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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The outdoor amenities elevating life at Senso, Epping

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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Heronsdale, the Flinders weekender of architect Alan Synman has been listed for sale.
The Darley Court home comes with $2,950,000 to $3,245,000 price guide through Kay &amp; Burton agents Prue McLaughlin and Tom Barr Smith.
Offers close November 22 for the four bedroom, three bathroom plus study, family home on 2,725 square metres.
Synman, who paid $500,000 for the home in 2002 before renovating, was awarded an OAM in 2017 for services to architecture.
He founded Synman Justin Bialek Architects, better known as SJB Architects, in 1976.
He stepped down as a director in 2005.
This article was first published in the Weekend Australian.
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SJB founder lists Flinders trophy Heronsdale

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Bass Lodge, once the weekender of the family of the supermarket giant Coles, has sold for $6,775,000. 
It was bought by the Newell family who are behind manufacturing company Baron Rubber.
It was sold by the local Barr-Smith family, who paid $5.4 million in 2010 before restoring the grand 1915 built home.
Set on a vast 5,340 square metres, the home has four bedrooms, a formal sitting room, dining room, seven-car garage, wine cellar and an internal lift 
Kay &amp; Burton sold the home for a suburb record for a residential house, but failed to achieve near its initial $8 million to $8.5 million guide.
The record house price of $6.56 million was paid last year for the 2800 square metre 14 Bass Street.
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It comes with four bedrooms, formal sitting room, dining room, light-filled kitchen, wide balcony with views across the water, and a seven-car garage. 
Other features include lift, wine cellar, guest kitchen and dining, concealed laundry, drying cupboard, cloakroom, powder room, plentiful storage, and split system heating and cooling.
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Bass Lodge is ideally located just a few minutes walk to the shops, cafes and restaurants of the Village, the popular Flinders Hotel, the Flinders Golf Club, the beach and the pier.
The suburb's median house price sits at<a href="/developments/flinders-vic-3929"> $1.67 million</a> according to CoreLogic. 
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Bass Lodge, Flinders trophy home sold for $6,775,000

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Landscape designer Rick Eckersley has sold Musk Cottage, his Mornington Peninsula weekender.
RT Edgar were seeking $4 million to $4.2 million with around $4.5 million secured for Eckersley, who grew up on a cattle and wool grazing property in Macarthur, in the Western District.
He studied at Burnley Horticultural College as a mature-age student, then worked for Berwick City Council for three weeks, before leaving to start his own landscaping business.
It was a labour of love for the Melbourne-based gardener after he paid $2 million for the estate off a dirt track at Flinders in 2006 when the four hectares was almost entirely mown lawn.
He bought the property as a break from his weekends in St Kilda.
The contemporary three bedroom main residence opens as much as possible to the outdoors.
The living and dining room flows to a large deck which overlooks the picturesque dam.
On the other side of the home is a swimming pool, tennis court, bocce court, pitching green and in-ground trampoline.
They sit by a self-contained three bedroom cottage.
This article was first published in the Weekend Australian. 
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Bass Lodge, the most recognizable house in Flinders that surrounded by landscaped gardens, has hit the market.
It was once the weekender of the Coles retailing family back in the early 20th century.
The circa 1915 home has been listed by Tom Barr Smith and Prue McLaughlin from Kay &amp; Burton Flinders. 
Sitting on a 5342 sqm block of land, Bass Lodge at <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-flinders-129459678" target="_blank">33 Bass Street </a>has been fully renovated and restored. 
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It comes with four bedrooms, formal sitting room, dining room, light-filled kitchen, wide balcony with views across the water, and a seven-car garage. 
Other features include lift, wine cellar, guest kitchen and dining, concealed laundry, drying cupboard, cloakroom, powder room, plentiful storage, and split system heating and cooling.
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Bass Lodge is ideally located just a few minutes walk to the shops, cafes and restaurants of the Village, the popular Flinders Hotel, the Flinders Golf Club, the beach and the pier.
The suburb's median house price sits at $1.67 million according to CoreLogic. 
The four-bedroom, four-bathroom home on 5342sq m has a price guide of $8-$8.5 million, which would be a suburb record for a residential house not on an acreage.
The record house price of $6.56 million was paid earlier this year for the 2800sq m 14 Bass Street.
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Bass Lodge at Flinders listed with record hopes

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A 37 acre rural Flinders trophy home has been listed for sale with $7 million hopes.
Held within the same family for over 30 years, it offers views across the valley to Western Port, Phillip Island, the Nobbies and Seal Rocks.
Set within the rolling countryside of Flinders, the rural property at <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-flinders-129403422" target="_blank">25 Beechers Way</a> comes with a family home, grazing paddocks and native bush. 
The brick home comprises of three bedrooms, central kitchen, dining and living room, second sitting room, covered veranda and garden. 
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The property also features five well-fenced grazing paddocks, an area of native bush, a large spring-fed dam, stockyards and a spacious 5-bay machinery shed with workshop and woodshed.
It is just a short drive from Flinders village, local beaches, award winning wineries and restaurants, shops, schools and all the attractions of the Mornington Peninsula.
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The suburb's median house price sits at $1.67 million, according to CoreLogic.  
Tom Barr Smith and Prue McLaughlin from Kay &amp; Burton Flinders are marketing the home until October 23.
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37 acre Flinders trophy home listed

