“The property sits on the largest landholding of the waterfront off Australia’s premier road, Wolseley Road, with a 98-metre water frontage,” said Ken Jacobs, of Forbes Global Properties, who has listed it with Brad Pillinger, of Pillinger.
The block was purchased in 1999 for $10.89 million from wealthy New Zealand businessman Christopher Huljich.
Wingadal’s position on the Point Piper waterfront offers a gun-barrel view of the Harbour Bridge.
Architect Alec Tzannes said the commission to design the house was a highlight of his career, taking eight years to build during which time it earned the moniker “Aussie stadium”. In the years since its grand entertaining areas and lavish finishes have become the stuff of folklore thanks to the many charity events and Liberal Party fundraisers held there.
The four-level residence is effectively a four-bedroom home, albeit with the sort of add-ons and floor plan that are the stuff of fiction to most people. The entertaining areas have capacity for 500 people. There is undercover parking for 20 cars, of which eight are inside the garage.
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As well as the main residence there is a separate two-bedroom apartment. There are two commercial kitchens, a 2500-bottle wine cellar, a home theatre with seating for 22 people. It comes with a swimming pool.
Perhaps most pertinently for the Point Piper buyer, is its west-facing position on the peninsula in Australia’s most expensive suburb. Or as Tzannes says, “a unique appreciation of Sydney Harbour from a variety of angles, rotating around an axis that lines up perfectly with the Sydney Harbour Bridge”.
There is no official price but Pillinger said, “We expect Wingadal will be the first sale to surpass the $200 million barrier in this country.”
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