House, Northbridge, A$15mn-A$16mn ($10.2mn-￡10.9mn)
Where On the Lower North Shore of Sydney in Northbridge, which is connected to neighbouring area Cammeray by the Long Gully suspension bridge. The property sits on the edge of Sailors Bay, and the city centre is just over 20 minutes away by car.
What A mid-century, waterfront home with an additional self-contained apartment and a total of about 450 sq m of interior space. There are four bedrooms across two buildings. A soundproofed room can function as a cinema or performance space with a stage.
Why The property was designed in the 1950s by Douglas Snelling, an Australian architect who drew on Southern Californian style and built the house as his family home. It was restored and extended in 1997 by Alex Tzannes who won the Royal Australia Institute of Architects’ Best Residential House in the Nation award for his work on the house.