Prestige Property: 1/1-7 Bayview Road, Noosa Heads, QLD

Found in an exclusive enclave, surrounded by Noosa National Park and minutes from Little Cove Beach comes ‘Coco Privé’ – a world-class development from Glen and Deborah Watson.

The luxurious three-storey residence offers 4-bedrooms, 4-bathrooms and 2-garage across a 937sqm plot of Noosa Heads. Here, everything is accommodated for with furniture, artworks, crockery and linen all arriving with the home.

The ultra-modern residence boasts an eye-catching façade that draws one inside to the pared back foyer revealing the living and dining spaces replete with limestone floors that lead out to the state-of-the-art travertine alfresco terraces.

The furniture included echoes the home’s modern coastal allure with linen-covered sofas, brushed metal side tables, integrated fireplace, silk rugs, dining table of South American hardwood, leather with teak chairs and more throughout.

Further, the kitchen – which sees a cantilevered stone-clad island as the focal point – makes use of Miele appliances, a Liebherr refrigerator, soft-timber finished cabinetry and copper handles.

The home’s alfresco area was designed to consume the residence, wrapping around three sides to create numerous terraces and zones. Here, are the Watson’s signature upholstered double day beds ‘floating’ on the mosaic-tiled infinity pool.

Elsewhere, another terrace has a sunken seating area with an underwater viewing wind around a limestone-clad outdoor gas fire.

On the northside of the home, overlooking the rainforest gardens comes the outdoor dining space with a table for ten and a built-in barbecue integrated into a travertine benchtop.

On the home’s upper level sees the master retreat complete with plush carpet, silk velvet bedhead, marble pendants, walk-through robe. Also here, the ensuite with limestone floors and walls, double size rainwater showers and round stone bath – with a view of the rainforest – and a private terrace.

Downstairs on the home’s lowest level is another lounge/relaxing/media area with over-sized sofas, chairs, and television alongside two gorgeous queen size bedrooms with opaque-walled ensuites, and round stone baths.

Also, a three-zone Sonos music system, discrete home theatre, self-monitoring alarm system with CCTV and remote access and a smart video intercom round out the home’s tech offering.

The idyllic location, combined with a home completely fitted with luxury sees Coco Prive offer the very best in turn-key living.

The listing is with Tom Offermann’s Chris Miller and is heading to auction October 17. POA; tomoffermann.com

A perfectly-positioned harbourside residence, formerly the home of a late Melbourne Cup-winning horse owner, has come to market with $14 million price expectations for its February 22 auction.

Sitting in one of Sydney’s most coveted enclaves on Waiwera St in Lavender Bay, the duplex with never-to-be-built-out gunbarrell views of both the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House was home to championship thoroughbred owner Michael Fergus Doyle. The Irish-born entrepreneur was part owner of Protectionist, the 2014 Melbourne Cup winner.

Bought by Doyle in April 2020, in an off-market deal totalling $11 million according to CoreLogic data, the two-storey Lavender Bay property is being sold by the racing legend’s family through Atlas Sydney & East Coast. Doyle, a prominent character in Sydney’s Irish community for more than 50 years after arriving down under in the 1960s with a 10 pound boat ticket, sadly passed away in November 2023 at the age of 77.

Doyle built his fortune by building a construction company from the ground up that eventually employed more than 300 people and had a contract with Sydney Water worth A$100 million a year. By 2009, Doyle sold the business to a company owned by the Singapore Government and breeding horses through Doyles Breeding & Racing became his next passion.

The contemporary four-bedroom three-bathroom property features 304sq m of internal living space with additional outdoor entertaining areas on both levels.

Beyond the impressive grand entrance foyer with a personalised floor medallion, the layout opens up to reveal a large everyday living level with a formal lounge room and casual sitting space featuring walls of windows to frame the Harbour City’s top icons. Thanks to a central skylight tower, this main living zone is also flooded with natural light.

A spacious chef-grade kitchen anchored by a long island bench is equipped with Gaggenau appliances, gas burners, dual ovens, and a grill plate. The adjoining dining area spills out onto a terrace with an integrated bar table plus a Luna Park and bridge backdrop. The entry level also houses a home office or guest bedroom with a Juliette balcony and integrated desks opposite a full bathroom.

In the main bedroom suite upstairs there is a deep full-width balcony with more landmark views, a vast walk-in wardrobe, plus a spa ensuite complete with twin vanities, heated floors and warming towel racks. Two more bedrooms on the upper level each have access via French doors to a shared street-facing terrace and built-ins with a common family-friendly bathroom.

Added extras include automatic awnings and privacy screens to the outdoor areas, marble floor tiles, and a double lock up garage with storage.

The designer duplex is located close to harbourside dining venues, foreshore parks such as Bob Gordon Reserve and Wendy Whiteley’s Secret Gardens, Kirribilli Markets and North Sydney’s bustling CBD.

Property 2 at 9-11 Waiwera St is on the market with Adrian Bridges and Daniel Chester of Atlas Sydney & East Coast with a price guide of $14 million. It is set to go under the hammer on February 22.

Prestige Property: 1/1-7 Bayview Road, Noosa Heads, QLD

Inside Noosa’s ultimate turn-key residence.

His stallion once won the Melbourne Cup, now this late legendary horse owner’s thoroughbred harbourside home is on the market.