Spaceship house sells $1m over guide

2B Mosman St, Mosman is known in the neighbourhood as “The Spaceship House”. The Collins House in Mosman, recognised as one of the 30 most important houses in Australia over the past 60 years, has sold nine days prior to auction and for $1m more than its guide. Number 2B Mosman St, also known as the ‘spaceship house’ because it seems to hover over Mosman Bay, the three-bedroom house had a $5m guide and an auction booked for Friday September 18. MORE: Smart strategy leads to $1m bonus It hovers over Mosman Bay. From the start, there was strong interest in the one-off home. From the start David Grant, of De Brennan Property, said there was strong interest in the one-off home which the Architecture Foundation Australia named as a celebrated house representing a rare intersection of architecture, place and lifestyle and it has appeared in magazines and highlighted in architectural lectures. David said the popular property with the funky fibreglass facade sold for $6m, there had been 112 inspections, 13 contracts handed out and three very interested parties chasing the home. It is believed a Sydney family are the new owners. The home was built in the late 1970s by architect owners Ian a...