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

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The Marlborough House proposal, lodged for the <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/marlborough-house-47-97-marlborough-street-surry-hills-nsw-2010">47-97 Marlborough Street</a> site, would see the adaptive reuse of the heritage-listed warehouse building alongside the construction of new residential additions and a separate apartment building on the northern portion of the site.

The proposal seeks approval for 172 apartments across three buildings, including 15 per cent affordable housing managed by a community housing provider for at least 15 years from occupation.

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Interior view from the Northern Building Penthouse overlooking the park

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The redevelopment is planned for the prominent 3,413 sqm site bounded by Marlborough Street, Goodlet Street and Lansdowne Street, directly opposite Eddie Ward Park and around 200 metres from the Surry Hills light rail stop.

Time &amp; Place acquired the former David Jones building in 2024, marking the first time the property had changed hands in around 50 years.

Designed by Wardle, the proposal centres around the adaptive reuse of the former David Jones factory, originally constructed between 1913 and 1935 in the Inter-War Chicagoesque architectural style.

Wardle noted in its Architectural Design Report that the building “occupies a significant place in the industrial and cultural history of Surry Hills” and at its peak was “the largest department store manufacturing facility in Australia, employing over 800 people and fuelling the growth of Sydney’s fashion and retail industries.”

The practice said the project positions itself “not as an isolated intervention, but as a contributor to the civic, social, and architectural grain of the precinct.”

The proposal would deliver 75 apartments within the retained southern heritage building, 59 apartments within the central addition, and a further 38 apartments within the new northern building fronting Lansdowne Street.

Planning documents show the scheme would comprise a mix of heritage apartments, new-build apartments, townhouses and penthouses.

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The development would also include a ground-floor retail tenancy on the corner of Marlborough and Lansdowne streets, rooftop communal open space, a landscaped pedestrian link along the western edge of the site, and basement parking accessed from Lansdowne Street via a car stacker system.

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The scheme emerged from a competitive design process run by Urbis, with Wardle ultimately selected as the winning architect ahead of FJC Studio, TZG, Architectus and Wilkinson Eyre.

The Design Integrity Panel later described several aspects of the Wardle scheme as fundamental to the project, including “the stepped character of the new addition to the north of the site”, the landscaped western pedestrian link, and the “garden arrival” experience separating the original Marlborough House from the heritage addition.

Wardle’s design heavily references the site’s industrial and heritage history, while also responding to the surrounding Surry Hills streetscape.

The Architectural Design Report describes Surry Hills as “a finely grained neighbourhood with beautiful and expressive brickworks throughout the suburb,” with the proposal introducing a material palette intended to sit comfortably alongside the existing warehouse fabric and neighbouring terraces.

The report also outlines the project’s relationship with Eddie Ward Park and the broader landscape context of the area.

“Marlborough House occupies a site of deep cultural memory and the neighbouring Eddie Ward Park is of local ecological significance, where natural systems, topography, and stories have long shaped human experience,” Wardle noted in the report.

The architects said the proposal sought to “rebind built form to Country” through landscape, materiality and the adaptive reuse of the heritage structure.

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The project is also being progressed under the NSW Government’s in-fill affordable housing provisions, allowing developments that include affordable housing to access additional height and floor space incentives.

Under the plans, 2,593 sqm of the project’s floor space would be dedicated to affordable housing, slightly exceeding the required 15 per cent threshold.

In its Design Excellence Strategy, Urbis said the project aimed to “sensitively adapt and enhance the heritage-listed building on site through alterations and additions that preserve its historical significance” while delivering “high-quality market and infill affordable housing development in Surry Hills.”

Time &amp; Place has been one of the most active developers nationally in the last 12 to 24 months. Late last year they completed&nbsp;The Queensbridge in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developments/southbank-vic-3006">Southbank</a>, a mixed-use tower with 353 apartments and a hotel. They are currently selling Park Modern, 246 apartments near the famous Botanic Gardens in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developments/south-melbourne-vic-3205">South Melbourne</a>, and have future projects, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/the-wilmot-173-burke-road-28-hope-street-glen-iris-vic-3146">The Wilmot</a>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/glen-iris-vic-3146">Glen Iris</a>, the redevelopment of the Northcote Plaza, and another tower in South Melbourne.

The developer broke into Sydney just a few years ago with Two Tides in Manly. They have another project nearby, which is at the ultra-luxury end of the market on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/buildings/shoreline-manly-beach-89-90-north-steyne-manly">North Steyne</a>, fronting the beach.

