Not all apartment amenities are immediately visible.

Swimming pools, gyms, rooftop terraces and residents' lounges have long featured on buyers' wishlists, but as the way Australians live has changed, so too have the features that make apartment living more convenient.

Increasingly, buyers are placing value on the practical aspects of day-to-day life. Fast internet, EV charging, secure bike storage, flexible workspaces and parcel management are becoming just as relevant as lifestyle amenities, reflecting changing habits and expectations.

Online shopping has been one of the biggest drivers of that shift.

Australians spent a record $82.6 billion shopping online in 2025, with almost one in every four retail dollars now spent digitally, making parcel deliveries a routine part of everyday life rather than an occasional convenience.

For apartment residents, however, receiving those deliveries isn't always straightforward.

Without someone home to accept a parcel, deliveries can be redirected to a nearby Post Office, left in building foyers or common areas, or require building management to temporarily store packages. As apartment living continues to grow across Australia's cities, parcel management has become an increasingly important consideration for both residents and developers.

Australia Post's Parcel Locker network is one response to that shift.

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Rather than relying on home delivery, eligible parcels can be directed to a nominated Parcel Locker, where they're securely stored until collected. Once a parcel arrives, residents receive a notification through the AusPost app or SMS and can retrieve it using a one-time code or QR code at a time that suits them.

The network has expanded to more than 1,500 locations nationwide, with Parcel Lockers positioned at Post Offices, shopping centres, supermarkets, transport hubs and, increasingly, within or alongside residential developments.

That growing presence reflects a broader change in how apartment buildings are being planned.

Developers are increasingly considering the operational side of apartment living alongside traditional lifestyle amenities. Just as secure mailrooms, bicycle storage and EV charging have become more common inclusions, parcel management is emerging as another feature that supports everyday convenience.

It also helps preserve the arrival experience within a building. Carefully designed lobbies and communal spaces can quickly become cluttered when deliveries accumulate, while secure parcel solutions reduce the likelihood of missed deliveries or parcels being left unattended.

For buyers comparing apartments, these everyday details are becoming part of the decision-making process.

Location, floorplans and finishes remain fundamental, but the features that simplify daily life are carrying greater weight than they once did. As online shopping continues to shape consumer behaviour, secure parcel delivery is increasingly becoming another amenity worth looking for.

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Parcel delivery is joining the apartment amenity checklist

Inca Property Group has lodged a State Significant Development Application (SSDA) for Dawn, a 53-apartment oceanfront development overlooking Mona Vale Beach.

The proposal, at 35-39 Darley Street East, would replace an existing 18-apartment strata building with a new owner-occupier-focused development comprising 53 two and three-bedroom apartments, including nine affordable built-to-rent residences delivered under the State's infill affordable housing scheme.

Positioned on a 2,679 sqm elevated site around 280 metres from Mona Vale Beach, the development has been designed to maximise panoramic ocean views while responding to the site's sloping topography.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/inca-property-group">Inca Property Group</a> Managing Director Josh Thompson said the State Significant pathway provided greater certainty for projects of this scale.

"This State Significant pathway gives the team real certainty to progress <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/dawn-35-39-darley-street-east-mona-vale-nsw-2103">Dawn</a> through to completion," Thompson said.

"It allows us to acquire a one-off site, design it carefully and deliver the right offering for the suburb, assessed by the NSW Government's planning department."

The project is one of the first developments in the area to be assessed under the NSW Government's Low and Mid-Rise Housing policy, with the site sitting on the edge of the policy's designated inner area.

The proposal includes three basement levels providing 124 car spaces, alongside a range of resident amenities including a swimming pool, gym, sauna, wellness facilities and private plunge pools for selected ground-floor and penthouse apartments.

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Thompson said Dawn had been designed specifically for owner-occupiers and downsizers, a buyer profile that has driven demand across Inca's recent Upper North Shore developments.

"The majority of buyers in our recent North Shore projects have been downsizers, and we are learning exactly what this market is looking for. Beyond the location itself, we have included resort-style amenities to deliver a genuine lifestyle offering," Thompson said.

