Local developer Harridan is seeking to turn its Woolloongabba apartment project into the first stage of a broader transformation of Burke Street, using a new 16-storey mixed-use building to establish a greener pedestrian connection toward the rapidly evolving Boggo Road transport and knowledge precinct.

The South East Queensland developer has filed plans for 154 apartments on the <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/4-burke-street-woolloongabba-qld-4102">southern side of Burke Street</a>, where its proposal has been designed alongside a wider vision by LatStudios for the street.

That vision positions the southern side of Burke Street for buildings of 15 storeys and above, while envisaging lower-rise development of up to five storeys on the northern side to transition into Woolloongabba's existing character housing. It also proposes wider pedestrian verges, deep planting, new street trees and upgrades to the pedestrian approach to Boggo Road Station.

The Harridan development itself has been designed by Brisbane-based Arqus Design and will comprise 154 apartments across 16 storeys. The mix is weighted heavily toward two-bedroom apartments, with 121 proposed alongside 10 one-bedroom and 23 three-bedroom residences. There will typically be around 14 units per floor.

A lower-ground car park and three podium levels will accommodate 156 resident parking spaces, along with visitor and commercial parking. There will also be 154 resident bicycle spaces and 40 visitor bicycle parks.

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Harridan is a family-owned developer and part of the Holmwood Highgate Group, with more than three decades of development activity across South East Queensland. Its portfolio spans residential, commercial and industrial property, with current residential projects including Riverbank on Byron in Bulimba, Esperance Residences in Carina and The Precinct at Kinross Road in Thornlands.

Wooloongabba has been popular for apartment developers, particularly since the announcement of the 2032 Summer Olympics games in Brisbane.

While there have been a lot of development applications, it has failed to materialize into real supply.&nbsp;

Sarazin has been the major player in the area. They are under construction at Murcia Residences, on the fringe of East Brisbane and Woolloongabba. They have just launched <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/the-stanley-residences-woolloongabba-8-trafalgar-street-woolloongabba-qld-4102">The Stanley Residences</a>, in Woolloongabba on Trafalagar Street. They also have Nuage coming soon on the nearby <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/nuage-woolloongabba-14-wellington-road-woolloongabba-qld-4102">Wellington Road</a>.

Joel Robinson

First look: Harridan plans Burke Street transformation beside Boggo Road transport hub

IN BRIEF

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	Just three double-storey Sky Homes sit at the top of The Waterline, each with its own private marina berth and rooftop terrace.
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	Construction on The Waterline is complete, with the first residents expected to move in from mid-October.
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Lewis Land has opened the first completed sky home for inspection at Harbour Shores, giving buyers their first opportunity to step inside one of just three double-storey residences crowning The Waterline.

Each sky home comes with its own private marina berth, rooftop terrace and Broadwater views, combining the scale of a larger home with direct access to the boating lifestyle that underpins the wider <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/harbour-shores-biggera-waters-564-oxley-drive-biggera-waters-qld-4216">Harbour Shores</a> masterplan.

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Lewis Land Head of Development Michael Long said the inclusion of a berth with every Sky Home had become increasingly valuable as marina access across the Gold Coast tightened.

“Marina berths are becoming increasingly difficult to secure across the Gold Coast, so including one with every Sky Home makes this a genuinely rare offering,” Long said.

“The private 70-berth marina will accommodate boats up to 12 metres in length and is positioned just 2.5 kilometres from the Broadwater, placing the open ocean only 15 minutes away.

“Being able to step out of your home onto your boat is a rare luxury, and it’s something residents here can look forward to when it opens later this year.”

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The display opening comes as construction completes on The Waterline, with the first residents expected to move in from mid-October.

The three Sky Homes range from 282 sqm to 367 sqm and each feature three bedrooms, three bathrooms, multiple living zones, expansive kitchens with butler's pantries and large balconies taking in the Broadwater outlook.

Each residence also has three secure basement car spaces and additional storage.

“This is the first opportunity the Gold Coast has had to step into Harbour Shores and see, touch and feel what we’re bringing to life here,” Long said.

“There are only three Sky Homes within The Waterline, ranging in size from 282sqm to 367sqm, with each residence featuring three large bedrooms, three bathrooms, multiple living zones, expansive custom-built kitchens with butler’s pantry, and large balconies capturing Broadwater views.”

