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Having pocketed a stellar $24.5 million from the sale of their Newport waterfront home, Jennifer Hawkins and Jake Wall could have bought anything they fancied on the ­Central Coast.
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But rather than head closer to family, as initially touted, the glamorous couple appear set to remain for the time being on Sydney’s northern beaches, where they have always done so well — both on the ocean and Pittwater.
The unconfirmed whisper is they found an amazing opportunity at Whale Beach. Maybe the restoration of Rocca Bella, a 1950s time warp?
The three storey house is set on 3300sqm, the peninsula’s largest oceanfront estate.
The estate was sold last month for $6.95 million, two weeks after H<a href="https://www.urban.com.au/news/115068-jennifer-hawkins-and-jake-wall-secure-record-24-5-million-newport-sale" target="_blank">awkins’ and Wall’s own sale of Casa Paloma to Mike and Annie Cannon-Brookes</a> through Christie’s International agent Ken Jacobs.
Rocca Bella, best known when <a href="https://www.urban.com.au/news/49211-dame-joan-sutherland-s-villa-rocca-bella-whale-beach-retreat" target="_blank">owned by the late ­soprano Dame Joan Sutherland</a>, was listed in 2018 by the Tarabay family with $8 million hopes, then ­returned to the market with reduced expectations earlier this year through LJ Hooker agent David Edwards.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph. 
 
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Jen Hawkins rumoured buyer of Rocca Bella, Whale Beach

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The Sydney glamour couple Jennifer Hawkins and Jake Wall are the rumoured buyers of the prized oceanfront Rocca Bella estate at Whale Beach.
The oceanfront estate involves a huge renovation project ahead if it is the couple who recently secured the bullish $24.5 million sale of their home on Pittwater.
Rocca Bella was listed after its Point Piper-based owner Lorraine Tarabay decided not to proceed with ambitious new weekender plans.
It was offloaded for $6.95 million last month.
It previously sold in 2015 for $6.9 million, five years after the death of the soprano Dame Joan Sutherland.
On the peninsula’s largest oceanfront estate of 3300 square metres, the three-storey house remains in a 1950s time warp.
It had traded in 1977 for $167,000, but was seldom used by Sutherland and her widower conductor Richard Bonynge, who called Montreux, Switzerland, home along with a bolt hole in Potts Point.
It was 1990 when the opera world’s La Stupenda took her last standing ovation after an operatic career spanning almost five decades.
There are approved Campbell Architecture plans available for the next buyer.
The works cost for the four-pavilion home were estimated by architect Hugh Campbell to total $3.6 million, and would include gardens designed by Hugh Main at Spirit Level Landscapes. Also reinstated would be the overgrown tennis court.
Rocca Bella was listed back in late 2018 with $8 million hopes then returned to the market with revised $7.5 million hopes last February through LJ Hooker Palm Beach’s David Edwards.
<a href="https://www.urban.com.au/news/115068-jennifer-hawkins-and-jake-wall-secure-record-24-5-million-newport-sale" target="_blank">The billionaire Atlasssian co-founder Michael Cannon-Brookes and wife, Annie</a> were the mystery buyers of Casa Paloma, the Newport waterfront home of Jennifer Hawkins and Jake Wall.
It sold in late June the last days of what was the quietest of financial years for prestige sales having been listed with $20 million hopes.
It sold for $24.5 million, a new record for the northern beaches after a spike of buyer interest through Christie's International selling agent Ken Jacobs.
The prior highest sale was when the late Sam Chisholm’s Palm Beach home was sold to Caledonia fund manager Mike Messara for $24 million in February. 
It took the glamorous couple eight months to secure their buyer of Casa Paloma, which many inspectees suggested was the best built home on the pricey peninsula.
The four-level residence, designed by Koichi Takada on its 3360 square metre holding, sold just two days before June 30, and just short of three years after they moved in.
 
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Jennifer Hawkins and Jake Wall the $6.95 million rumoured buyers of Dame Joan Sutherland's Whale Beach estate

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With Melbourne now featuring far more in his work schedule, TV audience researcher David Castran is selling The Wedge House, one of Whale Beach’s most identifiable properties.
Castran, dubbed “the TV doctor”, paid $2.92 million only four months ago. Architect Peter Stutchbury and colleague Marika Jarv designed The Wedge House.
It was built between 1998 and 2000 for Deon and Kim Huber, co-founders of not-for-profit organisation Living Ocean.
The eco-friendly three-bedroom home is designed with two wedges that extend in opposite directions.
It sits in gardens designed by Pape Landscape.
LJ Hooker Palm Beach agents David Edwards and Danielle Forde have a $2.95 million guide.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph. 
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Audience researcher David Castran lists The Wedge House, Whale Beach

