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Luxury homes offer an unmatched lifestyle, with perks including comfort and long-term value.
With rare or high-end materials, advanced home automation and technology, resort-style amenities, and layouts designed for entertaining, here are five of our favourite luxury homes priced at $9 million or more.
7 Montalto Avenue, Toorak VIC
This Toorak home is set within one of the suburb’s most esteemed precincts, on the cusp of Toorak Village, offering prestige and convenience. It has a price guide of $9,500,000 to $10,400,000.
It sits within approximately 779 square metres of landscaped, north-facing gardens and includes a five-car basement garage with a turntable, a gym, a workshop and a cellar.
Wayne Gillespie designed the home, which features expansive living and dining areas on the lower level and five bedrooms on the upper level, two of which open onto a terrace and offer city views.
High-end materials and features run throughout, including marble flooring, bespoke cabinetry, stone benchtops and Gaggenau kitchen appliances.
79 Fletcher Street, Tamarama NSW
With a buyer’s guide of $9 million, this Tamarama luxury home offers spectacular water views stretching from Bondi Beach to Ben Buckler, then south over Tamarama and Bronte to the South Maroubra Headland.
Located approximately 500 metres from both Bondi and Tamarama beaches, the residence’s position is one of its highlights.
The property was conceived as a beachside resort with a north-facing travertine courtyard, a mosaic-tiled pool, a Finnish-style cedar sauna, and a built-in BBQ.
Another highlight is the top-level bedroom sanctuary, featuring a walk-in robe, an en suite, dual decks, an outdoor bath and a rooftop barbecue.
7 Lascelles Avenue, Toorak VIC
Nicholas Day designed this brand-new residence, with landscaping by Jack Merlo. It is priced between $16 million and $17 million.
The home spans four levels, each serviced by a lift.
The basement level not only houses up to six cars but also serves as the home’s entertainment precinct. It includes a gym, a recreation zone with a marble bar and a soundproofed home theatre, and a glass-encased six-car garage with LED display lighting.
Outside, a travertine al fresco, with a Wolf barbecue and a second fridge, overlooks the private landscaped surrounds and the self-cleaning, heated pool.
Other features include high-end materials such as Calacatta Antica marble, full-height glazing, and a top floor with an entirely self-contained guest or entertaining domain, complete with a bedroom and en suite, a marble bar, a dining island and a wraparound outdoor setting with panoramic skyline views.
69-71 Louisa Road, Birchgrove NSW
Offered for the first time in over a century, these two 1905 Federation residences are available together on one title.
The double-storey, side-by-side homes have a rich history, originally built by the Commonwealth Naval Dockyard’s dockmaster. They feature period details, including marble fireplaces and balconies with harbour and city views.
Backing onto Birchgrove Oval, the residences are close to city-bound ferries, parks, cafes, restaurants, and schools.
The price guide is $9.8 million.
13 Haverbrack Avenue, Malvern VIC
Set along a tree-lined avenue in Malvern, this home is in a desirable position, within walking distance of Glenferrie Road, High Street and some of Melbourne’s finest private schools.
The approximately 1491 square metre allotment features a 15-metre heated indoor-outdoor pool with a sauna, landscaped feature gardens and a courtyard.
Inside, double glazing and a hallway with expansive glass capture natural light and create an indoor-outdoor connection.
Other features include a fully renovated V-Zug granite kitchen, a second butler’s kitchen, a self-contained guest suite, a fitted study, soaring 3.1-metre ceilings and a built-in lift.
13 Haverbrack Avenue has a price guide of $13, 000,000 – $14,300,000.
