Nightclub owner Nick Zampelis seeks $5.95 million for his eight-bedroom 1937 Elsternwick house with pink marble kitchen

Jonathan ChancellorDecember 7, 2020

The Elsternwick mansion owned by nightclub owner Nick Zampelis was passed in on a $6 million vendor bid.

The eight-bedroom house on a 2,947 square metre block comes with a garden originally planted by the noted landscape designer Edna Walling.

The 1937 Georgian Revival house has a massive foyer leading to formal living and dining rooms, a fitted study and then to a morning room.

Its contemporary living area is serviced by a kitchen with pink marble counters.

There are four double bedrooms and several bathrooms on the first floor along with a library, billiard room, retreat and kitchenette.

The back balcony overlooks Rippon Lea Estate's windmill and fernery.

The garden comes with a gazebo and a cabana beside the heated pool and spa fitted with a rotisserie, full kitchen, wood-fired oven and a 20-seat teppanyaki table. There's also a rotunda, veggie garden, greenhouse and cubby gardens.

The garden is watered by a bore and a 20,000-litre tank. The former chauffeur's quarters is now guest accommodation.

Biggin & Scott agent Bill Stavrakis told Fairfax Media the property had a $5.95 million reserve.

Negotiations continued with three parties, though none placed a bid, according to the James Buyers Advocates buyers agency report.

Property Observer gathers it last traded at $1.65 million in late 1998 when bought from ACO Refrigeration.

 

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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