It is also continuing to work through the <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/nsw/first-look-time-place-settles-on-design-for-the-chimes-potts-point-redevelopment">redevelopment of The Chimes building</a> on Macleay Street in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developments/potts-point-nsw-2011">Potts Point</a>, as well as a project on <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/nsw/time-place-to-take-on-mosman-apartment-market">Mosman's Redan Street</a>.
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First look: Time & Place unveils Marlborough House redevelopment designs for former David Jones warehouse in Surry Hills

The residential transformation of St Kilda Road is set to continue into with more new apartment plans for the sought-after boulevard.

Wing Tai Asia has lodged plans for a major residential tower at 464-466 St Kilda Road, replacing the former VACC House with an 18-storey mixed-use development designed around a retained heritage podium and a sculpted contemporary tower.

The proposal, prepared under Victoria’s Significant Residential Development with Affordable Housing pathway, would deliver 325 apartments and ground-floor retail across the prominent 4,653 sqm boulevard site in Melbourne’s St Kilda Road North Precinct.

The project centres on the adaptive reuse of the site’s heritage-listed VACC Building, an eight-storey office designed by Bernard Evans that has occupied the address for decades. Planning documents state the development would involve “carefully dismantling and conserving off-site the original metal fabric of the podium visible from St Kilda Road,” before reinstating it as the defining frontage of the new scheme.

Above the restored podium, Wing Tai is proposing a curvilinear residential tower. The scheme includes 172 one-bedroom apartments, 63 two-bedroom apartments, 66 three-bedroom apartments, and 24 four-bedroom apartments, alongside two ground-floor food and beverage tenancies fronting St Kilda Road.

The tower has been designed with substantial articulation and variable setbacks to minimise perceived bulk and maintain view corridors along the boulevard. Urbis, which prepared the planning report, said the design “has been significantly articulated through a curvilinear design” with “an interplay with materials, façade expression and depth” to create visual separation and visual interest.

The proposal also includes 254 basement car spaces, landscaped pedestrian links connecting St Kilda Road and Queens Lane, and a biophilic landscape strategy featuring canopy trees, raised planters, cascading greenery and a glass oculus pool overlooking the eastern frontage.

Planning documents confirm the $270.1 million development will contribute 3 per cent of project costs to the Social Housing Growth Fund as part of the application process.

Wing Tai acquired the St Kilda Road property in 2018 alongside Abacus Property Group for $95.38 million, before later consolidating ownership of the site. The property previously served as the Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce headquarters for around 60 years.

The transformation of the St Kilda Rd boulevard is already beginning to materialise, with a number of high-profile projects recently completed, launched, or approaching launch as developers continue to back the long-term appeal of the precinct.

Among the most notable recent completions is Louise by Samuel Property Group, just off the strip on Queens Lane, the same pocket Hirsch &amp; Faigen recently launched The Queensbury. Mirvac is too on the same street with The Albertine, which is approaching completion.

Dexus recently secured approval for its slice of St Kilda Road, while Gurner also has approved plans for the precinct.

Wing Tai unveils 325-apartment St Kilda Road tower on former VACC House site

Malaysian developer <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/s-p-setia">SP Setia</a> is the latest to jump into St Leonards booming Transport Oriented Development precinct.

The developer, which has previously delivered Sapphire by the Gardens apartment development in Melbourne, identified the Atchison Street site in 2023. It filed a Scoping Report around 12 months ago, and now has revealed the designs for the new&nbsp;40-storey mixed-use tower.

The State Significant Development Application covers <a href="https://next-portal.urban.com.au/projects/14650/summary">20-22 Atchison Street</a>, a 1,374 sqm site positioned between St Leonards Station and the new Crows Nest Metro station.

Designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/cox-architecture">COX Architecture</a>, the project would deliver 181 apartments, above a four-storey commercial podium, five basement levels, and new public domain works along Mitchell Street. The apartment mix comprises 35 one-bedroom apartments, 39 one-bedroom-plus-study apartments, 85 two-bedroom apartments, and 22 three-bedroom residences.

The proposal has been lodged as a shop-top housing development under the NSW Government’s TOD planning pathway, which allows increased density around key transport infrastructure. The site sits within the recently rezoned Crows Nest Accelerated TOD Precinct.

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SP Setia acquired the Atchison Street site as part of its continued expansion into the Australian apartment market. In comments made to City &amp; Country (The Edge Malaysia) in 2023, SP Setia President and CEO Datuk Choong Kai Wai described the acquisition as “a strategic move” aligned with the group’s post-pandemic market recovery strategy.