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Flinders chocolatiers Milton Laycock and Isilda Caldwell are selling their home and business premises in the Mornington Pensinsula town’s main street.
The <a href="https://www.domain.com.au/45-45b-cook-street-flinders-vic-3929-2014484660" target="_blank">45-45b Cook Street</a>, Flinders holding has a price guide of $3.15 million.
The property includes a commercial kitchen and twin showrooms in the business dwelling and a contemporary three-bedroom, two-bathroom residence at the rear of the block. 
The living spaces include a fireplace and a black and white island kitchen with Miele appliances, and there are decks front and back for outdoor entertaining.
 Domenic Zanellini of Nicholson Real Estate has the listing.
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Rockpool, the luxury custom-built timber home on Flinders' exclusive Spindrift Avenue, has hit the market.
The tightly held road with just 20 waterfront homes has recently seen one or two sales annually.
Last year an architect designed home fetched $6.4 million.
Rockpool is part of land that has been owned by the Mayes family since the 1960s.
They subdivided the land in 1993.
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<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-flinders-127554610" target="_blank">The 19a offering</a> is set on a sloping 2040 square metre block with a path that leads down to the secluded Flinders Beach.
It was built with natural materials and timbers reflecting its coastal environments.
Rockpool was designed with ceiling lines arcing in a wave like formation, with porthole windows nautically framing the aspect of ocean and coastal forest and glass picture windows with ocean views.
The three bedroom home features an upper level glassed main bedroom suite which hovers in line with the outlook. It has a private living space, walk in wardrobe and ensuite.
A separate marine plywood lined studio is linked to the main house by a decked hallway. 
Michael Parker and Paul Armstrong at RT Edgar Flinders has a $4.4 million to $4.6 million guide for its March 11 auction for the Cruise family.
A similar timber built home a few doors down fetched $4.06 million when it sold in 2016.
This article first appeared in The Weekend Australian. 
 
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Timber trophy house on exclusive waterfront Flinders street listed

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Meroo, the 18 month old, blue-shuttered, two storey, five bedroom Hamptons style home at Flinders has been listed for sale.
It is being marketed by Rob Curtain and Danielle Vains at Sotheby's Mornington Peninsula.
It has been billed as "Akehurst brilliance in Flinders heartland".
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It comes with an elevator that connects the garden living zone to the upper level balconied space with ocean views.
The<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-flinders-126959074" target="_blank"> Bass Street home</a> has been listed with $7 million to $7.5 million price guidance.  
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Stephen Akehurst designed Meroo for sale in Flinders

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The classically-inspired country estate designs of Stephen Akehurst are synonymous with the top end weekenders at Melbourne's pricey playground, the Mornington Pensinsula.
His own home at Flinders remains for sale through estate agent Chantal Hooper having come with an initial $12 million price guide.
The home, <a href="http://chantalhooper.com/?portfolio=flinders" target="_blank">Lower Lower Steading</a> is an imposing, but charming manor located on 7,500 sqm of manicured grounds, located 60 miles south of Melbourne in the coastal town of Flinders.
It is secluded behind trees on three sides with the fourth commanding an amphitheatre-like panorama over fields towards the ocean.
No surprise the five bedroom, five bathroom white weatherboard has strong elements of the American clapboard style popular in The Hamptons.
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Accessed by a private curved driveway between Main Ridge and Flinders, his escape was designed in accordance with classical principles under its gray bell-cast shingled roof.
“In designing Lower Lower Steading, I took into full account the stunning vistas the house commands over coast and country.
"Others may do this by incorporating walls of glass however that would not suit the classic lines of this house.
"I instead chose to maximise the views in two other ways: one by the provision of a wide and long terrace, covered at either end for year-round use; the other was to place a long range of windows upstairs and downstairs large enough to act as frames to the view."
There's perfect symmetry from its tall shuttered windows to its lateral dormer wings. Paired pencil pines aplenty too in the garden.
The front door under its pillared porch opens into a lofty galleried staircase hall.
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Every room on the ground floor has French doors opening onto a broad terrace that runs the length of the house overlooking the main garden and pool.
The terrace has a covered loggia at either end - one with a stone-built barbecue and pizza oven with outdoor summer dining area. The other is designed for outdoor sitting, with a stone-built fireplace for cooler weather.
There's an elegant library, a formal sitting room with open fireplace, chefs kitchen, home office with fireplace and an attic ceiling designed to be fitted as a cinema or gym.
A detached pavilion has been designed as self-contained guest accommodation.
Akehurst, who is selling because he would like to build a new one nearby, adopts three golden rules with his homes.
He says clients look for what excites them but they also want harmony.
The most important thing in design was to get the scale and proportion right.
"If they're wrong, you can never fix it," he advises.
The second is the right balance of light.
"A common mistake is when people think, 'we've got this wonderful view, we should just have complete glass'. And I say, 'you may want to look at the view, you don't necessarily want to be part of it'.
"The third thing is the orientation of the rooms; the living room should get the light or the bedrooms should be cooler.
"The house should have a unifying theme, but different rooms should have different moods."
The stately home's rich, textured and inviting interiors are the creation of Adrian Cannata of Akehurst Cannata Interiors.
Stephen Akehurst, who collects Mercedes Benz's, purchased the plot of land two decades ago. Construction of the 9,149-square-foot house began in 2005 and was completed in 2007.
This first appeared in The Weekend Australian.
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