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Residents of The Waterline will have access to a private pool, along with Harbour Shores' wider collection of amenity including a lagoon pool, social clubhouse, tennis court, gym, yoga facilities and sauna.

Lewis Land partnered with Studio Collective to furnish the completed display, with the interiors designed to demonstrate how the residences could function as permanent homes rather than simply as show apartments.

Studio Collective Director Melissa Park said the surrounding waterways informed the interiors, but in a more restrained way than a traditional coastal scheme.

“We drew inspiration from the canals and coastal surrounds, but our approach was to interpret that subtly through layered materials and a grounded palette of earthy tones, rather than literal coastal references,” Park said.

“We introduced hero moments of green and teal to reference the surrounding waterways, while mirrored elements help reflect natural light.

“The result is a residence that feels elevated yet comfortable, somewhere buyers can genuinely imagine themselves living, entertaining and unwinding.”

Sky Homes are priced from $3.65 million.

Lewis Land is also offering private marina berths with The Residences, its limited collection of three and four-bedroom villas positioned directly along the Harbour Shores waterfront boardwalk.

Three-bedroom villas are priced from $2.99 million, while four-bedroom residences start from $3.19 million.

Harbour Shores is being marketed by Colliers International.

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Lewis Land opens sky home display as The Waterline completes at Harbour Shores

St Vincent de Paul Society Housing Australia has filed plans for a major mixed-use housing precinct on the southern edge of the North Sydney CBD, adding another significant proposal to a pocket around North Sydn​ey Station that is quickly becoming one of the LGA's busiest development zones.

The State Significant Development Application covers a 5,990 sqm site at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/1-19-mackenzie-street-lavender-bay-nsw-2060">1-19 MacKenzie Street and 211 Blues Point Road in Lavender Bay</a>, immediately south of Nor​th Sydney Station and between the commercial core and the lower-rise Lavender Bay Heritage Conservation Area.

Designed by Wardle, the proposal would deliver a new residential tower comprising 88 build-to-sell apartments and 19 affordable apartments, alongside a separate co-living building with 57 rooms and a building manager's studio.

It would also see the significant restoration and upgrade of St Francis Xavier Catholic Church, the adaptive reuse of the former school building, new parish facilities, retail, a new public square and around 1,000 sqm of publicly accessible open space.

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The project is seeking a concurrent rezoning of the site to R4 High Density Residential and an increase in the maximum building height to allow a tower reaching RL120, or up to 20 storeys. The proposal was progressed through the NSW Government's Housing Delivery Authority pathway.

The build-to-sell component will be weighted toward larger apartments, with just six one-bedroom apartments compared with 31 two-beds, 43 three-beds and eight four-bedroom residences.

The 19 affordable apartments will comprise two studios, 15 one-bedroom apartments and two two-bedroom apartments, taking the total apartment component to 107 residences before the 58 co-living rooms are included.

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Wardle's design for the Vinnies site has sought to negotiate that emerging high-rise context while retaining the lower-scale character of MacKenzie Street and the adjoining heritage conservation area.

The main building adopts a three-storey podium and tower arrangement, with the podium aligned to the ridgeline and front setback of St Francis Xavier Church.&nbsp;Wardle has designed the podium with colonnades, seating, recessed entries and active ground-floor frontages, with sandstone-toned precast concrete and face brick referencing the materiality of the existing church.

The tower then steps back eight metres to the south and six metres to the north before rising in a sculpted form comprising four interlocking quadrants. Wardle has also introduced rounded forms and chamfered corners to reduce the tower's perceived bulk and improve view sharing with neighbouring development sites.

Resident facilities and outdoor areas are planned at the separation between the podium and tower at Level 3, oriented toward Sydney Harbour and the CBD skyline.

The tower itself will feature a glass reinforced concrete facade, with recessed balconies and deep reveals used both to provide shading and privacy and frame views toward the harbour and city. The lower levels take a different architectural approach, using brick and sandstone-toned finishes intended to establish a stronger relationship with St Francis Xavier Church. The Church itself will be conserved and upgraded for its continued use, while the former school building will be adaptively reused as part of the co-living component.

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The proposal adds to an increasingly concentrated pipeline of residential development around Blue Street, MacKenzie Street and Lavender Bay.

