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12 Cambridge Tce, Hillbank. Taken from realestate.com.au.

Tired of the conventional and looking for something a little different?

This medieval-style Hillbank home might be just the property you’ve been searching for.

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12 Cambridge Tce, Hillbank. Taken from realestate.com.au.

Reverend Neil Mathieson and Reverend Dr Ruth Mathieson bought the land in 2011 and in 2012 set about building their dream home – a medieval style stunner featuring plenty of exposed timber, soaring ceilings, exposed brickwork, cathedral-style windows and wrought iron.

“We were looking for a block of land and then we stumbled upon this and just thought it was amazing – we wanted to build something interesting on it,” Rev Mathieson says.

12 Cambridge Tce, Hillbank. Taken from realestate.com.au.

“We were at the Gumeracha Medieval Fair and we bumped into Timber Frames of Australia who had a stall up there and they do medieval framework and we just went ‘yes, let’s work with these guys’.

“I love Grand Designs and I love where they’ve done a big barn conversion but here we’ve been able to start from scratch but still have all the aesthetics of that time.”

12 Cambridge Tce, Hillbank. Taken from realestate.com.au.

The main frame was erected in December 2013 and the home was completed in 2016 – a process that was actually followed the very program Mr Mathieson had taken inspiration from – Grand Designs Australia.

“Like all Grand Designs properties, we just had setback after setback, so what was supposed to be a 12 month build turned into almost five years,” Rev Mathieson says.

12 Cambridge Tce, Hillbank. Taken from realestate.com.au.

“We’d never been in a home like this – some of the ideas came from some of the episodes from Grand Homes Australia.”

The home sits on a 780sqm allotment, offering three levels of luxe living, featuring up to six bedrooms and boasting a light-filled living area with a soaring cathedral ceiling.

Large spotted gum timber beams are a standout feature and add character, and the home is topped with red cedar shingles.

12 Cambridge Tce, Hillbank. Taken from realestate.com.au.

Its 5m-high arched window offers sweeping views to the coast.

“The timber frame, that’s what’s holding the house up, that’s the main skeleton and that was all done up in the Adelaide Hills,” Rev Mathieson says.

“When people come here, their reaction is generally “oh, wow!”

12 Cambridge Tce, Hillbank. Taken from realestate.com.au.

“We are very happy with it and I’m sad to be selling it – there’s a lot of me in that house.

“One of the things I love most about it is because it’s got so many natural products in it, it feels very restful. It’s just beautiful to sit in in the evenings.

“I looking back into the house from that large front window and looking at all the junctions of timbers – it’s just beautiful.

12 Cambridge Tce, Hillbank. Taken from realestate.com.au.

“It’s really nice to live there because it’s got lots of different areas, so with kids, you could retreat when you wanted to and there are lots of spaces to go.”

The home is on the market through Alpha Residential’s Tony Caruana and Samantha McKee.

It will be auctioned on Saturday, September 5, and has been listed without a price guide.

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156 Marys Hope Road, Rosetta. Picture: SUPPLIED

FAMILY homes rarely come as impressive as this beauty in Rosetta.

The owner can wake up to stunning sunrises with a morning coffee on a choice of decks.

It has so much room for a growing or established family, a brilliant sunny aspect, and a bunch of impressive features – including one that you can’t see in the pictures.

Take a peek at the covered entertainment area and the steps that lead to a decked area. Take a closer look … below, there is a pool just waiting to be uncovered and reinstalled. Brilliant.

This large, family-sized house has a warm, homely feeling and so much to offer.

From the tranquillity of the setting to the privacy, the spectacular outlook to the peacefulness of the surroundings – it makes you want to stay put.

Big views from all over the home.

Family-sized living zone.

Built in 1971, the property boasts a commanding position overlooking Mona, the Derwent River, Mount Direction and surrounding suburbia.

At the front, it has a 180 degree uninterrupted view that needs to be seen to be believed. And to the southeast, it also has beautiful views of kunanyi/Mount Wellington.

This 291sq m executive home offers six or seven bedrooms if desired. There are three bathrooms and multiple living areas.

The home was architecturally designed to take in sunshine and warming daylight.

Importantly for the next owner, it has been maintained to a high standard.

Architecturally bright and airy, the house has a floorplan that caters for everyone’s needs.

The property size and the independent access to downstairs could be ideal to convert to independent living, subject to approvals.

Outdoors entertainer.

Favourite morning coffee spot.

Outside, the property is set on 2346sq m of land with flat to gently sloping grassed yards providing lots of room for the children or pets to play.

For the hobbyist or tradie there is a huge 17m x 6m garage and workshop with three-phase power and a wood heater.

This provides ample space to work away or enjoy your hobbies.

To accompany this, there is a three-car carport next to the house and there is ample off-street parking.

For the energy conscious, the property has 3kW of solar.

Properties like this don’t come along very often, it has so much to offer and should satisfy the most fastidious of buyers.

Play it again, Sam.

Privately positioned.

There is an opportunity to buy the adjoining 835sq m block at the front of the property, which has Marys Hope Road frontage if desired – contact the agent for details.

