<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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Dave Sharma, the losing Liberal candidate in the Wentworth byelection, has taken to house hunting in the eastern surburbs' electorate.
Local agents say he is willing to spend up to $3 million for the family home with wife Rachel and their three daughters.
"I'm renting at the moment and we've been looking at houses in Woollahra, Bellevue Hill and Paddington," Sharma told The Daily Telegraph.
Sharma has been renting in Bellevue Hill since his won Liberal Party preselection for the seat vacated by former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
His house hunting focus within the electorate signals the yet to be confirmed intention he will seek to run again at the next Federal election.
He was interested in a recently sold home in Woollahra.
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The 1890s home was listed by Phillips Pantzer Donnelley agents Alexander Phillips and Nick Quigley who had a $2.6 million guide before it was sold to a local investor.
The <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-nsw-woollahra-129541854" target="_blank">Bathurst Street home</a> had four bedrooms, a media room, home office, wine cellar and a living and dining space that opened to a deck overlooking the landscaped garden.
Sharma, who lost by a 1800 margin to independent Kerryn Phelps, has a longtime Turramurra home.
The former member Malcolm Turnbull has lived on the Point Piper harbourfront for over two decades, in a home estimated to be worth $60 million, while the successful candidate Kerryn Phelps bought her Potts Point apartment for $3.4 million in 2011.
This article was first published in the Saturday Telegraph.
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The Woollahra terrace of Caroline O'Connor and her husband Barry Shaw has been scheduled for September 6 auction.
The musical theatre star - currently on stage - and her musical husband expect $2.5 million.
They have been on Edgecliff Road since 1999 when they paid $625,000 for the three bedroom semi.
The couple will often enjoy a morning coffee on the balcony in the sunshine. 
It was when O’Connor was 19 — having studied for two years at London’s Royal Ballet School, then returning to Sydney to dance with the then Australian Opera Ballet — that the idea of combining dance with her singing began to take shape.
They have had a home in Surrey, England where Caroline was born.
This article first appeared in The Daily Telegraph. 
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The Woollahra garden apartment of Graham McConnonchie, co-founder of Zoggs swimwear goggles line, and his wife, Jeanette has been scheduled for August 20 auction.
The innovative goggles were created 26 years ago and then endorsed by Dawn Fraser.
They were the first brand to provide UV protection and split yoke straps.
The Figtree Lane apartment, which has three bedrooms and two bathrooms with 350 square metre space close to Cooper Park, has been listed by veteran Double Bay agent Peter Anderson.
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Set in a north facing bushland block of nine, it has been their home since 1994.
There have been around 20 sales of similar apartments among the 250 three bedders in Woollahra over the past year.
There have been two sales in the block at $2.8 million plus in the past two years.
Some 12 years after the launch of Zoggs, the brand was bought by the UK-based Kendal Group headed by Daniel and Leo Gestetner, with their son Neil remaining as its product development managing director. 
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Zoggs goggles co-founder's Woollahra apartment slated for auction

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Miron Solomons, Matt Pontey and Nick Lumley are selling 10 Oxford Street, Woollahra, home to St Claude's restaurant, via a public auction on August 30 2018.
St Claude's is a contemporary French bistro in the heart of Woollahra which was originally opened as Claudes restaurant in 1976, forming part of Sydney's 'golden restaurant age'. It reopened as St Claude's in 2015.
"This area has transformed from one of Sydney's prime shopping strips into a suburb awash with top restaurants, wine bars and cafes," said Miron Solomons, National Director, Investment Services at Colliers International.
"This is an opportunity to purchase a quality freehold asset with a strong 5x5 lease and iconic tenant in one of Sydney's most affluent areas."
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Woollahra institution is on the market

