2A Tradewinds Ave, Lorne, sold after a three-month campaign.
A luxe beach house that featured in the acclaimed Asher Keddie television drama Fake has notched up one of Lorne’s biggest sales for the year.
Records show Ocean House, originally designed by celebrated architect Rob Mills as his family’s private holiday home, just changed hands again for $3.6m.
The price fell $1.2m short of what the vendors paid for 2A Tradewinds Ave, Lorne, in late 2020, the height of the Covid price boom.
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The holiday town’s home values have recorded a significant post pandemic correction since then.
Great Ocean Real Estate, Lorne initially advertised the six-bedroom, five-bathroom house with $4m-plus hopes this time around.
It seems the buyers, like the producers of the hit 2024 Australian series Fake, couldn’t go past the bold concrete residence when scouting for high-end coastal homes.
Its sweeping ocean and bushland views and refined luxury made it the perfect location for shooting the psychological thriller, in which David Wenham starred alongside Keddie.
Asher Keddie and David Wenham at the house in a scene from Fake. Picture: Sarah Enticknap
A view to relax by on the circular sun terrace.
Bush on one side, ocean on the other.
Curved, sculptural concrete is a signature of the home, perched above the Great Ocean Road near the entry to Lorne.
Its crowning glory is a sun terrace with an outdoor bath and day beds for soaking up the blue horizon.
For the interiors, Mills chose stucco that is coloured to match the bark of surrounding trees and limed blackbutt ceilings, as well as a circular main bedroom with a custom bed.
He said the house had two personalities – the lower bedroom level which shelters occupants from the elements, and the first floor living space that connects with nature.
The house is perfectly sited on the 1.29ha site to maximise the ocean view.
The surrounding bush inspired the interior colour palette.
“I really value a quiet space, a cool space, a warm space, the importance of fresh air cannot be underestimated – you need to be able to throw open doors and have cross ventilation,” he said in his project description.
Mills could not have chosen a better time to offload the holiday house than November 2020, as the $4.8m sale eclipsed his $3.65m to $4m price guide.
PropTrack data shows Lorne’s median house price has fallen 14.5 per cent to $1.65m over the past 12 months amid softer demand.
The off market $5m sale of another concrete masterpiece, designed by Mina Architects, was a high point in May.
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