{"id":38180,"date":"2022-04-21T16:48:17","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T04:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/?p=38180"},"modified":"2022-04-21T16:48:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T04:48:17","slug":"point-piper-waterfront-akuna-with-rare-pagoda-boathouse-sells-for-a-massive-sum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/point-piper-waterfront-akuna-with-rare-pagoda-boathouse-sells-for-a-massive-sum\/","title":{"rendered":"Point Piper waterfront \u2018Akuna\u2019 with rare \u2018pagoda\u2019 boathouse sells for a MASSIVE sum"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHOTO: Point Piper\u2019s waterfront mansion \u201cAkuna\u2019, with its unique \u2018Pagoda\u2019 boathouse.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Point Piper<\/a> waterfront \u2018Akuna\u2019, owned by the Big Band maestro Warren Daly and his author and fitness guru wife, Karen, has sold for $45m, after five years on and off the market.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Sydney<\/a> Sotheby\u2019s International managing director Michael Pallier had first listed the five-bedroom, six-bathroom mansion at\u00a020 Wolseley Rd\u00a0with $48m price expectations\u00a0in April, 2017.<\/p>\n

The $45m sale by Pallier \u2014 on Tuesday to a local buyer \u2014 is nearly six times the $7.75m purchase price the couple paid in 1997 for what had been the home of the late grocer John David.<\/p>\n

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The three-level mansion is on a 758 sqm waterfront block.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Both Akuna, and its boatshed, had incredible iconic views.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

It follows the\u00a0$60m+ sale of a Darling Point waterfront, owned by Lisa Allen, the ex-wife of yachtie Matt Allen, to medical entrepreneur Dr Glenn Haifer, just three weeks ago.<\/p>\n

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Point Piper boatshed sold for close to $40m is Sydney\u2019s top sale so far this year<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n

That had been on the market for four years and the guide last June had been $80m.<\/p>\n

The guide for Akuna, designed by Richard Christian and Walter Bardo and detailed by Michael Love and Thomas Hamel, was most recently $50m.<\/p>\n

The lavish residence with pool is on a 758 sqm block fronting Seven Shillings Beach.<\/p>\n

Among its many attractions are the uninterrupted point-blank views across the harbour to the Bridge and Opera House along with an iconic heritage \u2018pagoda\u2019 boathouse.<\/p>\n

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Karen and Warren Daly at Randwick races.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Akuna has grand interiors.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The rare Chinese-style timber boatshed was built in the 1930s and was originally part of a neighbouring mansion, \u2018Danmark\u2019.<\/p>\n

Danmark was owned by the prolific horse owner and breeder W.G \u201cKnockout\u201d Smith, but he preferred to spend his time in the boatshed, apparently because he couldn\u2019t stand his wife.<\/p>\n

Smith was also famous for being the founder of the glassmaking giant Australian Consolidated Industries (ACI).<\/p>\n

Danmark is now an apartment building, and when Akuna was first listed in 2017 it was on offer with a three-bedroom unit in the block. But it sold in June of that year for $4.5m to medico David Macourt.<\/p>\n

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Hints of its famous owners.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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