2 million expectations.
It was the 2013 reno undertaken by "the two fat tradies," Mark Bowyer and Duncan Miller.
Listed through Alexander Phillips of Phillips Pantzer Donnelley,<a href="https://www.ppdre.com.au/1P1812" target="_blank"> the 10 Tasman Street semi</a> fetched $1.375 million in the show's auction finale when sold to the Hatton family.
It was the cheapest of the four 275 sqm semi's as the home sale bagged the contestant duo just $25,000 profit, nearly $200,000 behind third placed contestants, Dan Reilly and Dani Wales.
The Adelaide couple Phil Rankine and Amity Dry won the series with their semi, Kildrummie selling through 1st City Real Estate with auctioneer Damien Cooley securing $1.67 million, some $295,000 over reserve. 
Some things have changed at Sunnybrae since then as a garden pool has been added off its open plan kitchen and vergola shaded entertaining terrace.
Set on 275 sqm, the circa 1910 family home has three bedrooms, but just the one bathroom.
After the producers spent around $5.2 million on the initial four side by side acquistions there was the costly rebuild renovation which came with a Waverley Council approved $800,000 development application, and then the contestant couples expenditure on their renovations and styling.
Mark and Duncan's was the most eclectic house. Remember the rhino heads in the bathroom? They are still there as wall features.
Even the cowprint splashback in the kitchen is still insitu.
"The custom-appointed home's alluring interiors and eco-friendly design combine to deliver a wonderful environment for family living and entertaining," listing agent Alexander Phillips said.
"The fluid layout and landscaped garden oasis with gas-heated pool epitomises laidback beachside living 600 metres through the gully to Tamarama Beach," he added.
Sydneysiders Mark and Duncan met by chance in a timber yard more than 20 years ago and have been close friends ever since. They first appeared on the series in the 2010 Vaucluse renovation where their $47,000 winnings was the smallest of the contestant take home prizes.
Channel 9's The Block has become exclusively Melbourne based since the Bondi series because the producers complained Sydney local councils were less accommodating and prices were dearer here too.
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Mark and Duncan's The Block Bondi All Stars semi on market

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The Block WA sibling contestants Luke and Ebony Haythornthwaite have started their own businesses.
The brother-sister duo have used the $640,000 they won on the reality renovation show to start their own businesses.
Carpenter Luke launched Allure Landscapes and Construction with a friend four weeks ago.
Ebony has moved to Melbourne where she will soon launch her interior design company, The Visionary Co.
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The Block siblings start their own businesses

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The two time Block renovation contestants, Dea and Darren Jolly have been working for their first big commercial project away from the show.
"Renovating our first house, and then competing in two back-to-back series of the television renovating competition The Block, my husband, Darren, and I experienced a fast and intense initiation into the world of building and renovating," she told Fairfax Media.
She said their learning curve was very steep.
"Building, renovating and real estate are our passions.
"By the end of the second series and Darren’s subsequent registration as a builder, we felt well prepared to tackle our own projects with our design-andconstruct business, D+D Home."
It is the renovation and extension of a California bungalow in Kew.
She has compiled a checklist of points crucial in the success of our projects that complement the usual checklists available
1. Create a decorating file.
Having a clear picture of what you want to achieve with a file for every room will not only help you to stay focused while making so many decisions, but will also give you something to refer to when describing your style to tradesmen and suppliers.
2. Get at least three quotes for every element of the build.  
3. Be realistic about renovation costs. Factor in that everything will cost about 30 per cent more and take 25 percent longer than expected.  
4. Keep receipts. Be vigilant about keeping every receipt for any future returns, warranty claims and tax purposes.
5. Be nice to everyone. Treating your tradies with respect will help you to achieve a better result.
6. Trust your instinct. It’s your home – do what you love. 
7. Map it out. Get your tape measure and a can of spray paint out and measure and mark out everything on the floor. 
8. Be on site as much as possible. 
9. Accept that it will be stressful. 
10. Take pictures. 
11. Pick a friend and a source of inspiration to refer back to. 
Pic courtesy of Domain.
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The Block's Dea Jolly's 11 top renovation tips

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The much televised terrace at 403 Dorcas Street, South Melbourne was certainly the celebrity weekend auction offering in Melbourne, though selling without much fanfare at $1.73 million.
It featured in <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-south+melbourne-122178618" target="_blank">The Block, Channel 9 series in 2012</a> when bought by the Energy Watch boss Daniel Wallis at $1,400,001.01 after its renovation by brothers, Mike and Andrew Jones.
The weekend bidding kicked off at $1.6 million with the four bedroom terrace on the market at $1.72 million.
With its preference now for Melbourne, The Block offerings are increasingly omnipresent with the South Yarra apartment renovated by Kingi and Caro in the hit renovation show lastyear, set to be raffled off as part of Mater Prize Homes prize draw.
The stressful renovation show is rumoured to return to air soon with a Port Melbourne warehouse makeover of the former Velvet soap factory administration office of J Kitchen &amp; Co.
 
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The Block, South Melbourne terrace sale without fanfare

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The South Yarra apartment renovated by Kingi and Caro in the hit renovation show, The Block is set to be raffled off as part of Mater Prize Homes prize draw.
The level two, three bedroom apartment with outdoor terrace and built in barbecue offers views across Melbourne's CBD.
The couple finished third in the show, seeing the first auction of the night selling for $1.735 million, making them a profit of just over $400,000.
The apartment is located in the former seedy Hotel Saville, an octagon shaped building in South Yarra.
Yourtown, formerly BoyzTown, are too offering a multi-million dollar property as part of their prize fund.
Their top prize is a $1.975 million, three storey, Alexandra Headland property including over $155,000 of furniture.
The singular tickets are $2.
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The Block apartment new Mater Prize Home 

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Energy Watch boss Daniel Wallis has listed his South Melbourne terrace which was bought in the fifth series of The Block.
The entrepreneur made headlines at the 2012 auction paying $1,400,001.01 to secure <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-south+melbourne-122178618" target="_blank">403 Dorcas Street</a>.
The renovators were New South Wales brothers Andrew and Mike Jones, who had a reserve of $966,000.
At the time of sale, Wallis planned to provide the house to parents of sick children staying at the Royal Children’s Hospital.
Hocking Stuart’s David Wood has listed the home with price expectations of more than $1.6 million at its April 9 auction.
The four-bedroom terrace offers two ground-floor entertainment spaces and a rooftop winter garden terrace with a bar overlooking the CBD.
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