Just west of the site, Central Element lodged plans earlier this year for one of the most significant residential developments proposed in Lavender Bay in recent years.

Central Element's SJB-designed scheme at 64-66 Lavender Street and 3-7 Middlemiss Street would deliver 163 apartments across two towers rising 23 and 32 storeys, replacing five existing apartment buildings containing 32 homes. The project also forms part of the Housing Delivery Authority pathway.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/nsw/first-look-central-element-reveals-lavender-bay-apartment-plans?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener" target="_blank">First look: Central Element reveals Lavender Bay apartment plans</a>

Immediately around North Sy​dney Station, another two significant proposals have emerged at 5 and 15 Blue Street.

Zurich Australian Insurance Properties is seeking to adaptively reuse its longstanding commercial building at 5 Blue Street, directly above North Sydney Station, rather than demolishing the structure.

Its SSDA proposes converting the building into a 14-storey mixed-use development with 62 apartments and 86 co-living rooms, together with ground-floor retail and a major refurbishment of Blue Street Plaza. The application is currently at the Response to Submissions stage.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/nsw/first-look-zurich-targets-north-sydney-office-conversion-with-148-unit-proposal-above-metro-station">First look: Zurich targets North Sydney office conversion with 148-unit proposal above Metro station</a>

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First look: Vinnies files for 20-storey Lavender Bay apartment tower as North Sydney housing pocket heats up

When the opportunity arose for South Australian developer Palumbo to return to Kent Town, where it had previously delivered East Park Apartments and the East 
Rundle Apartments, it wasn't one the longstanding developer-builder was going to pass up.

The decision was quickly vindicated, with more than 30 apartments sold within the first month of launching <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/royal-apartments-kent-town-2-8-north-terrace-kent-town-sa-5067">Royal Apartments</a> to the market.

The 206-apartment development, which will bring significant new supply to Adelaide's tightly held eastern city fringe, also gives <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/palumbo">Palumbo</a> the opportunity to bring new life to one of Kent Town's most recognisable watering holes.

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Royal Apartments incorporates the historic Royal Hotel, a venue Palumbo Managing Director Daniel Palumbo said has a longstanding connection with the local community.

"Everyone in the area has history with the Royal Hotel," Palumbo told Apartments.com.au.

"It was quite an active pub and social gathering place for locals. We want to bring it back to its former glory."

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The wider development will comprise two residential towers alongside the restored hotel, sitting on North Terrace opposite the Adelaide Park Lands.

For Palumbo, the project also marks a return to familiar territory.

The developer completed East Park Apartments next door more than a decade ago and jumped at the opportunity to develop in Kent Town again when the Royal Hotel site became available.

"The opportunity emerged, and we moved to secure the site," Palumbo said.

"We were approached by the previous landowner, who said they had extensive commitments in Sydney and weren't in a position to deliver the project.

"We took over the site and within six months recut the design scheme to be more in keeping with the type of development we want to bring to Adelaide.

"Now we're on the market and those changes have really resonated with local buyers."

That has translated into a strong start to sales, with 33 apartments transacting in the project's first 35 days.

Palumbo said the early purchaser profile had been consistent with the group's traditional focus on owner-occupiers rather than investor-led apartment stock.

"Local owner-occupiers have always been our market," he said.

"There are always some investors, but we've never developed what would be called traditional development stock. Owner-occupiers are very much our market."

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The buyer mix has been diverse so far, with downsizers and younger professionals both accounting for a significant portion of early sales.

South Australia's current stamp duty settings, which allow&nbsp;eligible homeowners in South Australia aged 60 savings of up to $103,830 on stamp duty when they downsize to a new property valued at up to $2 million,&nbsp;have helped encourage downsizer activity, while younger buyers in their late 20s and early 30s have been attracted to the opportunity to live immediately outside the CBD while still being able to walk into the city.



Location has been a major part of the proposition for both buyer cohorts.

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Royal Apartments sits on North Terrace directly opposite the Adelaide Park Lands, with residents able to walk through the parklands toward the East End, Rundle Street and Rundle Mall.

Apartments have been positioned to capture views across the parklands, Adelaide skyline, Botanic Gardens and Adelaide Hills.

Palumbo believes the scarcity of developable land along this section of the Park Lands makes the site particularly difficult to replicate.

