The final apartments in the most recently completed new development in Balwyn present some of the largest and most exclusive ever delivered in one of Melbourne’s most established and character-rich neighbourhoods.

Boutique developer&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/wulff-projects">Wulff Projects</a>,&nbsp;alongside partner <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/pga-group">PGA Group</a>, has just finished <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/buildings/threadneedle-balwyn-1-5-threadneedle-street-balwyn-vic-3103">Threadneedle</a>, 17 home-sized residences designed completely for the owner-occupier.

Named after its location on Threadneedle Street, the new project has been shaped by the heritage fabric of Balwyn. It offers two low-rise buildings of eight and nine apartments respectively, designed to emulate traditional standalone homes.&nbsp;

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John Scaramuzzino, Director at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/bruce-henderson-architects">Bruce Henderson Architects</a>, explains the design intention.

“Given the quiet residential character of the street with many homes dating back to the 1930s and 1940s, we approached Threadneedle wanting to appear less as a collection of apartments and more as a traditional residence. This led to creating not one but two buildings that could “breathe” with larger garden-based apartments functioning more like small homes.”

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The north-facing residences are nestled among extensive landscaped gardens by Ben Scott Garden Design, with over one-third of the site dedicated to greenery. The resulting setting is one of calm seclusion, where architecture and landscape work in tandem to offer immediate liveability.

With construction now complete, the final apartments include a top-floor, single-level penthouse residence priced from $2.8 million. This home offers three bedrooms, a dedicated study, two bathrooms plus powder room, and three car spaces with an oversized storage room.&nbsp;

Interiors prioritise spatial comfort and natural light, with three-metre-high ceilings, oversized internal doors and a full-width terrace oriented to the north, east and west.&nbsp;

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Floor-to-ceiling double-glazed windows ensure thermal performance across seasons, supported by automated external blinds, zoned heating and cooling, and a fireplace for added ambiance.

Each apartment has been individually designed to maximise privacy and garden outlooks. Kitchens combine refined finishes with practical considerations: stone benchtops, butler’s pantry, full-height joinery and concealed rangehoods.&nbsp;

The inclusion of dedicated home offices responds to contemporary living patterns, while bathrooms feature sculptural bathtubs and brushed nickel fixtures.&nbsp;

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Threadneedle also integrates best-practice sustainability measures, achieving a 7 Star average NatHERS rating. Initiatives include solar PV systems, rainwater harvesting for toilet flushing and irrigation, and high-performing building insulation. These elements enhance daily comfort while reducing ongoing maintenance and energy demand.

"We believe Threadneedle sets a new standard of design excellence and building quality for Balwyn,"&nbsp;Scaramuzzino added.

"It’s an architectural response we’re particularly proud of, and one we’re sure residents will be equally proud to call home."

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Final homes remaining as Threadneedle, Balwyn completes construction

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Sydney's top 15 new apartments developments set to launch in 2026

Developer-builder <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/dasco-australia">DASCO</a> has pushed beyond the now-standard inclusions of rooftop pools and landscaped podiums at its recently launched new Epping project, Senso.

It has laid out over 4,000 sqm of resident-only amenity in a move designed to compete directly with low-density housing on livability, not just density. The result is a development that supports genuine daily use through purposeful spaces distributed across its five-building, 479-apartment precinct.

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Two rooftop pools form the anchor of Senso. One is a 27-metre lap pool adjoining a heated spa, designed for everyday fitness rather than just summer leisure. The second sits on a lower podium, allowing different buildings to share in vertical access and reducing crowding during peak times.

It is the secondary spaces that start to distinguish Senso from other large-scale suburban projects. A rooftop cinema is integrated into a landscaped terrace, offering open-air screenings with natural ventilation and passive cooling.&nbsp;

The inclusion of a “sensory walk”, an elevated boardwalk that threads through the site, suggests a rare investment in non-commercial, non-essential amenity: space for quiet movement that doesn’t double as access or traffic circulation.

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The gym and wellness centre, often relegated to a small ground-floor room in many builds, takes on more substance here. Residents have access to a fully equipped gym, as well as outdoor yoga areas and meditative zones that integrate greenery and natural light.&nbsp;

The Club Lounge is similarly designed to support multiple use cases, with a private dining terrace, kitchenette, workspace, and lockable wine storage. These aren’t superficial additions; their scale and spatial allocation indicate serious intent for frequent resident use.

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Importantly, Senso’s amenities are embedded within a site that spans more than 10,000 sqm, allowing for better separation between spaces and reduced noise spillover, a critical but often overlooked factor in high-density developments. This spatial generosity also enables multiple alfresco kitchens and communal terraces without compromising individual privacy or usable space.

