Record $32 million auction bid rejected for Sovereign Islands waterfront mansion

A record $32 million auction bid was made for a waterfront mansion on The Sovereign Islands in South East Queensland.

But the vendor Riccardo Rizzi, who rejected the $32m bid offered at weekend auction, remains confident he will achieve the desired price.

“The Queensland market’s hot, it’s booming,” he told The Courier-Mail post-auction. 

“The house reached $32 million, it didn’t sell. It’s now on the open market at $36 million and there’s a couple of people interested."

There was an onsite auction attended by eight registered bidders last October when a $28 million vendor bid was lodged.

The now Perth based civil engineer Riccardo Rizzipurchased the incomplete house in 2013 for $5.3 million.

Set on 4255 square metres, the finished home has six bedrooms and a 30-metre pool in a roman-inspired garden.

It has been listed through Amir Mian of Amir Prestige.