An Opulent Penthouse In The Heart Of Melbourne
The private terrace is built for entertaining.
By Terry Christodoulou
Fri, Jan 29, 2021 5:43am
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Emanating luxury, this breathtaking penthouse at 7 Bowen Crescent, in Melbourne offers elevated finishes, grand proportions and uninterrupted views of the city skyline, Port Phillip Bay and Albert Park Lake.
The David Hicks designed penthouse sets an opulent benchmark in apartment living offering 4-bedrooms, 4-bathrooms and 4-car parking spread across 439sqm and two floors.
Upon entry, the residence features dark stained American oak parquetry flooring across a palatial open plan layout. It’s here the living, dining and entertaining space is surrounded by 270-degree full height glass – giving access to the aforementioned sensational views and highlighting the penthouse’s soaring ceiling heights.
The living area then extends out on to an expansive, private, sun-terrace – ideal for entertaining – especially come time for the Australian Grand Prix (when it returns).
Inside, the kitchen offers Carrara marble finishes alongside Gaggenau appliances and integrated Liebherr refrigeration.
Also on the main level is the main bedroom, complete with a deluxe dressing room and bespoke cabinetry, alongside a marble ensuite. Elsewhere, two additional bedrooms arrive with marble ensuites and built-in robes.
Further, the living space features a sculptural spiral staircase – leading up to the versatile fourth bedroom, replete with office space – and a gas fireplace. There is also an internal lift servicing both levels.
The residence also offers underfloor heating in the bathrooms, video intercom, remote blinds, and powder room.
Purchasing the penthouse gives owners access to the Albert Place’s hotel-style amenities including the indoor pool and sauna, valet parking, concierge and lounge amenities and two private Vintech wine fridges offering approximately 300 bottles of storage.
The home is enviably located within walking distance of the Botanic Gardens, the Domain, Albert Park Lake, South Yarra and South Melbourne shopping and restaurant precincts.
The listing is with Marshall White’s Nicholas Hoo (+61 435 728 272) and Mark Harris +61 414 799 343. Price guide $8-8.8m.
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The imposing stone structures, with towers, turrets and a hot tub room, lord over the landscape near the mountain resort town of Sandpoint.
By Liz Lucking
Mon, Jul 13, 2026 2 min
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Idaho is not a place that’s often associated with Medieval castles, but a pair have just hit the market for $6.25 million.
The imposing stone structures have towers, turrets, ramparts, arrow-slit windows and even a drawbridge, and might just be the most authentic-looking castles this side of the Atlantic.
“Who expects to see a castle like this in Idaho?” said listing agent Brenda Burk of Coldwell Banker Schneidmiller Realty, who brought the property to the market last week. They are, she said, “extremely unusual.”
Schweitzer Castle and Château de Melusine, as they’re known, stand within Schweitzer Mountain Resort in the Selkirk Mountains and overlook the nearby mountain resort town of Sandpoint. They take in panoramic views of Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho’s largest lake.
The pair of ski-in/ski-out homes each have three bedrooms, two bathrooms and three stories, Burk explained. They are “so authentic,” she said. “Every single stone was handlaid.”
Schweitzer Castle, she said, wasn’t built for “functionality,” but has been modernized and adapted and now has everything a 21st-century residence requires, along with a dungeon, which for some buyers may also be a requisite.
The chateau, meanwhile, has a hot tub room with mountain views, as well as a garage.
The property is being sold furnished, and will come complete with the hand-carved statues, armor, mounted swords, stained-glass windows and a host of antiques dating to the 15th and 16th centuries.
The owner, an antique collector who couldn’t be reached for comment, “is always looking for that hidden jewel and he found that here,” Burk said.
The next custodian is likely to stem from a varied pool of buyers, Burk said, that would include “the trophy-home buyer, someone who can say ‘I own a castle.’”
The property could also appeal to someone looking for a vacation home, or a multi-generational estate, and beyond that “there’s the dreamers,” she said. “We definitely try to market to people who like Medieval history or maybe do Renaissance fairs.”
The seller “really wants it to go to someone with the same passion.”
