<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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Nova Rêve arrives as Reve Group bets on Castle Hill's next growth phase

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Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke has yet to sell his Lilli Pilli house after there were no bids at today's auction.
There was $2.7 million plus price guidance from listing agent Matthew King for its McGrath auction. There was only a $2.7 million vendor bid. The McGrath website has it now for private treaty sale with $2.7 million plus suggestions. News Ltd reported the auction lasted just five minutes.
Clarke paid $2.87 million in 2006 and has renovated it since.
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Back in 2009 Clarke thought of quitting the Sutherland Shire but failed to achieve his then $3.4 million hopes.
<a href="https://www.mcgrath.com.au/buy/house-lilli-pilli-nsw-2229/206824/?searchID=41873569" target="_blank">The contemporary five-bedroom, four-bathroom split-level house</a> comes with pool, spa and boatshed on its 1670 square metre bushland riverfront block.
Earlier this year Clarke and wife, Kyly spent $8.3 million in Vaucluse.
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No bid Michael Clarke Lilli Pilli home auction result

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Jennifer Hawkins and her husband Jake Wall are selling the Bondi apartment she bought off the plan in 2007 for $895,000.
The 23/7 Henderson Street, Bondi investment property of the former Miss Universe has a price guide of $1.1 million-plus <a href="https://www.mcgrath.com.au/buy/apartment-bondi-nsw-2026/233599/?searchID=42141699" target="_blank">for its 20 September McGrath auction</a>.
The two bedroom, two bathroom 92 square metre apartment has district views towards the ocean. 
It cost $895,000 in 2007 in the BondiVue Apartments complex, a $20 million medium density development of 25 apartments and four terraces built for ING Bank. 
The BondiVue's highest resale was <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-apartment-nsw-bondi-116777215" target="_blank">$1.2 million in May this year</a> through Ray White for a garden apartment first sold in 2008 at $915,000. It came with 110 square metre internal space plus 110 square metre courtyard.
Its listing follows their $4 million waterfront <a href="/news/jennifer-hawkins-spends-4-million-on-newport-waterfront">purchase on Pittwater</a> (pictured below) at Newport<a href="https://www.domain.com.au/property/for-sale/apartment-unit-flat/nsw/bondi/?adid=2011389651&amp;sp=1" target="_blank">.</a>
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Jennifer Hawkins' latest discard - her stylish Bondi investment apartment

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Actor Rachel Griffiths and her artist husband, Andrew Taylor, have accepted an offer for their Palm Beach retreat.
The sandstone cottage with ocean views had been put on the market launched earlier this month with $2.5 million hopes.
It was sold through Amethyst McKee and David Edwards, of LJ Hooker Palm Beach just two weeks into its marketing with <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-palm+beach-117693867" target="_blank">realestate.com.au not making mention of the sale price</a>.
Title Tattle gleans it sold for a tad under expectations.
It typically takes 270 or so days to sell in Palm Beach, well up on the 53 day Sydney average, according to APM data from the Domain Group.
Rachel Griffiths, the Melbourne based actor had bought <a href="https://354whalebeachroad.com/home" target="_blank" style="line-height: 1.3em;">her isolated Palm Beach home </a>on Whale Beach Road for $735,000 in 1998 from the Lyons family. 
It was four years after her Muriel's Wedding<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110598/" target="_blank"></a> film debut. 
The average price at Palm Beach over the past 18 months has been $2,575,000. 
Built in the 1950's from local sandstone cut from the site, and refurbished in 2009 by architect Rob Brown, of Casey Brown Architects, the property is hidden by the Annie Wyatt Reserve, with access via Rockbath Road.
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Rachel Griffiths snappily sells Palm Beach cottage retreat

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Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke has listed his Lilli Pilli house as Sydney's property market records a resurgent August auction clearance rate.
But the $2.7 million plus price guidance for the 30 August McGrath auction is less than his 2006 purchase price.
Clarke paid $2.87 million in 2006 and has renovated it since.
Back in 2009 Clarke thought of quitting the Sutherland Shire but failed to achieve his then $3.4 million hopes.
This time there are $2.7 million plus expectations for <a href="https://www.mcgrath.com.au/buy/house-lilli-pilli-nsw-2229/206824/?searchID=41873569" target="_blank">t</a><a href="https://www.mcgrath.com.au/buy/house-lilli-pilli-nsw-2229/206824/?searchID=41873569" target="_blank">he contemporary five-bedroom, four-bathroom split-level house</a> that comes with pool, spa and boatshed on its 1670 square metre bushland riverfront block.
The auction price will be above the purchase price if it follows the recent Sydney trend of an average 11% difference above the pre-auction indication across Sydney auctions.
Earlier this year Clarke and wife, Kyly spent $8.3 million in Vaucluse.
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Michael Clarke facing Lilli Pilli house sale loss prospect

