Jackie ‘O’ spends over $13m for Clovelly oceanfront home
Radio queen Jackie ‘O’ Henderson has splurged $13.25m on a three-storey Clovelly oceanfront home at a packed auction which turned out to be Sydney’s top sale for the weekend.
Jackie ‘O’ Henderson has splurged $13.25m on a three-storey Clovelly oceanfront home at a packed onsite auction on Saturday.
Sydney was the busiest auction market this week with 661 homes taken to auction, and of the 570 results collected so far, 69 per cent were successful,
The Clovelly sale means JP Morgan head of mergers and acquisitions for Australia Kierin Deeming scored the nation’s top weekend sale.
Jackie ‘O’ Henderson, the Kiis FM breakfast star, attended the auction with financial adviser, David O’Callaghan.
The 1960s home needs improvements, and possibly a rebuild.
Deeming and his wife, Justine Hall bought the six-bedroom residence with views over Gordons Bay in 2019 for $6.01 million when he was in the latter stage of his 16 years at Credit Suisse.
It comes with yet to be activated 2021 council-approved Potter & Wilson designed plans for a new home, including retention of the existing basement, costed at $2.985m.
The radio star has sold her four-bedroom, three-bathroom house in Woollahra for around $12.5m, which it has yet to settle. She had bought it after her separation from her husband Lee Henderson for $11m in 2020 from stockbroker Angus Aitken and his wife, Sarah.
The initial Clovelly price guidance had been $9m through Alexander Phillips of PPD, who increased the guidance during the 38-day marketing campaign to $10m.
He issued 13 contracts for the freestanding home that sits on a 492sq m block.
Phillips, and colleague David Tyrrell, retain the honours for the record $13.5m Clovelly sale set in 2021 when Anthony Goodridge, a director of the Australian Friends of Israel Life Saving Federation, and his wife Daniella bought the home of mortgage broker Jeremy Fisher of 1st Street Home Loans.
History for sale
Eryldene, an acclaimed mid-century Canberra home fetched $3,325,000 at weekend auction, the first time it had come up for sale.
The National Cct, Deakin home had been featured in a 1955 Home Beautiful magazine after its design for the late entomologist Doug Waterhouse and his widow, Dawn.
The Waterhouse couple had commissioned local architects Malcolm Moir and Heather Sutherland who delivered a modern interpretation of the Georgian style for the home on its 1562sq m corner holding.
It was reminiscent of Doug’s childhood home-turned museum, Eryldene, in Gordon on Sydney’s upper north shore which was designed in 1913 by W Hardy Wilson for his parents, Gowrie and Janet Waterhouse.
The Deakin house is referenced in Milton Cameron’s book, Experiments in Modern Living: Scientists’ Houses in Canberra, 1950-1970.
Eryldene sold through Blackshaw Manuka agents Andrew Chamberlain and Vince Qi who called it on the market at $3,275,000.
There were five bidders for the time capsule offering. Its listing comes as Dawn will soon turn 100 in a retirement village. She attended the auction with three of her children, Jill, Gowrie and Jonathon.
Her own childhood home, Calthorpes’ House, built on Mugga Way by her parents Harry and Della, to a design by Oakley and Parkes, is a museum too. Doug, who died in 2000 aged 84, was the chief of the CSIRO entomology division from 1960 to 1981, best known for the invention of the active ingredient in Aerogard, with his broader research focused on Lucilia cuprina, the Australian sheep blowfly.
It was during Queen Elizabeth’s 1963 visit to Canberra, known then as the home of bush flies, that the test repellent got its first test airing.
Relisted
The acclaimed Boyd Baker House near in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria — one of the most important Robin Boyd-designed estates – is back up for sale.
The 1965 Long Forest property, which has had only two owners in five decades, was commissioned by academic mathematician Michael Baker and wife Rosemary.
It comprises two buildings designed by Boyd, and another by Roy Grounds, the library building, which was constructed during the 1970s after Boyd had died in 1971 at 52 years.
The heritage-listed modernist property is surrounded by conservation reserve.
It is being sold by the Mitrakas family, who bought it in 2006 in two lots for $1.11m and $555,000.
It was last offered unsuccessfully in 2018, then previously at $1.65m in 2016, having been listed for 2014 auction with $1.25m hopes, but passed in.
The Boyd Baker House is being offered on 7.7ha, while Dower House, built for visiting relatives, and the library is on 4.5ha through Jellis Craig agents Michael Armstrong and Andrew Macmillan.
The expressions of interest campaign closes April 13.
The guidance is $1.9m to $2.09m for the main house and $1.25m to $1,375,000 for Dower House.
Hidden Gem
Back in Melbourne’s mid-century modern heartland, Beaumaris, Hannan House, a gem near Rickett’s Point, has been listed with $8m to $8.8m expectations. The renowned 1950s architects, Yuncken Freeman designed the lowset, four bedroom, three bathroom home for furniture warehouseman James Hannan and his wife, Shirley.
Its being marketed for the first time since 1999 when it fetched $1,017,500.
The 1695sq m Lang Street holding is being offered through bayside agents Tommy McIntosh and Alex Schiavo in conjunction with Eleisha Doherty from Infolio Property.
The home, recently featured in the book Beaumaris Modern 2 by Fiona Austin with Simon Reeves, has been updated. It now comes smart wiring, integrated sound systems, ducted heating and airconditioning and 3-Phase power.
There’s European oak floorboards, while the lounge room has striking red carpet sourced to match the original.
Holiday hits volumes
With Labour Day long weekends in four of the eight states and territories, auction volumes dropped to 1,282 scheduled home offerings across the combined capital cities this week. Of the 1,091 results collected so far by CoreLogic, 65 per cent were successful, which Tim Lawless noted was the lowest preliminary clearance rate so far this year after holding around the high 60 per cent mark for the past three weeks.
Anne Flaherty, the PropTrack economist calculates volumes will now bounce back to 2500-plus in each of the next two weeks.
Top result
Melbourne’s top auction result from its 360 offerings was at Glen Waverley with a $4.01m sale. The five bedroom, five bathroom home at 34 Glen Tower Dr had come with a $2.8m to $3.05m price guide.
There had been over 14,000 online views on realestate.com.au prior to its auction, then 4000 soon after its result was known. Ray White Mount Waverley agents Rick Cheah and Eric Liu advised the new build attracted seven active bidders.
It went to a local family, Cheah said, attracted by its dual secondary and primary school catchments.
The 656sq m building block cost $1,633,000 in 2021.
The Ray White Victoria chief auctioneer Jeremy Tyrrell noted the network had secured the sale of 70 per cent of its 125 scheduled auctions.
“We have seen bidding at 94 per cent of our auctions,” he added, with an average 2.9 active bidders, the highest percentage of activity this year.