Meanwhile, audio king Peter Freedman is also spending a pretty penny redoing his Potts Point heritage home Jenner House, for which he paid a cool $30.35 million. Plans are under way to conserve and restore the grand property, which is subject to strict rules, to the tune of $10.8 million.
That multimillion-dollar renovation will include an extension of the existing basements, a new glass house and a reinterpretation of the stables, as well as the addition of an internal lift in the historic home. The most striking detail is the bulletproof windows in the west wing of the house – to store valuable collectables, one would imagine.
Rode Microphones chief Peter Freedman has $11 million plans to restore and redevelop historic Jenner House in Potts Point.Credit:
Up the road, the Vaucluse home once linked to former Chinese billionaire and shipping tycoon Shannian Huang is also set to get a glow-up, worth $11.45 million. The existing five-bedroom, five-bathroom Durbach Block-designed house, which was bought for $8.2 million in 2015 through a company Huang was connected to until 2021, will be demolished to make way for a Tzannes-designed two-storey glass house.
Plans submitted by Min Lu, now the director and secretary of the company, show the new house will have double-glazed windows wrapped around most of the building. The first level will have an open- floor-plan living area with a butler’s kitchen and a glass skylight that runs through all levels with operable shading louvres. The second level will have four bedrooms with an en suite in each.
The rebuild will also feature two double garages, a swimming pool and extensive landscaping works. Atop the home will be a pebble roof decked out with solar. When finished, the rebuild will bring the value of the home close to $20 million.
Dana Lewis with her former husband David Lewis in 2021.Credit: Facebook
Dana Lewis, who sold her Bellevue Hill mansion with ex-husband David Lewis to F45 co-founder Rob Deutsch for more than $37.5 million, has submitted plans to combine her Watsons Bay home with the home of her architect beau Nick Tobias next door, which will cost a mild $742,500.
Lewis paid more than $8 million for the home of former Australia trade commissioners Roger and Julie Bayliss just months after she sold her marital home. Lewis and Tobias will build a three-storey house that will combine their neighbouring homes, creating a six-bedroom property complete with a music room and bar.