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Actor Nadine Garner is selling her Bentleigh East home.
Garner, who has been around since playing Tamara on The Henderson Kids in the mid-1990s, has been at 26 Paloma Street for almost seven years.
The five bedroom, three bathroom home has $820,000 to $890,000 price guidance.
<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-bentleigh+east-117667511" target="_blank">Tara Ferrier of Hodges</a> will auction the 620 square metre property on 6 September.
She is currently filming the third season of The Doctor Blake Mysteries.
Garner, her husband Cameron Barnett and two sons, Eden and Jem, are moving to the northern suburbs to be closer to the boys’ school.
<a href="/news">RP Data puts the suburb's house median at $780,000</a>.
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Actor Nardine Garner lists Bentleigh East home

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Tennis champion Lleyton Hewitt has relisted his Melbourne penthouse at $10 million.
Hewitt, who is based in the Bahamas with his family, rarely uses the St Kilda Road pad.
It is on the 19th floor of Yve tower.
It has been<a href="https://www.domain.com.au/property/for-sale/apartment-unit-flat/vic/melbourne/?adid=2011370007&amp;sp=1" target="_blank"> listed by Sotheby’s International Realty</a>, fully furnished.
Hewitt bought the apartments on level 19 and 20 for $8.325 million in 2004 at 578 St Kilda Road.
He then took around four years creating the 710 square metre internal space with six bedrooms and six bathrooms. There is also 443 square metres external space.
Sotheby agents Phillip French and Greg Herman are handling the expressions of interest sale.
Title Tattle recalls the former world number one quietly listed the apartment several years ago seeking $15 million. 
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Inside Lleyton Hewitt's $10 million Yve tower, Melbourne penthouse

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The Blue Wiggle Anthony Field and his wife Miki have spent $3.56 million on their latest riverfront home.
It's an architecturally redesigned four bedroom 1950s home on the other side of the Parramatta River, and a bit further west.
Their Gladesville purchase follows the <a href="/news/anthony-field-finally-gets-a-wriggle-on-from-drummoyne">sale of their six bedroom Drummoyne harbourfront</a> through Pillinger Real Estate auction for $4.85 million.
The Federation-era Drummoyne Avenue property had been tipped to sell in the high $4 million range having traded in 2005 for $3.6 million when sold to the Queensland-based business partners Graeme Pratt and Jamie Marjoram, who own Pro Cuts hairdressing salons. 
The new purchase comes with beach.
It was initially listed with $2.95 million plus hopes which were revised during the marketing to $3.2 million plus hopes. 
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Blue Wiggle Anthony Field swings across to Gladesville from Drummoyne

