Bespoke Angophora House, Avalon, designed by Richard Leplastrier fetches $1.6 million
Angophora House, the recently completed Avalon house designed by Richard Leplastrier, has been sold for $1.6 million. It had been listed by Andew Campbell, the builder who has worked on a number of Leplastrier's designs.
It was marketed by the agency, Modern House Estate Agents, as "a piece of fine cabinetry for humans".
The Bellevue Avenue house was set on the edge of the extended grove of Angophoras.
The house had six pavilions on an 808-square-metre site with views towards Bangally Headland.
The four bedroom, two bathroom house with 139 square metres of internal space had been worked on full-time for three years and three months until its completion in February 2013.
The design actually stems back to 2003.
Some six months was spent in the ground with the help of master builder John Simpson with the timber, being recycled Jarrah coming from the Freemantle Wool Store, comprising some nine carriage loads delivered by Andrew Brodie of Australian Architectural Hardwoods, Kempsey.
RP Data gives the median house price as $2.32 million.
Images courtesy of Michael Nicholson Photography
