A glamorous Toorak mansion has sold for close to $70 million in Melbourne’s highest sale of the year. The pre-Christmas deal ends the extended sales campaign for the contemporary home on Macquarie Road, which hit the market in March with a $75 million to $82 million price guide and was removed from online listings portals on Wednesday. The Macquarie Road home topped Melbourne’s luxury sales this year.
Credit: Forbes It’s a tidy holiday present for the vendors, former fashion executive Sue Lord and her husband John Lord, a former barrister who is the chairman of legal and compliance business Neota. The mystery buyer has topped Melbourne’s league table for 2024 – one well-placed source with knowledge of the deal put the sale price at close to $70 million. The exact amount will become public on settlement.
This surpasses the $40 million sale of a St Georges Road mansion this year by former yoghurt boss David Prior. The home sold for close to $70 million. Credit: Forbes Global Properties The sale is also one of the highest nationally this year.
The most expensive deal of 2024 so far was the $130 million sale of Elaine in Sydney’s Point Piper by billionaire Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar. The contemporary home was the result of a five-year build. Credit: Forbes Global Properties It was followed by the $82 million sale of Point Piper’s Rockleigh, then the sale of lifestyle blogger Stephanie Conley-Buhre’s $80 million Bellevue Hill home.
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