Competition fierce for Sunshine Coast’s top properties

Buyers are battling it out for the perfect property on the Sunshine Coast – and they are willing to pay a premium. Take a look inside the most luxe properties on the market right now.

The hunger for prestige properties on the Sunshine Coast is insatiable, with local and interstate buyers and expats battling it out for the perfect property – and they are willing to pay a premium.

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As a result, some staggering sales prices are being achieved, with two separate residences at Sunshine Beach recently selling off-market for $34 million and $22 million respectively.

The sale of the Webb Road property for $34 million sets a new Queensland house price record, but for every luxury listing, there are many more cashed-up buyers who are missing out.

Here are five of the top listings on realestate.com.au right now, but you will need some deep pockets.

1. $21 MILLION – Buderim

A “luxurious haven of impeccable style, space, and superior quality” is how the McGrath Buderim agents described Malumba Estate.

The ultimate Hampton’s lifestyle residence, the property sits on an elevated 10 acres of land, and offers panoramic views of the ocean, Moreton Island and Glasshouse Mountains.

Less than 10 minutes from Mooloolaba Beach, the estate also has development approval for a luxury resort and spa.

It is being sold fully-furnished with Coco Republic and designer furnishings.

Features include a Martha Stewart kitchen with a fully-equipped butler’s pantry, a

selection of living areas, sensational outdoor entertaining spaces with panoramic views, three spacious suites with marble ensuites, a guest pied-à-terre with an opulent spa suite bathroom,

solid oak parquetry floor throughout, an infra-red sauna, lush lawns and gardens, a mineralised pool and springfed dam, an undercover event space, and a successful accommodation business with an established team already in place.

Malumba Estate, Buderim

2. $20 MILLION – 2 David Low Way, Castaways Beach

This property already has a two-bedroom cottage and a second, uninhabitable cottage, but it is all about the land at this incredible holding.

With viewsof the Coral Sea, Sunshine Beach and beyond to Coolum Beach, the property spans almost a hectare of coveted land.

“The closest beachfront properties are 2km (away) on the south side, and 0.5km to the north, while in the secluded front row is the ultimate prize, a potentially private beach estate of dazzling white sand the length of two football fields,” the listing by Tom Offerman Real Estate says.

“It is easy to imagine the ultimate beach house, an immeasurable masterpiece of global standard architecture set in an exclusive estate, which indulges every possible personal extravagance, need, whim and necessity, with aesthetic excellence throughout.”

2 David Low Way, Castaways Beach

3. $15.5 MILLION – Stonelea Estate, Cooroy Mountain

On 6.57 hectares, this spectacular hinterland estate even has its own helipad.

Entry to Stonelea Estate is via a long tree-lined driveway up to the forecourt.

Inside there are cathedral ceilings, parquetry flooring, formal dining and living areas with travertine flooring and a dual stone fireplace feature wall that flows out to the rock-walled dining terrace, wet-edge pool and lawns.

Interior features include chandeliers, lamps, bold lanterns and books, decadent furniture, as well as outstanding artworks and artefacts.

There is a commercial-grade custom kitchen and butler’s pantry, a cool room and a wide, electric-powered picture window that opens to a servery on the Mediterranean-style terrace, which also has a pizza oven and a fire pit.

The east wing is occupied solely by the master suite, which features a sitting room, ensuite, a dressing room and luxurious finishes.

There is also a guest suite in this wing, and another enuited bedroom currently used as a gym.

Downstairs in the east wing is a living area with kitchenette, a master-style bedroom with a bath in the ensuite, a walk-in robe, and access to the covered walkway.

In the west wing is another studio-style bedroom with views to Lake McDonald.

Other features include a state-of-the-art media room with a feature screen, a second study and a humidity-controlled wine room and cellar, a 5-person lift, a Tylo steam room, gymnasium and outbuildings.

It is listed with Tom Offerman Real Estate.

Stonelea Estate, Cooroy Mountain

4. AUCTION – 58 Seaview Terrace, Sunshine Beach

Given the eye-watering prices being achieved in the suburb, it is fair to say this one is likely to achieve a high price.

On a 547 sqm block, this beachside showstopper was designed by Stephen Kidd, and has spectacular views of the ocean.

It features a clerestory-ceiling, central atrium, honey-hued blackbutt flooring, dedicated beach access, large and open plan lounge, living and dining areas, a wood-burning fireplace, a massive timber deck, six bedrooms including a guest bedroom and a master suite with a balcony, walk-in dressing room and ensuite, a Mediterranean-style courtyard, and more.

It is also listed with Tom Offerman Real Estate.

58 Seaview Terrace, Sunshine Beach

5. AUCTION – 45 Witta Circle, Noosa Heads

Another hot market, this flat, vacant, 616 sqm block is one of the last remaining lots in sought-after Noosa Sound.

Situated right on the waterway, it has views over the canal and out to the lush natural landscape.

“Witta Circle is one of the best addresses in Noosa, located just moments from the fine dining and boutique shopping of Hastings Street yet still enjoying privacy and utter exclusivity,” the listing by Century 21 Noosa Heads says.

There is already a private jetty, and the block is surrounded by architecturally-designed homes.

45 Witta Circle, Noosa Heads