The good life awaits in this beautifully crafted home
Bushland views and light-filled interiors give this Sydney home old school charm
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When we talk about the good old days when life was simpler and happiness consisted of a dip in the pool on a hot summer’s afternoon or a cup of tea on the deck being serenaded by birdsong, this is the kind of house that springs to mind.
Perhaps that’s because this four-bedroom, two-bathroom home at 34 Crawford Road, Mount Kuring-gai was designed by London-trained architect and artist Rollin Schlicht, a contemporary of Brett Whiteley’s who also worked with Philip Cox and Allen Jack + Cottier.
Beautifully detailed inside and out with exposed hardwood timber, crazy sandstone paving and thoughtfully maintained bush gardens, it’s a welcoming home for families, creatives and empty nesters alike.
At street side, guests are welcomed by a generous foyer leading into a spacious, light-filled open plan kitchen and living area with a north easterly aspect overlooking lush bushland.
A secondary living space creates a buffer between the three children’s bedrooms at one end of the single level home and the master suite with ensuite and walk-in robes at the other.
For those embracing the hybrid working lifestyle, a separate studio with outdoor bath positioned for privacy and views is ideal as a home office, artist’s retreat, guest house or meditation space.
Given the house is positioned at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac, the only disturbance likely is from family and friends enjoying the infinity pool and outdoor entertaining areas.
Address: 34 Crawford Road, Mount Kuring-gai
For sale: $2.08m
Open for inspection: Saturday October 22, 11am-11.30am
Agent: DiJones agent Linda Ratcliff 0412 336 780
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The 25-room mansion was built for an heiress and later belonged to a socialite and architect on the Empire State Building.
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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.
Architect Mark Rios and his husband, Dr. Guy Ringler, spent 18 months renovating the house, which was originally designed by John Elgin Woolf.
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