Located within walking distance of Mona Vale Beach, the town centre, Mona Vale Golf Club and the Royal Motor Yacht Club, Dawn represents Inca's first Northern Beaches project following the sell-out of Tara on Park in Waitara and Ellis Residences, currently under construction in St Ives.

Construction will be undertaken by Inca's in-house construction arm, GOP Constructions.

Dawn is the latest major apartment proposal for Mona Vale, with the suburb emerging as one of the key beneficiaries of the NSW Government's new Low and Mid-Rise Housing policy.

New developer One Living, led by industry veteran Joseph Scuderi, recently secured a site on Mona Vale Road, on the border of Mona Vale and Pymble, where it is planning around 140 apartments.

IPM is also planning its third project in Mona Vale, significantly increasing the scale of its previous developments with an 82-apartment proposal at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/159-167-darley-street-west-mona-vale-nsw-2103">159-167 Darley Street West</a>, opposite Bayview Golf Course and less than 800 metres from Mona Vale town centre.

Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/nsw/one-living-enters-sydneys-new-apartment-market-with-northern-beaches-site-acquisition">One Living enters Sydney's new apartment market with Northern Beaches site acquisition</a>

Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/nsw/first-look-ipm-plans-third-mona-vale-project">First look: IPM plans third Mona Vale project</a>

First look: Inca eyes Mona Vale with State Significant DA for Dawn apartments

Seasoned Victorian apartment developer <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/central-equity">Central Equity</a> has logged more than $400 million in sales in its luxury apartment project Palmera Residences at Northcliffe on the Gold Coast.&nbsp;

Central Equity Director Karl Kutner said the sales result reflected a combination of location, product quality and delivery certainty with the project already under construction by building powerhouse Multiplex.&nbsp;

"Surpassing $400 million in sales since launch is a significant milestone and an outstanding endorsement of <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/palmera-residences-gold-coast-18-garfield-terrace-surfers-paradise-qld-4217">Palmera Residences</a>,” he said.&nbsp;

"We believe one of the key reasons for this strong result is the confidence purchasers have in knowing the project is under construction with Multiplex. Buyers are increasingly looking for certainty. They want to know that the project they commit to today will be delivered by an experienced team with a proven track record."&nbsp;

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Kutner said it was clear there was still high demand for luxury projects that offered certainty of delivery.&nbsp;

“We are in a market where many residential developments have faced delays due to rising construction costs, labour shortages and financing challenges,” said Kutner.&nbsp;

"But having construction underway has provided our buyers with resounding confidence backed by more than 40 years of development delivery by Central Equity combined with construction by one of Australia's most respected construction companies."&nbsp;

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Central Equity is one of Australia's most experienced privately-owned property developers. Over more than four decades, the company has delivered in excess of 85 residential developments including 10,000 apartments and many thousands of stand alone homes.&nbsp;

Located on Garfield Terrace at Northcliffe, between Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach, Palmera Residences occupies one of the Gold Coast's most sought after beachside locations. The development has been designed to appeal to owner occupiers seeking premium residences that combine generous living spaces and resort style amenities.&nbsp;

Palmera Residences will feature an exceptional collection of resort style amenities, including two swimming pools: a generously sized family pool with safe shallow zones for relaxed recreation, and a 20 metre lap pool positioned to maximise all day sunlight.&nbsp;

Residents will also enjoy exclusive access to wellness and recreational facilities including a magnesium pool, sauna, yoga studio, expansive fitted gymnasium, resident lounge, outdoor BBQ’s&nbsp;and indoor and outdoor dining areas, together with a dedicated concierge and luxurious hotel inspired entrance foyer.&nbsp;

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A unique feature at Palmera Residences has been designed to enhance the Gold Coast lifestyle which includes both indoor and outdoor gymnasium facilities, together with thoughtfully designed indoor and outdoor dining and entertaining areas. A corner café has also been incorporated to provide residents with a destination for their everyday needs.&nbsp;

Kutner said buyer demand had been broad based with purchasers attracted from interstate as well as throughout South East Queensland.&nbsp;

