Now nomads Noeline and Laurie Donaher list Paradise Point home
Who could ever forget the self-made Sylvania Waters couple Noeline and Laurie Donaher?
They left Sydney back in 2003 for another canal front, Paradise Point on the Gold Coast.
The retirees now want $1.59 million for their Sovereign Islands home after the property went to auction last month through Chris Moyer at The Professionals Vertullo Rel Estate.
"It is an extremely competitively priced property,' he told Property Observer.
The Donaher's Sydney waterside home was the lavish setting for the 1992 reality television documentary Sylvania Waters that stunned viewers for its disarmingly frank portrayal of middle-Australia's lifestyle in the southern Sydney suburb.
Sylvania Waters was the first canal-style suburban development in Australia in 1961, although the Gold Coast's Isle of North Melbourne and Chevron Island stole the limelight until the Donahers came along.
Title Tattle recalls James Goyen, the original developer of Sylvania Waters convinced the local council to approve the £1 million project after they sent the shire engineer to Florida Keys to see how it could all be done.
In 1958 he had bought the swampy land which was then known as Gwawley Bay and which was being used for oyster farming. Council approval was granted in 1961 with the first sales occurring in 1962.
As the unapologetic housewife and matriarch, Noeline Baker remains the undisputed first lady of reality television that rolled out in it wake. Fairfax columnist Andrew Hornery suggested the BBC show briefly turned the suburban housewife into a pop culture icon after she released a single, a version of the Edith Piaf cafe classic 'Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien'.
There was a relief for long-time residents when the argumentative family packed their stubby holders and sold for $2.1 million and departed for the Gold Coast where they bought for $1,485,000 from Sarah Fedotov in 2003.
Set on The Sovereign Mile, it was initially listed with the marketing saying they were serious sellers as "looking for a tree change".
Now its "the ship is sailing…seller going travelling". They are among the nomad retiree set, though Title Tattle couldn't see any caravan on the property, just the boat.
The home boasts three separate living areas both formal and informal chef's delight kitchen with heaps of bench space, large breakfast bar, stainless steel appliances open plan living opening out to balcony complete with bbq and fridge overlooking the pool. There is four car accommodation plus space for caravan.
Of course there is a floating pontoon to accommodate a 50' boat.
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