Jon Ruwolt
"Cossington", Neutral Bay, to be sold
The buyer for Karl Stefananovic and his ex-wife Cassandra Thorburn's $9 million waterside mansion has been revealed as Oaks hotelier...
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Jon Ruwolt
- Aug 5, 2019
- 3 min
Buxton Mansion (or 'Buxton Manor') of North Adelaide
North Adelaide's 10 bedroom 'Buxton Manor' (with six reception rooms!) was never built for a Lord of the North Adelaide 'Manor', although...
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Jon Ruwolt
- Jun 12, 2019
- 2 min
Brisbane Queenslanders become the prize
Brisbane has snatched the title of the top-performing city in Australia for luxury residential price growth in the latest Knight Frank...
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Jon Ruwolt
- Jun 10, 2019
- 4 min
Intrigue in Orange NSW and in Moonee Ponds
The gracious Orange home of Dalton's original storekeepers - 'Mena' - is again available for purchase after a very fine total period...
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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...
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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 18, 2019
- 3 min
Heritage-rich Federation mansions - Adelaide Hills, and Pymble, NSW
Kincraig in Stirling, in the Adelaide Hills, and Hamilton Park, Pymble, are two Federation mansions with plenty of room. Stirling's...
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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...
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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 24, 2019
- 2 min
Old English 'Dalkeith' in Mount Martha
One of the Mornington Peninsula's oldest homes, the two-storey gabled Arts and Crafts/Tudor-Revival style mansion 'Dalkeith' has been...
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Jon Ruwolt
- Feb 19, 2019
- 3 min
1918-era 'mansion' "Warwick"
Jonathan Chancellor has reported in 'Property Observer' and in the 'Weekend Australian' (14 FEBRUARY 2019) the availability of 'Warwick'...
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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
- Feb 12, 2019
- 3 min
Rare Appian Way house
Happy New Year to you all. Over the summer break I have been beavering away and posted a few new pages; "Appian Way Burwood", and now...
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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 29, 2018
- 2 min
Claremont House with ACT connection
A renovated Claremont home that once belonged for the former Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop has been listed for sale. The home...
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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 25, 2018
- 2 min
Mosman, the Federation Suburb
Two Sydney suburbs claim to be the 'Federation Suburb': both Haberfield and Mosman. Both were developed in the period following the...
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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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