Block judge Darren Palmer revels in $11m payday
The four-bedroom, four-bathroom Sir Thomas Mitchell Rd home, a three storey house cocooned by jungle-like plantings, had initially been listed last September with other agents.
Palmer and Duvillard bought what was a 1930s California bungalow in 2015, paying $2.98m, before undertaking a rebuild in 2022 in collaboration with architect John Deuchrass with a coastal minimalist style.
'This is actually the longest-term house I've had in my entire life, except for when I was a child,' Palmer told Home Beautiful in January.
PPD's Phillips secured the sale – a street record – to a database buyer on the first day of the new financial year.
Last financial year the Phillips team secured 186 sales, worth $943m.
His 2024 calendar year sales tally, which put him as Australia's top seller for the 10th consecutive time, had a $962m tally from 196 sales in 2024, according to the Real Estate Business (REB) industry website rankings.
The Palmer/Duvillard couple also recently sold their Byron Bay retreat to Candice Rose O'Rourke, the founder of the Zulu & Zephyr lifestyle brand, and her husband Josh O'Rourke for $2.6m.
Located just 100m from Tallow Beach, it came with a path to the beach from its back gate.
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