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Martyn McCarthy, the managing partner of property investment firm Arrow Capital Partners, and wife Sarah have quietly offloaded their Whale Beach home at $4,285,000.
The couple bought the home for $3.385 million in 2015 when returning to Australia from London where Martyn was the owner and executive chairman of Valad Europe, the European multi-let real estate investment manager.
The company was acquired by Cromwell for €150 million ($240 million.)
The Whale Beach Road home was built in the 1980s on 455 sqm.
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Just 100 metres the the sand, the home has four bedrooms and three bathrooms across its three levels.
The entry level is dedicated to living, where the open plan kitchen, living and dining space opens to a deck facing the beach.
LJ Hooker Palm Beach agent Peter Robinson sold the home off market.
 
 
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Arrow Capital managing partner offloads Whale Beach home

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The former co-CEO of Mail Call Couriers, Emma Cronin, and Garren Cronin, the former Lazard managing director, have listed their little-used Whale Beach weekender.
Overlooking Dolphin Bay, the four-bedroom house sits amid Richard Unsworth-designed gardens on its 982 square metre holding.
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Ray White agent Michael King says the design of steel, glass and sandstone offers a modern aesthetic along with its recent refurbishment aimed at creating a calming coastal ambience.
It was bought for $4,825,000 in 2015 after the clifftop property was designed by architect Joe Rooz for the Double Bay dentist David Penn and his wife, Linda, who then moved to their 2150 square metre holding next door.
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Whale Beach’s most recent sale saw Martyn McCarthy, from Arrow Capital Partners, and wife Sarah sell off-market through LJ Hooker agent Peter Robinson, with as yet no price disclosure.
They had bought the 1980s home for $3.385 million in 2015.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph. 
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Emma and Garren Cronin list Whale Beach weekender

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Television audience researcher David Castran, dubbed “the TV doctor”, has emerged as the $2.92 million buyer of The Wedge House, one of Whale Beach’s most identifiable properties.
The founder and managing director of Audience Development Australia is the owner of the home designed by Peter Stutchbury and colleague Marika Jarv.
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The Wedge House was built between 1998 and 2000 for Deon and Kim Hubner, co-founders of not for profit organisation Living Ocean.
The three-bedroom home is designed with two wedges that extend in opposite directions to take advantage of its position overlooking the beach.
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It won the 2003 Australian Timber Design award after its build by Bryce Campbell and it sits in Pape Landscape gardens.
LJ Hooker Palm Beach agents David Edwards and Danielle Forde sold the home.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.  
Castran has since told Mediaweek the home could be used for research, in particular home groups he regularly conducts. Castran also holds home groups in the Horizon building in Darlinghurst.
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Audience researcher David Castran emerges as The Wedge House, Whale Beach buyer

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The Wedge House, one of Whale Beach’s most identifiable properties, sold 24 hours ahead of its scheduled weekend auction.
The initial price guide had been $2.95 million with LJ Hooker agent David Edwards securing $3.15 million.
<div>The buyer was a  professional northern beaches couple who plan to move into the property as a primary residence.</div>
<div>It was sold by the TV audience researcher David Castran who listed as his time in Melbourne was now featuring far more in his work schedule.</div>
Castran, dubbed “the TV doctor”, paid $2.92 million only five months ago.
Architect Peter Stutchbury and colleague Marika Jarv designed The Wedge House.
It was built between 1998 and 2000 for Deon and Kim Huber, co-founders of not-for-profit organisation Living Ocean.
The eco-friendly three-bedroom home is designed with two wedges that extend in opposite directions.
It sits in gardens designed by Pape Landscape.
David Edwards said the resale price indicated that the Palm Beach/Whale Beach market is up close to 10 percent over the last six months., "particularly in the $2.5 million to $4 million price range." 
This article was first published in the Daily Telegraph. 
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Audience researcher David Castran sells The Wedge House, Whale Beach