"We're seeing strong interest from owner occupiers, lifestyle buyers and people relocating to the Gold Coast. Many purchasers have been searching for a premium beachside residence where quality, design and delivery are equally important."&nbsp;

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Kutner said the sales milestone was an important achievement, but the focus remained firmly on delivering an exceptional development.&nbsp;

"While reaching $400 million in sales is an important milestone, our priority remains delivering a project that exceeds purchaser expectations,” he said.&nbsp;

"Palmera Residences has been designed to become one of the Gold Coast's landmark residential addresses, and we look forward to welcoming our purchasers to their new homes."&nbsp;

There are a limited number of residences remaining in selected configurations with pricing from $2,950,000 to $8,950,000. Palmera Residences is also crowned by expansive penthouses with wrap around views.

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Construction certainty and strong buyer demand drive major sales result for luxury Gold Coast development

Palmera Residences fly out the door as sales pass $400 million

National property developer <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/goldfields-group">Goldfields</a> has appointed BINAH as its construction partner for Quartet, its new Brisbane apartment development in the undersupplied suburb of <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developments/milton-qld-4064">Milton</a>.

Located just two kilometres from the Brisbane CBD and moments from key 2032 Olympic precincts, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/quartet-milton-33-manning-street-milton-qld-4064">Quartet</a> will deliver 131 one, two, three, and four-bedroom apartments priced from $1 million to $4.2 million, combining elevated design with a wellness-focused lifestyle offering.&nbsp;

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Goldfields’ Chief Executive Officer, Lachlan Thompson, said the appointment of <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/builders/binah-constructions">BINAH</a> marked an important milestone for the project.&nbsp;

“Bringing BINAH on board as our construction partner will allow us to bring our vision for Quartet forward with a team that has a proven track record of delivering high-quality residential projects,” Thompson said.&nbsp;

“We’ve taken a considered approach to progressing the site because we wanted to deliver the whole package. Buyers ultimately back great developers, great projects and great builders, and with Quartet, we’ve made sure all three line up.

“People want certainty, they want to know the project will be built, that the homes will be delivered as promised, and that the developer stands behind the quality of what they create. That’s something Goldfields has built its reputation on over many years.”&nbsp;

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BINAH’s Managing Director, Khalil Hafza, said the company was proud to be partnering with Goldfields to deliver Quartet.&nbsp;

“Quartet is an exciting project to bring to life, particularly given the level of detail in the residences and the extensive rooftop amenity planned for the building,” Mr Hafza said.&nbsp;

“Our focus is on delivering a high-quality build that brings that design vision to life and creates homes residents will enjoy for many years.”&nbsp;

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The facilities at Quartet have been feared towards the roof, with a&nbsp;25 metre lap pool, spa, sauna and cold plunge, and a communal barbecue area and alfresco.

Town planning was designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/rothelowman">Rothelowman</a> and brought to life by Melbourne-based architecture firm Cera Stribley.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/interior-designers/cera-stribley">Cera Stribley</a> Co-Founder and Managing Principal, Dom Cerantonio, said the project responds to both its riverside setting and Brisbane’s evolving urban character.&nbsp;

“Quartet has been designed to sit comfortably within its riverside context, offering a refined take on urban living through well-planned, generously proportioned residences that will stand the test of time,” Mr Cerantonio said.&nbsp;

“An emphasis on natural light, natural textures and carefully selected finishes from timber and marble to premium appliances, creates calm, considered interiors designed for comfort and long-term liveability.”&nbsp;

Construction of Quartet will commence in July 2026, with completion anticipated in Q4 2028.

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Construction to commence on 131-residence tower designed around wellness-focused living

Goldfields appoints BINAH for Quartet apartments in Milton

The first partnership between national developer <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/fortis">Fortis</a> and Adelaide-based developer <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/otello">Otello</a> has made a strong start, with the pair securing $21 million in unconditional sales at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/one-four-four-hutt-adelaide-144-hutt-street-adelaide-sa-5000">One Four Four Hutt</a>&nbsp;on the edge of the Adelaide CBD.