"There's very few allotments on that side that can be developed," he said.

"If this location was in New York and you were sitting on Central Park, you'd be talking about a $60 million apartments."

Royal Apartments will offer a broad mix of residences, ranging from one-bedroom apartments through to four-bedroom sub-penthouses and penthouses.

Current listings include one-bedroom apartments from $680,000, while larger three and four-bedroom residences are priced around $2.5 million.

Residents will have access to a swimming pool, gym, barbecue and recreation areas, residents' lounge and dining space, and a communal deck.

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The apartments will feature generous balconies, while secure parking, bicycle storage and storage cages will also be provided.

A porte-cochère-style arrival and drop-off area has also resonated with buyers, particularly those attracted to being able to walk into the CBD during the day while retaining secure vehicle access at home.

Palumbo is acting as developer, architect and builder on Royal Apartments, continuing the vertically integrated model it has used across its South Australian portfolio.

The group was also behind the $150 million Sofitel Adelaide, the 251-room five-star hotel and residential tower which opened in 2021.

Palumbo said Royal's launch had come at an interesting time for the broader Adelaide apartment market.

Buyer confidence had initially been impacted by uncertainty surrounding the Federal Budget and broader economic conditions, but Palumbo believes sentiment is beginning to improve against a backdrop of significant investment flowing into South Australia.

He pointed to increased activity across defence and resources, including Olympic Dam, as potential long-term drivers of the state's economy and housing market.

"Money is starting to flow into Adeliade, significant amounts as Adelaide bucks the trend of the rest of the country.," Palumbo said.

"There's a lot of activity in the economy over the next decade. I think more investment will come into this market."

Early works on Royal Apartments are expected to commence this year, with major construction activity and cranes anticipated on site from early next year.

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Palumbo's return to Kent Town strikes early chord with buyers

Go-to builder-developer <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/graya">GRAYA</a> is continuing to bulk out its already impressive and diverse apartment portfolio across South East Queensland. Their latest milestone is securing development approval for Silk, its boutique riverfront apartment development in St Lucia.

The approval clears&nbsp;the way for the team to begin construction planning for the 22-residence project.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/silk-st-lucia-16-18-sandford-street-st-lucia-qld-4067">Silk</a> will rise 15 levels from an 810 sqm site at 16-18 Sandford Street, occupying a prominent bend of the Brisbane River with a prized northern aspect across Orleigh Park toward the Brisbane CBD.

The approved scheme will comprise 16 split-floor and six full-floor residences, continuing GRAYA's move into larger-format apartment developments targeting Brisbane's prestige owner-occupier market.

The project has been designed around the site's broad river frontage and dual-direction views, with GRAYA prioritising larger residences, privacy and outlook over apartment yield.

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GRAYA Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Rob Gray said the project had been shaped around local homeowners wanting to remain in St Lucia without maintaining a traditional family home.

"St Lucia is one of those suburbs people do not want to leave," Gray said.

"They know the river, the trees, UQ, the golf course, Toowong and Indooroopilly, and that familiarity is hard to replace.

"True riverfront opportunities here are exceptionally scarce. What we have designed at Silk is a way to stay in the suburb people love, with the scale and privacy of a private home and far less to maintain.

"This is not typical apartment product. It is a proper home on the river, and that is exactly what this market has been missing."

The approval comes as new apartment development continues to increase across the St Lucia and neighbouring Toowong corridor, although direct riverfront sites remain considerably more tightly held.

GRAYA Co-founder and Managing Director Andrew Gray said securing the approval had removed a significant element of development risk from Silk.

"Genuine riverfront sites of this quality in St Lucia are not something that comes up regularly," Gray said.

"The approval removes a substantial layer of execution risk, and the location underwrites demand in a way very few inner-city sites can.

"The fundamentals here are as strong as anything we have assessed in Brisbane."

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Silk will see GRAYA return to a stretch of the Brisbane River where it already has recent construction experience. The vertically integrated group recently completed ARC in neighbouring Toowong as builder for developer Spyre, delivering the riverfront project on a constrained site.

GRAYA will take a different role at Silk, controlling the project from design and development through construction and aftercare under its vertically integrated model.

The development will include a gym and resident leisure areas at ground level, integrated with the river's edge.

Silk joins a growing pipeline for GRAYA across Brisbane and the Gold Coast, which includes Enclave, The Gallery, Coral and Ripple.

