Skase-built Bromley sold on Hamilton Hill

Skase-built Bromley sold on Hamilton Hill
Title TattleMay 13, 2018

The opulent late 1980s Brisbane mansion built by Christopher and Pixie Skase has been sold for $10.138 million.

Star Hotel Group boss Steven Shoobridge secured the luxurious home, best known for his 2016 Brisbane CBD penthouse sale to former prime minister Kevin Rudd and Therese Rein for $8 million.

Shoobridge also recently secured the sale of their Abian apartment for $4.12 million.

The hotel-like residence on Dickson Terrace was constructed by Skase and his wife Pixie in 1988 who quit Australia for Majorca in 1991.

The recent occupants were Sir Yii Ann Hii and his estranged wife, Soo Hian Beh. They got around town in a with 1VIP numberplates on their 2005 Rolls Royce Phantom.

Set around the medieval circular staircase as 50ft internal Bell tower, they paid $6.25 million for the already palatial residence in 2001.

The property had been on the market with multiple agents since 2016 with hopes as high as $25 million.

This article was first published in the Weekend Australian.

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