Over a third of apartments have been snapped up in the boutique 44-apartment project on the corner of Hutt Stret and Wakefield Road. Local downsizers and owner-occupiers wanting to remain in Adelaide's tightly-held southeast quarter have been the most prominent purchasers.

The DKO-designed, mixed-use development is one of the few new apartment projects in the precinct, an area where new housing supply has remained limited despite continued demand from buyers wanting to stay close to the CBD, Victoria Park and Adelaide's established east-end amenities.

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Fortis Head of Development SA Arthur Dendrinos said the early sales reflected both the strength of the local owner-occupier market and confidence in the Hutt Street location.

"The level of early commitment reflects the confidence local buyers have in the Hutt Street precinct," Dendrinos said.

"Many purchasers are long-term east-end residents who love the area and want to stay connected to the neighbourhood. They recognise the value of a well-designed, well-located development.

"Our partnership with Otello has been central to this success, and the number of unconditional sales at this stage only strengthens our confidence in the South Australian market."

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Otello Director Daniel Harris said the sales result also highlighted the lack of new apartment opportunities within the Hutt Street precinct.

"One Four Four Hutt has clearly resonated with buyers, with strong early sales reflecting both the appeal of the Hutt Street corridor and the lifestyle on offer," Harris said.

"The activated ground-floor retail has also been a key drawcard, with purchasers responding to the vision of a more vibrant and connected streetscape, not just the residences themselves."

One Four Four Hutt will deliver 44 one, two and three-bedroom apartments, alongside a collection of penthouses, above a ground-floor retail offering designed to further activate the Hutt Street precinct.

Construction is scheduled to commence in the third quarter of this year, with completion anticipated in 2028.

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Fortis Head of Development SA Arthur Dendrinos said the early sales reflected both the strength of the local owner-occupier market and confidence in the Hutt Street location.

Fortis makes Adelaide debut with Otello as One Four Four Hutt records strong early sales

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Hipages co-founder Roby Sharon-Zipser and his wife Jordana didn't find a buyer for their Vaucluse home when it went to recent auction.
It was listed as they had their eye on something bigger.
The Olola Avenue home was passed in on a $6.5 million vendor bid at its auction. There was interest but no bids.
The Sharon-Zipsers had initially sought $7 million for the four-bedroom home, which was knocked down to $6.75 million during its marketing.
The couple had paid $8 million just 12 months ago when upgrading from North Bondi.
Ray White’s Gavin Rubinstein offered the home with Cameron Kimber interiors.
This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph. 
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Hipages co-founders Vaucluse home goes unsold at auction

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Hotelier Ashton Waugh is selling his Vaucluse home with a $16 million price guide.
The home, listed by Gavin Rubinstein, Ray White network’s top performer, is his first listing in his new office in Woollahra.
The three-level home was completed two years ago with five bedrooms and seven bathrooms.
Peter Ahern of buck&amp;simple Architecture cast a fresh eye over the existing home, which was gutted to include an oculus to bring natural light into the core of the home.
There’s also a cellar for 2000 wine bottles.
The Gilliver Avenue home’s panorama takes in the city skyline, Opera House and Harbour Bridge.
The 835 square metre block cost $6.7 million in 2004.
There are 28 houses for sale at Vaucluse on realestate.com.au with a $5.5 million median sale price from the 70 sales of the past year.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph. 
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Hotelier Ashton Waugh lists $16 million Vaucluse home