The developer-builder has also recently lodged plans for its largest project to date, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/the-silo-19-chester-street-newstead-qld-4006">The Silo</a>, a proposed <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/qld/graya-buys-frasers-newstead-site-plans-the-silo-between-james-street-and-gasworks-precincts">$700 million mixed-use development</a> in Brisbane's James Street precinct.

Silk is expected to predominantly target local owner-occupiers and prestige buyers seeking a permanent riverfront home in Brisbane's inner west.

Registrations of interest are now open, with further details on the project and construction program to be released as it progresses.

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<h2>SILK PROJECT FACTS</h2>

Developer-builder: GRAYA

Project: Silk

Location: 16-18 Sandford Street, St Lucia

Apartments: 22

Built form: 15 levels

Site: 810 sqm riverfront holding

Mix: 16 split-floor and six full-floor residences

Status: Development approved

Next step: Construction planning underway

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GRAYA greenlit for riverfront St Lucia apartment development, Silk

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Having been held in one family ownership for three generations, some 79 years, Skastholm at 121 Stephenson Street in Sale is now for sale through agents Pat Rice &amp; Hawkins.
Offers close April 19 unless sold before with a sale guide price of $500,000 plus expected to be achieved.
The vendors have traditionally run about fifteen breeding cows on the productive pastures.
Water resources are significant to include a windmill plus direct access to the Flooding Creek, (a feeder stream of the La Trobe River system nearby), which forms one long boundary of the holding with unrestricted pumping rights for stock and garden requirements.
The property was first purchased by members of the Edwards family in 1939 to operate as a dairy.
It is held under an old riparian title with ownership extending to the middle of the stream.
With a land area of 8.7 hectares, or 21.6 acres, the property is located 2.5 kilometres south east of the central business precinct of Sale.
It is the prominent regional centre at the commencement of the Gippsland Lakes that has a current population in excess of 14,000 people.
The property is opposite the Sale Common and the noted wetlands and wildlife sanctuary.
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The restored Victorian style weatherboard cottage offers three large bedrooms, with high ceilings and two with open fireplaces retained.
There are all modern services installed while the home has a return veranda.
Domestic needs are met by the country style timber kitchen with a slow combustion stove, a conventional oven and a dishwasher with two adjacent living areas.
It comes with an oversized two car garage cum look up steel shed or workshop, plus an original dairy, a worker’s hut, two hay sheds, a storage building and a set of steel cattle yards.
All the boundary fencing is electrified and with a six paddock internal subdivision.
The vendor says that as she is the last of the Edwards family line and with no succession.
Pat Rice &amp; Hawkins selling agent Matt Childs says that Skastholm - seemingly suggesting a Scandinavian origin - was first established in 1903.
The home has been fully restored from the ground up including the major works of re-stumping, re-wiring, re-plumbing and with a new roof added to provide an executive style family home.
“For a hobby farmer or specialist animal enterprise there is the option to run almost any type of livestock on the well set up subdivision and additional support building,” Childs notes.
 
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The Victorian motoring organisation RACV has taken a stake in start-up website Landchecker.
RACV stake is 13.5 per cent. RACV invested $750,000 out of a total capital raise of $1.85 million.
Landchecker overlays zoning, geographical and development permit data over title boundaries.
It hopes the fresh capital will see it expand to include listings and price details on properties.
It seeks to create a product that it says will not only provide consumers details about a property they own or want to buy, but will allow a more accurate valuation of a site's worth.
"In the coming months, RACV and Landchecker will together launch a new initiative, Claim My Property, to give homeowners essential information," RACV chief executive Neil Taylor said. 
"It will allow them to register their ownership, receive property reports and monitor buyer interest. Those who sign up will also be alerted to any market updates and legislative changes that have the potential to impact the value of their property."
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The site kicked off two-and-a-half-years aho.
It was started by architects Will Leaf and Toby Ewart and developer Ed Farquharson.
It only covers properties in Victoria, but hopes to roll the service out to the most populous state within the next six months, Landchecker CEO Will Leaf told Fairfax Media.
Landchecker CEO, Will Leaf and RACV Managing Director and CEO, Neil Taylor (pictured above)
 
