The weekend's top seller: Langi in Camberwell
Jonathan ChancellorAugust 11, 2013
The Jellis Craig eastern suburbs group recorded its best auction results in several years selling 38 from 42 properties, noting pent-up demand and buyer confidence.
Their sales included the weekend's top seller, the 1887 John Beswicke-designed mansion, Langi.
The Italianate Victorian mansion had been extensively renovated and restored by the vendors, former SANFL premiership player Rob Tardif and his wife, Julie Russell, who have retired from senior management positions at Origin Energy.
Property Observer recalls it sold for $805,000 in 1997.
The grand home was as a girls' music school in the late 1800s, and later used as a base for the Australian Army during the Second World War.
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Jonathan Chancellor
Jonathan Chancellor is one of Australia's most respected property journalists, having been at the top of the game since the early 1980s. Jonathan co-founded the property industry website Property Observer and has written for national and international publications.
