This character-rich Cheltenham home drew four active bidders and sold for $1.34m, with a pool, attic retreat and family appeal driving competition. A young family has swapped their inner-city apartment for a slice of suburban serenity, snapping up a charming Cheltenham home with a pool and attic retreat for $1.34m following a hotly contested auction. […]
Julius Colman and wife Pamela are the buyers of a magnificent waterfront Brighton house. Colman image from Elwood College website. Brighton’s rumour mill is in overdrive after a more than $30m property deal involving a philanthropic poker player, wild storms and close to 60m of the suburb’s waterfront. A sprawling, more than 3800sq m address […]
Life is set to be restored to the empty halls and classrooms of many closed South Australian schools, with several hitting the market or selling across the state in recent months. The former Houghton Primary School at 1376 Lower North East Rd is the latest to be listed for sale – about a decade after […]
For city slicker couple, Andrew Morphett and Peter Hayward, the seemingly innocent fantasy of a “weekend project”  turned into something altogether more monumental and life changing. In fact, what began as the search for a small weekender saw them trade their busy, high-flying finance careers in Sydney for a full-time life as caretakers of a […]
A colossal five-star resort-style Gold Coast mansion complete with a rooftop bar, 29 security cameras and a car showroom could break suburb records with a near-$30m asking price. Dubbed ‘Rivers Bend’, the spectacular seven bedroom, seven bathroom mansion at 4-16 Riverbend Avenue, Carrara is listed for $29.5 million. The sprawling 6297sqm landholding boasts almost 37m […]
The run-down home of New Farm’s local ‘Gilmore Girls’, with connections for a former Queensland premier, has been sold for more than $4.5 million without a single cent spent on its renovation. The four-bedroom, one-bathroom home at 3 Mark St had been owned for 134 years by the Gilmour family, locally given a nickname after […]
Reports of a possible croc sighting in one of Australia’s most exclusive enclaves have made a big splash, but the residential property market seems unfazed. Noosa is home to some of Australia’s most prestige real estate – and possibly, a 3.5 metre crocodile. Reports of a croc sighting at Noosa Spit made a splash after […]
21 Gladswood Gardens, Double Bay has just sold for $20m. A historic sandstone waterfront mansion in Double Bay exchanged at $22m more than a year ago but the sale fell through … now, a new deal has just been done at $20m to a different buyer. The five-bedroom estate on a 978sqm block at 21 […]
From rent hikes to ending a lease and even keeping a pet, rental rules in NSW have undergone some significant changes. Here’s how to know the advice you’re getting is accurate. If you’ve been following the news, you would have seen a series of recent changes to the state’s rental laws. But if you’re asking […]
A unit at with a former Frankston retirement complex has sold for less than $100,000. A Frankston unit has sold for the bargain sum of $99,500 in a deal where the buyer never even set foot in it. The studio-style residence – one of the cheapest home sales in Melbourne this year – features an […]