Official voyeuristic betting on the Carrara Road, Vaucluse harbourfront $60 million prospects

Stephen TaylorDecember 7, 2020

Voyeuristic interest in what has been tipped to be Australia’s most expensive house listing has prompted the on-line betting agency Sportsbet to run an opportunist book on its eventual sale price.

Its on the website's novelty offerings.

The initial betting odds followed gushing articles on the listing in both the Fairfax and News Ltd Sydney papers.

The luxury property on Carrara Road, Vaucluse is reportedly listed for $60 million but the betting agency says that’s a long shot and has made that enormous figure the outsider in the market at $9.

Attracting more interest is a figure of $45 million-$49 million at $2.80.

Other price options in the market include between $40 - $45.9 million at $3.50, $50 - $54.9 million at $3.75, under $40 million at $4.50 and $55 - $59.9 million at $6.00.

“Anyone down the street would fall over themselves if they got offered $45 million, but in this case we are tipping that the owners may have to settle on it and their price tag of $60 million is an outside chance,” sportsbet.com.au’s Shaun Anderson says.

It's not the first property to attract betting as it occured very briefly when Shane Warne's Brighton house hit the market last year. The betting offering was withdrawn shortly after its blaze of publicity.

Yesterday, a poll of Property Observer readers thought the Carrara Road house sale would not top the Australian record of $57.5 million paid for a sprawling Mosman Park property compound beside the Swan River in Perth.

It was bought by mining magnate Chris Ellison from heiress Angela Bennett in 2009, at well below its original asking price of $70 million.

Earlier this year, after years on the market, one of Sydney's most prestigious waterfront mansions, Altona in Point Piper, sold for an estimated $52.5 million.

Will 6 Carrara Road become the most expensive house in Australia?
$1.20     No
$3.75     Yes               

How much will 6 Carrara Rd sell for?

$9.00     $60 Million or more

$6.00     $55 - $59.9 Million

$3.75     $50 - $54.9 Million

$2.80     $45 - $49.9 Million

$3.50     $40 - $45.9 Million

$4.50     Under $40 Million

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