A rising star of Brisbane real estate is preparing to part ways with his spectacular warehouse apartment after an extensive renovation.

Young gun agent Dimitri Cassidy from Ray White New Farm has listed 202/50 Macquarie Street in Teneriffe with his colleagues Karla Lynch and Ben Percival, with an auction scheduled for 27 April.

A rising star of Brisbane real estate is selling his designer home. Picture: realestate.com.au/buy

The designer three-bedroom, two-bathroom unit in the historic Saratoga Woolstore is something of a ‘unicorn’.

“It’s got windows in every single room, giving an abundance of natural light” Mr Cassidy said of the rare feature. “And [the layout means] you don’t have neighbours on either side.

“It’s also all on one level with a huge balcony off the parents’ retreat. Most woolstores don’t have a balcony, and if they do, they’re small.”

Dimitri and James Cassidy undertook an extensive renovation of the … Read More

Memories of the “secret” cellar, climbing the old macadamia tree and countless of cups of tea on the veranda are flooding back with the sale of one of Sydney’s oldest homes.

Parramatta centenarian Dorothy May Moore has made the tough decision to sell her home at the age of 103.

The historic home at 4 Rosehill St was built more than 200 years ago in 1816 – a year after Napoleon was defeated in the Battle of Waterloo – and has hit the market for the first time in 133 years with huge potential for redevelopment.

The home, called Sherbrooke, was built on a section of 100 acres of farmland originally granted to James Meehan by Governor Lachlan Macquarie.

It was built 23 years after the oldest homestead in Sydney at Elizabeth Farm, and the … Read More

Share houses are traditionally the domain of broke uni students who don’t mind taking turns using the bathroom and washing dishes, but that’s increasingly changing.

As Australia’s housing crisis makes finding affordable digs more of a slog than ever, a surprising group are joining the housemate hunt.

More and more seniors and pensioners are shacking up together in an effort to cope with cost-of-living pressures, interest rate hikes, and soaring rent prices.

“Due to the changing rental market and rising cost of living, we are seeing more diverse share houses with more retirees and empty nesters,” said Claudia Conley, community manager at flatmates.com.au, Australia’s largest share house website.

“We definitely expect this to increase, particularly in regional areas with ageing populations and high migration during the pandemic.”

It’s on for young and old

Although older Aussies are more likely than any other demographic to own their homes outright, insulating … Read More