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Fashion designer Kit Willow Podgornik has listed her Vaucluse home with $5.8 million hopes.
Property Observer gets a sneak peek.
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The creative brains behind KITX fashion brand and her husband, property developer Mark Podgornik, have called the four-bedroom house home for nine years.
Perched on the hillside above Vaucluse House, they paid $2.1 million with a subsequent two-year renovation.
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The Vaucluse home that was co-owned by alleged fraudster Adam Cranston sold for $2,603,000 at its mid-week auction.
There had been 40 contracts issued.
<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-nsw-vaucluse-130936466" target="_blank">The home</a>, which was being forcibly sold, is the final piece in the fallen property empire of Cranston, who is alleged to be the mastermind behind the Plutus Payroll syndicate, the largest tax fraud scheme in Australian history.
He is being charged with the misappropriation of over $130 million owed to the Australian Tax Office.
The home was bought for $2.4 million in 2015 by Cranston family interests.
The following year it was transferred to a company in which Cranston and alleged co-conspirator, former champion snowboarder and sports broadcaster Jason Onley, were joint shareholders.
The first mortgagee Westpac were appointed as the controllers of the company in March.
The title has a caveat from the NSW Supreme Court, following a Federal Police application which restricted any sale unless approved by the commissioner.
A three bedroom home with swimming pool sits on the 450 square metre Macdonald Street site.
It was listed with a guide of $2.1 million through LJ Hooker Double Bay agents David Malouf and Emma Steanes. 
The couple's Bondi Beach home, where Cranston was arrested in May two years ago, quietly sold earlier this year for $1.3 million by the mortgagee.
The two bed townhouse cost them $1,222,000 in 2015.
He offloaded a 60 hectare horse and cattle farm in the Hunter Valley for $1,068,000 in 2017, having paid $940,000 a year earlier.
He sold a Miranda townhouse for $1.88 million in 2017, a $473,000 profit in a year from the $1,415,000 he paid.
In Burraneer he offloaded a half-built mansion on the pricey Matthew Flinders Place for $2,425,000.
He and wife Elizabeth Rouhliadeff had paid $1,875,000 in 2015 and were building a large four bedroom home with a swimming pool.
Officials seized a haul of luxury items including two planes, sports cars, jewellery, artwork, firearms and at least $1 million cash found in a safety deposit box in the raids on properties linked to the syndicate.
Cranston and Onley are next scheduled to return to the Downing Centre Local Court on July 9 ahead of their September committal hearing. Both are yet to enter a plea.
This article was first published in the Daily Telegraph.
 
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Adam Cranston's Vaucluse investment property sold by mortgagee

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The Sydney suburb of Vaucluse is set to be the busiest place for auctions this Easter week with 7 homes expected to go under the hammer, according to CoreLogic
Next busiest is Sydney’s Rose bay, which has 6 auctions scheduled, followed by Cronulla, Leichhardt and Randwick, also in Sydney, which will be hosting 5 auctions each.
The Easter long weekend is expected to see a very low number of homes taken to auction, with only 386 scheduled auctions this week across the combined capital cities.
Easter is one of the quietest weeks of the year in terms of auction volumes.
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Over the Easter weekend last year there were 670 homes taken to auction.
Almost 60 per cent of all capital city auction activity is scheduled to take place in Sydney this week (220 auctions), while in Melbourne, just 48 auctions will be held.
118 auctions are scheduled to take place across the remaining capital cities, with 21 of those scheduled to take place in Brisbane and 46 in Adelaide.
Canberra is set to host 35 auctions this week, while Perth is expecting 16 auctions. There are currently no scheduled auctions in Tasmania this week.
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One example of the auctions taking place in Rose Bay this week is <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-apartment-nsw-rose+bay-130752534" target="_blank">6/696 Old South Head Road, Rose Bay</a> (pictured in title).
In the suburb adjacent to Vaucluse, this penthouse style two-level apartment atop Kingsview is for sale without a price guide.
The three bedroom two bathroom apartment features 180° district views to the ocean and across Rose Bay golf courses to Bellevue Hill. 
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Vaucluse set to be busiest Easter week auction suburb

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The Vaucluse house owned by the alleged mastermind behind Australia’s largest tax fraud, Adam Cranston, is up for mortgagee sale.
It seems set to be sold for a loss on its $2.4 million purchase in 2015 by Cranston and his nominated company.
He awaits trial for his role in the Plutus Payroll syndicate accused of misappropriating more than $130 million owed to the Australian Tax Office from pay-as-you-go payments.
<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-vaucluse-130936466" target="_blank">The three-bedroom Vaucluse house</a> has a swimming pool and ocean views from the second level.
It is listed mortgagee-in-possession with a $2.1 million guide though LJH.
It was originally bought in a company name of Harmon International Holdings, set up by Cranston’s sister Lauren, in 2014, and later transferred to Four Macdonald Pty Ltd.
Title records show the NSW Supreme Court ordered the sale of the property following the Federal Police applying for a court order under the proceeds of crime legislation.
Cranston was arrested two years ago, and his assets seized and finances frozen.
At the time Cranston was arrested at the Bondi Beach townhouse he shared with his wife Elizabeth Rouhliadeff.
It was bought for $1,222,000.
It sold earlier this year for $1.3 million.
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Adam Cranston investment Vaucluse property up for mortgagee sale

