Francesca Packer Barham

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The largest single level apartment in Sydney, on the 40th level of the Horizon building in Darlinghurst, has been sold to media heiress Francesca Packer-Barham.
The apartment was recently recreated by Melbourne's MIM Design who were commissioned by the Graham family to design the luxury apartment. 
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<img src="https://www.realestate.com.au/blog/images/1600x1600-fit,progressive/2019/02/13000100/capi_7d65a0d9dfc2f565f2d7924da3ef89c9_7e0c0ff284893174439debdbf4825c03.jpeg" alt="" data-capiid="7e0c0ff284893174439debdbf4825c03">The whole floor sub-penthouse, spanning 565 sqm of internal floor space, has four bedroom, each with a marble ensuite, as well as self-contained quarters with its own living room, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom.
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There are three separate living areas, one with a fireplace, as well as a media room.
Herringbone Oak floors and Cote D’Azure marble feature throughout.
The apartment also has the latest in mod cons, with keyless entry, facial recognition and automated doors.
Entry to the apartment is through a lavish marble and brass private lift lobby. 
It was listed with $20 million initial hopes.
The renovation was almost a year-in-the making for the 565 sqm of internal space.
It has 710 sqm including balconies and garaging. 
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The Melbourne-based Graham family bought the empty shell for $9.83 million in 2017.
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The developer Bob Ell once owned it selling it for $6.7 million in 2009.
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Media heiress Francesca Packer-Balham buys level-40 penthouse in Darlinghurst’s Horizon for $16 million

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Francesca Packer Barham, heiress to one of Australia's largest media fortunes, scored an impressive profit on her first rather pricey property foray.
Her $7.6 million Melbourne investment terrace sale settled just as she headed back to London recently to complete her final year of design school, where she will also be studying psychology remotely.
The daughter of billionaire Gretel Packer and English financier Nicholas Barham had paid $6,125,000 for a South Yarra home in 2015 when she was dating a Melbourne property developer.
During her 18 month ownership she added a new kitchen with sleek black island breakfast bar and an all white marble bathroom.
There was also the major expensive of stumping up the $330,000 stamp duty fee.
The stately two-storey terrace purchase was financed by a company directed by Gretel.
Packer Barham has kept her nearby $1.4 million quaint South Yarra cottage.
Earlier this year she enrolled in a $50,000 a year interior design course at the prestigious Inchbald School of Design in Chelsea.
She's certainly following in her mother's footsteps when it comes to decor and design.
Gretel was into interior design when she had Barham and Bragg design with cousin Adelaide Bragg, which they co-founded in Sydney in the late 1980s.
Bragg has since kicked on independently as Adelaide Bragg &amp; Associates.
In a recent interview with Sydney Confidential, Francesca said she inherited her mother's passion for design. 
“Design is really fun. It is something I always had an ­interest in that has grown ­recently,” Packer-Barham said. 
"I'm heading back to London to complete my design diploma and working on my psychology degree by correspondence," she said of her plans for the rest of the year. "There's more crossover than you might think."
She has just finished refurbishing her Elizabeth Bay apartment.
Packer-Barham is set to be a VIP guest however at the Melbourne Cup carnival in November and spending Christmas with the family while on a break from her year long studies. 
Francesca is the eldest grandchild of the late media tycoon Kerry Packer and his widow, Ros. 
She had been living at Double Bay.
Prior to that was the Bellevue Hill mini compound of her mother, next to Gretel's 1919 home, Wiston.
It was a $4 million purchase of an adjoining house which the Packer's bought from the Fairfax family in 2013.
Her grandmother Ros lives at nearby Cairnton, the huge compound whose ownership dates back to 1935 when Sir Frank Packer started to buy up some hillside property.
This article first appeared in the Daily Telegraph.
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Francesca Packer Barham sells South Yarra terrace

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Francesca Packer Barham, fashion curator and daughter of billionaire Gretel Packer, has sold her redundant South Yarra home.
She quietly listed her <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-vic-south+yarra-125019498" target="_blank">Fawkner Park home</a> through Kay &amp; Burton agent Michael Armstrong, who snappily found a buyer in just a week.
It was marketed as completely empty.
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Francesca had paid $6 million for the home in late 2015, with the financier a company directed by mum Gretel.
Set in a cluster of some of Melbourne's finest homes, the prominent freestanding Victorian residence hadn't traded since 1990 when it sold for $1.2 million.
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It was bought from engineer Dean Pritchard who moved into a $3 million Yve, St Kilda Road apartment.
Continuing the era behind its Victorian facade are two grand reception rooms, an arched hallway, tall ceilings, marble fireplaces mantles and raw timber doors.
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The stately four bedroom home - one with Juliet balcony - also has a home office.
Francesca is the eldest grandchild of the late media tycoon Kerry Packer and his widow, Ros.
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