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The Wedge House, one of Whale Beach's most identifiable properties, has been sold at $2.92 million.
The home, with two wedges that extend in opposite directions, <a href="https://palmbeach.ljhooker.com.au/house-in-whale-beach-nsw-2107-au-6nkf6z#.XNvPZi-B2T8" target="_blank">was designed by architect Peter Stutchbury and colleague Marika Jarv</a>.
Set high above Whale Beach, the somewhat primitive house was designed to take advantage of its position overlooking the sand and sea.
“Architecture can be explained logically beyond the creative,” Stutchbury has said about Wedge House.
 “The experimental thought can be integrated progressively.” 
It was a tricky sloping block, offering views of the ocean, which for Stutchbury demanded an irregular design to accommodate the irregular site.
“Wedge House is an intuitive response to the issue of seaside living on a specific site," he said.
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It had an initial guide of $3 million to $3.3 million through LJ Hooker Palm Beach agents David Edwards and Danielle Forde when listed in early April.
It was built between 1998 and 2000 for the current vendors, Deon and Kim Hubner, co-founders of Living Ocean, the not for profit organisation for ocean care and awareness.
They paid $520,000 for the 710 square metre property in 1998 before commissioning Stutchbury Architects to create the space now set in Pape Landscape gardens.
Professor Max Irvine was the construction engineer on the Beauty Drive project.
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It won the 2003 Australian Timber Design award after its build by Bryce Campbell.
The lighter, northern wedge is designed to fly beyond its anchored partner, diagonally outward.
Its cantilevered wing homes the open plan living, kitchen and dining space.
The southern wedge is nestled into the garden and courtyard.
It is made up of the master retreat with walk in wardrobe and study.
Multiple openings connect the living areas to the gardens.
Two further bedroom, a living space and bathroom sit beach the upstairs living area and deck. 
Its land value is $1.7 million.
LJ Hooker suggest is summer rental at peak season would be $1000 a night. Or $1500 a week for a long term annual rental
 
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Peter Stutchbury's Whale Beach Wedge house sold

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The Wedge House, one of Whale Beach's most identifiable properties, has hit the market.
The home, with two wedges that extend in opposite directions, <a href="https://palmbeach.ljhooker.com.au/house-in-whale-beach-nsw-2107-au-6nkf6z#.XNvPZi-B2T8" target="_blank">was designed by architect Peter Stutchbury and colleague Marika Jarv</a>.
Professor Max Irvine was the construction engineer on the Beauty Drive project.
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It has a guide of $3 million to $3.3 million through LJ Hooker Palm Beach agents David Edwards and Danielle Forde.
It was built between 1998 and 2000 for the current vendors, Deon and Kim Hubner, co-founders of Living Ocean, the not for profit organisation for ocean care and awareness.
They paid $520,000 for the 710 square metre property in 1998 before commissioning Stutchbury Architects to create the space now set in Pape Landscape gardens.
Set high above Whale Beach, the house was designed to take advantage of its position overlooking the sand and sea.
<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/c_scale,w_580,q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/po.images/2019/5/31/whale%203.jpg" alt="">
It won the 2003 Australian Timber Design award after its build by Bryce Campbell.
The lighter, northern wedge is designed to fly beyond its anchored partner, diagonally outward.
Its cantilevered wing homes the open plan living, kitchen and dining space.
The southern wedge is nestled into the garden and courtyard.
It is made up of the master retreat with walk in wardrobe and study.
Multiple openings connect the living areas to the gardens.
Two further bedroom, a living space and bathroom sit beach the upstairs living area and deck. 
Its land value is $1.7 million.
LJ Hooker suggest is summer rental at peak season would be $1000 a night. Or $1500 a week for a long term annual rental
This article first appeared in The Weekend Australian. 
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Striking Whale Beach trophy home The Wedge House listed

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Rocca Bella, the Whale Beach oceanfront estate long owned by the late Dame Joan Sutherland has returned to the market after its Point Piper-based owners decided not to proceed with their ambitious new weekender plans.
It was 2015 when investment banker Lorraine Tarabay, wife of Rare Infrastructure fund manager Nick Langley, paid $6.9 million for the clifftop ­estate, five years after the death of the soprano.
On the peninsula’s largest oceanfront estate of 3300 square metres, the three-storey house remains in a glamorous 1950s time warp.
It had traded in 1977 for $167,000, but was seldom used by Sutherland and her widower conductor Richard Bonynge, who called Montreux, Switzerland, home along with a bolt hole in Potts Point.
It was 1990 when the opera world’s La Stupenda took her last standing ovation after an operatic career spanning almost five decades.
LJ Hooker Palm Beach’s David Edwards <a href="https://www.propertyobserver.com.au/%20https:/palmbeach.ljhooker.com.au/house-in-whale-beach-nsw-2107-au-6k9f6z#.XGEDIC1L3s0" target="_blank">takes Rocca Bella to a full campaign next week</a> with $7.5 million to $8 million price guidance.
There are approved Campbell Architecture plans available for the next buyer (below).
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The works cost for the four-pavilion home were estimated by architect Hugh Campbell to total $3.6 million, and would include gardens designed by Hugh Main at Spirit Level Landscapes.
Also reinstated would be the overgrown tennis court.
Langley and Tarabay own a Point Piper landmark residence designed by Professor Leslie Wilkinson after moving from their $11.45 million Hunters Hill home, Windermere.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.
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