The property market is something Aussies spend more time thinking about than they’d like to admit to, but everyone knows not all homes are created equal. Here at On The Market, we scour countless property listings to share the best of the best, from palatially proportioned waterfront palaces to meticulously designed studio apartments.
Set across 22 hectares in the heart of the Mornington Peninsula, Panorama Garden Estate is looking for its next custodian. While there’s certainly an opportunity to level up the accommodation – currently split between twin barn-style residences – the gardens are the main draw here, unfolding gracefully across more than 10 hectares of the property.
Boasting views that stretch across Port Phillip Bay and Bass Strait, the curated gardens include winding paths, sculpted terraces, and named garden rooms, while the remaining portions of the property are dedicated to a three-hole golf course and a private day spa with a magnesium pool.
Parts sanctuary, part canvas, this is a home that’s very clearly been shaped by decades of patience and an innate sense of proportion.
Address: 130 Hyslops Road, Boneo VIC 3939
Bedrooms: 5
Bathrooms: 2
Car spaces: Unspecified
Price Guide: $7,000,000 to $7,700,000
If the remarkable Byron Bay home we featured last week didn’t catch your eye, maybe this one will. Perched high above Wategos, just 200m from the sand, this residence has been designed to read like a private resort, as a three-level home that unfolds with lift-connected ease, extra-high ceilings, and walls of glass that frame the sweeping beach views.
There’s a sculpted pool and spa, cabana-style entertaining spaces that feel purpose-built for long summer days, and inside, the architecture offers a stone-anchored kitchen, bespoke joinery and a dedicated cinema room. Set within one of Byron’s most tightly held pockets, just moments from Wategos Beach and a few minutes from Byron Bay, it’s another rare find on one of Australia’s most famous stretches of coastline.
Address: 21 Brownell Drive, Byron Bay NSW 2481
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 5
Car spaces: 3
Price Guide: Contact agent
If you’ve not yet come across the work of architect Oliver Du Puy, let this be an introductory lesson. Originally constructed in 1889, this Victorian home has been reborn as something that borders on a contemporary masterpiece, laced with thoughtfully selected materials including exposed timber ceiling beams, Calacatta Vagli marble, textural Zellige tiles, and steel-framed doors that open to a charming courtyard.
Upstairs, generous bedrooms and marble-and-bronze bathrooms continue to showcase the articulate set of decisions that led the renovation, with the centrepiece being a serene main suite overlooking the Kate Seddon-designed gardens below.
Featured in several different architectural and lifestyle publications, this is inner-city living elevated to a new level.
Address: 114 Millswyn Street, South Yarra VIC 3141
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 2
Car spaces: 2
Price Guide: $6,200,000 to $6,800,000
