Tamarama ocean-front home sells for $50million smashing records in Sydney’s eastern suburbs
Inside ‘Lang Syne’, the plain-looking Sydney house that just sold for $50 million and could become ‘the most iconic house in Australia’… and you won’t believe the view from the BBQ
- Classic 1920s quadruple room sold for $50 million
- The house has only had two owners
- First owner bought when the area was split up
A brown brick bungalow built in the 1920s has sold for as much as $50 million thanks to its spectacular and uninterrupted views of some of Sydney’s best beaches.
The single-storey house ‘Lang Syne’, in Tamarama, in the eastern suburbs of the city, has long been the envy of passers-by taking the famous walk from Bronte to Bondi.
The house is built on a huge 1,100 square foot block giving the property incredible 180 degree views up and down the coast.
Perched directly above the headland between Tamarama Beach and Mackenzies Bay, the house offers ultimate privacy with no adjoining neighbors or even high rise apartments interrupting the view.
The single-storey house known as Lang Syne, in Tamarama, in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, has long been the envy of every passerby who walks the walk from Bronte to Bondi
The house was listed with a price list of between $47 million and $52 million, which is unusual even in Sydney, where such prices are reserved for harborside mansions, rather than homes open to the elements straight from come the ocean.
While the exact price of the sale has not been disclosed, a source said it was selling for “close to the lower end of the range,” Domain reported.
Ken Jacobs of Forbes Global Properties had listed the two-bathroom house in November last year and it is now owned by a mysterious buyer, believed to be represented by Luxury Listings Sydney star Simon Cohen of Cohen Handler’s buyers agency.
Mr. Jacobs and Mr. Cohen declined to comment.
The sale has broken records in the area with Tamarama’s previously most expensive block changing owners at $29.2 million.
Award-winning architect Bruce Stafford said the house was ‘one of the most beautiful sites in Sydney’.
“You have no one looking at you, no one looking down on you,” he said.
‘We are actually in an urban environment, but it feels like you are in the countryside. This is gold.
“It has all the potential to become Australia’s most iconic home.”
The rustic barbecue that former owner and radio personality Harry Griffiths built decades ago still stands proudly in the front yard
Built on a huge 1,100 square meter plot of land, the four-bed Gaerloch Avenue has incredible 180-degree views up and down the coastline
‘Lang Syne’ was built in 1924 by the boot and shoe manufacturer George Wolf. The family owned the house until 1959, when radio and TV personality Harry Griffiths and his wife Dimity paid the equivalent of $18,000 in 1959.
The family spent 63 years in the home, raising four children and enjoying every aspect of the property. Griffiths was already famous when he bought it for his radio comedy sketch ‘McCackie Mansions’ with fellow comedian Roy ‘Mo’ Rene, which was popular from the early 1940s to the late 1950s.
He was elected president of the Australian Society of Comedians in 1993.
Built over three blocks of land, Lang Syne is one of the largest privately owned oceanfront plots in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs.
The rustic barbecue Mr. Griffiths built decades ago still stands proudly in the front yard.
Ms Griffiths said the house had been “party-centric” for decades, playing host to 21sts, barbecues and family gatherings.
“I just think back to the years we’ve been here, and they’ve always been happy times,” she told the Australian financial statement in November.
“Everyone is grown up, you move on, and I just accepted the change.”
The name of the house is a reference to the Scottish song Auld Lang Syne, which loosely translates to ‘times gone by’.
Former owner Dimity Griffiths is seen at the front of the beachfront house where she has lived for the past 63 years