<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.

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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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An architecturally designed home situated over 1,081 square metres in Woolwich Peninsula is now on the market.
It has been offered by Tracey Dixon from McGrath Hunters Hill. 
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Designed by Bobby Singh with Ian Halliday from BKH Architects, the brand new residence at <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-hunters+hill-128325498" target="_blank">Hunters Hill </a>comes with formal lounge integrating home theatre and wet bar, living and dining flowing into harbour view entertainer's terrace, master suite and four other bedrooms. 
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Additional features include skylit foyer with Italian marble, gymnasium, steam room, private garden with infinity edge swimming pool, five car garage plus Control4 home automation.
It's also close to Valencia Street Wharf, city buses and eateries. 
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Brand new Hunters Hill trophy home on the market 

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The downsizing former Jacob's Creek winemaker Philip Laffer and wife Beverley are selling Daybreak, their historic Hunters Hill home.
The <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-hunters+hill-130658154" target="_blank">Victorian Gothic-style sandstone home</a> was built in the early 1880s for the pioneering Lenehan family.
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It has been modernised since the Laffers paid $3.2 million in 2007 and has five bedrooms and three bathrooms on 1,550 square metre, park-like grounds, with a solar-heated pool, spa and studio.
The auction is on April 4 with McGrath agent Tracey Dixon offering a $4.35 million price guidance.
This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph.
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Hunters Hill trophy Daybreak listed by former Jacob's Creek winemaker

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Former Australian Ballet leading soloist Jayne Kaplan and her husband, rally car champion and owner of Hunter Holden, Adam Kaplan, have sold their Hunters Hill home.
The couple had $8.5 million hopes for the five bedroom home that they had owned for nearly two decades.
It was 1999 when they paid $2.1 million when buying from Warwick Bates, the former executive headhunter, and wife Carol.
The home with infinity pool sits next door to Bulwarra, the former home of actor Cate Blanchett and musician husband Andrew Upton.
McGrath's Tracey Dixon and Brent Courtney sold the home.
Jayne Kaplan, formerly Jane Beddoe, is currently the ambassador to the Friends of the Australia Ballet. She recently appeared in Swan Lake at the Sydney Opera House.
This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph.
 
 
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Former Australia ballet lead soloist sells in Hunters Hill

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The Chinese businessman Sam Guo has his landmark Windermere, Hunters Hill estate listed for sale.
Guo bought the grand 1857 residence for $11.45 million four years ago.
He became known as ‘the Chinese Gatsby‘ given his many lavish parties.
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<div id="google_ads_iframe_/31694718/domain.com.au/news/prestige_3__container__">But at the height of the federal government’s crackdown on foreign buyers in 2015, the near neighbour and then treasurer Joe Hockey reported Guo to the Foreign Investment Review Board because he claimed his approval to buy Windermere was based on “spurious” grounds.</div>
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<div>Guo’s approval to buy the established home was by offering an undertaking to the FIRB to add to Australia’s existing housing stock by implementing already approved DA plans to replace the guest house with a new granny flat dwelling.</div>
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<div>Fairfax Media report this second dwelling is yet to be built on the 3500-square-metre estate.</div>
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The heritage-listed property with the Jules Joubert-built sandstone residence was built in the 1850s.
Neighbours were reported alerted to the upcoming listing by a letter box drop by Jessica Ke, of Carlingford-based agency Ausrealty.​
There was also an <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ausrealty/" target="_blank">Instagram post</a> by Ms Ke.
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Laing+Simmons has welcomed a branch to the franchise.
Laing+Simmons Hunters Hill joins the network this week under the local leadership of Richard Pickton.
The Laing+Simmons Hunters Hill team was formerly Ray White.
Mr Pickton says the decision to join the Laing+Simmons family was based on "culture".
“We recognised it was time to elevate our business to the next level in terms of growth, and to do this we wanted to ensure we would have the right support and, importantly, the right culture behind us,” Mr Pickton says.
“The real estate market locally is going through a new phase where buyers are taking a more cautious approach to maximise value for money, yet the quality of properties and  lifestyle on offer in Hunters Hill ensure demand remains robust."
“Local expertise is the most crucial ingredient in these changing times and this, combined with the customer-first focus that characterises Laing+Simmons, will hold us in great stead going forward,” he says.
Laing+Simmons Network Growth Manager Travis Wentriro says the Hunters Hill office represents a key strategic addition in the company’s growth plans.
“This is a market where we needed to have a presence and with Richard and his team now part of the family, we’re fortunate to welcome the area’s leading team to the group and we look forward to supporting their long-term growth,” Mr Wentriro says.
The new Hunters Hill office is the latest in a string of new offices to join the Laing+Simmons network this year, and there’ll be more to come soon, Mr Wentriro says.
“We’re in advanced discussions with several best-in-business operators, both in Sydney and in key regional areas, and anticipate making some further announcements in the near future,” he concluded
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An 1890 Hunters Hill sandstone house was sold by Tracey Dixon and Nicholas Cowdrill from McGrath Hunters Hill last month.
Reinvented by architect Kerry Fyfe from Allen Jack and Cottier, the contemporary home features water views. 
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<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-nsw-hunters+hill-127617118" target="_blank">Located at 27 Glenview Crescent</a>, it comes with four bedrooms, formal and informal living areas, expansive timber balconies and gourmet island kitchen. 
Other features include swimming pool, four marble fireplaces, rosewood parquetry flooring and double garage. 
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It's only a stroll to Hunters Hill Village, shops, cafes and CBD transport.
The property had last sold at $770,000 in 1991.
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Its contents have been listed under instructions from the vendors due to the recent sale.
Charleston’s Fine Art Auctions have been appointed to sell the Victorian mahogany Dining table and sideboard, modular lounge suite, Aboriginal paintings by Gabriella Possum and Jeannie Pitjarra, Art of Stone chairs, fine Inlaid silk Keshan carpet, various Persian tribal rugs, Gillie and Marc and Mark Hanham paintings, and a large outdoor Children’s bronze.
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Sandstone 1890s Hunters Hill trophy home sold

