<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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Australia's most awarded choreographer David Atkins has secured $7,265,000 for his luxury Collaroy abode.
Atkins, who was involved in arena entertainment connected to the 2000 Sydney Olympics, had paid $5.05 million for the chic designer residence just off the beach in 2016.
Belle agents Brendan Pomponio and Joshua Perry, who are marketing the nearby home of committed Collaroy basin devotees Matty and Trish Johns, secured the Atkins sale, having listed it in April.
The local hot shoe shuffle within the basin has also seen the recent $7.1 million sale of the home of the Housego family.
The Johns are seeking $5.5 million.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph. 
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Choreographer David Atkins sells Collaroy home

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League legend Matty Johns and his wife Trish have listed their Collaroy home they purchased 12 years ago.
The couple, have loudly ­expressed their love of living on the northern beaches, since taking the advice of his former teammate Phil Bailey.
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The four bedroom, three bathroom French Provincial inspired home stems from a renovation and extension in 2013.
It has been listed by Brendan Pomponio from Belle Property.
There have been sales up to $15.5 million in the exclusive Collaroy basin.
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The former Test five-eighth once indicated he loved the relaxed lifestyle and the friendly people in the neighbourhood.
“When I was living in Newcastle anyone from the Northern Beaches were silvertails,’’ the Fox Sports presenter once said.
“But Collaroy is a blue-collar area. Every second bloke you run into is a tradesman.
“Coming from an old mining town like Cessnock, it might sound a bit funny but I regard ­myself as a coastal person now.’’
They are seeking $5.5 million.
This article first appeared in The Sunday Telegraph. 
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Matty Johns and wife Trish list Collaroy home

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Lorn, the 1920's California bungalow at the southern end of Collaroy Beach, has been sold for $10 million.
It was sold by the Hong Kong-based expat Amanda Spiegel.
A consortium of six local residents bought the house at 9-11 Birdwood Avenue at auction with the view to keeping it as a landmark home. There was overseas interest from Singapore and India.
It was offered by Michael King and Noel Nicholson from Ray White Prestige Palm Beach. The five-bedroom property last traded for $605,000 in 1986.
The 1,472 sqm site at <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-nsw-collaroy-131128938" target="_blank">9-11 Birdwood Avenue, Collaroy i</a>s zoned for low-density residential development.
The north-facing parcel with street frontage of over 36 metres, is directly across from the sand, surf and rockpool.
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Originally built as one of the northern beaches earliest holiday homes, Lorn comprises 5 bedrooms, kitchen, lounge room, dining room, sunroom, covered terrace and double garage. 
Its beachfront elevated setting offers beach, ocean and headland views. 
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Lorn, Collaroy holiday home sells for $10 million

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It's hard to keep an off-market trophy home listing a secret for very long on Sydney’s ­insular peninsula.
Word spread quickly last week across the northern beaches that Australia’s most awarded choreographer and producer David Atkins was quietly seeking buyers for his luxury Collaroy abode.
The offering was texted to the burgeoning Belle Property buyers’ mobile phone list.
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Coming with the same facade photo as its 2016 purchase, it was easily identifiable as the Collaroy home that Atkins bought after his move from Manly, where he successfully flipped a $6.4 million home.
Atkins, who was involved in entertainment events connected to the 2000 Sydney Olympics, paid $5.05 million for the Collaroy home, a chic designer residence just off the beach.
It was bought from Sean Nicholls, a marketing veteran, and his interior designer wife Dita, who recently sold their next abode, just a few doors along, for $5.1 million.
Belle Property agents Brendan Pomponio and Joshua Perry, who are handling the home’s marketing, were busy yesterday afternoon taking through the keenest of prospective $7 million-plus buyers.
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Fresh pictures of the further renovated home are set to be published in the Manly Daily later this month.
Atkins, who married his wife Elli at Jonah’s Whale Beach in 2015, is best known for his made-in-Australia musical Hot Shoe Shuffle, an exuberant tribute to tap dancing.
The diminutive dancer has starred in 20 or so major musicals from Cats to A Chorus Line, and has worked with a who’s who of international performers including Elton John, Frank Sinatra, Olivia Newton-John and Peter Allen.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph. 
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Choreographer David Atkins stepping on from Collaroy home

