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

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

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

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

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

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Castle Hill, the longtime hub of the Hills District, has been one of the major beneficiaries of Sydney's Metro expansion, with improved connectivity helping drive continued population growth, development and buyer demand across the Hills District.

But despite that growth, the suburb has seen relatively few major new apartment projects brought to market over the past 18 months.

Hills District developer Reve Group is looking to fill that gap with <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/nova-r-ve-castle-hill-2-garthowen-crescent-castle-hill-nsw-2154">Nova Rêve</a>, a major new mixed-use precinct on the corner of Garthowen Crescent and Old Castle Hill Road, a short walk from Castle Hill Metro Station and Castle Towers.

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The project will comprise three residential towers alongside a hotel, restaurants, cafes and a skybar, more than 1,600 sqm of ground-floor retail and almost an acre of landscaped gardens.

It represents the largest project undertaken by Reve Group, the development arm of the Kassis family, which has been building across the Hills District for more than 30 years through Kassis Homes.

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Nova Rêve also represents a significant step up from the family's first apartment development, Grand Rêve, which was delivered nearby on Garthowen Crescent.

Grand Rêve introduced larger, house-like apartment layouts and premium inclusions including Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances to the Castle Hill market.

Nova Rêve takes that approach to a precinct scale, combining the residential component with hospitality, retail and substantial public and resident landscaping.

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Reve Group Managing Director Sam Kassis said the project reflected the family's three decades of building in the Hills, which has evolved from trophy homes on quarter-acre blocks to larger-scale apartment development.

"Grand Rêve was our first apartment project here and it showed us what this pocket of Castle Hill could be. Nova Rêve is the refinement of that idea: not just apartments, but a place the whole suburb can use," Kassis said.

A key part of that approach is the hotel, which has been designed to operate as an amenity for the wider Castle Hill community rather than solely hotel guests.

It will include restaurants, cafes, skybars and all-day dining, alongside conference and event facilities catering to business functions, community groups and private events.

At ground level, more than 1,600 sqm of shops and cafes will open onto the surrounding streets and landscaped areas.

Almost an acre of gardens designed by Land and Form Studios will run through the precinct, incorporating pathways, seating, barbecue areas and children's play spaces.

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Reve Group's Romio Georges said creating an active ground plane had been central to the planning of Nova Rêve.

"There are gardens with pathways, barbecues, seating and play areas, shops and cafes opening onto the street, and a hotel with restaurants and a skybar that anyone in Castle Hill can walk into," Georges said.

The project's elevated position on one of Sydney's highest ridgelines will also provide apartments with outlooks toward the Sydney skyline, surrounding parkland and the Blue Mountains.

More than 80 per cent of the apartments will occupy corner positions, with Turner responsible for both the architecture and interiors.

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Star casino chief Matt ­Bek­ier and his wife Melinda snappily sold their seven-­bedroom, five-bathroom Vaucluse home mid-week. 
It had been listed with a $7.5 million to $8.2 million guide by Raine &amp; Horne agent Samuel Schumann.
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It seems it happened so quickly the agency hadn’t quite updated the open for inspection web notifications, so hopeful attendees were still turning up yesterday.
The three-level house last traded in 2012 for $4.05 million when sold by former rugby league player-turned hotelier Steve Bowden.
The home was bought shortly after Bekier departed Tabcorp, where he was CFO.
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Fairview’s prior owners include art dealer Marlene Antico.
It now comes with $667,000 approved plans from Weir Phillips Architects that would see a top-floor redesign, accessed by a spiral staircase as well as a lift.
The Bekier’s have owned a beachfront house at Callala Beach on Jervis Bay since 2014 that cost $1.1 million.
This article first appeared in The Sunday Telegraph.
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Star Entertainment boss Matt Bekier sells Vaucluse home in 10 days

