Home Hunt: Amazing properties for sale around Australia

Modernist beauty “Beacon Hill”, designed by Glenn Murcutt and set on 40ha in NSW’s Southern Highlands, is priced $13-14.3 million.

Old South Road, Bowral

NSW Old South Road, Bowral

Designed by Glenn Murcutt, “Beacon Hill” epitomises modernist brilliance with a strong emphasis on light, warmth and understated luxury. Set on 40.47ha in the Southern Highlands, it has sweeping country views thanks to its elevated position, double-height ceiling and walls of glazing. Updates to the four-bedroom home include new lighting, flooring, a top-of-the-range kitchen, three bathrooms and an outdoor kitchen. Luxuries include a sauna, resort-style pool and stables. Drew Lindsay Sotheby’s, 0404 647 609. $13-14.3 million

Glenn Vista Place, Chevallum

QLD Glenn Vista Place, Chevallum

This Tuscan-style retreat is set on 4ha in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, hidden behind private gates. It has five bedrooms, six opulent bathrooms and no shortage of living areas. The timber and marble kitchen comes with a two-room pantry, the home office has rustic brick walls and 8.5m high ceilings, and an alfresco terrace – overlooking a 14m pool – is designed for long lunches. Guests have the run of a self-contained west wing. Ray White, 0414 775 133. $16 million-plus

Queen Street, Bendigo

VIC Queen Street, Bendigo

This Victorian-era four-bedroom home has original features including high ceilings, timber floors, sash windows and cast-iron fireplaces. A contemporary extension has added an open-plan kitchen/living/dining area opening out to a private garden where there’s a decked veranda, shed and studio. It has ducted aircon, gas heating, and solar power. McKean McGregor RE, 0431 684 818. $1.17-1.225 million

Keroma Drive, Aldgate

SA Keroma Drive, Aldgate

Barely five years old, this Hamptons-style five-bedroom home in the Adelaide Hills has whitewashed timber floors, an open fire in the living room and a parents’ wing with a dressing room and marble ensuite. A wall of stacker doors opens onto a verandah and poolside deck with a bi-fold servery into the kitchen. Double glazing, underfloor heating in the three bathrooms and a garden studio – or extra bedroom – are comfortable extras. Thomas RE, 0405 157 233. $2.6-2.8 million

Hampden Road, Battery Point

TAS Hampden Road, Battery Point

“Invercoe” occupies a prime position a few minutes’ walk from Salamanca Place and Hobart’s CBD. The 1880s property has an impressive sandstone exterior, grand formal rooms and five bedrooms. Original features include cornices, rosettes, timber work, gothic arched hallway, decorative fireplaces and high ceilings. Set on a 530sqm corner block, it comes with parking and a weatherboard stable. Elders, 0413 887 009. $3.5 million-plus