1. Radical Roundup: New & Notable This Week

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    • A two-storey weatherboard on Williamstown’s The Strand emerged on the market with modest mid-$2mil hopes. The Strand is Williamstown’s trophy street, not surprising seeing that its bayfront position offers some stunning views back to Melbourne’s CBD. The price record for the road was achieved back in May 2008 when 21 The Strand sold for $5.4m. Aside from that outlier, most homes trade between $2m and $4.5m, meaning that 27 The Strand is priced well (potentially a result of its shared driveway with a battle-ax development of townhouses at the property’s rear). Further up the road, 75 The Strand is looking for between $3m and $3.5m. Sweeney Estate Agents Peter Fox and Dean Stanley have the listing. 27 The Strand, Williamstown 

    • Notable for its shockingly expensive listing price, a 50 acre chunk of non-waterfront land in Balnarring on the Mornington Peninsula listed for $3.3m. Blane Paton of Paton Estate Agents has the listing at 1 Stanleys Road. If it gets that price, it will be the most expensive parcel of R-1 land sold in the suburb…it will also eclipse the price of any home sold in the suburb. 1 Stanleys Road, Balnarring

    • An over-the-top listing in Bellarine still lingers on the market. It’s a tough sell: only three acres in an area where vacation homes command far more acreage, interiors that belong in four-star Russian hotel, and a $5m+ price tag. Prices that high on the Peninsula usually only occur in Curlewis. Nonetheless, Kay & Burton Albert Park agent Alex Schiavo is trying his best. The listing: 70 Greenhills Road, Bellarine
    • A “never before lived in” home that is weirdly 5 years old listed in Toorak this week. Situated in a quirky - if not creepy - enclave of faux-Tuscan homes on the low-end of Grange Road called ‘Villagio’, the home sold as new construction for $2.325m in 2007. Now Marshall White agents Justin Krongold and John Manton seem to want only $1.75m+ for the property. Looks like we may have a Toorak loser on our hands. 8/75-81 Grange Rd, Toorak

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    • Situated on the iconic whitewashed escarpment behind Bondi Iceburgs, 14 Notts Ave listed with $7m+ hopes. It’s point-blank north-facing views and four-car garage redeem the fact the home only has two bedrooms. Bethwyn Richards and Jennifer Pooley of McGrath Eastern Suburbs have the listing. The home last sold for $2.85m in Dec 2000 (purchased from the Packer family, it seems) and for $2.1m before that in Oct 1998, both large prices for those days. If 14 Notts gets the price they want, they’ll still be shy of the $9m record for a Notts Ave property when Apt 3 and Number 8 Notts Ave sold in July 2006. 14 Notts Ave, Bondi Beach

    • Bondi Beach’s top-end sell-off continues, this time with yet another apartment in “The Bondi” at 152 Campbell Parade. The north-facing Apartment 702 is looking for the mid-$6mils. Next door neighbour Apt 701 achieved a sale of $6.75m in 2009 and Apt 802 directly upstairs nabbed $9m in Feb 2010 (it had a sizeable terrace, it should be noted). D’Leanne Lewis of Laing + Simmons Double Bay has the listing and she’s insisting on calling it “The Sub-Penthouse.” 702/152 Campbell Parade

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    • A 2007-built limestone-clad Gilberton mansion ‘reminiscent of some of the most majestic homes in England and Europe’ listed this week with $4m+ hopes. Listing agents Marina Ormsby and Peter Veitch Toop & Toop Real Estate are keeping the exact address confidential, but they couldn’t help but leak the home’s prestigious position on Edwin Terrace, often considered South Australia’s best street. The 950sqm home comes with a lift, self-described “grandiose” rooms, and a “fastidiously” landscaped yard. Bring your valium, that sounds stressful! The listing: 9A ‘Confidential’ Edwin Terrace, Gilberton

