Jon Ruwolt
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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)...
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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...
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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...
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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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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'...
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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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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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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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