Gold Coast development: The Scholars Group plans for Paradise Waters mega mansion

Two waterfront mansions in a high-end waterfront Gold Coast enclave will be demolished to make way for a single giant mega-mansion. SEE THE PICTURES

Two waterfront mansions in a high-end enclave will be demolished to make way for a single giant mega-mansion.

Plans have been lodged with the Gold Coast City Council for the mansion, which is earmarked for a site on Admiralty Drive in Surfers Paradise’s Paradise Waters estate.

The plans, lodged by the Scholars Group, reveal it will be three-storeys tall and covers a 1353sq m site.

Artist impression of a mansion planned for Admiralty Drive, Paradise Waters

The canal-front house will be 11m tall, two metres above the area’s height limit.

The house, created by Jared Poole Design will feature:

* An underground basement with space for six cars, a wine cellar and display and a lift shaft which runs to the other floors.

* Five bedrooms, including two master suites with balconies looking out over the canals and Nerang River, a walk-in wardrobe and dressing room.

* Both a dining room and dinner room next to its large kitchen, as well as a bar and lounge.

*A pool and spa on the riverfront section of the house.

* The rooftop, which is counted as the third storey, includes a rooftop terrace with bar, living room and pool overlooking the river.

The giant houses which will be demolished to make way for the new mega mansion

The project will be considered by the council’s planning committee later this year.

It is the latest in a series of new mansions proposed for the man-made enclave in recent years.

In 2022, Qian Wu lodged plans with council to build a three-storey mega mansion on a 911sq m site on Paradise Waters’ Commodore Drive which also slightly exceeded the 9m height limit.