Point Piper’s most prized Leslie Wilkinson home listed
One of Professor Leslie Wilkinson’s most prized Point Piper houses has been listed for sale by the retired shirt maker-cum-property developer Charles Scarf and his wife, Maria.
The 1959 Wentworth Street property was the second-last of Wilkinson’s house designs.
The house (pictured above) was said to be loosely modelled on the Erechtheion, an Athens temple.
It last traded when bought from the then low-profile expatriate businessman Richard Wiesener for $8.25 million – which was 1992's highest sale. The neighbouring property had been bought for $6.5 million for its tennis court in 1989, and it took the estate to 2,717 square metres. The original house reportedly cost $350,000 in the 1970s.
The house itself has 677 square metres of internal space. It has been quietly on and off the market over several years, including during the boom years., and not advertised until this week’s Domain East spread by Ray White Double Bay Prestige agent Elliott Placks and Dan White from the newly formed White Private Investment & Advisory.
Offers exceeding $30 million and even reputedly closer to $40 million have been previously made for the large estate with tennis court. The last known offer came late last year from a client of Bill Bridges and Alison Coopes at around $30 million.
It’s been modernised by architect Michael Suttor. Its home office in the former garage offers harbour views through to the Manly pensinsula.
Point Piper’s other significant hillside offering is Villa del Mare, the home of recruitment queen Julia Ross. The Wolseley Road offering (pictured above) was discreetly put on the market late last year, but now is having a big campaign. The trophy residence has $40 million-plus hopes through Ken Jacobs of Christie's Great Estates and LJ Hooker Double Bay's Bill Malouf. The limestone palazzo sits on a 1,508-square-metre block. The house was designed by architect Chris Tsioulos when built in the late 1990s by the developer Nati Stoliar. It’s almost certain to sell to Chinese buyers.
