For years now I have been watching Phil and Kirstie on their show "Relocation Relocation" finding people a home in the city and the country so I thought that I would do the same here..... Every time I watch this show I dream of doing the same thing. A country estate to visit on weekends and a party pad in the city to work from. Phil and Kirstie normally house couples on quite reasonable budgets .... mine are going to be "If Only.." homes.
One dream home in the city and one dream home a few hours away in the country....
My first home is in Sutton Forest. A few hours SW of Sydney. Home of enormous country estates housing well heeled from the city. Originally large farming estates first settled around 1830, the sleepy village is little more than an old pub, a church and a few scattered shops though its the places you cant see that make this area what it is. Once the NSW Governor decided to set up his summer residence here in the 1880's all of Sydneys wealthy wanted to have a summer retreat next door.
Sutton Forest went from being a farming village to a holiday resort for the well to do and continues to be... The area now abounds with big beautiful country homes. Nicole and Kieth are around here somewhere.
RONA LODGE
The home I am showing you today is called "Rona Lodge" and is for sale through a number of agencies (Drew Lindsay, Raine and Horne, Richardson and Wrench).
- 5 bedrooms
- 5 bathrooms
- Stables paddocks and dressage ring
- Tennis court
- Indoor heated swimming pool
- Billiard room
- Multiple entertaining areas
- Wood paneled library
- Sitting Room
- Office
- and the list goes on and on and on
At the end of a long gravel drive through manicured gardens this is just the sort of house I could imagine inviting my friends to for a weekend away, drinking Pimms in garden and surveying my land like a nice country squire. I can imagine curling up in front of one of the many many fireplaces at night or reading a book in the library, the sitting room or the office.
Yes this will do me nicely.
Up the gravel drive, past the garden and around the fountain to arrive at the door
Maybe a quick dip in the indoor heated pool
followed by a drink a relax in one of the many reception areas..
whilst dinner is being cooked down in the enormous country kitchen.....
At a price of around $7.5million i'm sure you can afford a chef.
Now for my city pad....... which is in the toaster building on Macquarie St, Bennelong Point, Sydney. This is in abit of a controversial building that many Sydney siders would liked to have seen pulled down. I for one dont mind it for what it is. I cant afford to live there but I'm sure someone can and is enjoying it the way that I would. It is of course withing spitting distance of the Sydney Opera House and walking distance to all the bars and restaurants of Circular Quay and beyond into the city and CBD.
BENNELONG
At more than 600sqm this apartment is bigger than most houses and its all about the views. It is a penthouse apartment and it takes up most of the top two floors of the Bennelong building. Abit of an entertainers house I'm guessing if you can afford this you wont be having to worry about what time you get up in the morning. You can watch the city light display until the cows come home (on your country property no doubt).
Inside this apartment there is four bedrooms and five bathrooms - and each bedroom as an ensuites. One of the bedrooms form a little self contained flat - for the hired help maybe or maybe you could rent it out for a little extra income to help with the mortgage. All bedrooms have amazing views. And all open out onto a balcony.
The apartment starts on level nine where you enter through the "home office" (also with a balcony) and self containded flat. Then up the beautiful circular stair to the lounge room, formal dining and media room. Behind these is the kitchen and casual dining before disappearing down the corridor to the rest of the bedrooms and ending in the master suite.
These pictures look nice but its not what you are paying for....this place is all about the views and entertaining - there is the Sydney Harbour Bridge on one side and the Sydney Opera House on the other. Views to Government House (again next door to the Governor) and the Botanical Gardens. Views of the city skyline. The terrace wraps almost around the entire apartment and there are mutiple eating and resting area both inside and out.
I think you could have multiple parties at once on the different terraces and just flit between them
This apartment is for sale through McGrath for a cool $12mil. For that price I'd want a few more floors.
So there you go - for around $20mil you could have an amazing place in the action packed CBD and one in the quaint Southern Highlands. Phil and Kristie never do houses like these but it sounds like the life for me... If I could just get a few more people to read this blog...
- all photos courtesy of realestate.com.au
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