‘Spectacular’: Jamberoo home available for the second time in 165 years
A Jamberoo property, available for only the second time in its 165-plus year history, is back on the market with an official price tag.
The five-bedroom, six-bathroom residence, located at 467 Jamberoo Road, Jamberoo, sits on 12 acres.
After a brief hiatus from the market, the historic property ‘Terragong’ is now for sale via a new agent, after initially being listed last year.
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Previously there wasn’t a price guide available, but now it has a guide of $6 million to $6.6 million.
The current selling agent, Andrew de Montemas from Drew Lindsay Sotheby’s International Realty said there had been strong interest in the property since it had been re-listed less than a week ago.
Mr de Montemas said the property’s history made it appealing to many.
“It’s spectacular, and it’s been beautifully renovated,” he said.
“The refurbishment is contemporary and luxurious, but it’s still compatible, it’s still sympathetic with the rest of the property.”
Mr de Montemas said it was a “unique property that would require a unique buyer”.
“It’s in a fabulous position; close to the beaches, close to Kiama, and has an amazing outlook up to the escarpment,” he said.
Mr de Montemas said some prospective buyers were viewing potential alternative uses for the property, including potentially expanding upon its past use as a bed and breakfast.
“And there are others who are looking at it as an extraordinary lifestyle property, and living in a part of local history,” he said.
The house is heritage-listed, being included on both state and national registers.
According to the National Trust of Australia, Terragong House is “a charming small house of late Georgian design, two-storeyed with a slate hip roof and built of cedar cut from the property with stone walls of blue metal mined in the area”.
Current owners Darryl Gordon and Simon Milner bought the home in 2014 - the first time it had been sold since it was built in 1858.
It sold for $1.5 million and told The Mercury about their renovation project.
It had previously been owned by the Marks family.
“It’s this emblematic, colonial Georgian country house, but sitting in the middle of the Australian bush,” Mr Gordon previously told the Mercury of his first impressions of the home.
This article originally appeared on view.com.au.