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The County Court of Victoria judge Paul Higham, in sentencing estate agent Paul Pfeiffer to a two-year community corrections order on Friday, said the integrity of the entire real estate profession was “damaged by any rogue practitioner such as yourself”.
The Melbourne real estate agent who misappropriated client money avoided jail.
Paul Pfeiffer, 46, the sole director of Melbourne Deluxe Real Estate, withdrew client money and used it for the company’s purposes between April and June, 2016.
He and his company pleaded guilty to eight counts of fraudulent conversion and one count of fraudulently rendering an account.
The County Court of Victoria was told on Friday that Pfeiffer withdrew money - client deposits on home purchases - from the company’s trust account.
He then used the funds for his business and personal expenditure without  permission.
“The consequential shortfalls were made up from new deposits paid into the trust account. In essence ... you robbed Peter to pay Paul,” Judge Paul Higham said.
Then in July 2016, Pfeiffer told a “stream of untruths and misrepresentations” to the vendor of one of the houses he was selling in “an attempt to hold off the  inevitable day of discovery”.
The vendor then lodged a complaint with Consumer Affairs Victoria, who found deficiencies in his company’s trust account.
A shortfall of more than $69,000 still remains.
Judge Higham noted Pfeiffer had been a talented real estate agent but that “did not translate into a talent for managing a business”.
He said although Pfeiffer had netted more than $200,000 per annum in the two years before the offending, he had the pressure of maintaining an expensive  lifestyle.
“The victims of your offending are not only the vendors, whose deposits you dishonestly applied to your own purposes, but also your entire former profession, whose integrity is damaged by any rogue practitioner such as yourself.”
 
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Rogue deluxe estate agent Paul Pfeffer avoids jail but damages profession

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A 1997-built Narre Warren three bedroom house has been sold by mortgagees for $652,000.
It was sold by Rebecca Borg and Bradley Ryan from Harcourts. 
It had last sold for $48,000 in 1998.
Its rental department appraised the property at $380-$400 p/w.
<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-vic-narre+warren-127312658" target="_blank">The 15 Heyfield Court</a> offering comes with three bedrooms, combined meals&amp;living room and double lock up garage.
Other features include formal lounge, gas ducted heating and ducted evaporative cooling.
Located in a quiet location, local reserves and Maramba primary school are within walking distance.
According to CoreLogic, the suburb's median house price sits on $570,000.
 
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Narre Warren three bedroom house sold by mortgagee

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A 10th floor Robert Street, Collingwood apartment has been listed for sale with $520,000 to $560,000 hopes. 
The mortgagee auction will be held on March 3 by Leased and Sold Estate.
It last sold off the plan at $635,000 in 2014. It was leased for $450 a week in 2016.
Just over two years old, <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-apartment-vic-collingwood-127487082" target="_blank">the 1009D/21 Robert Street </a>home comes with two bedrooms, open plan kitchen and a roof top BBQ area.
Built on the Yorkshire Brewery site right in the heart of Collingwood, it is within walking distance to Smith and Brunswick Streets.
The historic 4,500 sqm historic site was given the green light in 2013 to be redeveloped into three residential towers featuring 350 apartments.
The $200 million project by SMA Projects included $6.7 million of heritage works and restoration on the historic brew tower, cellar building, silos and stables.
Collingwood's median apartment price sits on $550,900, according to CoreLogic. 
 
 
 