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A new-build house at 88 Park Road, Hunters Hill without water views sold at auction last weekend at $5.8 million.
<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-nsw-hunters+hill-128032406" target="_blank">The five-bedroom property</a> attracted pre-registrations from five families after over 150 groups came through during the campaign.
Three of them made bids, pushing the result $700,000 up on the $5.1 million reserve.
It was marketed by McGrath with a $4.6 million price guide.
The 700 square metre block sold at $2.3 million in early 2017. 
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Hunters Hill new build trophy home sold for $5.8 million

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The Hunters Hill peninsula-based Boyd family have been pinpointed as the most likely buyers of the redundant home of Joe Hockey, the ambassador to the United States and his investment banker wife, Melissa Babbage.
The property came down from marketing websites on Friday evening.
There was no official confirmation of any sale, but no further open for inspections are scheduled for the trophy home which was listed with $8 million plus price guidance.
Listing agent Brad Pillinger had hoped recent Chinese New Year tourism celebrations would bring offshore interest, but the rumoured strongest interest came from the longtime local family.
Hockey and Babbage intend upsizing to another historic Hunters Hill home, set on almost 2400 square metres.
The pair have secured <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property/3-jeanneret-ave-hunters-hill-nsw-2110" target="_blank">a reputed $8 million deal for Wybalena House,</a> a grand six-bedroom sandstone 1870s residence. The deal was secured via a put and call option last month when a call-option fee was paid and released.
Their redundant Federation mansion, Te Roma cost $3.5 million in 2004 when Hockey was a Liberal MP in the Howard Government.The four bedroom house with study and media room has been renovated by heritage architect firm Clive Lucas Stapleton.
Te Roma, built in 1905 on its 1400 square metre Woolwich Road block, has been leased since 2015, when Hockey took the diplomatic posting.
Top end market observers suggest Hockey had been caught in cooling market conditions, as the torrent of billionaire buyers from China has turned to a trickle.
The Hockey family retain ownership of their South Coast retreat at Stanwell Park bought in $782,500 in 2002. 
They sold their Forrest, Canberra residence for $1,515,000 in 2016.
The Hockey’s cattle farm holdings in Malanda, north of Cairns, were sold in 2016.
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Joe Hockey finds buyer for redundant Hunters Hill home

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Joe Hockey, the ambassador to the United States and his investment banker wife, Melissa Babbage have listed their Hunters Hill trophy home with $8 million plus price guidance.
<div class="in-content-ad">Their Federation mansion cost $3.5 million in 2004 through LJ Hooker when Hockey was a Liberal MP in the Howard Government.</div>
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<a href="http://www.pillinger.com/properties/52-woolwich-road/" target="_blank">The four bedroom house with study and media room </a>has been renovated by heritage architect firm Clive Lucas Stapleton.</div>
Te Roma, built in 1905 on its 1400 sqm Woolwich Road block, has been leased since 2015, when Hockey took the diplomatic posting.
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The family sold their Forrest, Canberra residence for $1,515,000 in 2016.
The Hockey’s cattle farm holdings in Malanda, north of Cairns, were sold in 2016 too.
They retain ownership of their South Coast retreat at Stanwell Park bought in $782,500 in 2002. 
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Diplomat Joe Hockey lists Hunters Hill home with $8 million plus hopes

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The Hunters Hill home of the late Frank Baden-Powell, who co-founded the Dirty Dick's Theatre Restraunt chain, has been listed for sale.
McGrath Hunters Hill agent Tracey Dixon has a <a href="https://www.propertyobserver.com.au/https://www.mcgrath.com.au/buy/house/nsw/northern-suburbs/hunters-hill/333416?preview=13c6743e-c6a5-4f6f-b5fb-0cbdff5c0189" target="_blank">$3.25 million price guide</a> for its March 18 auction.
Frank Baden-Powell, who was a well-regarded actor, director and city councillor of Perth, became a theatre restaurant entrepreneur.
Forming a business partnership with writer-director Coralie Condon, they opened the first theatre-restaurant in Perth in the late 1960s.
It evolved under the name Dirty Dick's into a nationwide chain.
Baden-Powell retired from the company in 1987.
In 1992 he was awarded the Order of Australia for service to the performing arts.
Set on 831 sqm, the original home with split level layout has four bedrooms, two bathrooms and a lower level teen retreat.
Wide verandah decks offer harbour views while a path near the swimming pool and spa leads to the water and slipway.
It's been in the family for more than three decades.
This article first appeared in the Sunday Telegraph.
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