{"id":42644,"date":"2023-03-23T13:07:04","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T00:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/?p=42644"},"modified":"2023-03-23T13:07:04","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T00:07:04","slug":"the-architecture-lovers-who-bought-not-one-but-two-homes-on-the-same-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/the-architecture-lovers-who-bought-not-one-but-two-homes-on-the-same-block\/","title":{"rendered":"The architecture lovers who bought not one, but two, homes on the same block"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PHOTO: When Peter and Mary-Ann Mitrakas bought two\u00a0mid-century dwellings by renowned architect Robin Boyd at auction, it was the beginning of a mission to preserve the historic homes. Photo: Greg Briggs<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"paragraph-1\" class=\"first-para\">\n<div class=\"paragraph-html\">\n<ul>\n<li><b>Owners:<\/b>\u00a0Peter and Mary-Ann Mitrakas<\/li>\n<li><b>Address:\u00a0<\/b>305 &amp; 307 Long Forest Road, Long Forest, Victoria<\/li>\n<li><b>Type of property:<\/b>\u00a0A heritage-listed mid-century home by renowned architect Robin Boyd<\/li>\n<li><b>Price guide:\u00a0<\/b>Boyd Baker House: $1.9 million-$2.09 million; Dower House and Roy Grounds-designed library: $1.25 million-$1.375 million<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"entry-featured-img-wrap\"><a class=\"entry-featured-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/signs-house-prices-wont-crash\/\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-hoot-medium-thumb  entry-content-featured-img entry-grid-featured-img wp-post-image lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Crash-460x270.jpg\" alt=\"Property Market Crash\" width=\"460\" height=\"270\" data-src=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Crash-460x270.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-grid-content\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/signs-house-prices-wont-crash\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Signs house prices won\u2019t crash<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph-html\">\n<p>For fans of Australian mid-century design, the name Robin Boyd registers as one of the greats.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"paragraph-2\" class=\"\">\n<div class=\"paragraph-html\">\n<p>So, when lawyer and self-described \u201carchitecture lover\u201d Peter Mitrakas heard that a duo of homes by the renowned architect was set to go to auction in 2006, unprotected by heritage controls, he decided to take it upon himself to preserve them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"paragraph-3\" class=\"\">\n<div class=\"css-naw2jn\" data-testid=\"inline-article-adspot-mobile\">\n<div id=\"adspot-1x1-pos-5\" data-google-query-id=\"CIWW6uHe8P0CFVce1QodhssJSw\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/31694718\/domain.com.au\/news\/vic_5__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"placeholder\">\n<div class=\"fe-audience-components-PropertyDriver css-cx7c56\" data-testid=\"property-driver\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-rb7xa0\" src=\"https:\/\/res.akamaized.net\/domain\/image\/fetch\/t_web\/c_fill,h_440,w_660\/https:\/\/bucket-api.domain.com.au\/v1\/bucket\/image\/2018393844_1_1_230303_015020-w1600-h1067\" alt=\"305 Long Forest Road, Long Forest VIC 3340\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-189dagc\" data-testid=\"has-cta\">\n<div class=\"css-1i2jgjj\"><em><strong><span class=\"css-1hmppls\">305 Long Forest Road, Long Forest VIC 3340<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph-html\">\n<p>\u201cI bought them on a whim. I didn\u2019t know what I was going to do with them but I wanted to make sure that if I carked it one day, these assets were protected,\u201d says Mitrakas, who set about getting them heritage listed soon after buying them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-featured-img-wrap\"><a class=\"entry-featured-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/rea-group-to-hike-property-listing-prices-for-agents\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-hoot-medium-thumb  entry-content-featured-img entry-grid-featured-img wp-post-image lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/REA-Group-460x270.jpg\" alt=\"REA Group\" width=\"460\" height=\"270\" data-src=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/REA-Group-460x270.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-grid-content\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/rea-group-to-hike-property-listing-prices-for-agents\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">REA Group to hike property listing prices for agents<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"paragraph-4\" class=\"\">\n<div class=\"paragraph-html\">\n<p>The two Boyd-designed dwellings sit among 14 hectares of bushland in Long Forest, 50 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, alongside a library by fellow modernist architect Sir Roy Grounds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"paragraph-5\" class=\"\">\n<div class=\"placeholder\">\n<figure class=\"css-4qmyxz\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-0 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/res.akamaized.net\/domain\/image\/upload\/v1\/t_web\/Domain_BTL_Long_Forest-29_cynjnu.jpg?_a=AJARNWIC\" alt=\"Domain BTL Long Forest\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption class=\"css-1mvcpbz\"><em><strong>Mitrakis set about getting the homes heritage protected as soon as he bought them. Photo: Greg Briggs<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph-html\">\n<p>Built in the mid-1960s on commission from Dr Michael Baker, an English mathematician and academic, the original residence, known as the Boyd Baker House, was conceived as the \u201cmodern version of an Australian bush home\u201d, says Mitrakas.