PHOTO: The Stuart Street property of Ross Lane has interiors by Briony Fitzgerald.

Manly’s trophy home market recorded its strongest run of sales last year, capped by a $16 million result that smashed all previous highs, but Oroton chief executive Ross Lane is hoping to better that with the sale of his own home.

The four-level residence on Little Manly Beach is expected to be a good test of the high-end market given its $16.5 million to $18 million guide and at a time when Domain data shows Manly’s median house price has fallen 10.4 per cent in the past 12 months.

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