Five Properties To Buy For $1 Million

PERTH: 134A Rosebery Street Bedford WA 6052

‘Go west’ Pet Shop Boys famously warbled, and looking at this central and affordable Perth pile, it’s hard to disagree.

A designer abode within easy reach of the CBD, coffee strip and with a pool? Little wonder many are leaving the east in search of affordable lifestyle offerings such as this.

Only eight years old, this two-storey affair offers bedroom upstairs – the main suite with generous sitting area, WIR and ensuite – with alluring living on the ground, inclusive of open-plan, designer living/dining/kitchen (the latter with Smeg appliances) as well as cinema room and neat study.

The downstairs seamlessly opens to a generous and decked outdoor alfresco area and the aforementioned in-ground pool. This is designer living well conceived – an energy-efficient home featuring solar passive design, ground floor concrete slab heating, brick wall insulation as well as commercial-grade glazing throughout.

Located just a 10-minute walk from the acclaimed Beaufort St cafe strip, the home rests opposite Catherine Reserve, with an abundance of schools, Galleria Morley and Inglewood shopping just moments away.

All offers presented by Friday April 9 at 5pm. The property is with Chris Pham of Remark Urban; urban.realmark.com.au

MELBOURNE: 7A/29 Queens Road Melbourne VIC 3004

With uninterrupted views across Albert Park Lake, Port Phillip Bay and the City Skyline, this is light-filled, central living at its best.

Boasting two bedrooms – the main with neatly held ensuite and exclusive, private balcony – the seventh-floor offering extends to another bedroom (which also leads to main, wrap-around balcony), well-appointed, granite kitchen and modern main bathroom as well as neat laundry and secure car park with lift access and storage cage.

The main living/dining rests independently of the kitchen and boasts timber flooring and exemplary views via floor-to-ceiling windows throughout.

Located in an alluring Art Deco-inspired building, enjoy private resident’s fully-equipped gym, heated indoor swimming pool and spa, expansive terrace overlooking Albert Park Golf Course and also building manager.

Located on the edge of the CBD, enjoy easy access to the Royal Botanic Gardens and Fawkner Park, with nearby trams on Toorak Road.

Asking $920,000 – $1,000,000 and listed with Gary Ormrod of Kay & Burton South Yarra; kayburton.com.au

SYDNEY: 49 Bestic Street, Rockdale, NSW 2216

With Sydney’s median house price well above the $1.2 million mark, you may be thinking it’s impossible to get a house close to the CBD for that mythical price.

Enter this charming 4-bedroom solid brick home in Rockdale, in Sydney’s south. Less than 15km or 20-minutes from the CBD, this expansive one-storey family home sees plenty of its original character features left behind such as decorative ceilings, a fireplace and polished timber floors.

Elsewhere, the home has been extensively modernised, with new kitchen and bathroom fixtures bringing the property into the contemporary age.

Further, the home is located on the ‘high-side’ of Bestic Street, which means the elevated back veranda, which flows on from the kitchen, gives far-reaching district views.

With Rockdale shops, train station and access to freeway connections all nearby, it’s a bargain in a convenient location.

Auction is April 10, price guide $1 million; bayview.century21.com.au

BRISBANE: 18 Power Street, Norman Park, Qld 4170

Moments from Brisbane CBD arrives this warm, inviting character home.

The 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom, 2-car garage sees French doors lead you into the lounge and kitchen area which is complete stone benchtops and Miele appliances

Here, an open plan living space is found upstairs with city views. The main living area sees polished timber flooring and high ceilings alongside a lounge room with built-in cabinetry.

The main living area is separated from the bedroom quarters allowing for a quiet space, with the main bedroom featuring an ensuite with double basins and walk-in wardrobe.

Importantly, Norman Park offers a list of local amenities you can’t pass up. Nearby cafes on Oxford Street in Bulimba alongside access to the CityCat into the CBD is coupled with elite schooling options all moments away.

