The country's most beautiful homes: The winners

The country's most beautiful homes: The winners
Property ObserverDecember 7, 2020

We recently pulled together the most beautiful properties from across the country to ask you to vote on your favourites. So which won the Reader's Choice vote? We share your selections below.

 

ACT

20 Tennyson Crescent, Forrest

This large property, on 2,480 square metres, has high ceilings, polished timber floors, and is basically a very elegant home. With five-bedrooms and three-bathrooms, and up for negotiation, it has a number of comforting inclusions.

With a walk-in pantry, two pyrolytic ovens and two dishwashers, it is certainly fit for a lover of cooking. It also has an outdoor kitchen with a stainless steel barbecue and granite benchtops.

It has a saltwater swimming pool with glass fencing, a poolside entertainment deck, a garden studio and a full sized tennis court, making it suitable for outdoor lovers as well. It has a landscaped garden with roses and exotic plants... and a computerised watering system.

It has a library, a conservatory sunroom, a gym and a rumpus room as well as a large double garage.

It last sold in 2003 for $1,862,500, according to RP Data.

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NSW

2/11 Gladswood Gardens, Double Bay

This waterfront beauty at circa 1860 sandstone Gladswood House has traditional architecture combined with contemporary design. The three-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment does actually feel more like a house than anything else.

With three car parks and in a cul-de-sac in Double Bay, it has views of the harbour, and comes with a $4.9 million price tag.

With fireplaces, timber panelling, mosaic tiled ensuite, herringbone parquetry floors and plantation shutters, it's a beautiful residence.

It has a gorgeous balcony, which we can see from the photos, and is one of the most amazing apartments we have seen.

Originally, the house was called Seaford House, before being re-named Glenyarrah and then, finally, taking the title Gladswood House. It was previously on the market from 2008 to 2010, according to RP Data, without achieving a sale.

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NT

1 Jensen Street, Parap

Asking for $2.1 million, this five-bedroom, three-bathroom house is a blend of South East Asian, Inner City, and 'Outback Station' styles. Having won an HIA 2012 Custom Built home over $1 million award, and built by Vantage homes, it's on a 1,270 square metre block.

It has merbau timber flooring, an alfresco lounge, security gates, intercoms, and a detached self-contained guest suite.

It saw the block sell in 2009 for $600,000.

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QLD

57 The Corso, Isle Of Capri

With six-bedrooms, six-bathrooms and six lock up garage spaces, this property on the Gold Coast is on 2,197 square metres of land in ‘exotic gardens’.

With hand cut sandstone and Travertine floors, a butler’s pantry, a cold room, a billiards den in a private wing, a theatre, a gym, a Lanai bar, maid’s quarters, a wine cellar, a sauna and heated spa and a lift so you don’t need to walk to get to any of these extras, it certainly has most of the aspects you’d want. It also has a fixed jetty.

The pictures have a heavy holiday feel to them, with design obviously focused around creating the outdoor/indoor feel. It was listed in mid-November.

Any buyer wanting to land this property can expect it to be a multi-million dollar undertaking, with RP Data’s land value section noting $4,100,000 for June 2013.

McGrath notes council rates at $17,666 per annum and water rates at $1,804 per annum.

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SA

7 Myrtles Court, Medindie

This circa 1890 home 'The Myrtles' is a six-bedroom, four-bathroom home on 2,201 square metres of grounds.

The house itself, approximately 878 square metres, includes a great hall, a presidential study, a billiards room, home theatre, powder room, three connecting wine cellars and a separate au pair wing.

Outside includes a tennis court, heated pool and spa, and outdoor kitchen/barbecue area and secure garages for four cars.

It has been the set for film and television productions, including Golden Fiddles, Shine and McLeod's Daughters.

It last sold in 2007 for $3,900,000, having previously been bought in 2006 for $5,200,000.

The property was formerly home to Myles and Cathy Jayne Pearce who clashed with real estate identity Neil Jenman in the past over investigations into their business dealings.

In 2007, in a mortgagee in possession sale, not a single bid was made on the property despite a crowd of 200 showing up,reported Adelaide Now.

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TAS

Address withheld, Taroona

Sadly, the address for this Victorian Italinate mansion has been withheld on this property, however it's too beautiful to not include on the list.

Established in 1893, and built of sandstone, it sits on 6,396 square metres and is named 'Winmarleigh'.

Having been designed by the Tasmanian architect George Fagg, and constructed by owner/builder H.W. Stabb, the listing explains that it's the first time it has been on the market since its purchase by the Chief Justice in 1939.

Including an articulated verandah and vast gardens, the five-bedroom, two-bathroom home includes eight original fireplaces, it also has 14-foot ceilings and a servant's bell system.

Chief Justice John Demetrius Morris and his wife lived in this house and "loved to entertain" notes the Australian Dictionary of Biography.

"As administrator on occasion, he also received at Government House. He mixed equally well with conservative families, intellectual leaders and trade-union officials. He dressed well, had a natural charm and social ease, spoke learnedly and talked with wit," it notes of Morris. He was titled Chief Justice in 1940 aged 38, and from 1944 was appointed Chancellor of the University of Tasmania and Chairman of the State Library Board.

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WA

51 Canning Beach Road Applecross

With open homes this weekend, this riverfront home has five-bedrooms and four-bathrooms (as well as a powder room), and panoramic views.

An outdoor BBQ entertainment area and a below ground swimming pool complement the views.

Inside, there is a games room and four of the bedrooms have ensuites, the home also comes with a lockup storage area, four-car garage, home office and temperature controlled wine cellar. The Zorzi/Grandwood property is 716.65 square metres with 515.18 square metres of "internal living" and on 949 square metres of land.

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VIC

11a Read Street, Templestowe

With four-bedrooms and six-bathrooms, it's being called the finest offering in Templestowe. With city views, and a french-chateau style, it's a very lavish.

For the type of buyer who has an au pair (and wants them to have their own quarters), and is desirous of a games room (with a bar and cellar), a fully fitted gym with sunken spa and sauna, and fountains, it's certainly not your everyday property.

On 4,005 square metres, and with a solar pool, it's absolutely gorgeous with a frontage that makes you stare.

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