While many developments make claims about lifestyle, few back it with this level of built infrastructure. Senso’s mix of dedicated fitness, wellness, social and passive green spaces suggests a conscious response to the post-pandemic shift in housing expectations, especially among owner-occupiers.&nbsp;

DASCO is one of several leading developers who have taken out Resilience Insurance's Latent Defects Insurance policy, providing buyers with a 10-year structural and waterproofing warranty, and giving them the ultimate peace of mind.

Senso is scheduled for completion in late 2028.

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Following the proposal by the Minns Labor Government to rezone Parramatta Road to create up to 8,000 new homes, prominent developer Ceerose has gone to the NSW Gov to increase the density of its new mixed-use residential building in Leichhardt.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/builders/ceerose">Ceerose</a>, founded by Edward Doueihi nearly three decades ago, has filed plans for 154 apartments above ground-floor retail at 307-315 Parramatta Road, a key corner site near Norton Street, the main high street strip in Leichhardt.

It's an upsize from the previously approved scheme of 63 apartments across a seven-storey building.

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The project is being advanced through the State Significant Development (SSD) pathway, with concurrent rezoning sought to facilitate the proposal. The 10-storey development would rise over a four-level basement and deliver two retail tenancies, one a larger-format offering and the other a smaller “hole in the wall” space, addressing the Parramatta Road frontage. 21 of the apartments are dedicated as affordable housing.

According to the Urban Design Report by Architecture AND, the scheme includes a podium and tower configuration, with a fine-grain, two-storey parapet street wall that references the traditional shopfront rhythm along the corridor. “An elegant tower form is proposed, combined with a characterful two storey frontage... articulating it as two related buildings, providing consistency with the rhythm and grain of Parramatta Road,” the report notes.

The residential component is split across two slender towers set back from the street edge, a design move aimed at preserving solar access and reducing perceived bulk. This massing strategy also seeks to improve residential amenity by focusing scale toward the quieter northern interface, away from Parramatta Road’s noise and pollution.

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Architecture AND has worked with Ceerose on previous Inner West projects, and cites a deep familiarity with the local character. Their design draws heavily on context, heritage, and sunlight access considerations, and engages with the Inner West Council’s “Our Fairer Future” strategic planning framework.

The site spans 2,712 sqm and is located near key intersections with Catherine Street, Hay Street, and Redmond Street. It adjoins a public carpark to the north and is within walking distance of Stanmore and Petersham stations. It is also flagged in state and local planning strategies, including the Parramatta Road Corridor Urban Transformation Strategy, as a suitable candidate for increased density.

Ceerose recently completed The Alex Collective on McEvoy Street in Alexandria, Abbie's Lane in Annandale, and the award-winning Munro House in Elizabeth Bay.

The Parramatta Road corridor is coming to life with the proposed rezoning which is serviced by a significant number of bus, light rail and train routes.

Deicorp is progressing with its $1.8 billion <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/kings-bay-village-five-dock-53-75-queens-road-five-dock-nsw-2046">Kings Bay Village</a> precinct on Parramatta Road in Five Dock, as is <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/nsw/toga-to-push-on-with-five-dock-mixed-use-masterplan">TOGA further down the street</a>. Those two projects alone will bring nearly 2,000 new homes to Parramatta Road.

First look: Ceerose plots mixed-use Leichhardt development on Parramatta Road

North Sydney's landmark 'SBS Building' on Alfred Street is set to be demolished to make way for a new mixed-use residential tower in the booming North Sydney.

Commercial property group FiveX is behind the plans for a <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/275-alfred-street-north-north-sydney-nsw-2060">39-storey tower</a>, the latest project to advance under the NSW Government’s Housing Delivery Authority pathway.

They are proposing 184 apartments above retail spaces, which will replace the existing 20-storey commercial building. FiveX was set up more than five decades ago by Joshua and Marko Berger. It is currently led by Joshua's son Lesli.&nbsp;

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According to the Architectural Design Report by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/fjc-studio">FJC Studio</a>, the slender tower form has been deliberately designed to respect the site's transitional setting at the southern gateway to the North Sydney CBD, where high-rise towers give way to lower-scale residential precincts.

"The slender tower form and articulated podium establish a respectful relationship with nearby heritage and low rise buildings, including the Whaling Road Heritage Conservation Area,” the architecture firm noted, adding that the tower “completes a missing link in the urban fabric” while enhancing the Alfred Street streetscape.

The proposed building will include a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, with 15 percent of the gross residential floor area allocated as affordable housing. There is an agreement already in place that those apartments will be managed by Evolve Housing.

The project aligns with broader state housing objectives, including the National Housing Accord target of delivering 1.2 million new homes by 2029. The Scoping Report filed with the State Significant Development Application (SSDA) suggests the site "presents no impediments to rapid delivery,” with construction able to commence within 12 months of receiving consent.