The listing is with Emil Jeresic of NGU Real Estate, POA;.ngurealestate.com.au/

ADELAIDE: 2/108 Stephen Terrace, Gilberton, SA 5081

Situated in one of Adelaide’s most prestigious location comes this two-storey, 3-bedroom, 3-bathroom, 2 car garage home in stunning Mt Gambier stone.

Downstairs comprises a spacious open plan living and dining complete with a sleek modern kitchen, new appliances and walk-in pantry.

A double-height void to the second storey brings in natural light that is further highlighted by a gorgeous glass chandelier.

A gas log fire, flanked by built-in glass display cabinets is the focal point of the living room, while a separate study with an outlook to a private front garden is also found in the home.

Concertina café-style doors give access to the alfresco dining area, while a family room on the first floor opens to a large terrace enjoying tree-top views.

Close to Adelaide Botanic, The Linear Park and Adelaide’s finest private schools, it’s the ideal family home nearby to Adelaide CBD.

The listing is with Richard Hayward of Klemich property, POA; klemich.com.au

A historic Barbados estate with a 300-year-old villa and 11 acres overlooking the Caribbean Sea is now for sale with a guide price of $22.5 million.

The seller is Kit Braden, chairman of the U.K. branch of French beauty empire L’Occitane Group, whose family has spent every winter for the last 13 years at the island property, known as Fustic Estate.

“It’s very much a family house,” Braden said. “We love having a lot of people there. It’s a collection point to keep everyone together.”

The main villa dates to 1712, though it’s been reimagined and expanded substantially over the years.

It spans 13,000 square feet and features seven en suite bedrooms across three wings, as well as expansive verandas, stone courtyards and rows of louvered doors in gay Caribbean pastels.

In the 1970s, when the home was owned by Charles Graves—brother of British poet Robert Graves—it was reimagined by stage designer Oliver Messel, one of the foremost theater designers of the last century. Messel expanded the home, added a lagoon pool with a natural waterfall and other theatrical features, according to Braden.

“The whole place is a little bit magical,” he said.

The home sits about 350 feet above the water, and surrounded by lush gardens that slope towards the water.

“We look down through our garden—which is about 12 acres of tropical gardens and palm trees and wonderful old mahogany trees—onto the Caribbean,” Braden said.

He and his wife first saw the property on New Year’s Eve 2013, during a quick trip from where they were staying in Grenada.

The couple spent an hour walking the perimeter, some of it still untouched jungle, in the pouring rain.

“By the time we got back, I had fallen in love with it,” Braden said.

His wife, however, wasn’t so sure. But in Braden’s telling, a second visit in sunnier weather with two of their children brought her around.

“She had to be talked into that it was a jolly good idea; now she absolutely loves it,” he said.

When they bought the property, the edge that runs along the waterfront was a jungle, so they cleared the ridge and transformed it into gardens.

They also bought an additional sea-level parcel with two beach cottages, giving the property direct access to the water and the town below via a five-minute walk.

The property also has a 15-person staff, a reflecting pond, an outdoor pavilion suitable for yoga and a commercial grade kitchen that can serve more than 100 guests, according to a brochure from Knight Frank, which posted the listing in March. They did not provide further comment.

For Braden, the property is special because of its natural beauty, its proximity to the town of Saint Lucy and its history—which dates way way back to when the island of Barbados was first formed via tectonic activity.

“It was basically tectonic plates that collided about a million years ago so the seabed is the top of the hill,” Braden said. “We’re on coral rock.”

As a result, Fustic Estate includes an extensive network of caves that were likely used by the Arawaks, a Venezuelan fishing tribe that followed the fish to these islands about a thousand years ago.

“If the fish were good they’d camp here,” Braden said. “There’s evidence that they stayed there in those caves, they lived there in good winters.”

Now it’s someone else’s turn to live on the land shared by Arawaks, the plantation owners of 1712, Charles Graves and the Braden brood.