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Jordana Sharon-Zipser, wife of hipages co-founder Roby Sharon-Zipser, has listed their Vaucluse abode for an April 11 auction.
The buyers have been given a $7 million price guidance by Ray White duo Gavin Rubinstein and Oliver Lavers.
It was bought from hotelier Andrew Lazarus and his wife Denise off-market for $8 million last May. The Olola Ave residence, with Cameron Kimber interiors, was bought after they sold their North Bondi semi for $2.85 million in 2016.
It seems they have their eye on something even better.
The Vaucluse prestige market has been quite active this year. Some of the activity included the pre-auction sale of the home of businessman Alex Ma above its $30 million price guide.
There was also Cambridge Ave sale of the home of yachtsman Warwick Rooklyn for $6,225,000, which was $725,000 above reserve.
Home improvement classifieds website hipages, which connects homeowners with tradies, was founded in 2004, with News Corporation now owning a stake.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.
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Vaucluse home of hipages co-founder Roby Sharon-Zipser listed

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Interior designer Nicole Vatselias of Lumu Interiors has listed her Hollywood-style Vaucluse home.
Vatselias, who owns the Lumu Interiors homeware store in Double Bay, is famed for her keen eye for contemporary style.
Vatselias paid $4,085,000 for the Boambilee Avenue home in 2014 where she resides with her Shannon Hsu, two kids and a number of pets.
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The 1940s home with 1980s interior styling has been renovated throughout to bring it into the 21st century.
It now has a $6 million guide.
Set on 990 sqm, the luxury home with crisp white interiors has four bedrooms and three bathrooms.
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It's footsteps from Parsley Bay and Nielsen Park.
Ray White Double Bay agent Warren Ginsberg has the listing.
LuMu has established itself as a respected interior styling and decoration company.  
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Nicole Vatselias of LuMu Interiors lists glamorous Vaucluse home

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HiLife Health boss Peter Nicholas and his TV presenter partner Belinda Rudd have upsized in Sydney's east.
Having sold their designer Darling Point apartment for $10.15 million to the former Woolworths chairman Ralph Waters and wife Helen, they've spent $9 million on a Vaucluse home.
It is on the Wentworth Road dress circle, on the fringe of Vaucluse Park.
It has five bedrooms, five bathrooms and a number of terraces.
A heated pool and barbecue pavilion sit in the 740 square metres landscaped grounds.
It last traded for $4.31 million in 2004.
Raine &amp; Horne Double Bay agents Patrick Cosgrove and Alex Lyons only had the property on the market for one day before Nicholas snapped it up.
The entrepreneurial Nicholas has been in the industry for more than two decades, earning him the title of “The King Of Beauty”.
One of his early efforts was the creation of Fat Blaster, then co-developing Skin Doctors, his first foray into the beauty industry. 
It was in 2008, he launched HiLife Health &amp; Beauty (HLHB), with the mineral make-up brand Nude by Nature using model Jesinta Campbell and actress Ada Nicodemou as the faces of the brand. 
Nicholas is a passionate supporter of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and has built a private gym and training area to support and manage Australian cage fighters including Soa ‘The Hulk’ Palelei and Hector Lombard.
When Nicholas isn’t working hard on HLHB or at the gym, one of his long held passions centres around property development.
This article first appeared in The Sunday Telegraph. 
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HiLife Health boss Peter Nicholas buys in Vaucluse 

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Victor Spink, a convicted drug importer who loved his property and the punt, has died age 76.

His body was found early Monday morning in a $79 a night hotel near Sydney’s Central Station, the death likely caused by a drug overdose.