North Sydney has been one of the most popular suburbs in Sydney for new and off the plan apartment development, but hasn't had the supply to keep up with demand, until recently.

AURA by Aqualand was, for a long time, the only off the plan apartment building on the market. That completed last year, and has sold the majority of its 386 luxury apartments. Recently ALAND launched <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/the-walden-173-179-walker-street-north-sydney-nsw-2060">The Walden</a> on the same street, selling over $100 million within just a few hours of its launch, while developer CASA also launched&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/the-mclaren-north-sydney-45-mclaren-street-north-sydney-nsw-2060">The McLaren</a>&nbsp;in the same precinct.

First look: Fivex plans 39-storey residential tower in booming North Sydney

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Model Megan Gale and her fiancee, ex-Carlton and Richmond footballer Shaun Hampson, have spent $805,000 on 1940s Daylesford weekender.

The model announced her purchase on Instagram.

Dollywood Daylesford is a renovated and modernist bungalow, which had been a $675 a night rental getaway for the couple and their two children.

It sits on a 538 sqm Central Spring Road holding.

Records show the property was sold on September 18, just 17 days later, for $805,500.

The vendors, ex-AFL player Marcus Baldwin and his wife Eloise Fox, had announced they were selling on Instragram.

They purchased the property in 2016 for $520,000 and the set about reinventing the style as a “Palm Springs with a dash of Cali coast-line."

It had been written up by Qantas, Time Out, Sitchu and Herald Sun as the top places to stay in the town.

It was listed with a $825,000 price guide, and the buyers being able to negotiate the furnishings if interested.

The home is within walking distance of the Daylesford township and set a 1.5-hour drive from Melbourne.

The couple paid $3.12 million for a four-bedroom home with a pool in Glen Iris in 2018, after Gale sold her Aberfeldie home for $2.5 million in 2017.
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Dollywood Daylesford is a renovated and modernist bungalow, which had been a $675 a night rental getaway for the couple and their two children.

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A Daylesford historic home known as Gloriette has home onto the market with an asking price of $1,250,000.
Located at 7 Camp Street, the house features three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a garage.
It is situated on 870 square metre block, on the corner of Hill Street.
Built circa. 1880, it last sold in 2010 for $520,000.
The median house price in Daylesford is $617,500.
Kim McQueen, from McQueen Real Estate, has the listing.
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A Daylesford circa 1880's trophy home Gloriette listed for sale

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The Longhouse in Daylesford, north of Melbourne, has taken out the Robin Boyd Award for Residential Architecture at the National Architecture Awards.
The 110 metre long functional farm and residence in country Victoria was honoured at the gala ceremony in Brisbane earlier in the week.
Timothy Hill was the design architect, who worked in collaboration with Jonathan Chamberlain, a Graduate of Architecture, Domenic Mesiti, Michael Hogg and Andrew D'Occhio.
"Daylesford Longhouse is utterly extraordinary, challenging in its questioning, enchanted in its outcome," the panel noted.
One of the Longhouse's most striking features is its roof, around 12 metres by 130 metres, that marks out a linear territory that, combined with walls of sheet metal, translucent polycarbonate and agricultural mesh, preserve the interior.
Inside is a verdant garden with a climatic zone.
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The translucent skin, punctuated only by carefully curated picture windows, protects the garden from predators and exposure.
Akin to a long shed or conservatory, the structure includes an operational barn at one end and an intimate residence at the other.
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Internally, aedicules, arbours and eyries accommodate the domestic functions of kitchen, dining, sleeping and bathing.
"The sense of living within the garden is profoundly delivered," the panel said.
"These spatial “follies” reference other times and places, and form the settings for continuously unfolding theatre."
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"Partners Hill has scaled up this design to the rural landscape to avoid being diminished by it.
"The site is a microcosm of the broader setting; “wild” grass mounds that reflect the mounded landforms in the distance are used to signify the building entry and the cultivated production garden extends into the house."  
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Daylesford's Longhouse wins Robin Boyd Award

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One of Australia's most successful artists David Bromley and fashion designer wife Yuge have listed their Daylesford home.
The couple have been splitting their time down south between their Victorian country retreat and their home in Prahran.
The <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-hepburn+springs-126276294" target="_blank">early 1900s dwelling</a> is a character-filled family home, with their creative touch unmissable in the listing photos. 
It once had 13 bedrooms off its long central hallway, but now it comes with seven.
It sits on 2,200 sqm of parklike grounds. 
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Hockingstuart Daylesford agents Nathan Skewes and Glenda Rozen are asking $1.7 million for the home that for three decades had been a care home for dementia patients.
The Bromley's bought the home for $750,000 in 2013 when they were living in Byron Bay. 
Bromley retains warehouse space in the town some 120 kilometres north west of Melbourne. 
This article first appeared in the Weekend Australian Mansions Australia section. 
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Artist David Bromley lists Daylesford retreat

