42 Vaucluse Road, Vaucluse, last traded for $11.7m seven years ago.
The beautiful Vaucluse home of the late Akihiko Terada, who was chairman of the Japanese medical and healthcare services company Nichiigakkan, is set for a September 19 auction.
The five-bedroom, six-bathroom home with four-car garage at 42 Vaucluse Road, which has a pool, tennis court and uninterrupted iconic panoramic harbour views, last traded for $11.7m in 2013.
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The Sotheby’s managing director, Michael Pallier, isn’t quoting a price guide this time round, though the $15.6m sale of the 20 Ray Avenue home of former Westpac banker Brian Hartzer, that sold to dentist Vincent Phung in April, is one reference point.
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The heated indoor/outdoor pool is one of the highlights.
Another is the championship tennis court.
And the $13.2m sale of developer Robert Burger’s home with jaw-dropping views at 7 Fernleigh Gardens, Rose Bay, to an Australian-based Chinese family in June, is another.
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Terada’s architect-designed home was only four years old at the time of the 2013 purchase.
His Bloomberg profile indicates he was a representative trustee of the Australian Labradoodle Association in Japan.
He passed away at the age of 83 last September from pancreatic cancer.
The has a range of living spaces and one of the highlights is the indoor-outdoor heated lap pool.
Ample room to dine indoors …
… or outside.
The extensive use of glass allows most rooms to have views of the harbour or the home’s lush tropical landscaped gardens.
There are separate formal and casual living and dining areas, and walls of glass opening to an alfresco terrace.
Each of the four upper level bedrooms is its own private suite, with the master featuring superb harbour vistas and an opulent Travertine finished open ensuite.
The downstairs area features guest accommodation, a wince cellar and a poolside lounge.
The kitchen is finished in marble and equipped with Miele and Gaggenau appliances.
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