 
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Camelot Station, the 400ha Devils River property with views to Lake Eildon, has been listed for sale with nine separate titles.
The <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-devils+river-127208582" target="_blank">849 Skyline Road, Devils River</a> offering has a modern three bedroom home.
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Camelot Station has two fireplaces.
There is also a separate guest house and six metre pool with wide terraces and decks.
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Unique Estates agent Janine Lum has the offering of the property, originally a sheep station with history dating back to the gold rush.
With an asking price of $3.7 million to $4 million, the property comes with a private airstrip and 14 dams.
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Two Melbourne schools have a nearby presence with Geelong Grammar’s Timbertop campus on the other side of Lake Eildon, along with Penleigh and Essendon Grammar’s Eildon camp.
Camelot Station backs onto the recently completed exclusive Cathedral Lodge Golf Course.
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Saint Patrick's, Koroit a spectacular, historic, now restored convent residence, has been listed for sale by the education consultant Vivienne Porter who sold in Sydney's Newport after she moved back home in 2009.
The agents Jeremy Fox and Jack Edgar at RT Edgar have a price estimate <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-koroit-127240922" target="_blank">between $3.6 million to $3.96 million.</a>
The home comprises up to seven bedrooms all with ensuite bathrooms.
There's a formal lounge, formal dining, huge kitchen/meals and informal sitting room, private chapel, separate self-contained unit with two bedrooms, kitchen/meals area and informal sitting room opening to terrace.
The summer house comes with spa, hydronic heating along with garaging for three cars.
It is set on a 8,183 sqm block in Koroit, a small village with an Irish heritage near the town of Port Fairy..
It has been a $300 a night or $1400 for the entire boutique hotel premises. Each of the rooms has a unique theme, size, colour and comfort therefore prices varied.
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<a href="http://www.saintpatrickshotel.com.au" target="_blank">The foundation stone of St Patrick's Convent</a> was laid in May 1906, with over 2000 attending.
The building designed by architect WT Jackman was built of Warrnambool sandstone at an estimated cost of 5,000 pounds.
The convent was built with 28 rooms to house 20 Good Samaritan nuns.
The convent was closed at the end of 1972 and was sold to a group of five Melbourne schools to be used as a school camp/hostel.
They purchased the property in 1973 for $19,000.
In 2003 Kim and Craig Fraser purchased the convent in an advanced state of disrepair. 
It took its first guests in late 2008.
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In 2009 Vivienne Porter purchased the property then extensively redecorating all the rooms.
Her late mother Dawn and late step father Bill Clancey were co-hosts for hotel guests with Vivienne's brother Stephen, the chef.
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Middle Park estate agent Peter Maxwell Simmons, 66, trading as Peter Simmons Real Estate, has been banned from holding a licence, or acting as an agent’s representative, after Consumer Affairs Victoria was notified that more than $5,000 in trust account money was missing. 
CAV were notified of the deficiency through an audit report in 2015; subsequent investigations found further deficiencies which have not been advised.
CAV then applied for an inquiry into Mr Simmons’ conduct at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT). 
The tribunal found that Peter Simmons contravened the Estate Agents Act 1980 by causing a deficiency of money held in trust for tenants and landlords, over a period of four and a half months.  VCAT also found that Mr Simmons was guilty of conduct that made him unfit to hold an estate agents licence.
VCAT ordered that Mr Simmons is ineligible to hold a licence or be an agent’s representative before 1 March, 2018. 
Mr Simmons was made bankrupt and his licence was automatically cancelled on 24 October 2016, as required under section 22 of the Act.
Peter has been the President of the Port Phillip Men’s Shed Association.
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Bathing boxes have a rich history in Melbourne. 
Built in the 1890s to preserve bathers modesty, they have become increasingly valuable due to their scarcity, with fewer than 2,000 boxes in Victoria.
They are a tightly held asset with many bathing boxes retained by families and handed down over generations.
And with no additional bathing boxes likely to be ever built on the Mornington Peninsula, this ensures exclusivity.
Bathing box - sometimes known as boat sheds or beach boxes - values rarely go backwards. In the 1970's, the price of a Melbourne bathing box might have set you back $1,000. In the 90's they averaged $30,000. Currently they average $150,000 with the highest sale price in Portsea recently selling for over $600,000.
The record stands at $615,000 when a 20 sqm timber shed on Shelley Beach at Portsea sold at auction in 2015.
Sotheby's Peninsula's Rob Curtain is marketing another box on Shelley Beach with $600,000 price aspirations (below). Despite the price, it is being marketed by Curtain as the most affordable foreshore investment on the golden sands of Shelley Beach. It is 100 metres from the bottom steps of the car park at Hemston Ave. It is "ideal for families and friends to enjoy summer days and sunset dinners on the sand," though there is no power or water connected.
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2017 has certainly been another strong year for the beach box.
Records have fallen at Brighton, where earlier this month Box 60 sold for over $330,000, having expected to fetch between $270,000 and $297,000.
The yellow and blue striped box topped the record set late last year when a newly built box sold for $326,000.
There's a box at 76E which is hoping to take the record price. It has a <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-brighton-126970182" target="_blank">price tag of $340,000.</a>
There are more than just the boxes at the popular Dendy Beach in Brighton however.
Property Observer has listed 10 - five sales of bathing boxes across this year and five for sale.
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1. <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-residential+land-vic-mornington-201305317" target="_blank">34 Shire Hall Beach</a>, Mornington - Sold price undisclosed
One of the most attractive bathing boxes (to an Aussie eye), sold at the beginning of the year (top and below)
The Shire Hall Beach box at Mornington, ablaze with the Australian stars and stripes, had been professionally painted.
Complete with skylight, the newly built box sits at the end of a row of just five boxes. It had been for sale at $85,000 plus for several years.
It comes complete with skylight.
It is positioned just steps from the car park that leads to Shire Hall Beach and walking distance to Mornington’s Main Street.
Fish and chips and shops are just a stroll away to take back to the beach box and enjoy the view.
It was next to the coral reef themed box which was auctioned off with the bidding hitting $150,000 last January.
 
