Bellevue Hill palazzo Chateau de Benelong sells for about $5 million

Bellevue Hill palazzo Chateau de Benelong sells for about $5 million
Jonathan ChancellorMarch 11, 2012

Chateau de Benelong, the distinctive Bellevue Hill palazzo residence, has been sold.

Its revised $5 million hopes for last week’s auction were realised with a $4,995,000 sale through Michael Finger and Gavin Rubinstein at Ray White Double Bay.

With its multiple arches, columns, balustrades and detailed decorative exterior adornments including cherubs, lions' heads and a central courtyard fountain, the nine-bedroom house has stood out from the crowd since 1977, when it was built by designer Lesley Santy.

Santy, who won a gold medal in the 1957 international furniture exhibition in Milan, designed the building for the Levy family.

The Benelong Crescent property had been renovated since last traded for $3.67 million in 2009.

The neo-classical house comes with northerly harbour views from its grand columned terraces. Its luxury living spaces include a poolside entertainer's pavilion, home theatre and gym. It comes with eight bedrooms, including a two-bedroom apartment.

The vendors are Elio and Makedonka Del Ben, who own a building company called Big Dig Pty Ltd. It was initially listed with unrealistic $7.5 million hopes last August through Di Jones Real Estate.

 

Jonathan Chancellor

Jonathan Chancellor is one of Australia's most respected property journalists, having been at the top of the game since the early 1980s. Jonathan co-founded the property industry website Property Observer and has written for national and international publications.

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