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Whether we're trying to figure out just how rich our rich and famous are, or trying to spot some cringeworthy decor to appeal to our sense of schadenfraude, celebrity homes always manage to catch our attention.
In the spirit of healthy voyeurism, this week's Friday trivia is devoted to the terrific, the tragic and the banal - celebrity homes.
Can you guess the famous past and present owners of these homes?
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<li>Which famous ballerina is packing up her Vaucluse home after moving back to London? <img src="/images/2014/08/08/vaucluse_0000_1.jpg.jpg" alt=""> 
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<li>A particularly musical couple now owns this stand out Californian home. <img src="/images/2014/08/08/q2.jpg" alt=""> 
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<li>This Byron Bay hinterland home didn't sell when it was put on on the auction block earlier this year. <img src="/images/2014/08/08/q3.jpg" alt=""> 
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<li>A flaxen-haired celebrity couple haven't exactly aced the sale of their Palm Beach retreat. <img src="/images/2014/08/08/palm%20beach_0000_1.jpg.jpg" alt=""> 
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<li>Another blonde listed this California estate last month - legally, of course. <img src="/images/2014/08/08/5.jpg" alt=""> 
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<li>This Hope Island home was listed last month by Australia's Daytime TV Queen. <img src="/images/2014/08/08/6.jpg.jpg" alt=""> 
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<li>A former Miss Universe paid $4 million for this view. <img src="/images/2014/08/08/7.jpg" alt=""> 
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<li>Which Scorsese favourite and water pistol enthusiast owns this Palm Springs John Lautner home? <img src="/images/2014/08/08/8.PNG" alt=""> 
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<li>An international couple with Australian roots flipped this Hollywood home earlier this year, making around US$15 million in the deal. There's no need for the money in the banana stand. <img src="/images/2014/08/08/9.jpg" alt=""> 
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<li>A music star wasn't happy the initial $12 million asking price for his Miami penthouse, bumping up the price guidance earlier this year. <img src="/images/2014/08/08/10.jpg" alt="">
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How well do you know the homes of the rich and famous? 
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<li>Which famous ballerina is packing up her Vaucluse home after moving back to London? <img src="/images/2014/08/08/vaucluse_0000_1.jpg.jpg" alt=""> This Vaucluse mansion has been listed by <a href="/news/staying-back-in-london-so-darcey-bussell-lists-vaucluse-home">classical ballerina Darcey Bussell</a>. 
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<li>A particularly musical couple now owns this stand out Californian home. <img src="/images/2014/08/08/q2.jpg" alt=""> This Incredibad mansion was recently snapped up by Brooklyn 99 star <a href="/news/from-incredibad-to-chaplins-pad-andy-samberg-and-joanna-newsom-buy-legendary-hollywood-home">Andy Samberg and musician Joanna Newsom</a>. 
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<li>This Byron Bay hinterland home didn't sell when it was put on on the auction block earlier this year. <img src="/images/2014/08/08/q3.jpg" alt=""> The Block co-host <a href="/news/shelley-craft-yet-to-sell-byron-bay-home">Shelley Craft attempted to sell</a> her Byron Bay Hinterland home in July. 
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<li>A flaxen-haired celebrity couple haven't exactly aced the sale of their Palm Beach retreat. <img src="/images/2014/08/08/palm%20beach_0000_1.jpg.jpg" alt=""> This Palm Beach home belongs to <a href="/news/lleyton-hewitt-adjusts-palm-beach-holiday-home-price-net">Bec and Lleyton Hewitt</a>. 
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<li>Another blonde listed this California estate last month - legally, of course. <img src="/images/2014/08/08/5.jpg" alt=""> <a href="/news/elle-woods-farewells-brentwood-reese-witherspoon-lists-home">Reese Witherspoon listed her home</a> with a $14 million price tag. 
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<li>This Hope Island home was listed last month by Australia's Daytime TV Queen. <img src="/images/2014/08/08/6.jpg.jpg" alt=""> This home has been listed by <a href="/news/kerri-anne-kennerley-lists-hope-island-retreat">national treasure Kerri-Anne Kennerley</a>. 
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<li>A former Miss Universe paid $4 million for this view. <img src="/images/2014/08/08/7.jpg" alt=""> Model <a href="/news/jennifer-hawkins-spends-4-million-on-newport-waterfront">Jennifer Hawkins picked up this property</a> and the adjoining plot after selling her North Curl Curl home. 
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<li>Which Scorsese favourite and water pistol enthusiast owns this Palm Springs home? <img src="/images/2014/08/08/8.PNG" alt=""> <a href="/news/the-wolf-of-hermosa-place-leonardo-dicaprio-picks-up-palm-springs-holiday-home">This desert trophy home is owned by Leonardo DiCaprio</a>. Lautner's work is loved by Hollywood types, both fictional and real - his homes have been in <a href="/news/friday-trivia-can-you-guess-which-films-made-these-homes-famous">famous films</a>, and Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow purchased a Lautner-designed Malibu home before they split. 
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<li>An international couple with Australian roots flipped this Hollywood home earlier this year, making around US$15 million in the deal. There's no need for the money in the banana stand. <img src="/images/2014/08/08/9.jpg" alt=""> Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres bought this home early this year for US$39.89 million, before selling it for a reported $55 million sum to Napster founder Sean Parker. 
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<li>A music star wasn't happy the initial $12 million asking price for his Miami penthouse, bumping up the price guidance earlier this year. <img src="/images/2014/08/08/10.jpg" alt=""> This penthouse pad was <a href="/news/pharrell-not-happy-with-12-million-as-he-bumps-up-listing-price-on-miami-penthouse">listed by musician Pharrell</a>.</li>
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Friday trivia: Celebrity homes

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Comedian Andy Samberg and musician Joanna Newsom have bought an expansive LA home that once housed Hollywood legends.