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-featured-img-wrap\"><a class=\"entry-featured-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/owners-of-dilapidated-island-resorts-along-queenslands-coastline-could-be-fined-watch\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-hoot-medium-thumb  entry-content-featured-img entry-grid-featured-img wp-post-image lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/dilapidated-island-460x270.jpg\" alt=\"dilapidated island resort\" width=\"460\" height=\"270\" data-src=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/dilapidated-island-460x270.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-grid-content\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/owners-of-dilapidated-island-resorts-along-queenslands-coastline-could-be-fined-watch\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Owners of dilapidated island resorts along Queensland\u2019s coastline could be fined | WATCH<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"paragraph-6\" class=\"\">\n<div class=\"paragraph-html\">\n<p>\u201c[Baker] wanted it to have an organic, back-to-nature sort of feel.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"paragraph-7\" class=\"\">\n<div class=\"placeholder\">\n<figure class=\"css-4qmyxz\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-0 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/res.akamaized.net\/domain\/image\/upload\/v1\/t_web\/Behind_the_Listing_Long_Forest_001_ocia0n.jpg?_a=AJARNWIC\" alt=\"Behind the Listing Long Forest\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption class=\"css-1mvcpbz\"><em><strong>The square Boyd Baker House is designed around a large central courtyard. Photo: Supplied<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph-html\">\n<p>Constructed from stone sourced from the local quarry in Bacchus Marsh,\u00a0with concrete flooring and floor-to-ceiling windows that offer panoramic views of the surrounding bush, the square house is designed around a large central courtyard that evokes atriums seen in ancient Greek architecture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"paragraph-8\" class=\"\">\n<div class=\"paragraph-html\">\n<p>\u201cIt takes me back in time,\u201d says Mitrakas. \u201cWhen you\u2019re sitting in the central courtyard, you think you\u2019re sitting with Aristotle or Plato or Socrates.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>READ MORE VIA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.domain.com.au\/news\/i-bought-them-on-a-whim-two-heritage-listed-robin-boyd-homes-hit-the-market-1201374\/\">DOMAIN<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"widget-title\"><span class=\"accent-typo\">MOST POPULAR<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wpp-list\">\n<li><a class=\"wpp-post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.propertynoise.co.nz\/terry-serepisos-in-touble-again\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Terry Serepisos in trouble again<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wpp-post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.propertynoise.co.nz\/leo-molloy-fumes-at-police\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Leo Molloy fumes at police<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wpp-post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.propertynoise.co.nz\/claims-about-jacinda-arderns-wealth\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Claims about Jacinda Ardern\u2019s wealth<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wpp-post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.propertynoise.co.nz\/how-to-buy-a-residential-home-in-new-zealand-with-high-interest-rates\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">How to buy a residential home in New Zealand with high interest rates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wpp-post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.propertynoise.co.nz\/usb-shaped-caravan-polarising-kiwi-campers-watch\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">USB-shaped caravan polarising Kiwi campers | WATCH<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wpp-post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.propertynoise.co.nz\/the-ancient-stone-city-proof-of-nz-civilisation-before-kupe\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">THE ANCIENT STONE CITY: Proof of NZ civilisation before Kupe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wpp-post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.propertynoise.co.nz\/abandoned-land-for-sale\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Abandoned land for sale<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wpp-post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.propertynoise.co.nz\/he-sometimes-struggled-to-pay-staff-but-owns-a-4m-holiday-home\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">He sometimes struggled to pay staff, but owns a $4m holiday home<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wpp-post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.propertynoise.co.nz\/auckland-landmark-building-up-for-sale\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Auckland landmark building up for sale<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wpp-post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.propertynoise.co.nz\/worse-than-unsatisfactory-rbnz-and-govt-criticised-over-inflation-housing-boom\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Worse than unsatisfactory\u2019: RBNZ and Govt criticised over inflation, housing boom<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHOTO: When Peter and Mary-Ann Mitrakas bought two\u00a0mid-century dwellings by<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/the-architecture-lovers-who-bought-not-one-but-two-homes-on-the-same-block\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[461747081],"tags":[478124969,478098512,478100013,478116620,478098521,478124968,478124970,478124967,478098705,478098533,478098509,478098677],"class_list":["entry","author-data123nz","post-42644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australian-property-real-estate-news","tag-305-307-long-forest-road","tag-australia","tag-australian-property-news","tag-australian-real-estate-news","tag-australians","tag-boyd-baker-house","tag-long-forest","tag-peter-mitrakas","tag-real-estate-agency","tag-real-estate-agent","tag-real-estate-news","tag-victoria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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