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A Darlinghurst offering, a former 1930s Printers Lane electricity substation, was passed in on a $3.5 million vendor bid when auctioned yesterday through William Manning at McGrath Double Bay.
With a facade likened to the ­Tardis from the Dr Who television series, it had traded at $1.1 million in 2013 before its transformation into a three-level home on its 57sqm footprint by Tribe Studio.
It won the Greenway Award in the Australian Institute of Architects NSW Awards.<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-darlinghurst-133867134"> </a>
Meanwhile, the home known in rarefied architectural circles as House Eadie (pictured below) by Tribe Studio has been listed for sale.
It is a modernised herit­age-listed Surry Hills 1890s workers’ cottage.
The six-month 2011 project was led by Hannah Tribe and Ricci Bloch.
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The aim was a house that was at once toddler-friendly and also a great house for entertaining adults.
Set behind a wrought-iron picket fence, and under its Colorbond Surfmist roof, the 114sqm double-fronted home was bought for $770,000 in 2008 when dilapidated.
The price guide for the High Holburn St home is $1.85 million through Williams Phillips at BresicWhitney.
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One architectural review suggested the house was “aggressively ­unpretentious”. But that doesn’t sound like an agent’s spiel.
The next Eadie House is set for Bundeena.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph. 
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Wide Acre, the Southern Highlands retreat of ­celebrity hair stylist Joh ­Bailey and his professional equestrian partner Michael Christie, has found its next owner in just five days.
The 12ha High Range property attracted a bidding war between prospective buyers after Belle Property Bowral listing agent Di Dixon held 20 inspections in just four days.
“The phones were running hot from the second the property was listed,” Dixon said.
“I fielded over 140 email and phone call inquiries, some as far flung as ­Singapore.”
Dixon apparently sec­ured around $3.5 million.
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Bailey, who opened a salon in Bowral back in 2015, said the quick sale wasn’t foreseen.
“I was so thrilled with the five-day turnaround on the property,” Bailey told me.
“I really didn’t expect it in this climate.”
Dixon sold the property to Bailey four years ago.
“It was perfect for their horses and their lifestyle,” Dixon said, but now the ­couple were trading up for more space for themselves and for their 20 horses.
They bought it for $2.05 million in 2016, having previously had an estate at The Oaks.
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The couple renovated every aspect at Wide Acre, with even the horses kept in designer digs.
They added a five-box ­stable barn, six paddocks and a round yard.
They had planned to get married at the property in mid-March, however had to cancel due to the announcement of COVID-19 social distancing restrictions.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph. 
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Michael Croke, sentenced mid-week to three years and nine months for perverting the course of justice, secured $1.95 million for his recently sold Kings Cross office.
Croke had sought $2.3 million for the Kellett St offering through Tristan Bassey and Nick Chalipilias at Ray White to fund his legal bills.
The court charges concerned a $700,000 bag of cash seized from a person staying in the Hilton Hotel in 2011.
Croke ­assisted a criminal group in their att­empts to convince the police the money was from a legitimate source.
The two-level terrace had 170 sqm of space, with shelving full of Croke’s own case files.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph. 
 
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Jailed lawyer Michael Croke sells Potts Point terrace

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The Love Island Australia host Sophie Monk has spent around $2.25 million to quietly buy on the NSW Central Coast.
She has secured a vast three- bedroom, two-bathroom hinterland home on 8000sq m at Matcham. It was marketed as ­offering relaxed semirural living by its McGrath selling agent ­Trevor Hamilton.
The closest beaches are Wamberal and Terrigal if she wants to tear herself away from the pool at the single-level home.
There was a $250,000 renovation approved last year to the 2000-built house that last ­traded at $1.4 million in 2016.
It has a luxury master bedroom with ensuite and essential oversized walk-in ward­robe. It also has a home theatre, electric fireplace and floor-to-ceiling bookshelf in its loungeroom.
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The acreage has a natural backdrop with spacious outdoor entertaining with fireplace and built-in pizza oven.
There are just five houses currently for sale in the coastal hinterland district, located 90km from Sydney’s CBD, where the median house price in the past 12 months from 13 sales was $1,850,000, according to realestate.com.au. There was a $2 million peak when 11 acreages sold in 2018.
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Based in Los Angeles for 10 years, Monk has retained her Gold Coast ­estate, which she bought in 2016 for $1.1 million. She has put the five-bedroom, three-bathroom Helensvale home up for rent at $1200 a week.
Set on 4000sqm of land in the Riverdowns Estate, Monk had recently renovated the two-storey house. There is a pool, boat ramp and jetty on one of the Gold Coast’s renowned waterways.
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Monk got her big break in the Bardot pop group in the late 1990s. She has also starred in The Bachelorette and is now the face of Hello Fresh.
The former Gold Coast local has been with her boyfriend Joshua Gross, an entrepreneur who specialises in neurosurgical robotics, since 2018 when they met on a plane after she had just finished filming Love ­Island in Mallorca.
“I’d love to have a family one day, but we’re not trying yet,” Monk said last year.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph. 
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Sophie Monk buys Central Coast acreage

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Bob Ell, the billionaire property developer, has sold at Noosa, which is emerging as one of the hottest domestic destination property markets in the ­pandemic, given international travel restraints.
He and wife Bridget sought an ambitious $11.5 million and pocketed $9.625 million through local agent Tom Offermann.
They built the six-bedroom holiday home after they snared the Noosa Parade site in a post-global financial crisis distress sale in 2011 for $2.75 million. The prior owner had paid $4.85 million in 2007. Their construction costs were estimated at $5 million.
The Budds Beach-based father-of-seven, who heads Leda Holdings, retains Addenbrooke in Bellevue Hill as a Sydney bolthole. It was bought from Denis O’Neil for $30 million in 2015.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph. 
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Billionaire Bob Ell sells at Noosa

