Fashion designer Deborah Sams upgrades in Avalon

The Bassike fashion designer Deborah Sams and her husband Toby have upgraded homes in Avalon.

The couple have settled on Leontine, the grand 1930s California-style hacienda modelled in the Spanish Colonial tradition. It cost $4.73 million through LJ Hooker agent David Watson.

The 1630 sqm estate has been recently restored with a five bedroom home along with a wet-deck heated pool.

They sold their redundant Whale Beach Road designer digs after dropping the price to $2.2 million having initially sought $2.5 million to $2.75 million for the 2011 Kelvin Ho-designed home.

The couple’s Blueys Beach holiday home is under construction having bought a beachfront block two year ago for $975,000.

This article first appeared in the Daily Telegraph.