From architecture to furniture and interior design, Hamptons style has taken the world by storm with its effortlessly cool seaside charm. And shingles. So many shingles. It’s easy to forget this aesthetic juggernaut is more than just a fad – it’s also a place: the millionaires’ playground at the eastern tip of Long Island, New York. Harald…
DetailsFeaturing an award-winning house and a renowned commercial vineyard, this rare 40ha property on the Mornington Peninsula is worth raising a glass to. The picturesque Tuerong offering is on the market with a $10-$11 million price guide. Kay & Burton director Gowan Stubbings said the longtime owners began planting the vineyard in 1988. The property…
DetailsOne month after a buyer from China missed out on buying the $23.5 million Rose Bay waterfront home of property baron Stephen Burcher, he has bought the house next door for about the same price. There are fewer than 40 houses on the Rose Bay harbourfront, of which these two neighbouring houses are the only…
DetailsA young couple determined not to miss out on their dream home again snared a “unique” Greenvale house with a turret at the weekend. The pair, who had been on the hunt for a property for 12 months and been outbid for other pads, splashed $871,000 on the five-bedroom house at 2 Cannes Court on March 23.…
DetailsLondon’s £1.77 trillion ($A3.3 trillion) property market has traditionally been seen as a safe bet for investors looking for stable, long-term growth, but experts say uncertainty around the UK’s impending Brexit from the European Union mean prices have languished. Property transactions in upmarket central London fell 14 per cent in 2018 alone, one real estate…
DetailsThe luxury apartment market for downsizers continues to go from strength to strength. The trend is strongest in the affluent suburbs of Melbourne, where upmarket developments are quick to replace clutches of ageing houses. Architect Will Leaf, of Ewert Leaf, has spent the past five years creating designs to suit Baby Boomers cashed-up from the…
DetailsMary Moore’s home is a renovated squash court, with the original floorboards. Picture: Norm Oorloff A Box Hill South homebuyer outbid themself after winning an auction to avoid an “unlucky” price. It proved an ace result for the apartment built in a former squash court, and retaining the original floorboards. The middle-aged Chinese buyers won…
DetailsTwo inner-city Melbourne auctions bucked the trend of a weakening market to sell for more than six figures above their reserves on Saturday. Dreary March weather pushed crowds of neighbours and would-be buyers inside a two-bedroom Collingwood townhouse, packing out the living and dining rooms. The dozens of people lining the walls and standing on…
DetailsIn cities across the world, families have been living in apartments for years but it’s a trend that has been slow to take off in Canberra. With the Australian dream of owning a house on a quarter-acre block still very much achievable in the nation’s capital, there is a perception many families would baulk at…
DetailsTHEY swapped the bustle of Wavell Heights for this leafy oasis in Ferny Hills. Now Dave Cameron and Bernadette Logan are off on a sea change and are relocating to north of Newcastle in New South Wales. That means the Fernlands Estate house at 30 Woodtop Court, Ferny Hills is back on the market after nine years,…
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