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2. <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-vic-mount+eliza-124770578" target="_blank">100 Earimil Beach South</a>, Mount Eliza - Sold $110,000
A box on Earimil Beach South in Mount Eliza comes with postcard views of the water from its quaint looking deck.
Meters from the waters edge, box 100 featured fully lined walls, selated timber floor boards and dual access, with double doors and the front and a single door on the side.
It was freshly painted before its sale.
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3. <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-vic-mount+eliza-125513626" target="_blank">34 Ranelagh Beach, Mount Eliza</a> - Sold $155,000
A completely renovated bathing box on Mount Eliza's Ranelagh Beach is as private as they come.
With no neighbour within 80 metres either side of the box, it feels like its set on its own private part of the beach.
Sold with a vast 35 sqm space over two levels, (almost as big as my Sydney apartment), the box has an upper level bedroom.
It was sold fully furnished and complete with fixtures, fittings decorations and extensive water sports equipment.
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4. <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-rye-126854538" target="_blank">6 Boat Shed, Rye</a> Sold $120,000. It was listed with price hopes of $100,000 to $110,000, but fetched $120,000 when sold pre-Christmas.
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It stands alone on a grassy part of the foreshore near Daly Avenue nestled amid trees.
It was recently renovated.
It was marketed as "a bright investment offering a lifestyle of family fun in the sun." 
5. <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-apartment-vic-chelsea-124716538" target="_blank">Beach Box 1010 Chelsea foreshore </a>Sold $67,500
Selling agent Luke Howard advised you had to be a rate payer in the city of Kingston to buy on the Chelsea Foreshore. "For the lucky purchaser, gone are the days of carting chairs, umbrellas, boards, inflatables and everything else back and forward to the beach," he said.
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6. <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-other-vic-rosebud-122723310" target="_blank">97 Rosebud foreshore, Rosebud</a> $34,950 This was the cheapest on offer. It was listed this time last year at $39,500. It sold at $20,000 in 2009. It is set in the middle of the Rosebud foreshore opposite the Rosebud Hotel.
7 <a href="https://www.domain.com.au/79-boatshed-rosebud-foreshore-rosebud-vic-3939-2012977539" target="_blank">79 Rosebud foreshore, Rosebud</a> $55,000 This was the next cheapest found. It needs a bit of work.
8. <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-rosebud-127192426" target="_blank">176 Beach Box, Rosebud</a> $120,000 to $130,000 Agent Craig Leo will auction it Sunday 28 January. 
<div class="listingInfo rui-clearfix">9. <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-studio-vic-mount+eliza-126409082" target="_blank">48 Beach Box, Moondah Beach, Mount Eliza</a>, $85,000-$93,000 </div>
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<div class="listingInfo rui-clearfix">10. <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-mount+eliza-126525766" target="_blank">64 Beach Box Ranelagh Beach, Mount Eliza</a> $145,000. Beach Box 64 on Ranelagh Beach comes with a view of the city lights over the bay and the bonus of space for car parking directly behind. The iconic Ranelagh Club is just a moments walk away. </div>
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A three bedroom home set on a 509 square metre block with dual occupancy potential at Doveton has sold for $447,000 by the mortgagee.
The <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-vic-doveton-126841670" target="_blank">Lauren Avenue home </a>came with separate lounge, kitchen with adjoining meals and updated bathroom. 
It last sold at $183,000 in 2007.
Doveton's median house price for three bedrooms is $462,000.
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