One southern suburb’s record sale price has just been smashed, with a Flagstaff Hill home settling for $420,000 more than its suburb’s previous top sale.
A grand seven-bedroom mansion at 28 Kingfisher Circuit has just set a new benchmark for prestige property in the suburb, due largely to its size, bold design and luxurious aesthetic.
The property fetched a whopping $2.42m, easily surpassing the $2m paid for the four-bedroom 34 Torrey Rd in July 2023.
Selling agent Valerie Timms of OC said the property said the property attracted a lot of attention.
“We had a lot of interest in it and got multiple offers, and it was a great campaign and the first open was insane – it was raining and we had shoe covers for people and a lot of people chose to take their shoes off and my co-agent Ellie and I were just lining shoes up to try and get people inside as soon as we could. It was nuts,” she said.
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The home’s grand facade.
The elegant hallway.
Ms Timms said the property attracted people looking to move from surrounding suburbs and beyond, with the seller coming from the southeastern foothills.
“They knew of the property and had admired it for a long time and had family who live nearby and it just gave them the space that they needed,” she said.
Ms Timms said the property sold by its expressions of interest date and that the vendor was very happy with the price they got.
“It was a labour of love for them, so to achieve this result for them was great,” she said.
How’s that for a kitchen?
One of the light-filled bedrooms.
An elegant bathroom.
Vendors Caleb and Cass bought the home in 2017, attracted by its scope for a grand transformation.
And they’ve certainly done that, with the end result a stunning home offering some 585sqm of indoor and outdoor living space over its two levels.
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“It was very run-down, but it had excellent bones,” Caleb says.
“It was a solid double-brick construction with what I’d never seen before – a 150mm poured – in – place second story slab floor.
“I had never seen that in a home, and it was visible in the garage and I was looking at it thinking: “This place is built like a truck’.”
But it wasn’t the style Caleb had wanted, so they set about turning it into something else.
“We threw everything at it, thinking it was going to be our forever home,” he said.
“We wanted everything to be quality and wanted everything to last a very long time and we also wanted it to be beautiful.
A look at the open-plan dining and living room.
Not one, but two island benches.
The spacious rear yard.
“I love that style of home, the Georgian, French Provincial sort of mix, and I had a vision for the front and got a lot of my inspiration from the late David Cheney and I actually spoke to the chap who used to do his facade mouldings.
“He came out and we had a chat and I got some ideas from him – he didn’t actually want to do the job as he was semi-retired, he was just wanting to help out.
“So I put some concepts together and put them to the Galvin Group’s Alex Galvin, and he came up with a pretty incredible design.”
That design incorporates seven bedrooms, numerous indoor and outdoor entertainment areas and a stunning landscaped garden ensuring the home dazzles long before you walk in through the front door.
Quality fixtures and fittings abound, including 25mm french oak parquetry floors, chandeliers, thick stone benchtops, a ceiling dome, a 19kw solar system and custom joinery.
“Unfortunately I’m the sort of guy who really enjoys a project, and then I look for the next one,” Caleb says.
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“I’m not the sort of guy that looks over his shoulder too much, to my own detriment.
“I should sit back and relax and look at things, but yeah, we loved it, it was a brilliant family home, and it was our dream.”
When it first hit the market, Ms Timms told The Advertiser it was a landmark property for the area.
“I would never want to actually say that it is the best home in Flagstaff Hill, but when I walked inside I realised, oh my God, this actually is,” she said.
Ms Timms said the home had attracted an enormous amount of interest online.
“I’ve got people from the local area interested who are looking at moving up,” she says.
“I’ve also got people who were originally thinking inner city, but this represents really good value.
The view from the front veranda.
The vista from the balcony.
“For what it is, to buy something like this in Mitcham or Unley, you’re talking probably $3.5-$4.5m.
“This is in Craigburn Estate the way I priced it was sort of looking at what’s selling in Craigburn Farm and Craigburn Estate and then you know we put together that price range which I feel is realistic given like the scope of the property.”
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Ms Timms said the home did not have to be restricted to just the one family.
“We’ve got a lot of interest from people who are looking at multi-generational living, because it’s got four bathrooms and seven bedrooms and it’s got separate wings of the house, so it does lend itself to that,” she said.
“Even the kitchen, although it’s one kitchen, it’s in three sections, so you’ve got the scullery, then there’s the main kitchen, and then there is the bar area, all of which have their own sinks and cupboards.
“I think for people who were thinking maybe even two or three families living in the one space – everyone’s got room.”
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