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Epic Mansions need owners
Jon Ruwolt
  • Aug 28, 2020
  • 2 min

Epic Mansions need owners

Sydney has an historic mansion, Ardagh in Mosman for sale. Set on 2700 square metres, the seven-bedroom Federation mansion with pool and ...
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Historical Homesteads for sale
Jon Ruwolt
  • Dec 19, 2019
  • 3 min

Historical Homesteads for sale

Here are two old Federation properties now available: 1. Mawallok 3802 Geelong Road, Stockyard Hill 2. Highbury Homestead, 11 The Promenade
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Queen Anne total renovations
Jon Ruwolt
  • Sep 20, 2019
  • 3 min

Queen Anne total renovations

Here are three (actually four) elegant, spacious, and totally renovated Federation Queen Anne houses at the top end of their streets, in ...
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Ten Unique Tassie Houses
Jon Ruwolt
  • Apr 3, 2019
  • 3 min

Ten Unique Tassie Houses

Arts and Crafts Houses in Tasmania are rare and different, and Waimea in Sandy Bay is Tasmania's most expensive home. Occupying one of th...
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'Chadwick' and 'Le Fanu' are 'Architectural Treasures' for sale
Jon Ruwolt
  • Mar 8, 2019
  • 3 min

'Chadwick' and 'Le Fanu' are 'Architectural Treasures' for sale

In Victoria, architect Peter Crone's painstaking restoration of the Desbrow-Anear Chadwick House in Eaglemont, is now for sale after a th...
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Menzie's Arts and Crafts home in Kew, with "weird" sales hooks...
Jon Ruwolt
  • Oct 30, 2018
  • 2 min

Menzie's Arts and Crafts home in Kew, with "weird" sales hooks...

Sir Robert Menzies owned this 1874sq m property, which dates back to 1912, from 1929-1949, including two years spent as Victoria’s deputy...
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Huge Potts Point Mansion for sale
Jon Ruwolt
  • Oct 28, 2018
  • 3 min

Huge Potts Point Mansion for sale

UPDATED: Jonathan Chancellor reported on December 24, 2020 that Amber Symond, the wife of legendary mortgage broker, Aussie John Symond h...
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Top Federation Homes
Jon Ruwolt
  • Oct 27, 2018
  • 2 min

Top Federation Homes

Derived from sales reports and heritage listings, here are my choice of the best Federation homes for each state of Australia. I have als...
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Quality Federation Renovations
Jon Ruwolt
  • Oct 24, 2018
  • 4 min

Quality Federation Renovations

CLASSIC beauty should be more than skin deep for grand Federation style houses. There are several common ways of renovating a Federation ...
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Fairwater, the Fairfax Point Piper estate quickly sold, most expensive house in Australia
Jon Ruwolt
  • Sep 27, 2018
  • 2 min

Fairwater, the Fairfax Point Piper estate quickly sold, most expensive house in Australia

LUCY MACKEN, Prestige property reporter for Domain, has just reported today, SEP 27, 2018 an exclusive story about the sale of Fairwater,...
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Oh NO!! Australia’s first $100 million sale
Jon Ruwolt
  • Sep 8, 2018
  • 3 min

Oh NO!! Australia’s first $100 million sale

Lady Mary Fairfax’s vast Point Piper estate poised as Australia’s first $100 million sale LUCY MACKEN SEP 6, 2018 Point Piper estate Fairw...
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Lady Mary Fairfax's luxury home Fairwater to be Sold!
Jon Ruwolt
  • Sep 8, 2018
  • 3 min

Lady Mary Fairfax's luxury home Fairwater to be Sold!

Australia's most expensive home has hit the market which has reignited the optimistic obsession about a $100 million sale. It's the Doubl...
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Room for a forest at Brighton, Vic
Jon Ruwolt
  • Sep 2, 2018
  • 1 min

Room for a forest at Brighton, Vic

There’s room for a forest on Sherwood’s 1700-square-metre corner site, but the buyer of this estate will surely be satisfied with a heate...
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Arts and Crafts Kooyong trophy home 'Grenfell'
Jon Ruwolt
  • Jul 7, 2018
  • 2 min

Arts and Crafts Kooyong trophy home 'Grenfell'

Grenfell, a Kooyong home with rich publishing history, has been offered for sale. The Mernda Road arts-and-crafts-style home, in Edna Wal...
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Tasmanian Mansion was a bargain!
Jon Ruwolt
  • Jun 27, 2018
  • 1 min

Tasmanian Mansion was a bargain!

The Elms is a magnificent Federation Arts and Crafts mansion in a beautiful mature garden setting. The substantial urban allotment is ove...
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Point Piper's Most elevated address: Kilmory
Jon Ruwolt
  • Mar 3, 2018
  • 7 min

Point Piper's Most elevated address: Kilmory

Related Post: Point Piper Federation - Federation-house.wikispaces.com/Point+Piper+Federation Kilmory, 6 Wentworth Street, Point Piper "S...
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Prized estate, Berith Park,Wahroonga
Jon Ruwolt
  • Feb 25, 2018
  • 5 min

Prized estate, Berith Park,Wahroonga

Berith Park, a master-built heritage home designed by Francis Ernest Stowe Elaine, Berith Park, Fernhill Estate: saving Australian mansio...
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