Whale Beach hideway is highest point of the northern beaches
Just up from Jennifer Hawkins’ compound, a home on the highest point of the northern beaches with views from Centrepoint to the Central Coast has hit the market.
Former financial editor of The Sun newspaper Justin White selected the highest point of the northern beaches to build his home after he retired.
He has a 360-degree view from Centrepoint to the Central Coast, can see whales at sea and has a 1107sq m clifftop block just up from Jennifer Hawkins’ compound.
His double-brick house is for sale for the first time and has a $7m guide.
The four-bedroom architect-designed residence at 105 Whale Beach Rd, Whale Beach was built on the headland garden of Careel House, a historic sandstone property next-door built by poet and architect Alexander Stewart Jolly in the 1930s.
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Justin’s son Phillip says the owners of Careel House subdivided the land in the early 1990s and his father snapped it up, loving its privacy, views and position surrounded by nature.
“You wouldn’t be able to build that property again, council wouldn’t allow it,” he explains.
Justin’s favourite spot is the north-facing family room but the whole family appreciates the five-car garage and off-street parking.
“I can see an artistic person, an author, painter or nature lover liking this house with its views all around and no one driving past or walking past the window,” Phillip says.
No.105 Whale Beach Rd is a two-storey house built on concrete with a northerly aspect and expansive windows.
B.J. Edwards, of LJ Hooker Palm Beach, says the views can never be built out, access is via Rayner Rd and the property is in an exclusive enclave.
The open-plan home with sunken lounge, central fireplace and lots of natural light is on the market with an expressions of interest campaign closing on December 11.
Originally published as Whale Beach hideway is highest point of the northern beaches
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