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A golden oldie on the golden mile
Peter and Barbara Kolliner, passionate collectors of glassworks and owners of contemporary glasswork gallery ‘The Kirra Gallery’, are selling their grand Spanish Mission mansion in the Melbourne Suburb of Brighton for offers over $15 million.
The massive 20,800 square foot estate, on two titles, was built in the 1920’s and extravagantly offers six bedrooms, four bathrooms, grand formal lounge and dining rooms, a ballroom-sized beachfront drawing room, a library-sized home office, and a central reception lobby framed by one of Melbourne’s grandest staircases.
“This is only the second time in 60 years this rare property has come on the market,” says agent Greg Herman.
The grounds include a basement carpark, elevated beachfront gardens, and a Hollywood-style pool and spa area.
The property is being sold by RT Edgar, in conjunction with Kay & Burton. For further information, find it on Millionplus
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The darling of Darling Point
A historic landmark in Darling Point, named Greenoaks Cottage, has been listed for exclusive private sale.
The house was built around 1846 by Thomas Mort, a wealthy Australian industrialist responsible for improving refrigeration of meat. Mort was renowned in the local pastoral industry as well as industrial activities such as his Ice-Works in Sydney's Darling Harbour and dry dock and engineering works at Balmain.
Greenoaks Cottage resides on over 1300 square metres and offers vast interiors with exquisite period details, soaring ceilings, original stained glass windows, and tranquil gardens boasting sweeping level lawns. The home, which is currently configured as three separate apartments, includes nine bedrooms, and seven bathrooms.
Mort made additions to the house including an art gallery to display his many treasures, such as Elizabethan armour, old English coats of mail, a cabinet that had belonged to Marie Antoinette, antique oak furniture and about 120 pictures. He was also a keen gardener and regularly opened the estates grounds to the public and won many prizes at flower shows in the 1840s and 1850s.
One week after his death in 1883, his achievements were commemorated by unveiling a sculpture in Macquarie Place by Pierce Connolly.
For further information, find it on Millionplus
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Elin Nordegren on the hunt
Elin Nordegren, ex-wife of Tiger Woods, is reportedly house hunting in Florida, quashing rumours she planned to return to her native Sweden with the children shared with Tiger.
Nordegren, who is believed to have signed a $100 million-divorce settlement in August, was seen touring the $4.5 million-penthouse with son Charlie.
The tenth floor Jupiter Island Luxury Condominium features four bedrooms, five bathrooms, vast outdoor terraces, and ocean views. The building includes a 24-hour concierge, live in building manager, state of the art fitness facility, and a heated pool and spa.
While Nordegren is hoping to move as soon as she secures a suitable residence, she still lives in the prestigious Windermere area of Orlando where the couple lived in their family house prior to the very public demise of their marriage. Woods is also scheduled to move into his new Jupiter Island house before the end of the year.
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Frangipani wins Master Builders award
Brisbane based developers Vicpas, have good reason to celebrate; Frangipani Apartments have won the Queensland Master Builders award 2010 for the category of ‘Residential Building, High Rise over 3 Storeys, up to $15m’ .
“This award is a testament to the design, architectural composition and the luxury inclusions within the apartments,” says co-agent Kathryn Bannister of Coldwell Banker.
Vicpas is owned by the De Pasquale family, an Australian success story and founders of Nanda Pasta. Frangipani Apartments were born from the passion and vision of Domenica De Pasquale on the very site of their family beach house, in Palm Beach, Gold Coast. Domenica envisaged whole floor apartments, so other owners could share the uninterrupted ocean views and have their own beachfront home and thus developing the site to what stands today, four years in the making, an exclusive award winning boutique development.
Designed by architect Liam Proberts of Fairweather Proberts Architects and built by CMF constructions, the complex rises six storeys with one apartment per floor, and includes an exclusive two level penthouse with soaring glass windows. The exterior façade of aluminium screens depicting frangipani leaves, provides a soft finish as well as providing a breezeway and shading at the rear of the building.
All apartments have three bedrooms and two bathrooms, ocean front terraces, open plan living areas, and designer kitchens with suspended Corian bench tops, marble feature walls, Gaggenau appliances and a wine fridge.
“With no expense spared these are truly the most spectacular boutique apartments available on the market,” says co-agent Tory Hirst of Coldwell Banker.
Apartments are priced from $2,295,000.
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