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It is the details that make Period Architecture special.

Stylised ceilings and cornices, ornate fireplaces, Federation details and joinery – these are the details that the market seeks when buying a memorable home.

  
Featuring:

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• 26 Mayfield Street, Ascot QLD

• 3 Fulham Avenue, South Yarra VIC

26 Mayfield Street, Ascot QLD

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The house dubbed “Brisbane’s most beautiful Queenslander” has been sold by Dr John Fenwick, a radiologist, and his interior designer wife Christin Fenwick.

• There has been no price reveal for 26 Mayfield Street, Ascot which Matt Lancashire of Ray White New Farm listed for sale by expressions of interest in the range of $7.5 million to $8.5 million.^[1]

“A true statement of lifestyle and opulence, this gorgeous home has been renovated and restored by renowned architect Derek Trebilcock accompanied by internationally recognised interior designer Mary Durack, to incorporate every modern luxury imaginable.”

• Sale listing and photographs
• House dubbed Brisbane’s most beautiful Queenslander sold – Property Observer TROPHY HOMES 19 JULY 2017

             

• This house shows a sympathetic second-storey re-build of a single-storey Queenslander
• “The list of attributes is simply extraordinary.
• When entering the front gate and walking through the formal front garden prepare to be amazed at the feeling of stepping into a French villa as the front rooms are revealed through the imposing front entry.
• The formal sitting room with imported French fire place, formal dining room, and music room, all with pressed metal ceilings and panelled walls give a feeling of grace, charm, and luxury that is matched in few homes.”

         

1. Ornate Details

The imposing front entry to the beautiful Queenslander renovation

2. Decorative Carved Fireplace

The imported decorative French fire place with Art Nouveau detail

3. Elaborate decorative pressed metal high Ceilings

The decorative pressed metal high ceilings of this restored Queenslander

4. Panelled wall wainscoting

The subtle wainscoting is quite elegant, and adds to the luxurious style

5. Elaborate Cornices and door frames

The door and window frames are constructed of elegant timber joinery

6. Art Nouveau leadlight framing the entry

Art Nouveau leadlight around the front door (on the left) and elegant bay window design.

7. Verandah decoration

Queensland homes are built for the tropics, of timber, because it has low thermal mass, and will not retain the heat once the sun sets. Verandahs are used to shade the walls from the heat of the tropical sun.

• A decorative timber frieze is used, to create shade but allow any cooler sea breeze to blow through the wide verandah, which keeps sunshine from heating the (timber) walls on the ground floor.

8. Multi-pane upper windows

In the nineteenth century all glass was hand blown by glass blowers, and small window panes were then the least expensive pane size.

• The upper multi-pane windows reference the Georgian use of multi-pane windows a century before.
• Window frames painted white are a defining style of Queen Anne decoration, and of Federation style in Australia.

The box bay window overlooking the rear garden and tennis court.

9. Bay Windows

A bay window creates the illusion of a larger room. It also maximizes the amount of light entering a room and offers a dryer alternative to a balcony.

An elegant box bay window with plantation shutters

10. Box Bay Window

A box bay uses a 90-degree angle to form a protruding box shape. Traditional box styles have a large bay or double-paned window flanked by a smaller window on each side. A sitting area or shelves may be added to the interior. Box bay structures are often found in kitchens as garden windows, as is the box window glimpsed to the left in the view below, .

Timber frieze around the pagoda verandah.

11. Wooden Floor boards

Beautiful black butt floating floors in the renovated extension

3 Fulham Avenue, South Yarra VIC

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• Edwardian style trophy home listed in South Yarra – Property Observer Trophy Homes 3 FEBRUARY 2016
• South Yarra sale by Frank and Sharon Van Haandel – Property Observer TITLE TATTLE | 26 JULY 2016
• Sale listing and photographs

The trophy home at 3 Fulham Avenue in South Yarra has been listed for sale, surrounded by 2240sqm approx. of established gardens with north-south tennis court and pool,

3 Fulham Avenue, South Yarra VIC

Most Significant South Yarra Landholding

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• The grand 1900 Edwardian residence sits on one of the largest land parcels in the Como Park precinct.
• Surrounded by 2240 sqm of established gardens, the house displays all the grandeur of the era it was built, with an imposing central reception hall, a library and a formal dining room, all accompanied by marble open fireplaces and high panelled ceilings.
• The reception room with a built in bar leads out to the gardens, tennis court and the swimming pool which can be overlooked from the upper level terrace.

