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Amanda Keller snaps up multi-million dollar townhouse

<p dir="ltr">Australian radio and TV presenter Amanda Keller has snapped up a townhouse in Sydney’s Newtown area with husband Harley Oliver. </p> <p dir="ltr">The property set them back $1.923 million, a hefty price tag that likely had a lot to do with its sought after location just steps from the busy Enmore Road. </p> <p dir="ltr">It boasts a modern warehouse-style appearance, with two levels that contain three bedrooms - one with its own built-in wardrobe and balcony - and an additional 47 sq m for garage space. However, the home’s title declares a total of 343 sq m, as it also includes a garden courtyard.</p> <p dir="ltr">Described as being at the back of “a whisper-quiet complex”, the townhouse is one of four, and features polished concrete floors throughout, an open plan living space with bifolds onto a paved courtyard, a renovated laundry, and high ceiling with exposed beams. </p> <p dir="ltr">“The combination of quality modern comforts and generous proportions offers an unsurpassed standard of living,” its listing read. </p> <p dir="ltr">It was listed through Adrian William Real Estate’s Adrian Tsavalas and Kate Ferrante, and was the first time the house had been on the market since 2013, when it sold for less than half of its 2023 price at $870,000.</p> <p dir="ltr">The median price of a three-bedroom home in Newtown has been tracked by PopTrack as $1.876, while in July 2022, it was at a high of $1.95 million.</p> <p dir="ltr">Keller and Oliver reportedly snapped up their latest property as an investment, though there is currently no evidence that it is being advertised on any rental website.</p> <p dir="ltr">The couple - who have been married since 1990 - are no strangers to Sydney real estate, having lived in Coogee for over two decades after making a move from the northern beaches. They’ve made their fair share of changes to their home in that time, submitting four different development applications for the likes of a pool and a ‘vergola’.</p> <p dir="ltr">According to CoreData, they bought that long-term home in 2001 for $900,000, while prices now average at around $2.615 million in the suburb.</p> <p dir="ltr">They also own a property in the South Coast at Culburra Beach, and paid only slightly less for it - $1.475 million - than their lavish Newtown buy.</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Images: realestate.com.au, Getty</em></p>

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The Devil Wears Prada iconic townhouse up for grabs

<p dir="ltr">This multi million-dollar house is nothing short of iconic.</p> <p dir="ltr">The Upper East Side townhouse where fictional magazine editor Miranda Priestly resided in David Frankel’s groundbreaking film The Devil Wears Prada has hit the market.</p> <p dir="ltr">Unsurprisingly, the home of the glamorous Runway editor-in-chief, rumoured to be based on Vogue’s Anna Wintour is priced at an eye-watering $40 million. </p> <p dir="ltr">Fans of the beloved 2006 film are sure to recognise the seven-bedroom, six-level home’s grand entrance and spiral staircase as Anne Hathaway’s character Andrea Sachs delivered a mock-up of Runway magazines to Meryl Streep’s character, Priestly in the film. </p> <p dir="ltr">But the infamous staircase also appears on the set of another fictional Upper East Side world.</p> <p dir="ltr">The stairwell briefly appears in the teen drama Gossip Girl’s final episode, for the wedding of Penn Badgley's character Dan and Blake Lively's Serena.</p> <p dir="ltr">Modlin Group boss Adam D. Modlin holds the listing for the neo-Italian renaissance-style limestone and marble townhouse, which last sold in 2003 for $8.8 million.</p> <p dir="ltr">The home was originally built in 1907 by architect Stanford White and was renovated in 2005 with a tasteful interior design by Diamond Barrata.</p> <p dir="ltr">The top floor of the breathtaking abode includes a custom-built basketball court, as well as a terrace with a spa.</p> <p dir="ltr">Adding to the 129 East 73rd St home’s A-list status, it’s just across the road from American journalist and political activist Gloria Steinem’s NYC pad.<span id="docs-internal-guid-94252d77-7fff-d9d4-58a6-3cd7cc758958"></span></p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image credit: Instagram/Realestate.com.au </em></p>

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Liberace's glamorous Hollywood townhouse hits the market

<p>This gorgeous townhouse tucked above the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood that was the secret hideaway of Liberace in the 1970s could be all yours for $US 2.88 million ($3.99 million).</p> <p>The elegant abode is part of a cluster of 15 apartments and homes built in 1937 by MGM Studios to house the influx of rising stars on their roster.</p> <p>Regency-inspired complex ‘The Shoreham’ housed the likes of Janet Leigh, Fernando Lamas, Joan Fontaine, Veronica Lake, Marlene Dietrich, Olivia de Havilland, Vivian Vance, Farley Granger, Ava Gardner and Katherine Hepburn.</p> <p>In the 1970s, virtuoso pianist and showman Liberace used one of the townhouses as his secret hideout. Those digs, which were originally listed last year for just under $US 3.4 million, are now ready for their next resident.</p> <p>Exuding nothing but old Hollywood glamour, the three-bed, 3.5-bath home is spread over four levels, topped by a stunning rooftop terrace with expansive views of LA.</p> <p>Features include: herringbone walnut floors, wrought-iron stair railings, marble-embellished period fireplaces, antique chandeliers, French doors, along with Doric columns and square pilasters adorn the foyer.</p> <p>The grounds are a peaceful serene escape. Stone obelisks top antique brick pillars at the gated entrance to the historic complex, which is smattered with tree-shaded brick patios, water features and koi ponds, and an assortment of tropical plantings including bamboo.</p> <p>The crowning jewel is the rooftop terrace, that helps to reorient you back within the thick of things (you can even see the Strip's billboards) despite feeling a world away in the idyllic and peaceful courtyards.</p> <p><em>Images: Domain</em></p>

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