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Cricket power couple Mitchell and Alyssa Starc continue to expand their impressive property portfolio.
They have spent $1.95 million on a <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-nsw-collaroy+plateau-129137226" target="_blank">near-new Collaroy Plateau entertainer</a>.
The four-bedroom, three-bathroom home sold through Ray White agent Paul Franks.
It was built in 2017 with a gourmet stone kitchen, plus an upstairs and downstairs living area and a home office.
A wraparound timber deck with built-in barbecue leads to the pool.
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Their northern beaches spendathon began when they paid $5,235,000 for the luxury <a href="/news/mitchell-starc-buys-at-north-curl-curl-from-jennifer-hawkins">North Curl Curl home of model Jen Hawkins</a> and her builder husband Jake Wall.
Designed by architect Koichi Takada, the five-bedroom, three-bathroom home had a resort-style open-plan living space that flowed on to an alfresco dining area with views over the lagoon and ocean to North Head and Manly. A luxurious outdoor ­seating area accompanies the ­infinity pool.
The couple, who <a href="/news/mitchell-starc-gets-an-early-buyer">sold in Mosman</a>, bought a vacant 600sqm <a href="/news/mitchell-starc-and-alyssa-healy-buy-land-parcel">plot of land in Forestville</a> earlier this year with intentions to build a home by Metricon.
Starc and Healy met when they were nine.
The couple wed in 2016.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.
 
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The everfesent House Rules presenter Johanna Griggs and her builder husband Todd Huggins have quietly sold their modernised Collaroy home.
They found a $3.6 million buyer, a family from Frenchs Forest. It was too good of an offer to refuse, Griggs told me.
Griggs kept tight lipped on the sale until its recent settlement, posting to Instagram her farewell the house.
"Said goodbye to our beautiful home today," she posted alongside a video of the empty home.
"It's been the most wonderful place to live in for the past five years. We hope the new owners are as happy as we were in it."
She advised the couple were already onto their next project. It's in Collaroy again, the fourth house they've owned within a one kilometre radius in the northern beaches suburb.
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Their stunning sold home was unrecognisable since Huggins undertook the rebuild through his construction company Collaroy Constructions.
The custom-built contemporary five bedroom entertainer stands on the 750 sqm parcel with district and ocean views.
It was a windfall result by the DIY couple who'd paid $1.15 million in 2011, shortly after Griggs, a former Commonwealth Games swimmer, accepted the Gold Logie for Better Homes and Gardens.
Back then the Collaroy property was a solid three bedroom brick home which hadn't been traded in over 35 years (below).
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Griggs, who has been presenting House Rules since 2013, would have seen plenty of economic design tips over the years.
Sunday's House Rules episode saw Channel Seven win the ratings war, with over 880,000 viewers tuning in to the show, the highest this season. It topped the ratings for Ten's Masterchef and Nine's The Voice.
She's been the popular host of Better Homes and Gardens since 2005, having previously hosted Australia's longest-running sports program, Seven's Sportsworld with Matthew White on Sunday mornings.
An earlier TV appearance, like many on the northern beaches, was on Home &amp; Away when she played a Swedish tourist in one episode in 1992. 
The couple's innovative home was built with no expense spared with the finest inclusions, extending to state of the art lighting and bespoke cabinetry.
Designed with a focus on indoor and outdoor living, the home features an open plan living and dining area with gas fireplace and a top floor lounge.
There's a ground level alfresco entertaining area, and a top floor terrace in the master suite, which also includes a walk in wardrobe and ensuite.
A home office and sound proof home theatre make up the home.
A 15 metre swimming pool and a freestanding studio sits in the professionally landscaped gardens, plenty of space for their dogs, Snowy and TJ, to roam.
The couple got married in a private ceremony in their former Collaroy Plateau home in 2006.
This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph.
 
   
   
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House Rules presenter Joh Griggs sells at Collaroy 