“Our target for this exceptional development is local and overseas buyers, including first-home buyers, downsizers and investors,” Choong said.

The tower has been designed as a slender vertical form rising from a mixed-use podium, with COX Architecture positioning the development as a response to the evolving St Leonards and Crows Nest skyline.

“The purpose of the project is to facilitate the delivery of high-quality housing at a strategically located site and deliver a built tower outcome that is consistent with the desired future character of St Leonards and aligns with the TOD controls,” the design report stated.

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The podium would incorporate retail uses fronting Atchison Street, commercial tenancies, landscaped communal areas, and pedestrian improvements along Mitchell Street. Vehicle access and loading would be consolidated via Atchison Lane.

Residents would have access to more than 665 sqm of communal indoor and outdoor spaces, while the development proposes 96 parking spaces across five basement levels.

The proposal also includes a commitment for 10 per cent of residential floor space to be allocated toward affordable housing through a monetary contribution.

COX said the tower form responds directly to the emerging high-density character of the precinct while seeking to maximise solar access, cross ventilation, and outlook from apartments.

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“The building is orientated towards north,” the Apartment Design Guide compliance report noted, adding that the tower’s slim form was driven by the constrained inner-urban site dimensions.

The design also incorporates landscaped setbacks and communal open space at podium level, intended to soften the interface with surrounding streets and improve pedestrian amenity.

The project adds to a growing wave of redevelopment proposals reshaping St Leonards and Crows Nest following the opening of the Sydney Metro City line and the NSW Government’s push for higher-density housing around major transport nodes.

Last week Stockland filed plans just down the road. They want to build a <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/601-pacific-highway-st-leonards-nsw-2065">52-storey tower on Pacific Highway</a>.

Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/nsw/first-look-stockland-plans-52-storey-538-apartment-st-leonards-tower">First look: Stockland plans 52-storey, 538-apartment St Leonards tower&nbsp;</a>

First look: SP Setia targets St Leonards skyline with 40-storey TOD tower

The Block

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The Block home designed Sticks and Wombat has been described as exuding the warmth and charm the infectious duo are famous for.
The marketing says it is fitting that the real characters of this years The Block would craft a home of such character and personality.
Built with an extensive use of reclaimed timber, the <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-elsternwick-126568418" target="_blank">five bedroom home</a> comes with a 'James Bond' hidden wine cabinet and a private landscaped garden with heated Container pool.
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The New South Wales representatives won the hallway week and more recently the front facade and garden week, the last reveal of the competition.
Noel Jones Doncaster agents Daniel D'Assisi and David Fileccia have the listing.
 
 
 
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The Block Elsternwick: Sticks and Wombats home

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The Block renovation of Ronnie and Georgia was the only home not to be advertised with reference to show.
Biggin &amp; Scott agents Daniel Ashton and Angelos Stefanis decided against advertising the home off the hit renovation show.
They described the transformation of the <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-elsternwick-126572994" target="_blank">1920s home</a> as having a picturesque façade to breathtaking brilliance.
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The whole-floor parent's retreat was described as 5-star hotel style, and the lounge dramatic and moody.
The Perth couple, who are second favourites for the show, have flipped 10 properties together over the last 12 years.
They have won guest bedroom week and studio week.
 
 
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The Block Elsternwick: Ronnie and Georgia's home

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The Block Elsternwick home of Jason and Sarah has been described as sophisticated and seductive in every single way in its listing.
Gary Peer agents Jeremy Rosens and Daniel Micmacher <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-elsternwick-126572486" target="_blank">marketed the home</a> as an "exquisite residence with no expense spared".
The couple have had multiple warnings about their over budgeting throughout the show.
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The home features brushed gold tap wear, solid brass accents and marble and bespoke timber throughout.
The couple from Victoria won kitchen week which their state of the art kitchen with Caesarstone and Bosch appliances and a butler's pantry.
 
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The Block Elsternwick: Jason and Sarah's home

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The Block homes are set for sale this weekend as this year's Elsternwick series comes to an end.
Townsville couple Clint and Hannah's modern home, known as <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-elsternwick-126578466" target="_blank">Henderson House</a>, is being marketed by The Agency as reminders of yesterday with luxuries for today.
The designer Regent Street home has five bedrooms and three bathrooms. 
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Clint is a former Australian professional rugby league player.
The couple's first week on The Block was a disaster as they were hit with a $61,000 bill for their main bathroom as their tilers did a substandard job.
Peter Kakos and Sam Babalis have the listing.
 
