Prestige Property: 26 Hobbs Avenue, Dalkeith, WA
A stunning contemporary home in Perth’s dress circle.
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Driving through the iron gates and up the semi-circular driveway, one is immediately greeted by the sense of scale and enviable luxury provided by this contemporary residence.
The two-storey, 6-bedroom, 6-bathroom, 7-car parking pile features gallery-inspired interiors with porcelain flooring complemented by parquetry-herringbone walnut flooring and Venetian plasterwork throughout.
Moreover, a glamourous blend of granite surfaces and white gloss cabinetry draws one into the kitchen, hosting a full suite of European appliances and a scullery, it is equipped for the largest of soirees.
Soaring ceiling heights demarcates the grand spaces of the home, highlighting three separate living areas split across the two-level home including the library or formal lounge and a first-level winter retreat. Elsewhere, the home is privy to a contained theatre with a split-level design and top-of-the-line surround sound.
However, the residences entertaining ability is where it really shines, with the outdoor, north-facing alfresco dining area complete with an inground swimming pool and built-in barbecue/kitchen. Here, space is accessed seamlessly via completely retractable glass walls.
Away from the bustle of the main quarters, the home’s main bedroom suite is replete with a palatial ‘his’ and ‘hers’ dressing room and glamorously appointed marble-finished ensuite.
A further five bedrooms – including a guest suite and separate pool house – all feature private walk-in robes and ensuite bathrooms, which complete the accommodation.
The home is fitted with three gas fireplaces throughout and many mod-cons including a Savant system home automation, security system, parking for seven vehicles, including the four-car garage,
Within a 2-minute walk of Swan River and desirable proximity to Claremont Quarter and some of Perth’s finest private schools, this luxurious home is found in the enviable Dalkeith, 20 minutes to Perth’s CBD.
The listing is with Ray White Cottesloe Mosman Park’s Jody Fewster (+61 414 688 988), POA. rwcmp.com.au
This stylish family home combines a classic palette and finishes with a flexible floorplan
Just 55 minutes from Sydney, make this your creative getaway located in the majestic Hawkesbury region.
His stallion once won the Melbourne Cup, now this late legendary horse owner’s thoroughbred harbourside home is on the market.
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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.
This stylish family home combines a classic palette and finishes with a flexible floorplan
Just 55 minutes from Sydney, make this your creative getaway located in the majestic Hawkesbury region.
