Prestige Property: 7 Laura Street, Seaforth, NSW
A private luxurious abode built on the water’s edge.
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Fusing Middle Harbour panoramas with vast masses of glass, stone and marble comes this world-class property delivering chic, coastal-inspired minimalism and functional design.
The 5-bedroom, 5-bathroom, 2-garage residence in the gilded seaside suburb of Seaforth was designed by architecture firm Dino Raccanello Design and is positioned in a tightly-held waterfront cul-de-sac with its own private marina.
Spread across 740sqm, the three-level residence offers 579sqm of internal living across open plan living zones. Here, multiple entertainment areas, terraces on every level and vast outdoor spaces make the home ideal for hosting.
This is further complemented by the gourmet kitchen adorned in a light beige Omani stone and fitted with a combination of Gaggenau and Miele appliances alongside Subzero refrigerators.
Upstairs sees the bulk of the bedrooms, including the master suite which enjoys a walk-in robe, ensuite – decorated in Bianco Rocchettaa marble from Italy and tiled in Grigio Bell marble. All bedrooms have access to the terrace.
The lower level of the residence sees a second living area replete with wet bar and access to further terraces alongside a guest bedroom complete with ensuite.
Also here is a home office or gym and a steam room with beige Omani stone custom benches echoing the design of the home.
Outside is where the home truly comes into its own with a gas-heated saltwater swimming pool the feature alongside landscaped gardens guiding one down to the aforementioned private pontoon with boat pen on site.
Further the home enjoys a heady range of mod-cons including heated flooring in the bathrooms and ground floor, a six-person lift to all levels, surround sound by Sonos and Bose. CBUS home automation and a solar panelled roof system.
The listing is with Atlas Property’s Michael Coombs (+61 407 980 443), price guide $17.5 million. Atlas.com.au
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A 110-year-old Colorado estate that has hosted Frank Sinatra and Lyndon B. Johnson just slashed $10 million off its price tag.
The 12,000-square-foot manor house—with 25 rooms—and its five accessory dwelling in the alpines of Evergreen was relisted on Friday asking $16.8 million, down from its initial $26.8 million price in 2023.
The sellers, Richard and Pamela Bard, who paid $1.3 million for the “legacy property” named Greystone Estate in 1992, have shopped it around on and off for the past 20 years, according to agent Jessica Northrop at Compass Real Estate.
Richard Bard, CEO of his own private equity firm, has “hosted many corporate events and retreats where important business is discussed but they are also able to relax,” Northrop said. “Greystone has a special way of making people feel at ease.”
Bard said “it’s not a casual effort” to sell. He said it’s difficult to find a buyer with the facilities to “take care of it.”
The Bards intend to move closer to their children in Denver.
Before the Bards, Greystone Estate had several eras—as a summer house, a guest ranch and a business base—since it was built in 1915 by Genevieve Phipps, an industrialist’s daughter.
Phipps, who spent her inheritance on the land, built the 54-acre summer escape with the “elegance and feel of a fine Adirondack mansion combined with a mountain rustic style,” according to an online record of the estate’s history.
Its heyday, arguably in the 1940s to 1980s, saw Sinatra, Johnson and Groucho Marx come through its doors, when its owner William Sandifer, a socialite and one the Empire State Building’s architects, operated a guest ranch out of the place.
The Bards, who used a carriage house on the property as their company headquarters, completed Greystone’s full modernization in 1997. They also opened up the living and dining areas to receive more light, raised the ceiling on the upper level and combined several rooms to create a primary suite.
They replaced an outdoor pavilion and its helipad with something more suitable for their daughter’s wedding in 2001, according to Northrop.
The main 25-room manor includes a wine cellar, bar, gym and library.
The additional structures, which include a cottage, a log cabin, a pool house, a carriage house and a pavilion and guest house, surround the pool area and overlook acres of aspen groves and mountains.
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