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Renovation in Context
Jon Ruwolt
  • Oct 4, 2020
  • 4 min

Renovation in Context

On the market - a largely original Federation home at 42 Iluka Road, Mosman NSW, and Albert and Middle Park Renovations
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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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Art Nouveau Renovator
Jon Ruwolt
  • Mar 3, 2020
  • 1 min

Art Nouveau Renovator

Alder, a federation style period home in Middle Park, Victoria has been offered for sale for the first time since 1964. Opportunity beckons.
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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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Bass Lodge, Mornington Peninsula
Jon Ruwolt
  • Mar 29, 2019
  • 1 min

Bass Lodge, Mornington Peninsula

Jonathan Chancellor, of PropertyObserver, reports that Bass Lodge, the Flinders Mornington Peninsula home, has sold for $6.775 million. ...
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Which Garden Designers preceded Edna Walling's Green Gardens?
Jon Ruwolt
  • Mar 2, 2019
  • 3 min

Which Garden Designers preceded Edna Walling's Green Gardens?

​​Garden Historian Chris Betteridge wrote in the final chapter of "Towards the Dawn" (Federation Architecture in Australia 1890-1915) tha...
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Windy Hill neighbours in Essendon
Jon Ruwolt
  • Feb 15, 2019
  • 2 min

Windy Hill neighbours in Essendon

The heritage-listed "Peterleigh Grove and Kalimna Street precinct" in Essendon is a residential area comprising houses from c.1880 to c.1...
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Federation Suburbs and Precincts
Jon Ruwolt
  • Dec 17, 2018
  • 2 min

Federation Suburbs and Precincts

Season's greetings to all of you! And a happy New Year too, marked by Queen Anne celebrations found by viewing the new movie "The Favouri...
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Geelong Federation homes fetching high prices
Jon Ruwolt
  • Dec 11, 2018
  • 3 min

Geelong Federation homes fetching high prices

In Geelong, Victoria, Peter Farago of the Geelong Advertiser reported on one of three Geelong Federation beauties to fetch premium prices...
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Trophy Federation Homes
Jon Ruwolt
  • Nov 26, 2018
  • 2 min

Trophy Federation Homes

These homes have been for sale recently, of which one has quickly sold. Lugano, 215 Clarke St, Northcote VIC 'Eminence on Ruckers Hill' E...
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Fancy a Queen Anne renovation?
Jon Ruwolt
  • Nov 2, 2018
  • 3 min

Fancy a Queen Anne renovation?

In both Victoria and South Australia two desirable double-storey properties have been listed for sale. Four bedrooms on a large block in ...
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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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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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South Yarra Federation home expected to double in price.
Jon Ruwolt
  • Sep 25, 2018
  • 1 min

South Yarra Federation home expected to double in price.

60 Caroline St, South Yarra, It was last sold in 2005 for $2,737,500. A MEMBER of the Collingwood Football Club’s legendary Coventry fami...
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Ostentatious Glamour - Edwardian Style
Jon Ruwolt
  • Sep 19, 2018
  • 2 min

Ostentatious Glamour - Edwardian Style

As an architectural style, 'Edwardian' refers to the period 1900 to 1918, also the Federation Era in Australia. The beginning of the Twen...
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Storybook style houses are 1920s-1930s buildings inspired by Hollywood fantasy
Jon Ruwolt
  • Sep 17, 2018
  • 1 min

Storybook style houses are 1920s-1930s buildings inspired by Hollywood fantasy

Storybook style grew out of the Picturesque fashion championed in Britain by use of the vernacular forms of architects such as John Nash,...
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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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