A police spokeswoman told the SMH's Kate McClymont, who has diligently followed his life and times through the decades, that there were no suspicious circumstances.

The SMH's Title Deeds column similarly followed the Sydney-born, St Ives-based Victor Thomas Spink after authorities sought to seize 10 properties that he owned across NSW from Darling Point to Byron Bay, on the NSW north coast.

In 2008 Spink told the Herald the botched 1994 $225 million drug importation had cost him much of his prior fortune.

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'I lost everything when they arrested me,' Spink said.

"Three of the properties in Byron and two at Potts Point were worth $16.5 million," he once suggested.

Born in 1942, Spink was first convicted of breaking and entering in 1960. He was jailed then deported from United Kingdom in the early 1970s.

He was next imprisoned in the late 1970s over a $54,000 mailbag robbery at Port Macquarie on the NSW mid-north coast.

By the 1970s the Woodward Royal Commission heard evidence linking him to the heroin trade.

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In the 1990s, the Australian Federal Police were listening in on Spink’s phone calls as part of Operation Caribou, investigating cannabis importation from Pakistan.

The Herald revealed in 1995 that it had obtained AFP recordings of phone conversations suggesting Spink, then only known as Mr C, was part of a race-fixing network on Sydney tracks.

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The jockey Jim Cassidy was disqualified for three years and Kevin Moses for one year, both penalised for pretending to fix races, rather than for actual fixing.

"All I ever did was ring jockeys and get their tips," Spink said, denying any rigging.

Known as one of the biggest punters on Sydney racetracks until his arrest, Spink reportedly lost $400,000 in one afternoon.

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Spink belonged to a drug importing syndicate that unsuccessfully arranged for 15 tonnes of cannabis resin to be shipped from Pakistan to Australia in 1994, after one of the trawlers ran aground near Hervey Bay in southern Queensland. Another 10 tonnes were dumped at sea off New Caledonia.

Spink was one of the leading participants in the intended shipment along with Raymond John Dumbrell, a property developer from Maroubra, who contributed $65,000 to buy a boat.

In 1995 the SMH's Title Deeds reported Spink, who had by then pleaded guilty under Section 51A of the Justices Act to a charge of conspiracy to import cannabis resin, knocked back $917,500 when his two Potts Point backpacker terraces were auctioned to pay for his legal bills. Bought in 1993 for $760,000, the 10 bedroom terraces had a potential $6,300 weekly return, according to the listing agent John McGrath who had the terraces at $1.3 million. 

In 1996 Title Deeds reported Spink owned five Byron properties totalling a $1.046 million outlay. The properties had been bought in a five-month period, some sight unseen, in 1993.

On his release from jail he still owned three, as well as five houses in the Sydney suburbs of Alexandria, Gordon and Ku-ring-gai. 

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After leaving jail in 2002, Spink then tried to access $US500,000 funds that had been sitting in his Swiss bank account since 1987.

Spink had to wait three years until his parole conditions enabled him to leave the country and head for Switzerland.

But authorities noted his passport in the name of George Saunders was expired as well as false.

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Spink claimed the money in the Geneva account came from gambling, not drugs, and fought for access.

The Swiss Federal Tribunal granted him the money as it was deposited before his Australian drug conviction.
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<div class="_1lC_G">It was in the name of Saunders that Spink owned a Vaucluse mansion (top), bought in 1993 for $600,000 and sold in March last year <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-nsw-vaucluse-126840814" target="_blank">for $4.9 million through Di Baker Prestige Properties</a>.</div>

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<div class="_1lC_G">Spink said he listed the home to make a sea change up to the north coast.</div>

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Di Baker was seeking more than $6 million for the two-storey home on dress circle Olola Avenue.

Last year the father of two wrote on Facebook about chronic health problems and the loss of his brother and sister from cancer, while alluding to struggles with addiction.
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<div class="_1lC_G">The Daily Mail suggested he died of an ice overdose in a room at the Great Southern Hotel.</div>

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<div class="_1lC_G">A 30-year-old woman who was also in the room with him stayed to assist police with their inquiries. </div>

 
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