            
 
 
 

   
The accommodation wing has four bedrooms and three bathrooms.

• Expressions of interest closed on February 23 with Marshall White agents Richard Mackinnon and Celeste Wright who are anticipating about $12 million. It last sold at $270,000 in 1977.
• Sold on 15 May 2017 Price Estimate – Low: $5,155,017 Guess: $6,443,771 High: $7,732,526

The interior ceilings are coffered, and walls decorated with Edwardian wallpaper in very subtle design, light-coloured as was the new fashion.
  

Grand Edwardian Family Residence

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• A light filled grand Edwardian family residence with return veranda and broad street frontage of 47.25 metres on two titles, main title with two allotments with separate self-contained apartment,
  
• championship North South tennis court and pool set in stunning garden surrounds, situated in this highly sought after location, within minutes’ walk to Como House, Toorak Village, Chapel Street cafes, shops, restaurants and Melbourne’s top private schools.
• Land Size 2244sqm.
  

  Inglenook fireplace at 3 Fulham Avenue, South Yarra

• Comprising grand entrance foyer, formal lounge, separate dining, study, oversized kitchen, informal sitting room leading to West facing terrace, pool and tennis court, 5 family sized bedrooms including self-contained apartment, 3 ensuite bathrooms, main bathroom, store room, cellar, workshop, double car garage, heating.
  

  The plain glass surrounds of the front door could have period leadlight re-introduced.

  Bathroom of 3 Fulham Avenue, South Yarra

NEXT DOOR:

Four-bedroom home at 5 Fulham Place, South Yarra, Victoria. Sold off-market for $12.3 million

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• Title documents show the buyers were Helen and Radek Sali.
• It last traded at $354,000 in 1997.
• The house was then built on the 969 square metre site.^[2]

**Who was the agent/agency?^[3]

• Jeremy Fox, RT Edgar managing director. Vendors Frank and Sharon Van Haandel, of the Van Haandel Group, owner of the Stokehouse City, Stokehouse Q, Fatto Bar & Cantina and Mr Tulk restaurants.

How long was this on the market?

• [Frank] The house has never been on the market. We were approached.

5 Fulham Avenue, South Yarra, sold for $12.5 million, on smaller acerage

Why did this one sell?

• [Jeremy confirmed the sale but declined to comment on any other aspect of it].
• [Frank] You can’t be built out. That’s very appealing. The house certainly faces the right way – we enjoy the late afternoon sun. Also, the Como Oval is one of Melbourne’s best-kept secrets.

Who is the buyer?

• Titles documents show buyers Helen and Radek Sali lodged a caveat on the property.

What did you think it would go for?

• [Frank] We have a confidentiality clause.

What was surprising about it?

• In December 2004, Frank transferred the property to Sharon’s name for a fee he listed as ‘Love and affection’ in the Transfer of Land document. Frank paid $354,000 for the site in June 1997 and they subsequently built on the 969 square metre site.

What will you do now?

• [Frank] As far as Sharon and I are concerned, we will be on the hunt. We love building. We’ll be finishing the Stokehouse restaurant [razed by fire in January 2014] in about three months, we will open and we think that creates new opportunities.
  We are staying in Melbourne, but we also like the idea of sunshine and getting a house on the Sunshine Coast.

Read more:

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1. ^ http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/forward-planning/advice-and-hot-topics/trophy-homes/73235-house-dubbed-brisbane-s-most-beautiful-queenslander-sold.html
2. ^ http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/forward-planning/advice-and-hot-topics/title-tattle/55982-south-yarra-sale-by-frank-and-sharon-van-haandel.html
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   http://www.afr.com/real-estate/residential/vic/how-it-sold-stokehouse-owners-south-yarra-home-goes-from-love-to-123m-20160725-gqd4qw