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GUEST OBSERVER
On 11 September 2017, the NSW Court of Appeal entered final orders allowing the appeal of a District Court judgment that had found against a managing agent of a residential property, in favour of its owners and tenant, as to liability to various people injured when the property's balcony collapsed.
The decision confirms that:
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<li>appointing a managing agent to manage residential rental premises will not necessarily be a defence to a claim for personal injury damages;</li>
<li>an entitlement to a contractual indemnity may be reduced by reason of that party's contributory negligence;</li>
<li>a tenant who is on notice of a risk of harm may be found liable to lawful entrants if there are measures the tenant could have taken to remove the risk; and</li>
<li>section 5B(1) of the Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) requires accurate identification of the actual risk of harm faced by a plaintiff.</li>
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Background
Deepak Bhide and Alka Bhide (the owners) owned residential property at Collaroy, NSW (the property). In 2005, they appointed Libra Collaroy Pty Ltd (the agent) to manage that property pursuant to an Exclusive Management Agency Agreement (Residential) (MAA). There was a long history of complaints regarding the state and structural integrity of the balcony from the tenant of the property, Joanne Gillies (the tenant), who also happened to be an architect.
On 15 June 2012, a group of school friends were gathered on the balcony at the property. The balcony collapsed.
Four of the people injured in the collapse commenced proceedings in the District Court of NSW against the owners and the agent. The tenant was the mother of one of the victims. She was not home when the balcony collapsed, but she also sued the owners and the agent for nervous shock.
The agent and owners issued cross claims against each other seeking an indemnity from the other, firstly, as joint tortfeasors pursuant to section 5(1)(c) of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1965 (NSW) and, secondly, pursuant to a contractual indemnity clause in the MAA.
The owners and the agent also issued cross claims on the tenant for her failure to lock access to the balcony in circumstances where she was fully aware of the potential risk of harm, as she had made multiple complaints to the agent that the balcony was not structurally sound.
First Instance decision
On 29 September 2015, a liability trial took place before Judge Curtis of the District Court. On the last day of trial, his Honour delivered an ex tempore judgment, finding that:
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<li>the owners discharged their duty of care as owner to the plaintiffs by delegating the management of the property to the agent; and</li>
<li>the tenant did not breach any duty of care she owed to any of the plaintiffs.</li>
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His Honour found that the cause of the balcony collapse was, in essence, a deterioration of steel bolts caused by weather and poor maintenance. The agent had obtained and passed on various quotes for repairs to the balcony to the owners, who had rejected them. His Honour found that the agent should have gone further than simply passing on the quotes and should have instead specifically recommended that the owners obtain expert advice to assess the structural integrity of the balcony.
His Honour also found that the owners were not liable to the plaintiffs in tort because they had discharged their duty owed to the plaintiffs by appointing a managing agent to manage the property.
His Honour further found that the tenant had discharged her obligations owed to the plaintiffs by complaining to the agent about that the balcony was not structurally sound.
The agent appealed.
Appeal
On appeal, the agent did not challenge the finding that it was liable, but instead challenged the findings that the owners and the tenant were not liable to the plaintiffs.
The agent also challenged the decision on the ground that Judge Curtis had failed to consider and apply section 5B of the Civil Liability Act, in not identifying the precise foreseeable risk of harm, which, in this case, was the risk of injury to people due to the failure to properly investigate and maintain the structural integrity of the balcony.
The Court of Appeal found that:
<ul>
<li>Judge Curtis had erred in failing identify the relevant risk of harm and whether the owners and/or the tenant knew, or ought to have known, of the risk as required by section 5B of the Civil Liability Act. Accurate identification of the risk is necessary to determine what constitutes a reasonable response to the risk;</li>
<li>a reasonable person in the position of the owners should have formed the view that the agent had not properly discharged its duty and that they should have expressly instructed the agent to engage an expert to investigate the structural integrity of the balcony. The owners could not rely on their delegation to the agent in answer to their alleged breach of duty;</li>
<li>the owners succeeded in their claim for a contractual indemnity from the agent, but the entitlement to a contractual indemnity should be reduced by 30% by reason of their contributory negligence pursuant to section 9 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act in failing to expressly instruct the agent to engage a suitable expert to investigate the structural integrity of the balcony;</li>
<li>the tenant was liable to contribute 20% to the agent's liability to the plaintiffs by reason of her failure to lock access to the balcony in circumstances where she knew about potential structural issues; and</li>
<li>apportionment of liability between the agent, owners and tenant should be 50%, 30% and 20%, respectively.</li>
</ul>
Final Orders
On 11 September 2017 the Court of Appeal made orders giving effect to its reasons, which, in addition to setting aside various orders made by Judge Curtis, were essentially:
<ul>
<li>Judgment for the plaintiffs against the owners.</li>
<li>Judgment for the owners against the agent.</li>
<li>Any damages recovered by the owners from the agent to be reduced by 30%.</li>
<li>Judgment for the agent against the tenant.</li>
<li>The tenant is to contribute 20% to the agent's liability to each of the plaintiffs.</li>
<li>The owners and the tenant to pay the agent's appeal costs.</li>
<li>The agent and the owners to each bear their own costs of their cross claims in the District Court.</li>
<li>The tenant to pay the agent's cross claim costs in the District Court.</li>
<li>The agent, owners and tenant are to respectively pay 50%, 30% and 20% of the plaintiffs' costs.</li>
</ul>
Implications
If a party is entitled to be indemnified pursuant to a contractual indemnity clause, the amount of indemnity can be reduced by operation of section 9 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act.
In claims against real estate agents and property owners by injured plaintiffs, a tenant may bear some responsibility if they did not act as a reasonable tenant to avoid a risk of injury, if measures were available to them to prevent the risk of harm. Presumably, a tenant will always know about the risk; they will usually be the source of the complaint. Whether they can take steps to prevent the harm occurring will depend on what is required. In this case, the Court found the tenant could have simply locked the door, blocking access to the balcony.
Gilchrist Connell acted for the successful agent.
Paul Kozub is principal at Gilchrist Connell (Sydney) and Catherine Hing senior counsel at Gilchrist Connell (Sydney).
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A house on Sydney's northern beaches that narrowly escaped the wrath of a monster storm in Sydney's Collaroy on June 6 2016 is back on the market.
The Pittwater Road property, <a href="https://www.domain.com.au/1112-pittwater-road-collaroy-nsw-2097-2013799481" target="_blank">1112 Pittwater Road Collaroy</a> was first listed with a $3.6 million guide last year. It was bought it in 2006 for $2 million and has been listed with a $4.2 million price guide.
The four-bedroom home, with separate living areas and a level rear lawn with direct beach access, is now set to go to auction on September 23 through McGrath's David Rothschild.
The campaign to sell builder Patrick Finlay’s two-storey house was interrupted on June 6 last year when huge waves and an eight metre king tide struck, leaving 10 houses at risk of falling into the sea.
<div class="x_in-content-ad">Three of the 10 beachfront homes that bore the brunt of the destruction remain unoccupied 14 months later. </div>
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Beachfront Collaroy home returns to market