No.156 Marys Hope Road, Rosetta is listed with PRD Hobart and will be sold by expressions of interest.

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INXS guitarist Tim Farriss has sold his Kangaroo River retreat.

Film director George Miller and his wife Margaret Sixel have emerged as the $4.35 million buyers of Willabrook, the Upper Kangaroo River ­retreat of INXS guitarist Tim Farriss and wife Beth.

Farriss, who ­founded INXS in Sydney in 1977, listed it two years ago after three decades ownership. The property ­initially had an asking price of $4.5m to $4.9m and later had a guide of $4.3m to $4.5m.

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George Miller was the buyer. Picture: John Appleyard

INXS Guitarist Tim Farriss held the property for three decades.

The 37ha Upper River ­cattle farm off a country lane features a 1920s five-bedroom homestead, plus two one-bedroom cottages, that were let at $350 a night.

There’s also a self-contained manager’s cottage, vegie garden and a private, clear, deep water swimming hole.

The marketing by Belle Property listing agent Nick Dale suggested the land is reminiscent of a Harry Sutton Palmer landscape painting.

It sold for the second highest price in the Upper Kangaroo River.

Gorgeous views of the surrounds.

It comes with a private river flat that forms a natural island and is surrounded by the waters of Kangaroo River, complete with billabongs and grassy banks.

The Shoalhaven farm, which has averaged a 30 ­breeder carrying capacity, had been featured on Better Homes & Gardens.

Its sale price ranks as the second highest at Upper Kangaroo River with $7.35m paid in 2018 for a 220ha ­holding.

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13 Nicholas Court, Point Lonsdale, has sold for $3.025 million.

An original Point Lonsdale beach house built in the 1970s has sold for more than $3m after a short campaign.

The brick veneer house at 13 Nicholas Court, Point Lonsdale, was listed for just 13 days before the property was sold.

Hayeswinckle, Drysdale agent Grace Borg negotiated the sale between two buyers competing for the two-storey, five-bedroom house located 200 metres from the Point Lonsdale foreshore.

13 Nicholas Court, Point Lonsdale, has sold for $3.025 million.

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She said the location and the property’s 1330sq m block were the main drawcards for the buyers.

“They’ve got beautiful views from the top level,” she said.

“The home itself is the first time being offered for that family. It’s not been sold before.”

Built around 1976, Ms Borg said it was in great condition.

13 Nicholas Court, Point Lonsdale, has sold for $3.025 million.

Period features include raked ceilings, exposed timber beams and all the original fittings, fixtures, including carpets.

The house also had a self-contained living room with a separate kitchen.

“(It was a) pristine, immaculate 70s property. Everything is in a very neat and working original condition,” she said.

A drone image shows how close 13 Nicholas Court, Point Lonsdale is to the water.

“It’s been very well kept, very loved.”

Ms Borg said the keen buyers moved fast, making the first offer within a day of hitting the market

“We had a negotiated outcome in less than a week,” she said.

13 Nicholas Court, Point Lonsdale, has sold for $3.025 million.

“From it going live online, we had an offer within the first 24 hours, so really there wasn’t room for anyone else to come in on it because I was dealing with my two groups.”

Point Lonsdale’s median house price has climbed 4 per cent in the past 12 months to reach $867,500, according to Hometrack data.

The property had previously been offered through another agent last November, before being withdrawn in April.

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A Middle Park masterpiece is lining up to become the suburb’s most expensive home.

Lisieux, at 244 Beaconsfield Parade in Middle Park, has been listed with a $8.8-$9.68m price guide.

CoreLogic records show the Spanish Mission property will be crowned the suburb’s most expensive piece of real estate if it sells for more than $9m.

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244 Beaconsfield Parade, Middle Park is for sale.

The huge waterfront block is a rare opportunity.

The historic property was converted into three apartments in the 1930s and has remained divided that way while being held by the vendors for the past 40 years.

Kay & Burton Port Phillip agent Eleisha Doherty said the five-bedroom home had been a much-loved family heirloom since it was bought for about $260,000 in 1980.

“Three generations of the family still live there, including the mum who originally bought it, her son, his wife and their children,” Ms Doherty said.

“Everyone’s got their own space.”

Traditional features inside the first-floor apartment.

Views don’t get much better than this.

Two apartments are on the ground floor of the waterfront home, while another residence boasts incredible bay views from the first floor.

Ms Doherty said a buyer could turn the home into one magnificent residence.

“The next homeowner is likely to restore the house into one big home and potentially do a large-scale renovation, adding a pool out the back or a self-contained residence on top of the garage at the rear,” she said.

There’s plenty of room for an extension, or a pool.

A complete transformation could increase the property’s value to the “vicinity of $15m”, she said.

“This is an opportunity for a dream home and there’s not a lot that transacts on Beaconsfield Parade every year, especially in the Middle Park section, “ Ms Doherty said.

“It’s a premium piece of land … we’ve only just started the campaign and we’re already overwhelmed with the level of interest received so far.”

The 600sq m block is for private sale.

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86 Sydney Parade, Geelong, sold for $560,000 at Saturday’s online auction.

