1. Tzannes-Designed Terrace in Paddington to Auction for $3m+

    Hot in the heels of another impressive Paddington terrace listing, Jane Schumann and Gary Sands of Di Jones have scored another mullet house terrace listing designed by Sydney starchitect Alex Tzannes. The Paddington home sits north of Oxford Street on the desirable, if hodge-podge, Hopewell Street. The home sold in 1998 for $590k and in the early-2000s the owners enlisted Tzannes Architects to transform the house and take advantage of the rear lane access to add a garage and a light-filled rear extension. The home was completed in 2004 and subsequently won a bevy of awards for the architect’s work. The 3-bedroom home is to auction for $3m+ sometime soon.

    The listing: 26 Hopewell Street, Paddington

  2. The Radical Roundup: New & Notable This Week

    • Margie Blok is reporting on the long-in-the-making sale of the beachfront Point Piper mansion ‘Deauville’ for “about $13.6m” after listing with $17m+ hopes last year. The 1930s home at 16 Longsworth Ave is in need of some TLC. Next door neighbour is Malcolm Turnbull - Australia’s very own Mitt Romney - who can often be seen strutting out in his budgies for a morning swim at Lady Martin’s Beach. 
    • A view-less, low-floor, awkwardly laid-out (but renovated!) 2-bedroom apartment in the blue blooded “Astor” building at 125 Macquarie Street relists after a year off the market. $1.65m is quoted by Bryn Fowler of Sydney Cove Property. 103/123-125 Macquarie Street
    • ‘Cloudlands’ in the Southern Highlands just won’t sell…and the agents won’t lower the price. Coldwell Banker Previews International agent Kevin Whelan now has the listing but the price remains at $6.75m for the 94-acre spread with an 11,000 square foot mansion. Cloudlands at 142 Sheepwash Lane has been on the market as long as we can remember…and our memory dates back at least 4 years. :)
    • Situated on the desirable cul-de-sac side of Woollahra’s Edward Street high above Cooper Park, number 52 has listed with expectations of the mid-$4mils. When the Radical Terrace first saw this property, we were quite surprised at the high price for the 3-bedroom home; but seeing there is a strong precedent for high prices on the street (slightly larger next-door neighbour #50 sold for $6.6m in March 2011; #64 for $3.3m in March 2009; #66 for $3.775m in March 2007; #68 for $3.65m in Nov 2007) and the Alex Tzannes design, maybe the price isn’t too far-fetched. Georgia Cleary of BradfieldCleary has the listing.

  3. Alex Tzannes-Designed Woollahra Terrace Lists; Wants $7m

    Ben Collier and Andrew Hackett of McGrath - Eastern Suburbs have once again nabbed a trophy Woollahra listing designed by society favourite Alex Tzannes. Located at 176 Queen Street, in the desirable East-of-Ocean Queen Street location, the four bedroom, three bath home comes with a double lock-up garage and a 1,500 bottle wine cellar. Tzannes, you may know, has designed some of Sydney’s most expensive homes (including the Woollahra record breaking “double wide” on Rush Street, the overweight Aussie Home Loans CEO’s Point Piper apartment block mansion, and the currently-under-construction renovation of the James Packer Vaucluse compound). The home features some very iconically-Tzannes features: skylights, clerestories, bold shapes. But what’s up with the dome lights? Regardless, we dig the double-height dining room and the well-lit nature of the terrace that could have easily been dark and cramped. $7m+ hopes.

    The listing: 176 Queen Street, Woollahra