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Veteran eastern suburbs real estate agent John McGrath has paid tribute following the passing of Di Jones who died in hospital on the weekend.
<div>Real estate rival John McGrath told the Daily Telegraph while the pair were rivals, she was a trailblazer for the industry.</div>
“I had to compete head to head with Di Jones when I entered the industry,” he said.
“She was an incredible agent. Brilliant skills and as competitive as anyone I’ve ever seen in 35 years of real estate. And she was a trailblazer for boutique real estate companies.
“There’s no doubt in my mind she has a place in the top 10 agents in the history of Australian real estate.”
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<div>The founder of Di Jones Real Estate — a brand credited with changing the face of real estate in Sydney — had suffered ill health for years and was being treated for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at RPA.</div>
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The Jones family matriach had remained a brand ambassador at the agency which was sold in 2016.
Although she wasn't selling houses herself, she remained devoted to the craft to her final days, daughter Kim told the Daily Telegraph.
“Even in the last days when she was under sedation and in her short breath she was telling me to pick my phone up when it was beeping while I was beside her hospital bed, as it could be a listing. And I was saying, ‘No mum, I’m here holding your hand not working’.”
Kim Jones, is now a partner in Snowden Jones in Woollahra alongside Louise Snowden and Rick Daniel.
Di Jones started her career at Raine and Horne in Glebe, gleaning insights from her auctioneer husband Bill (pictured below).
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<div>After moving to Richardson and Wrench, she opened her own agency in 1992.</div>
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<div>“Di Jones was an amazing woman, a pioneer and an inspiration to many. She developed a brand and level of service that changed the industry. We are proud to continue to honour her legacy today and in the future,” current Di Jones Real Estate owner and CEO Rob Ward said.</div>
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<div>She lived for many years in Woollahra.</div>
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"I love it because it is, in my opinion, the best little village in Sydney.
"I love to be able to walk to everything - Queen Street and Oxford Street - and having Centennial Park to walk around every morning is heaven," she said in a 2013 interview.
Their prior home was at Clovelly and prior to that an apartment at Clayfield in Brisbane bought in 1972 after the couple had moved from Sydney for Bill to manage a club in Clayfield.
She was working as the private secretary to the managing director of ACI (Australian Consolidated Industries).
Her enduring advice she gave was "always buy position and aspect over anything else." 
Through the years her clients included dual Archibald Prize winner Judy Cassab.
Many were repeat clients, sometimes selling the same house four times.
 
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Di Jones ranked in John McGrath's top 10 estate agents

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The eastern suburbs real estate doyenne Di Jones, 74, has died in hospital.
Her auctioneer husband of 48 years, Bill, and estate agent daughter Kim were by her side.
The company announced the news on its Facebook page on Sunday morning.
"It is with great sadness that we advise of the passing of our much loved ambassador and founder, Di Jones," the statement advised.
It was 39 years ago, when Jones and her auctioneer husband, who had been in the hotel industry, opened their first office in Glebe, building a client base by door-knocking then at Raine &amp; Horne Woollahra, then Richardson &amp; Wrench Woollahra. 
The Di Jones agency story began in 1992, in a small boutique office in the Sydney suburb of Woollahra run by the local identity and real estate agent extraordinaire.
In 1995 Di Jones Real Estate sold 278 properties at auction, for a total of $117 million. 
It was the first female driven agency.
“I just wanted to do something different — it was very male-dominated back then,” she recalled last year. 
Within a decade the company was turning over $380 million in residential real estate, at an average of $890,000 a property after it expanded into Balmain in 1999 and into Double Bay in 2000. 
She loved real estate. "It gets into your blood," she once said.
"You become part of people's lives for a month. And I just love the architectural element - I love the houses." 
During her time, those dark humble terraces of Woollahra and Paddington became light filled, cosy habitats.
Jones, an ardent Francophile (which explains the French provincial blue she chose as her company's colour) got into real estate after she and Bill had been living on Mooloolaba on Queensland's Sunshine Coast with their two children. 
Their second child, Matthew, suffered brain damage at birth and needed special care - for that, they both needed to work. The answer was real estate which helped fund send Matthew to the Rudolf Steiner Warrah school in Dural.
Di Jones knew her patch well.
Her own agency was just a few doors from her home, one of the village's stone cottages.
Very quickly Di's boutique agency was a success recognised by its distinctive French blue advertising. She calculated 70 percent of her business was derived by referrals.
Since its sale in 2016, the boutique business is no longer in family hands, though the current owners endeavour to follow the Di Jones philosophy based on connecting with clients and creating a bespoke experience to achieve outstanding results.
Daughter Kim recently opened her own agency Snowden Jones. 
Matthew died unexpectedly in 2008 aged 34 and the family established the Matthew Jones Foundation.
Di Jones once participated in a day in the life feature on her selling Sydney's most expensive real estate which kicked off at 6.15am, with an early morning constitutional around Centennial Park.
The small and trim estate agent did the walk with Bill.
They did it four or five times a week, a 50 minute exercise. 
The writer Christine Hogan noted once in the office she was dressed in a neat black, knee-length skirt, sheer black hose, black courts with a medium heel and an ivory jacket accessorised with a diamond wedding band, a heavy gold link bracelet and gold hoop earrings.
There was her Gucci bag with her business lifelines - a tiny mobile phone and her diary as she headed to appointments in her white BMW.
Back at her desk the was just an ornate pen, a bottle of herbal asthma medicine, a bottle of pale nail polish and some Miss Dior perfume.
Tim Schwan, when he was her CEO, said she was tenacious at getting a sale.
The Daily Telegraph reported she suffered ill health for years and was being treated for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at RPA, and a more recently diagnosed with cystic fibrosis.
She died in Prince of Wales Private Hospital on Saturday night.
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The Cole family have sold their Woollahra home pre-auction. It was bought by London based expats for about $4 million after the agent guided them through the Moncur Street property on FaceTime.
It was listed following the recent death of Ann Cole, the widow of Graham Cole, the 1983 founder of the Cole Classic.
There's an image of the big race competitors in the kitchen at the Moncur Street home that was scheduled to go to June 23 PPD auction with $3.7 million hopes, the Sunday Telegraph noted.
Aged 71, Graham Cole died soon after his regular morning dip at Bondi in December 1999.
The Woollahra home was bought in 1996 for $780,000 after the couple sold their Vaucluse home that was designed by the noted architect Professor Leslie Wilkinson. 
Jeanette Ann passed away peacefully at home in January this year aged 84 years. They had three boys, Walter, Christopher and Nicholas.
There's just the two bedroom at the home which has a Georgian-style facade. There's a walled garden and self-contained studio.
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Cole family sell their classic Woollahra home