The chance to score a rare central Geelong house at a sub-$600,000 price was not lost on a clutch of potential buyers at an online auction.

The two-bedroom house at 86 Sydney Parade sold for $560,000 at Saturday’s auction.

Maxwell Collins, Geelong agent Lois Wilson said 12 hopeful buyers had registered for the online auction.

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Ms Wilson said first-home buyers were well represented among those interested in the property, but its position less than 500m from Geelong’s University Hospital seemed the major drawcard. It’s also a short walk to East Geelong’s shopping village on Garden Street and Ormond Road.

The house, which was used for an accountant’s office, has an updated kitchen and offered scope for renovators or redevelopment, unlocking the residential growth zoning.

“Most of the attention was from first-home buyers, which was interesting,” she said.

86 Sydney Parade, Geelong.

“The price point, particularly with first-home buyers, meant they could purchase stamp duty exempt.

“They were keen to renovate and the motivation was to want to be so close to work.

“The hospital is a big drawcard for people working in the city looking to purchase close to work,” she said.

Three people bid in the auction, which opened at $500,000.

Rear access from Myers Street.

After 21 bids, the price eclipsed the reserve price by $10,000.

Ms Wilson said the buyers were from Geelong and were planning to rent out the house in the short term.

The house occupies a 319sq m block with street frontages to Sydney Parade and Myers Street.

Ms Wilson said the heritage overlay is enforced on the neighbourhood, although the house itself is not heritage listed.

“The block next door is a larger block that’s been subdivided into two because you’ve got that rear street frontage,” she said.

86 Sydney Parade, Geelong.

“It attracted a lot of interest. We had a lot of inspections. But in the past two weeks we were unable to do open for inspections on the day or prior to the auctions, we were just doing private inspections,” she said.

“We probably had five bidders from Melbourne, including some that hadn’t seen the property. But they had done their due diligence.

13 Churchill Avenue, Newtown, is scheduled for auction on Saturday.

The auction was conducted over a Zoom link, with buyers raising their hand to bid for auctioneer Shaun Carroll.

The agency is scheduled to follow up with another online auction for a Newtown property this Saturday.

The three-bedroom duplex at 13 Churchill Avenue is scheduled to be auction at 10.30am.

Price hopes for the two-storey house ready for a renovation is $390,000 to $420,000.

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156 Harts Road, Indooroopilly, sold for $2.35m on Saturday.

This three bedroom mid-century home in the western suburbs may have an outdated kitchen, bathrooms and fixtures, but it still sold for a whopping $2.35m.

The home at 156 Harts Road, Indooroopilly, in Brisbane’s inner west went under contract on Saturday.

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The kitchen has seen a lot of years of service.

According to CoreLogic records, which listed a land valuation of $1.7m on the property, the $2.35m sale was the highest in Queensland in the past week.

Agents Colin Rosario and Leighton Jones of Leighton Jones Realestate – Kenmore listed the home as having to be seen to be believed.

Neat and spacious bathroom, even if somewhat dated.

“Set in the heart of Indooroopilly’s most sought after precinct, this home is being offered for sale for the first time in 47 years,” was how they described the property.

“Just minutes from St Peters Lutheran College, two golf courses, parkland, railway station, shopping centre and University of Queensland, this property must be seen to be appreciated.”

One of the biggest drawcards apart from the location itself has got to be the size of the land it came on – almost half an acre in total at 1968sq m.

The massive block of land that the home sits on.

“Enter through the front porch into a large vestibule and hang up your hat. This room leads into the expansive formal lounge and dining room warmed by the fire in the brick fireplace.”

“From here move to the large rear veranda which overlooks the beautiful backyard and is perfect for entertaining.”

It also has a very large master bedroom with a parents’ retreat at the top of the house with two built-in robes and its own toilet and bathroom.

While the listing may have sung the praises of the house itself, it’s unclear at this stage whether the incoming owners will want to maintain the home or attempt to start again from scratch.

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Barrie Unsworth and wife Pauline have sold in Mona Vale.

Former NSW Premier Barrie ­Unsworth and wife, Pauline have ­quietly sold their Mona Vale townhouse as they downsize locally.

They’ve had the abode for 14 years in the Max Delmege built project, Platinum by the Sea. The four bedroom townhouse cost $1.7m in 2006.

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Water views from the townhouse.

The couple have been the longest owners in the row of five which hasn’t seen a sale since 2011 when two three bedders sold for $1.45m. Domain’s Nik and Karen Vuko secured the recent sale having offered $3m guidance.

Unsworth’s home, with an internal lift, has 430sqm on titles across its four levels.

The top level is the master suite, with walk in wardrobe, ensuite and sitting room. Its balcony offers ocean views.

They paid $1.7m in 2006.

The last sale in the townhouse row was in 2011.

It was after Neville Wran’s 1986 ­decision to quit politics that Unsworth was elected ALP leader. He just scrapped a win in the Rockdale by-election having moved from the Upper House and his Turramurra homebase. Unsworth’s time as Premier was short-lived as Labor lost the March 1988 election, and he retired from parliament in 1991.

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