A Serious Tree-Changer’s Prize In A Millionaire’s Playground
A heritage homestead with manicured gardens, private lake and income-earning guest cottage, Pepper Tree Creek near Robertson offers a rare blend of rural grandeur and lifestyle appeal in the Southern Highlands.
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An ideal property for serious tree changers seeking a lucrative landing, Pepper Tree Creek estate just outside of Robertson in NSW ticks just about every box for house hunters in the millionaire’s playground of the Southern Highlands.
On more than 30ha of rolling green pastures, with a private lake and plenty of period charm, the expansive property features a converted dairy reinvented as a holiday cottage, fertile paddocks, and close to 2ha of fairytale manicured gardens.
On the market with a price guide of $14.5m to $15.5m, Pepper Tree Creek is listed with Michael Coombs and Sarah Burke of Atlas Southern Highlands. According to title records, the property last changed hands in 2019, before its latest upgrade, including a pool, when it sold for $6.7m.
Dating back to 1862, the original primary residence is a heritage stone cottage that has been sympathetically expanded and restored using stone quarried on site.
The vast floor plan has multiple entertaining zones, including formal areas such as a dining room with skylit cathedral ceilings and a piano room. These stately rooms flow through to the Wolgan Valley room – a closed in veranda with a pizza oven and French doors opening to spacious deck.
There are also everyday casual living areas from the contemporary country kitchen. The culinary space is home to a central island bench, a farmhouse sink, a grand gas cooker, a combined scullery and laundry.
An additional mud room connects the main floor plan to the four-car garage via a large breezeway, offering plenty of hidden storage for gum boots and dog toys.
Up on the first floor, the main retreat houses a separate bedroom with a fireplace, a luxury bath ensuite, a walk-in wardrobe, a sitting area with a study and another fireplace.
Back on the main level, there are three more bedrooms, a whole family bathroom, and a reading room with yet another fireplace.
For entertaining in the great outdoors, surrounded by a picturesque backdrop, there is a spacious covered terrace with a barbecue area, a fire pit, a vine-covered veranda, a mosaic pool, plus a poolside cabana.
Guest accommodation at the Old Dairy consists of a self-contained one-bedroom cottage with a full kitchen, bathroom and full-width veranda.
While the historic homestead and cottage paint a pretty picture, the impressive landscaping sets the estate apart from its neighbours.
Beyond the meticulously sculptured gardens, complete with topiary hedges, terraced sandstone vegetable gardens and a traditional greenhouse, there are 4ha of landscaped parklands. The grounds feature a remnant rainforest, local artists’ sculptures, a 1.2ha spring-fed lake with its own island and wooden bridge, as well as an elaborate chicken hutch affectionately known as Cluckingham Palace.
Although Pepper Tree Creek is connected to town water, the estate’s gardens are irrigated via timer systems tapping into the local spring water. All the paddocks have gravity-fed and spring-fed troughs for sustainable and efficient water management.
Other sustainability elements include substantial solar power infrastructure, offering the possibility for off-grid living.
Pepper Tree Creek is listed via private treaty with a price guide of $14.5 million to $15.5 million through Atlas Southern Highlands agents Michael Coombs and Sarah Burke.
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If you’re looking to run into Cristiano Ronaldo, this six-bedroom villa near the coastal Portuguese town of Cascais, where the footballer lives, might up your chances.
The detached home, which came to market earlier this month asking €10 million (US$11.79 million), is within the gated Quinta Patino community in the town’s Estoril suburb, and comes with a private green-tiled pool, its own wine cellar and cinema, as well as a moody six-car show garage.
The eclectic house comes with a little French flair, including a grey mansard roof, as well as arched windows and a cream-stucco facade.
The interiors showcase a mix of modern floor-to-ceiling windows as well as more old-school elegance, including black-and-white checkered flooring, extensive crown moldings, a wood-paneled library and classic columns in between arched windows.
There are six bedrooms across 7,000 square feet, as well as a wine cellar, game room, a pergola and easy transitions between the indoors and outdoors.
“This residence was created for the way people truly want to live, with light-filled spaces that flow naturally from the kitchen and dining areas out to the garden and pool,” said listing agent Yared Hagos of Nest Seekers International via email.
Cascais is located in the Portuguese Riviera, roughly 30 minutes from Lisbon, and features sandy beaches, resorts and other visitor attractions.
“This property represents the best of both worlds, complete privacy in one of Portugal’s most prestigious gated communities, and yet you’re just minutes from the beach, the golf courses, and Lisbon’s cultural scene,” Hagos wrote.
Cascais is also one of many Portuguese cities to have benefited from the popularity of the country’s real estate among foreign investors, particularly its high-end homes , according to Hagos. Mansion Global could not determine the identity of the seller.
“With six consecutive months of rising buyer demand and price growth now exceeding 15% annually, prime areas like Lisbon, Cascais and the Algarve are seeing international buyers compete for an increasingly scarce supply of high-end homes,” he said.
The Portuguese Riviera also has seen an influx of celebrities in recent years, including most notably, soccer legend Cristiano Ronaldo, Mansion Global previously reported.
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