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The Block Elsternwick: Clint and Hannah's home

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The Elsternwick properties renovated on this year’s series of The Block have hit the market for October 28 auction.
The indicative sale prices for all five homes are between $2.4 million and $2.64 million, which is not an indication of the auction day reserve price.
Market commentators have suggested previously the homes ought fetch $3 million.
Ronnie and Georgia’s house is listed for sale with Biggin &amp; Scott Elsternwick.
Elyse and Josh’s house, 46A, is for sale through Hocking Stuart Caulfield.
Clint and Hannah’s house, <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-elsternwick-126578466" target="_blank">46D Regent Street</a>, is being sold by The Agency.
Jason and Sarah’s property has been listed through Gary Peer. 
NSW mates, Sticks and Wombat’s grey five-bedroom house has been listed through Noel Jones.
 
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Conservative price estimates given by The Block Elsternwick listing agents

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A sub-penthouse South Melbourne apartment that appeared on The Block Sky High series in 2013 is back up for sale.
It was designed by Sydneysiders Madi and Jarrod Coppock in the green-orientated refurbishment of a former 1960s motel which now comes with an 8 star rating.
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<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-apartment-vic-south+melbourne-126450398" target="_blank">The four bedroom apartment, with enclosed sandstone terrace</a>, finished runner up in the season finale, falling short of the prize by $4,000 after scoring a $1,601,000 auction result.
John Holdsworth from Greg Hocking Holdsworth are marketing the four bedroom, three bathroom apartment for an October 14 auction with $1.8 million to $1.95 million price guidance.
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They aren't marketing it as a former Block product.
This article was first published in The Weekend Australian property section.
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Madi and Jarrod's sub-penthouse from The Block Sky High series listed

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No price clues came from weekend Elsternwick auction results on the likely worth of the five relocated restored homes that featured in last night's premiere of The Block's latest series.
The weatherboard cottages will be auctioned in around 12 weeks time.
The low-key Melbourne suburb had four weekend auctions - but they were all apartments.
They sold between <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-unit-vic-elsternwick-125870294" target="_blank">$606,000</a> (above) for a one bedroom on Orrong Road and <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-apartment-vic-elsternwick-125841406" target="_blank">$910,000</a> for a two bedroom McCrombie Street apartment that had been tipped to fetch $880,000.
Elsternwick's July house sales have ranged between $1.4 million to $1.975 million.
Moving an entire home is not something that is common, but as its been done on The Block, it will no doubt become more fashionable. For more information about moving entire homes download our handy eBook.
The Block debuted last night for its 13th season with 1.117m metro viewers tuning in.
The premiere was up on last year’s launch audience of 1.074m, according to OzTAM’s overnight preliminary metro ratings.
 
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The Block was the most-watched program across key advertising demographics 16-39, 18-49 and 25-54.
Debuting at 7:30pm last night, Ten’s Australian Survivor managed 639,000 metro viewers, shedding 144,000 viewers from last year’s debut.
Seven’s Sunday Night was the most-watched program for the evening with 1.334 million tuning in to hear Princes William and Harry speak of their mother’s death for the first time.
Elsternwick is named after an early property in the area, which was named from German and Anglo-Saxon words meaning "magpie" and "village" respectively.
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Elsternwick weekend auctions offer no clue to The Block relocated home pricing 

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The Block co-host Shelley Craft and her husband, real estate agent Christian Sergiacomi, both have a very keen eye for property in their daytime jobs.
And in their downtime they do more than dabble.
The couple have just secured a $1.35 million land parcel on Byron Bay's Belongil peninsula.
They secured a 650 sqm non-beachfront building parcel, which is around 150 metres from the popular beach that holds a special place in the couple's hearts.
They got married on the beach in 2009, calling it their “most special place in the world”.
Craft recently posted a picture to Instagram of the beach with saying "Is this anyone else's idea of perfection???"
They're now set to build a beach house to utilize as a Belongil Beach holiday rental. No doubt it will be a Shelley's beach house style project.
It came with $400,000 approved work plans from 2014.
They have engaged architect Paul Uhlmann, who is also designed their current home within the town which they secured for $3 million last year.
That's getting a pool, pergola and poolhouse.
Their purchase in the thriving town came after they sold their luxury hinterland holding The McLeod Shoot home fetched $2.55 million last year bought by the former Bronte based entrepreneur Justin Butterworth who pioneered online holiday home rental websites in Australia.
Craft got some design tips from fellow Block stars Darren Palmer and Shaynna Blaze after the property was bought from the McGettigan pioneering family who first settled in Byron Bay in 1882.
Craft, whose career kicked of with presenting roles on Seven's Saturday Disney and The Great Outdoors, then Australia's Funniest Home Video Show, is busy co-hosting the hit Channel Nine renovation series The Block.
The 13th season which is being filmed in Melbourne's Elsternwick involves the restoration of old homes hauled onto the site.
It is likely to be begin in August.
Craft met Sergiacomi when they traveled the world together on The Great Outdoors in 2007. Sergiacomi was working as a cameraman at the time.
They have two daughters.
Sergiacomi, now a sales agent at Byron Bay Property sales, had a hand in the biggest sale in Byron Bay last year.
It came when businessman Mark Rowsthorn, chief of transport company McAleese, sold holiday home on the exclusive Marine Parade to Burra Foods boss Grant Crothers for $8 million.
This article was first published in The Saturday Daily Telegraph.
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The Block co-host Shelley Craft buys Byron land parcel

