Newlyweds offload Hollywood-style home
An Aussie couple are selling their home inspired by Hollywood film The Notebook, complete with a striking Southern plantation-style exterior.
Seasoned house flippers and newlyweds Sebastian and Jennifer Gallagher built the five-bedroom, three-bathroom home in Broadbeach Waters, Queensland, with the intention that it would be a family-friendly home that would stand out among the luxury properties surrounding them.
The house is reportedly under offer for $2.275 million ($NZD 2.49 million), per realestate.com.au, sold to a Melbourne buyer by Connor Malan of Ray White Burleigh Group.
With its modern coastal style and features taken from American plantation houses, the result is a dead ringer for the house built by Ryan Gosling’s character in the 2004 rom-com.
“I absolutely love that plantation style so we built one ourselves,” Mrs Gallagher said.
“I just felt Hamptons style had been done.
“I said to Sebastian, let’s buck the trend and do something totally different for the Gold Coast.”
Mr Malan said the home was in “a market of its own” and sold after it passed in at auction.
“I haven’t seen anything like it on the Gold Coast,” he said.
“As much as I personally like Hamptons style, I think there’s an even greater level of sophistication with this plantation style that Sebastian and Jennifer have done.
“I can see this trend catching on, for sure.”
According to property records, the vendors paid $1.19 million ($NZ 1.31 million) for the block in May 2021, when a four-bedroom, single-level home was standing on it.
“We could’ve just renovated but we knew the block was perfect for this style house, which called for a complete knockdown,” Mrs Gallagher said.
“It was a lot of hard work, especially sourcing materials and fixtures from America in a pandemic, but we feel the market wants new, not renovated at the moment.”
As the couple’s fourth Gold Coast project, they show no signs of stopping with plans to get started on another.
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