Brisbane home sold by Don O'Rorke in $12 million riverfront resurgence

Brisbane home sold by Don O'Rorke in $12 million riverfront resurgence
Jonathan ChancellorDecember 7, 2020

Balaam, the 2006 contemporary eight bedroom Hamilton home in Brisbane has been sold by the property developer Don O'Rorke with his wife Natasha.

It reportedly fetched around $12 million to a Gold Coast buyer.

They and their seven children; Allie, 24, Izzy, 21, Tom, 11, Oliver, 10, twins Jonathan and Chloe, 7, and William, 5, are off to Brookfield acreage in the western suburbs.

Set on one of Brisbane’s most prized riverfront streets, the Hamilton home called Balaam has eight bedrooms and nine bathrooms at 33b Harbour Road. 

It was listed in the 100 Dream Houses from Downunder book. It was listed through Ray White New Farm agent Matt Lancashire who described it is as a meticulously designed 1,034 square metre palatial family home.

Set across its 1,609 square metre block, the house was designed by Shaun Lockyer, built from white concrete, timber and zinc

Arkhefeild was the design architect and interior designer, with the project managed by Blades Project Management.

Brisbane's top home sale was last August when $14 million was paid by mining magnate Gina Rinehart in Hawthorne, along with the neighbouring $4 million holding.

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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