    WA

    • A 9-year old (although, really, it looks far older) McMansion in South Perth has re-listed on the market this week after unsuccessfully spending 7 months on the market with an $8.25m ask last year. Listing agent Pamela Wilkinson of Acton South is trying her luck with similar pricing hopes: Domain reveals indicative $8.5m+ hopes. The home is situated on Hopetoun Street, one house back from the River, and has some dead-on north-facing views of the city. Beyond that, it’s your typical Perth abode. Check out the interior photos to see what we mean. And for the record, the home (or parcel of land?) last sold for $1.2m in May 2001. 15 Hopetoun St, South Perth

  2. The Radical Roundup: New & Notable This Week

    WA

    • A unique two-storey limestone Queen Anne/Federation-style mansion designed by Sir Talbot Hobbs in Peppermint Grove has listed for $9.75m. Hobbs is considered one of Perth’s foremost early architects. The five-bedroom, three-bathroom home has a tennis court and glimpses of Freshwater Bay. William Porteous of his eponymous real estate agency has the listing: 50 Irvine St, Peppermint Grove

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    • Nicolette van Wijngaarden of Unique Estates has listed a 40-acre 6-bedroom spread just outside of Lennox Head in Knockrow. Naturally, the home comes with three airplane hangars, a helicopter landing pad, and a runway. $6m+ is expectated for the listing in Knockrow.

    • 44 Bynya Rd in Palm Beach continues to price cut as the listing lingers on into the doldrums of the Palm Beach winter. This week, the price was chopped $300k to its current price of $2.39m. Peter Robinson of LJ Hooker Palm Beach has the listing

    • A Centennial Park-fronting c1910 home with a pool and large grassy lawn on the desirable - but well-trafficked - Darley Road in Randwick listed. The home last sold for $1.65m in May 2001 and now wants in the mid-$2mil. Debbie Donnelley and Angus Gorrie of GoodyerDonnelley have the listing: 19 Darley Road, Randwick

    • The 14-bedroom home of the late “psychoanalyst and traveller” Dr Himmelwright now comes with an official $2.5m price tag. Listing agent James Haywood of Cunninghams Property calls the property ‘playboy-esque’; and if by ‘playboy-esque’ he means ‘outdated and creepy’, then right you are. It’s a challenging 3.5 acre listing for James and reminds us a bit of our favourite cult house. 5-7 Captain Hunter Rd, Bayview

    • Yarran, a 6-bedroom, 10-bathroom (nice ratio!) ‘French Provincial’ estate in Dural listed with $5m+ hopes through MODE Property agent Neil Clark. Yarran houses an 8-car garage, a billiards’ room, pool, spa, home theatre, and ‘Marie Antoinette parquetry flooring.’ But SHHHH! This property is a secret; no address was given. The listing: ‘Yarran’, Dural

    • Apartments 301 and 401 at 152 Campbell Parade in the newish Art Deco-revival development have been listed to sell in one-line. The apartments both span two half-floors and feature a 383sqm deck. Steven Chen and Elizabeth Brunton of McGrath Eastern Suburbs have the listing, and it appears they are expecting around $12m+ for the two-for-one. 301 and 401/152 Campbell Parade, Bondi Beach
    • BONUS! Upstairs next-door-neighbour Apartment 402 is currently for sale asking $4.5m.

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    • Northampton Terrace, a rare c1857 terrace on the high point of St Kilda’s Acland Street, has listed with $1.35m+ hopes. Few pre-1860 terrace homes exist in Melbourne and the early construction date likely explains the lack of cast iron railing on the upper floor terrace. The home comes with coveted off-street parking. Next-door-neighbour 29 Acland St is on the market as well with $1.5m+ hopes. James Redfern and Kaine Lanyon of Marshall White have the listing.

    • ‘Seward House’, an 1899 early Federation mansion in Kew’s prestigious Studley Park Estate has listed. It was apparently one of the architectural firm Ussher & Kemp’s first commissions. The imposing home was at the forefront of development in the then-semi-rural Kew. It’s listed through Marshall White agents Antony Woodley and Hamish Tostevin and is looking in the low $4mils. ‘Seward House’, 2 Studley Ave, Kew
    • BONUS! Looks like the north-south tennis court is a 20th century addition. The Radical Terrace dug up the below 1945 aerial photo that shows a partially-developed Studley Avenue with Seward House located smack-dab in the middle with no tennis court, but what looks like an extensive garden.