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Two 19th century homes designed by Edmund Blacket in Darling Point have been sold. Both have been flats, so now face conversion back to single dwellings.
One of the pioneer Thomas Mort's former homes, the heritage listed 1850 Greenoaks Cottage, set on 1,307 square metres, has sold for perhaps $6.5 million having been long listed through Michael Dunn at Richardson &amp; Wrench Double Bay who was seeking $7 million plus buyer interest.
It was built around 1850 to a design by Edmund Blacket for the children of renowned industrialist Thomas Mort.
<a href="https://www.rwdoublebay.com.au/1779741/" target="_blank">The Gothic Revival residence, St Mark's Terrace</a> (pictured above) has also sold - at around $5.5million - having been listed following the death of the MacMahon family matriarch Betty, wife of the late surgeon Dr Edward MacMahon, whose portrait by the artist, Sir William Dobell won the 1959 Archibald prize.
Built around 1849, it was designed by the colonial architect as part of the Bishopscourt estate when owned by Thomas Mort.
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The heritage-listed property currently configured as four apartments is set be returned as a residence after its sale, also by Richardson &amp; Wrench Double Bay's Michael Dunn.
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Darling Point 1850s Edmund Blacket homes sell

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La Joie de Vivre, an opulent French provincial mansion at Bayview that featured on the first Network Ten series of the Bachelor, has finally sold.
But at substantially less than the $10 million last time, highlighting that record property prices aren't, like love, necessarily ever lasting.
<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-bayview-122692558" target="_blank">The Minkara Road mega-mansion</a> was marketed as set for sale around $7 million this time.
Over the past year suburb record prices have been set across Sydney, including at Rozelle and Malabar, as economists have expressed surprise at the 2016 price resurgence.
But the Bayview property isn't the only property resold at less than its record.
The whisper is that the Kingsford record setter from 2014 has just sold again for just under what was paid.
Jason Black of Black Lifestyle secured the then very bullish $4.15 million record sale of the contemporary five bedroom home with pool, cabana, home theatre room and custom office.
There's been no formal disclosure from it latest selling agencies, but interest parties on Tunstall Avenue were playing a tough negotiation with it lingering on the private treaty market for many months until its mid-June sale.
A Rozelle home, known as the Green House has been recently sold for about $4 million, highlighting the occurence of strong off market pricing.
Bettering the previous $3.25 million sale set in 2014, the Carterwilliamson Architects designed property has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a swimming pool.
BresicWhitney selling agent Andrew Liddell said the outstanding nature of the property was behind the off-market deal.
He suggested deal arose as it was "a rare, premium type of property that already stands out from the rest of the neighbourhood."
He added he had a passive buyer who wasn’t necessarily looking but extended themselves in price for the right place.
Malabar also secured a suburb record recently, smashing through the $4 million barrier for the first time.
Set on 556 sqm, the five bedroom Prince Edward Street family home sold for $4.385 million pre-auction through LJ Hooker, well above it's $3.8 million to $4 million price guide.
The Chatswood residential property record was broken late last year, when a five bedroom broke the $6 million barrier for the first time in the suburb.
Sold for $6.055 million through LJ Hooker Lane Cove agent Kerrie Robertson, the double brick home built by the previous owner in 1998 had bidders spending over an hour at the auction.
One of the most impressive record breakers was in Seaforth, where a another five bedroom home sold for $10 million after being on the market for just 15 days on the market late last year to the Wang family.
Smashing the previous $9 million record which had stood since 2011, the home on a large 2970 sqm land parcel features a championship tennis court, a heated inground swimming pool and numerous putting greens.
This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph.
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Bayview's La Joie de Vivre record price falls back

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An award-winning 565 hecatare property an hour's drive from Brisbane and the Gold Coast has been listed for sale, price undisclosed.
The property, named Wirraway, 351 Armstrong Road Biddaddaba, has been renovated since purchased by current owners in 2012.
The impressive estate includes a four bedroom mansion with a grand ballroom, wine cellar, home cinema, fully equipped gymnasium and library; a 30 metre pool with roof mounted automated diving board; two guest houses and tennis court with an indoor air conditioned viewing area; two aircraft hangars, a private 1km airstrip and a large machinery shed.
The property is being marketed by Ben Forrest, Debra Cullen and Rawdon Briggs of Colliers International via an international expressions of interest campaign closing 11 November.   
The renovations undertaken in 2012 by Carpentology Group Pty Ltd has won them the Master Builders House of the Year award in 2014 on the Gold Coast. The property won the CEDIA Best Integrated Home and Clipsal &amp; Schneider Best Residential Project for its computing system
“Originally this property had a large scale four bedroom traditional homestead with a ballroom which was in disrepair. Both the property and the home needed major renovation,” said Mr Forrest.
“The owners demolished old buildings and finished off existing structures like the aircraft hangars. Just about everything in the house was custom made, they wanted top quality in every part of the renovation, and done perfectly.   
“The house features highest quality finishes such as imported Italian cornices in the ballroom, iron bark flooring, Catherine Martin wall paper and European appliances. 
“The IT system manages many of the property’s features including the CCTV, gatehouse and security, home entertainment, fireplaces, irrigation, energy management and lighting.  
“The remainder of the property is utilised as a stud cattle operation, running Droughtmaster cattle. The land is made up of 565ha comprising irrigation land, improved pastured grazing land, improved pastured timber grazing, scrub as well as buildings, grounds and airstrip.”
 
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Award-winning Wirraway rural estate for sale

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An Ashgrove home created by Brisbane's first ever contestant on Master Chef has hit the market.
In 2007, Sandra Moreno, a finalist on the shows first season in 2009, bought what was then a red brick 1950s home two years earlier, paying $1.3 million when upgrading from Hendra.
Now stands a five bedroom designer mansion with smart home control system, coffered ceilings and marble floors.
It features an indoor swimming pool, hot tub, ice bath and sauna, as well as a gold class cinema, gym, exercise room and a billiards room with a bar.
One of the stand-out features of of course the marble kitchen which Moreno designed with dual island benches, a walk in scullery and a cold storage room.
Queensland Sotheby's agent Tyson Clarke has the listing.
 
 
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