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A popular youth hostel in Sydney’s Collaroy and a neighbouring block of units has sold to developers for $14.75 million.
It was listed with price expectations of more than $10 million.
The YHA hostel at 4 Collaroy Street and 1 Alexander Street properties were offered as a consolidated 2,570 sqm development site on behalf of a local private investor. 
The Sydney Beachouse YHA won the best budget accommodation in NSW award in 2000. The hostel has 65 rooms, a pool and is close to Collaroy Beach.
The 1 Alexander Street property is a three-level apartment block comprising five residential units, a storage unit and three retail stores including a café and physiotherapy. 
According to Domain reports, CBRE had marketed the property at $10 million plus, and received 15 offers after 31 contract requests.
Toby Silk, CBRE selling agent, said property developer HCAP purchased the site.
Steve Howell, CEO, HCAP told Domain the block was bought as a “buy, hold and develop in the future kind of purchase”.
“Any development would be in line with that village kind of atmosphere, supported by the council,” he said.
"The purchase was part of an emotional attachment to the area.
“My family lives in Collaroy and the site is as good as you get for large scale, luxury redevelopment along Sydney’s northern beaches.
“It’s a beautiful part of the world.”
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Site with youth hostel in Sydney’s Collaroy sold

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West Tigers coach Ivan Cleary can have a smile on his face away from the field as he sold his former Collaroy home in just 15 days.
There's not been much to smile about on the field for Cleary, who has won only two of his first six games in charge of the Tigers, including a 36-0 drubbing by the Broncos recently.
Star players Mitchell Moses, Aaron Woods and James Tedesco have signed elsewhere and the club sit second bottom of the latter and four points off eight placed Canberra.
The former Sea Eagle will be pleased however with the quick sale of his first property purchase, although he's not heading in to Tigers heartland.
Cleary has said he will be staying by the beaches after selling the home with a price guide of $2.2 million through Paul Franks at Ray White Mona Vale.
Cleary paid $332,500 for the home in 1995 during the season he spent as a fullback at the North Sydney Bears.
It was the same year he married wife Rebecca, the sister of former Bears forward forward Josh Stuart.
The couple lived in the home when Cleary left the Bears to play for the Roosters for the next three seasons.
The Hay Street home on nearly 700 square metres has three bedrooms, a timber kitchen and a backyard with detached studio and undercover entertaining deck.
They rented out the home while they were in New Zealand during Cleary's stint with the Warriors and moved to a larger home when they came back.
Cleary spent two separate stint with the Warriors. He spent two years as a player from 2000 and then five years as the head coach from 
He led the team to finals footy in four of his six seasons in charge.
It was tougher task when he took over the out of form Penrith Panthers in 2012.
The Panthers only made the finals once in his three years in charge before he was sacked in October 2015.
In April, Cleary took over from Jason Taylor at the helm of the West Tigers.
Ivan and Rebecca have four children including NRL rookie Nathan who plays for the Panthers.
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