Property Of The Week: 51 Allen Street, Hamilton, QLD 4007
Contemporary inner-city living housed in a charming Queenslander.
By Terry Christodoulou
Wed, Mar 31, 2021 12:19pm
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This generously sized, beautifully renovated Queenslander is a study in relaxed, modern charm.
Spread over two levels, the 4-bedroom, 2-bathroom, 2-car parking home is situated on a generous 607sqm plot only 5km from Brisbane CBD with a northerly aspect nearby the Brisbane River.
Despite the renovation, the home has kept plenty of its original character making good use of its high ceiling, vertical joinery, original pine flooring, plantation shutters and ceiling fans.
While a Queenslander at heart, the home has been reimagined for modern family living and renovated to include a contemporary kitchen, fitted with stone benchtops, Smeg appliances and a Liebherr integrated refrigerator.
The kitchen flows towards the living and dining which is connected to the covered entertainment deck offering inner-city Brisbane living at its best.
Further, the home sees oversized bedrooms, including a master complete with walk-in robe, while elsewhere designer bathrooms are complete with stone bench finishes.
On the lower level is two utility rooms alongside a multi-purpose area, currently used as a family room that flows out to the covered entertainment area and low maintenance, expansive backyard.
A short stroll to Race Course Rd precinct, Brisbane airport, public transport and more, it’s a rare opportunity to experience inner-city living through a classic lens.
The listing is with Richardson & Wrench’s Kim Olsen (+61 413 539 865). POA. Clayfield.randw.com.au
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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.”
