Interior designer Anna Spiro has put her Birkdale house on the market with agent Sarah Hackett of Place Estate Agents. Photographer: Liam Kidston.
INTERIOR designer Anna Spiro has sold her Stradbroke Island beach pad in a surprise deal that even includes the cutlery.
The two-level home in Dickson Way, Point Lookout, was not even on the market when a local couple from Brisbane made an offer.
Inside the home interior designer Anna Spiro has just sold on Stradbroke Island. Picture: Tim Salisbury.
“I wasn’t really thinking of selling, but I was thinking of buying a new property over there with a view, as mine had no view,” Ms Spiro said.
“I called (a real estate agent) and within five days she had sold it, with everything.
The front of the home interior designer Anna Spiro has just sold on Stradbroke Island. Picture: Dolphin Real Estate Instagram.
“It was all a bit of a whirlwind and really did take me by surprise, but I am really excited about the new property I’ve purchased, which will be a fun new project for me.”
Ms Spiro plans to renovate her new property on the island, which will be a “bit different” to her signature bold and brave designs.
Think “more minimalistic, but still very cool and interesting” — if she can restrain herself, that is.
The Point Lookout Surf Club, sitting on the outcrop of South Gorge and Main Beach on Stradbroke Island. Photo: Kara Rosenlund.
Olivia Cole of Dolphin Real Estate, who found the buyer for Ms Spiro’s property, said she was still receiving enquiries about the three-bedroom home, which was within metres of Home Beach and Adder Rock.
“Anna mentioned casually to me that she might consider selling and within two days, I had six groups of buyers through and it was under contract within three days,” Ms Cole said.
Anna Spiro has put her Birkdale house on the market with agent Sarah Hackett of Place Bulimba. Photographer: Liam Kidston.
“There was a huge amount of interest in it. I mean, who wouldn’t want an Anna Spiro house?!
“It sold fully furnished, right down to the cutlery, and was decorated to within an inch of its life.”
Records show Ms Spiro bought the property for $635,000 in 2004.
The acclaimed designer has also just put her bayside family home of 10 years on the market.
Birkdale House at 27 Roger Street, Birkdale, is for sale.
The 1800s heritage property at 27 Roger Street, Birkdale, is open to top offers by 4pm on September 15 through Sarah Hackett of Place – Bulimba.
And if you happen to be a fan of the designer’s work, the offer comes with the chance to buy the house with part, or all, of the furniture included.
Ms Spiro, who designed boutique B&B Halcyon House, and Brisbane wine bars Mr Percival’s and Arc Dining, is known for blending bold colours with layers of textured materials, accented by signature pieces and her eclectic style is evident throughout the home’s interiors.
One of the bedrooms in the home Anna Spiro is selling at 27 Roger Street, Birkdale.
Yet aside from dressing up the home’s interiors, giving the house a coat of paint and replacing the roof after it blew off in very bad storm, the house is in its original condition and
maintains all its heritage features, which Ms Spiro said made it special and rare.
She said she fell in love with the house after stumbling across it by accident.
“I was lost and I ended up on Roger Street when I spotted the house. I was only young but I was just blown away by it,” she said.
Anna Spiro’s house is for sale with the option of buying part, or all, of the furniture.
“Ten years later I returned to the area and I saw it was for sale. That is when I knew I had to have it. It was fate.”
The laundry in the house at 27 Roger St, Birkdale.
The family homestead sits at the heart of a 2,213 sqm block at the end of a cul-de-sac and is surrounded by trees and landscaped gardens.
Original heritage features, including decorative breezeways, VJ walls, timber floors, casement windows, tiled mosaics, picture rails and lofty ceilings. have endured almost two centuries.
One of the bathrooms in the house at 27 Roger Street, Birkdale.
The property’s five bedrooms are split between the main residence and the guesthouse and walls of glass, French doors and louvred windows allow cool coastal breezes from the Bay to waft through.
Large wraparound verandas extend the indoor living spaces outside and run beside the home’s luxurious swimming pool.
Every nook of the house is perfectly styled in Anna Spiro’s signature fashion.
Ms Spiro said living at Birkdale House was like living in the country, despite the property being less than a 30-minute drive from the centre of Brisbane city.
There is even a chicken coop and the potential to start a vegetable garden for those who like the idea of living The Good Life.
This bedroom is a strong example of Anna Spiro’s flair for mixing bold colours with prints and textured fabrics.
Ms Hackett said the home was so impressive, it would take more than one inspection to fully appreciate the attention to detail.
“It’s just so much to take in because it’s a sensory overload,” Mrs Hackett said.
“You couldn’t capture it in one inspection, there’s that much beauty going on, and it starts from the moment you enter.
“I can’t wait to go back as an agent just because I couldn’t take it all in, and I’ve seen a lot of properties.”
The pool at Birkdale House.
Mrs Hackett said the property would most likely suit empty nesters or young families.
“But it doesn’t matter what age you are, her design is timeless,” she said.
Mrs Hackett said the gardens were just as important as the house.
“The home is all on one level and because its lowset, it’s really connected to the lawn space and everyone’s wanting lawn space these days,” she said.
The house has a wraparound veranda.
“I think gardens are really having a comeback now, particularly with what we’ve gone through. People are spending more quality time outdoors and (a garden) really completes the home.”
The property’s location on Brisbane’s bayside was also appealing because of the increase in working remotely since the advent of COVID-19, Mrs Hackett said.
The cottage sits on a large, 2213 sqm block.
Birkdale House is minutes from Waterloo Bay, leafy parklands and local shops. Birkdale train station is also near by. The property falls within Birkdale State School and Wellington Point State High School catchment areas, and is a short drive from Redlands College, Saint Mary MacKillop Primary School and Ormiston College.
Inside Anna Spiro’s house, which is for sale in Birkdale.
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