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The new season of The Block features contestants renovating five separate neighbouring detached weatherboard period houses that were transported to The Block's building site in Melbourne's Elsternwick.
The contestants will have 12 weeks and a renovation budget of $250,000.
The show airs July 30.
Channel Nine paid $9.4 million for the vacant 3000-square-metre block on Regent Street, some nine kilometres from the CBD.
The contestants will renovate the ageing houses which transported to the site from Pascoe Vale, Moonee Ponds, Brunswick, Preston and Brighton.
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This season’s contestants include:
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<li>Friends Sticks (carpenter and photographer) and Wombat (salesman) from the South Coast of New South Wales</li>
<li>Couple Ronnie (plasterer and handyman) and Georgia (kid’s clothing designer) from Perth, WA</li>
<li>Couple Hannah (ex-Qantas hostess and ground crew) and Clint (property salesman) from Townsville, Queensland</li>
<li>Couple Jason (plumber) and Sarah (nurse) from Victoria</li>
<li>Couple Josh (carpenter) and Elyse (model) from Melbourne, Victoria</li>
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Host Scott Cam was reported as saying contestants have their work cut out for them, with five beautiful old homes to be renovated.
“They’re all in their nineties now, relics from a bygone era, and sure, they need some TLC, but it would have been heartbreaking to see them all bulldozed,” he said.
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Co-host Shelley Craft said the contestants will be renovating the houses on large, 470 square metre blocks. Each home will also have an extension built, with open plan living, dining and kitchen, along with an upstairs master suite.
Domain managing editor Alice Stolz said once upon a time Elsternwick was one of Melbourne’s best kept secrets.
"But in the past few years it has become one of Melbourne’s ultimate suburbs.
"It appeals to families, savvy professionals and expats for the high-quality schools in the area, as well as offering the best of Melbourne lifestyle."
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Detached transported period homes The Block's next challenge on Elsternwick street

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The Block contestants, Gavin Atkins and Warren Sonin, or 'Gav and Waz', have quietly bought back into Potts Point.
They have snapped up an $890,000 one bedroom apartment in the Zenith building that was on the market for just eight days.
<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-apartment-nsw-potts+point-124922718" target="_blank">Their purchase</a> (above) is merely another investment as they remain living on the Sunshine Coast hinterland.
The duo call Cooroy Mountain home, having splashed $2.7 million late last year on Riverdale, a vast residence completed by a Zimbabwean builder on then four hectare estate.
Adjoining the lush rainforest, their hillside home has generous proportions with soaring raked ceilings, certainly not what you'd get in an inner city apartment.
BresicWhitney Darlinghurst agent James Peach sold them the 65 sqm Zenith apartment which comes with large outdoor terrace with views over the harbour and the city.
The 18th floor Darlinghurst Road apartment was marketed as having a weekly rental return of $640, nearly a four percent yield.
Its sale price was not quite double its prior sale when sold by the developers for $480,000 in 2006, after its conversion from the Hyatt Kingsgate Hotel.
The couple, who run their own successful interior designer company Designer Boys, left Sydney early this year, selling their two bedroom Altair, Potts Point apartment for $2.6 million.
"Moving north was the best decision we have ever made," Warren told me yesterday.
It was 2003 when the duo finished third in the first series of Chanel 9 renovation series, The Block when it was filmed in a four unit complex on Bondi's Roscoe Street.
Crazy John, the phone retailer, paid $670,000 after their makeover to the Bondi Beach apartment.
Before entering the competition, Sonin was a sales manager and Atkins worked as a public relations manager.
This article first appeared in the Sunday Telegraph.
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