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    Queen Anne Design
    Jon Ruwolt
    • Feb 28, 2021
    • 3 min

    Queen Anne Design

    Saint Kilda - 8A St Leonards Avenue St Kilda, Vic 3182 - Ramornie, 49 Mangarra Road, Canterbury VIC 3126 These two properties, recently...
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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
    197 views0 comments
    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...
    199 views0 comments
    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.
    70 views0 comments
    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
    461 views0 comments
    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...
    151 views0 comments
    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....
    64 views0 comments
    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)...
    80 views0 comments
    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...
    92 views0 comments
    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...
    176 views0 comments
    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...
    65 views0 comments
    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'...
    33 views0 comments
    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...
    321 views0 comments
    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...
    61 views0 comments
    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...
    32 views0 comments
    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...
    72 views0 comments
    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...
    18 views0 comments
    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...
    174 views0 comments
    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,...
    108 views0 comments
    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...
    101 views0 comments
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