While the pair are downsizing from one of the largest land holdings in the blue-chip neighbourhood,they still own a waterfront house across the road,which they purchased fromCarlene Blumberg,former Woollahra councillor,and her husbandMichael,for $10.5 million in 2019.
Born in New York City,Alexa Haslingden went to Stanford University and has decades of experience in the advertising industry,Credit:
This is the Haslingdens’ second crack at selling the home,after it wasfirst listed last year with hopes of $25 million.
It is being sold through Alison Coopes in an expression of interest campaign.
Compound no more
Further down the road,in Vaucluse,specialist plastic and reconstructive surgeonDr Bish Soliman and his wifeToni are offloading their four-bedroom,four-bathroom house with uninterrupted views of Sydney Harbour after just four months of owning it.
The pair purchased the home sold byPeter Ludwig andDebbie Ludwig,fashion designer of Knitting de Paris,for $16.5 million in August last year.
The Solimans had plans to build a compound but have decided to sell one of the two adjacent properties.Credit:
The Solimans had plans to build a family compound after snapping up the neighbouring home three months later for circa $22 million,local sources say.
Dr Bish SolimanCredit:
But Soliman,who was part of a team of top doctors at Westmead who helped a shark attack victim regain the use of their right hand,and Toni seem to have had a change of heart and are keen to call the neighbouring property,which is yet to settle,home.
The home has a price guide of $16.5 million and is being sold through David Malouf of Highland,who declined to comment. It is scheduled to go under the hammer on March 27.
Change of scenery
In Balgowlah Heights,Stephen Dunne,former chief executive of AMP Capital,and his wifeSally Treeby,former chairperson of humanitarian organisation for girls Plan International Australia,have listed their beautiful Balgowlah Heights home with a guide of $7.9 million.
The redesigned Balgowlah Heights home of Stephen Dunne and Sally Treeby.Credit:
The couple,who also run family-owned cattle stud Myanga Angus,have called the northern beaches property home since 1999,when they paid $1,315,000.
In that time they have rebuilt a five-bedroom,three-bathroom modern sanctuary on the 879-square-metre block,which has been redesigned byCaroline Pidcock with stunning views from North Harbour to Manly Cove and over Manly Village out to the ocean. The home is within minutes of Forty Baskets Beach and Tania Park.
Stephen Dunne holds numerous board positions and directorships.Credit:
The pair have a keen interest in philanthropy and environmentalism,with Dunne holding numerous board and chair positions,including director of Greening Australia as well as a director and chair of the Investor Group on Climate Change,the leading network for institutional investors’ response to climate risk.
He is also a board director and chair of the Investment Committee at CBUS. Treeby was also a former director of Sydney Community Foundation.
The home is being sold through Kingsley Looker of Clarke&Humel Property. It is going to auction on March 1.