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An 1890s Daylesford house has been listed for $1.385 million.
Located at <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-daylesford-125021866">5 Camp Street</a>, Goodman House has views of Daylesford and the Wombat State Forest.
It features a solid Mahogany back/garden door with many original, historic features still intact around the property.
The front verandah was rebuilt in 2004.
The cook’s kitchen features a 7 hob gas English ‘Belling’ stove and operating wood stove.
Three bedrooms and two bathrooms are available, with one being an English enamel bath.
Two sitting rooms features open fireplaces with the second being able to be used as a dining room.
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A grand Consevatory is available along with a library/study, rear vestibule to the cellar, garden and cellar.
Along with the wood stove there are four operating fireplaces as well as a gas fired hydronics heating and full insulation.
Sitting within Daylesford’s Historic Precinct the Botanical Gardens is only a few minutes walk away while main shopping precinct and restaurant are within close proximity.
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1890s Daylesford house, Goodman House, listed for $1.385 million

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Italian Hill at Daylesford, set in one of Victoria's finest private gardens, has sold to Dr Marcus Carey and artist wife Margo for a suburb record $2.05 million.
The property with a straw bale home and two further mud-brick guest cottages had been the work of a retired Melbourne businessman over the last 12 years.
The main residence has three bedrooms and two bathrooms and vast expanses of decking overlooking the garden.
Hand-hewn stone paths and local stone walk ways wind around the garden featuring rolling lawns, vegetable gardens, a rose garden and an idyllic waterfall.
Kim McQueen at Colliers International sold the home.
She also just sold one of Daylesfords grand mansions, Mount Stuart House, for $2 million.
Built in 1860, the home has had a varied history, used as a hospital for soliders, a maternity hospital and more recently a bed and breakfast and private home.
Mount Stuart House sold to A local buyer Louise Melotte when sold by Melbourne owner David Harris who paid $398,000 in 1999.
Kim McQueen said it cemented the boutique spa town as a hot spot for investors looking to take advantage of one of Victoria's most popular tourist destinations.
This article first appeared in The Weekend Australian Mansion Australia section. 
 
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Daylesford and Hepburn Mineral Water Co founder Mitch Watson has secured $1.4 million for his unusual Daylesford home.
Set at the foothills of Victoria’s spa precinct, it was designed by Joost Bakker with the sustainability guru’s trademark grassed rooftop.
The Green House occupies a three-hectare Daylesford site with the three-bedroom residence billed Australia’s first bushfire resistant straw house.
It also has sustainable solar power and hot water systems.
The kitchen overlooks its lounge and dining room, divided by a dual-opening Cheminees Philippe open fireplace.
The Green House was expected to sell for about $1.45 million through Jellis Craig agent Tom May.
This article first appeared in The Weekend Australian's Mansion Australia section.
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Mitch Watson's Daylesford straw house sold

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Daylesford and Hepburn Mineral Water Co founder Mitch Watson is selling his Daylesford home at the foothills of Victoria’s spa precinct.
It was designed by Joost Bakker with the sustainability guru’s trademark grassed rooftop.
The Green House occupies a three-hectare Daylesford site with the three-bedroom residence billed Australia’s first bushfire resistant straw house.
It also has sustainable solar power and hot water systems.
The kitchen overlooks its lounge and dining room, divided by a dual-opening Cheminees Philippe open fireplace.
The Green House, at <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-daylesford-124699454" target="_blank">50A Railway Crescent</a>, is expected to sell for about $1.45 million at March 18 auction through Jellis Craig’s Tom May and Terry Gibson.
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Sustainable bushfire-proof straw Daylesford house, The Green House, listed

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An 1890s Daylesford country house in regional Victoria has been listed for sale for $1,250,000.
Located at <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-daylesford-124353198" target="_blank">134 Vincent Street,</a> the property is a short walk from a myriad of Daylesford’s attraction.
It features views of Lake Daylesford from the rooftop deck.
It sits within landscaped gardens overlooking from verandas.
The four double bedrooms each have their own ensuite with three having double spas.
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The lounge and separate dining room with French doors opens up to the veranda.
Its farmhouse kitchen is equipped with a meals area, butler’s sink and AGA cooker.
Its features include marble fireplaces, gas log fires, air conditioning and ducted heating.
There is also a tandem carport with additional off-street parking for four more vehicles.
The property is offered through hockingstuart agent Mark Smith.
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