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St Aubyn’s, the Woollahra home of artist Elizabeth Wadsworth, has finally been sold. It has been on and off the market since 2013, initially listed at $10 million.
The prominent Queen St sandstone home, one of the suburb’s finest, was built in 1850. Set on a 442sqm, the three-bedroom house is built around a private courtyard. 
Wadsworth, a former interior designer, paid $940,000 in 1994, and then sympathetically doubled its size, excavating the downstairs and adding courtyards to bring in sunlight. 
It was all done in time to host the party after her 1997 wedding to sports management boss Robert Joske. The parties continued including Steve Waugh’s retirement celebration.
Wadsworth, who is represented in private and public galleries around the world, had it listed through Pauline Goodyer in conjunction with Randall Kemp of Ray White. Their most recent conservative price guidance was $8.5 million to $9.3 million. 
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Sydney art patrons Gene and Brian Sherman sold their nearby Queen St home midweek, too. 
The 1880s residence Corinth fetched around $16 million through Ben Collier at The Agency.
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Elizabeth Wadsworth finally sells St Aubyn's, Woollahra trophy home

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Brenton Smith, director at Sydney architecture firm Bates Smart, is set to flip his Woollahra apartment after its designer makeover.
<a href="https://bencollierteam.com.au/property/6-313a-edgecliff-road-woollahra/" target="_blank">The apartment</a> in the 1930s Art Deco building, Gainsborough cost Smith $2,325,000 two years ago, following the sale of his 1890s Paddington terrace which fetched exactly the same price.
The Gainsborough apartment purchase ranks as the priciest sale in the Edgecliff Road block. There have been no recent sales in the boutique block of eight.
Smith has installed European oak timber floor throughout the contemporary styled apartment which has over 160 square metres of living space.
It has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a covered balcony with northerly views.
Ben Collier at The Agency is handling the marketing campaign.
Smith became a director at Bates Smart in 2017, having joined the company in 2010 as an associate director.
He has focused on a range of project in commercial office, multi residential and hotel and hospitality.
Smith's latest work was in Double Bay where he was the lead designer of 1788, the luxury $100 million SJD project.
The five level Cross Street block was launched last year, with two sales breaking the Double Bay apartment record.
First the 180 sqm penthouse sold for $10.5 million, presenting over $58,000 per square metre, before the near 300 square metre penthouse, an amalgamation on two apartments, sold for $13.75 million.  
Craig Pontey at Ray White Double Bay has the remaining apartments for sale inconjuncyion with Ray White Projects NSW director Eddie Mansour.
There’s 18 of the 29 apartments remaining for sale with prices for the one bedroom offerings starting at $1.69 million.
The two bedders are prices from $3.5 million and the remaining three bedders from $5.2 million. Early works have commenced with completion expected early 2020.
This article first appeared in The Sunday Telegraph. 
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Architect Brenton Smith looking to flip Woollahra apartment after designer makeover

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Gene Sherman, who runs the Sherman Centre for Culture and Ideas, and her husband Brian have snappily sold their Woollahra home which was listed with $16 million hopes.
Their home is Corinth, an 1880s home that set an $11 million record in 2007.
The grand Victorian has six bedrooms, four bathrooms and an internal courtyard on its 575 square metre Queen Street parcel.
<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-woollahra-128450414" target="_blank">The Agency's Ben Collier</a> had a June 23 scheduled auction. No sale price has yet emerged.
Gene was an academic in French literature and languages, first in South Africa where she grew up, then in Sydney after emigrating here with Brian in 1972. Brian founded the funds management company Equitilink which sold for about $150 million in 2000.
They are the $16.5 million buyers of Braelin, the redundant Centennial Park home of tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes, the Atlassian co-founder, and his wife, Annie. 
 
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