Woollahra trophy home upgrade for rugby retiree Kevin Schraader
Former South African rugby winger Kevin Schraader, who converted to league, playing for Canterbury in the late 1990s, has sold his contemporary Woollahra residence for $4.2 million.
Title Tattle gathers he is swapping elsewhere within Woollahra, buying the prized $7.45 million heritage residence, Althorne on Edgecliff Road through Sothebys International.
The redundant contemporary Wallis Street, Woollahra property was listed through Di Jones agents Gary Sands and Jane Schumann with $4 million expectations.
It last traded in 2011 at $3.9 million.
Title Tattle recalls it was built in 2000 on its 270 square metre block to a design by architect Alexander Tzannes on the former Hamilton Beach carpet shop site which was bought in 1996 by Sabrina Van der Linden-Wolanski, who commissioned Tzannes to design adjoining houses.
Althorne, the mid-Victorian mansion was sold by the Evans family who had initial $9 million price hopes.
The six-bedroom, five-bathroom 1872 residence is on a north-facing 1023 square metre block which was from the Conley family for $2.56 million in 1998.
It had been renovated and extended by Paul Davies Architects and Heritage Consultants with interiors by designer Darryl Gordon and gardens by landscaper William Dangar.