The musical duo reportedly purchased Moorcrest for US$6.25 million in March. The home, formerly rented by Charlie Chaplin, seems a better fit for someone like a boss than a tramp - proving that Andy Samberg may not be such a normal guy after all.

While not <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODz2rUXpKWw">the 'Bu,</a> the house is still <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnuJ0UOn7w4" target="_blank">in California</a>, located in Beachwood Canyon. The home was originally built as part of the Krotona Colony, the national headquarters of the Theosophical Society, an esoteric philosophical group that hopes to "form a nucleaus of the universal brotherhood of humanity".

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The decadent design of the home has Moorish, Gothic, Mission-revivalist and Art Nouveau elements. According to Jewish Business News, the vendors purchased the home for US$900,000 in 1996. They reportedly listed the home with US$9,989,000 million in 2006, then lowered the asking price to US$7.4 million the next year. Newsom and Sandberg apparently bought the home in an off-market deal.

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Newsom, a critically acclaimed songwriter, harpist, pianist and singer, may occasionally wish to lounge around among elaborate antiques with a stuffed peacock, as she does on the cover of her three-record release Have One on Me (pictured above). She now has the perfect living room - complete with peacock (below).

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The four bedroom, six bathroom house was designed by Marie Russak Hotchener and built in 1921, when female architects were a rarity. 
The home also includes a glass-toped dome atrium (pictured below), where the couple can look up at the stars - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWFsBQcexkg" target="_blank">on a good day</a> (or night, rather), Newsom may even be able to see <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGoNCvoZuYA" target="_blank">the Pleiades</a>.

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The huge kitchen has a raised fireplace, wrap around benches and central lonely island for serving boiled goose.

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There is also a substantial dressing room, perfect for Newsom's coats of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LgQhfusf_E" target="_blank">boucle, jacquard and cashmere</a>, and Samberg's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogG2p_ZUaaQ" target="_blank">turtlenecks and chains</a>. <img alt="" src="/images/2014/07/22/094eab50-0ea9-11e4-816c-17b57f80985f_andy-samberg-joanna-newsom-44-sinks-vanity.jpg">

The listing photos, now removed from their website, show ivy on the walls (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn7duAZjP8w" target="_blank">but not around the lettering</a>) of the incredible home, with lush gardens providing plenty of room for <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47yuiPK01kg" target="_blank">a sprout and a bean</a> to grow.

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There is also a pool, with a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQbgIy2bj9Y" target="_blank">bridge (but no balloons)</a>. The pool area also has a man-made cave, perfect for Hot Rod star Sandberg, who <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbaBoWQSGak" target="_blank">likes to party</a>.

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According to Hollywood lore, Charlie Chaplin rented the home in the early 1920s before it was purchased by the parents of Maltese Falcon star Mary Astor in 1925. They sold the house at auction for $21,500 in 1934.

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Newsom is known for her albums The Milk Eyed Mender, Ys and Have One On Me. Samberg is a comedian who currently stars in Brooklyn 99, was formerly a cast member on Saturday Night Live and is a member of The Lonely Island.
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From Incredibad to Chaplin's pad - Andy Samberg and Joanna Newsom buy legendary Hollywood home

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The Block television personality Shelley Craft and her estate agent husband, Christian Sergiacomi, didn't find a buyer when their Byron Bay hinterland home, The Rise went to school holiday auction.
<a href="https://www.byronbaypropertysales.com.au/listing-71213-The-Rise" target="_blank">The tropical five bedroom, three bathroom hideaway </a>sits on 6,100 square metres at Ewingsdale in the hinterland.
The five-bedroon Ewingsdale offering has around 290 square metres floor space.
Jeremy Bennett, of Byron Bay Property Sales has it listed at $1.5 million plus.
It has been home to The Block co-presenter and husband, known as Serge, who has been a cameraman on The Block, since they bought it in 2010 for $1.61 million.
The couple recently spent $2.05 million on an 8,050 square metre property at neighbouring McLeods Shoot, a substantial discount as it had been initially listed for sale at $3.5 million-plus in 2010.
The couple are busy building on the property which was long owned by the McGettigan pioneering family who who first settled in Byron Bay in 1882.
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