A Brisbane prominent QC and his wife are the buyers of a $12.5m riverside mansion
A prominent Brisbane QC and his wife are the buyers of a $12.5m mansion at Tennyson that was a record purchase this financial year.
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One of Queensland’s most pre-eminent tax lawyers and his wife, who challenged a development next to their house in Toowong, have been revealed as the buyers of a $12.5m palatial mansion.
Queen’s Counsel and chartered tax adviser Mark Robertson and Freya Robertson are listed as the buyers of 121 King Arthur Terrace, Tennyson, according to CoreLogic.
The decadent home has 10 bedrooms, including a three-bedroom guesthouse, eight bathrooms, five car parks and sits on a 3593sq m block, across three titles.
There is also a 12-seat cinema, wine cellar and a boat pavilion.
The $12.5m sale was sealed last November and at the time was the highest price for a Brisbane house this financial year.
The previous owners were Jane and Mark Brodie who raised their six children there.
The house last sold, according to CoreLogic, in 2004 for $4.2m. It now has a land value of $4.8m.
Mr Robertson, who specialises in revenue and trust law with Level 27 Chambers, is the best tax barrister in Queensland and charges “more than $20,000” a day, said one Brisbane law specialist.
The couple also raises money for charity.
In 2017, Ms Robertson started a campaign for the Melanoma Institute Australia after her husband was diagnosed with amelanotic melanoma.
“I’m taking part in the Brisbane Marathon Festival 2017 and hoping to raise much needed funds for charity, Melanoma Institute Australia,” she wrote on a fundraising page.
“In late 2016, my husband, Mark was diagnosed with amelanotic melanoma cancer. Melanoma Institute Australia is working very hard towards a future free of melanoma through research, treatment and education programs.”
The couple also owns 48 Archer St, Toowong which was built in 1926 and has been extensively restored.
The couple has vigorously fought a three-storey unit block development at 50 Archer St, even taking it to the Planning and Environment Court to contest it on being taller than three-storeys.
However, their efforts to appeal the Brisbane City Council approving the original application was dismissed.
They have also raised concerns that excavation along the boundary would adversely affect the foundations of their near-century old house.
Ms Robertson founded the Toowong Residents Group to bring awareness about BCC’s over development of the inner-Brisbane suburb.
The couple is considering appealing the Planning and Environment Court’s decision which included dismissing their claim that replacing a roadside guard rail with bollards would place pedestrians at risk on the narrow street.
“We were disappointed that the Court held that this was a matter for Council in its discretion,” she said.
“We respect the court’s decision but chose to move away from what we feel is now a dangerous corner.
“Thankfully a beautiful house came up in another street which we have always loved.‘’
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