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The whisper is that international model Miranda Kerr liked Loggerheads, the trophy Hunter Valley vineyard, so much she has now bought it for about $7.5 million.
The Pokolbin estate includes a 36-year-old vineyard, plus the Michael Suttor-refurbished home­stead amid Paul Bangay landscaping. There’s a summerhouse, pool, orchard, vegetable garden and shiraz and gamay vines.
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It had been sold mid-June by Alan Rydge’s QT Hotels, who paid $6 million in 2016 when it was bought from the late Macquarie Bank co-founder Robin Crawford and his wife Judy. Crawford had purchased it from Trish Evans, the widow of winemaker Len Evans, for $5.15 million in 2008. It was owned by Tyrrell’s Wines before that.
Kerr (inset), now married to the Malibu-based billionaire Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel, rented the estate at Christmas 2015 when she spent time with her Gunnedah-based family, including restaurateur brother Matty, who at the time was running Nanna Kerr’s Kitchen, just down the road, with his then-fiance James Wright.
Sunflower Fun Pty Ltd, an Arnold Bloch Leibler law firm nominee ­company, is its mystery buyer.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph. 
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Champion horse trainer David Hayes and wife Prue have listed their Sydney bolthole — a Coogee garden apartment given their relocation back to Hong Kong. Being not far from his satellite stable at Randwick.
The couple bought the three-bedroom Fernside, Coogee apartment for $2.3 million in 2017.
Set in the boutique complex of eight, the 350sqm apartment has an open plan lounge and dining area that leads to a terrace and lawn.
The 2013-built unit has been listed by NG Farah agent Theo Karangis.
The Melbourne-based Hayes, the son of legendary trainer, the late Colin Hayes, was recently in a mandatory 14-day quarantine isolation in Hong Kong, ahead of taking on John Moore’s stables.
This article first appeared in the Sunday Telegraph. 
 
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Former Australian cricket captain Steve Smith has spent $6.6 million on a family home in Vaucluse.
The four-bedroom, six-bath home was inspected by Smith and his wife Dani Willis in late May, having been leasing nearby.
Danny Doff of Laing and Simmons Double Bay secured the sale which Smith and Willis will renovate extensively.
The house, which has an inground pool, gym, steam room, four-car garage, 400-bottle wine cellar and travertine-tiled outdoor entertaining terrace with a built-in BBQ and wine fridge, last traded in 2005 for $3.22 million.
It also has views out towards Sydney Harbour. Prior to buying the home, the Smiths had been renting in the area, having sold the Coogee apartment they had owned since 2011.
Smith had other reasons to celebrate this week, marking his return to training with a cheeky Instagram post.
Fully padded and wearing a helmet, he told his two million followers: “First hit in the nets in 3 months. Good news...I remembered how to hold the bat.”
Smith and the Aussie team haven’t played a competitive game since their one day international win over New Zealand in mid-March. The series was cancelled shortly after due to the pandemic.
The couple add the Vaucluse house to an already-crowded property portfolio, which also includes homes in Balmain, Birchgrove, Marrickville and Sans Souci.
This article first appeared in The Daily Telegraph.
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Former Australian cricket captain Steve Smith buys Vaucluse home

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Screenwriter and actor Craig Pearce is trading Woollahra for Bondi Beach.
Pearce, who co-wrote Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge and The Great Gatsby with Baz Luhrmann, has spent $2.45 million on a three bed apartment  bought a three-bedroom beachside unit for $2.45 million, which he will make his new Sydney base.
Mark Yeats of Raine and Horne Double Bay said the property was a popular one thanks to its “absolutely jaw-dropping view of the beach”, which stretch from Bondi Icebergs to Ben Buckler Point. 
It sold prior to its scheduled auction.
“It attracted a lot of people because of its location and that view,” Yeats told Property Confidential. “Craig came to inspect it and fell in love with it; the fact that it’s beachside and will attract an excellent rental return if he chooses to go down that road in the future was the main attraction.”
But for now, the Campbell Pde unit will be home to the screenwriter who is again working with Luhrmann on his next project - a yet-untitled biopic about Elvis Presley and his manager “Colonel” Tom Parker, who is to be played by Tom Hanks.
Progress of the film, starring young Nickelodeon and Disney star Austin Butler as Elvis, was halted indefinitely after Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson tested positive to coronavirus during pre-production work on the Gold Coast in March.
The north-facing apartment has high ceilings, whitewashed floorboards and is located in a secure boutique building. 
This article first appeared in The Daily Telegraph.
 
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