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Jon Ruwolt

Nov 202 min read

St Kilda Federation Queen Anne

This large residence ticks all of the Federation Queen Anne details

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Jon Ruwolt

Feb 28, 20213 min read

Queen Anne Design

Saint Kilda - 8A St Leonards Avenue St Kilda, Vic 3182 - Ramornie, 49 Mangarra Road, Canterbury VIC 3126 These two properties, recently...

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Jon Ruwolt

Oct 4, 20204 min read

Renovation in Context

On the market - a largely original Federation home at 42 Iluka Road, Mosman NSW, and Albert and Middle Park Renovations

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Jon Ruwolt

Aug 28, 20202 min read

Epic Mansions need owners

Sydney has an historic mansion, Ardagh in Mosman for sale. Set on 2700 square metres, the seven-bedroom Federation mansion with pool and...

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Jon Ruwolt

Mar 3, 20201 min read

Art Nouveau Renovator

Alder, a federation style period home in Middle Park, Victoria has been offered for sale for the first time since 1964. Opportunity beckons.

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Jon Ruwolt

Dec 19, 20193 min read

Historical Homesteads for sale

Here are two old Federation properties now available: 1. Mawallok 3802 Geelong Road, Stockyard Hill 2. Highbury Homestead, 11 The Promenade

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Jon Ruwolt

Sep 20, 20193 min read

Queen Anne total renovations

Here are three (actually four) elegant, spacious, and totally renovated Federation Queen Anne houses at the top end of their streets, in...

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Jon Ruwolt

Mar 29, 20191 min read

Bass Lodge, Mornington Peninsula

Jonathan Chancellor, of PropertyObserver, reports that Bass Lodge, the Flinders Mornington Peninsula home, has sold for $6.775 million....

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Which Garden Designers preceded Edna Walling's Green Gardens?

Jon Ruwolt

Mar 2, 20193 min read

Which Garden Designers preceded Edna Walling's Green Gardens?

Garden Historian Chris Betteridge wrote in the final chapter of "Towards the Dawn" (Federation Architecture in Australia 1890-1915)...

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Jon Ruwolt

Feb 15, 20192 min read

Windy Hill neighbours in Essendon

The heritage-listed "Peterleigh Grove and Kalimna Street precinct" in Essendon is a residential area comprising houses from c.1880 to...

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Jon Ruwolt

Dec 17, 20182 min read

Federation Suburbs and Precincts

Season's greetings to all of you! And a happy New Year too, marked by Queen Anne celebrations found by viewing the new movie "The...

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Geelong Federation homes fetching high prices

Jon Ruwolt

Dec 11, 20183 min read

Geelong Federation homes fetching high prices

In Geelong, Victoria, Peter Farago of the Geelong Advertiser reported on one of three Geelong Federation beauties to fetch premium prices...

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Jon Ruwolt

Nov 26, 20182 min read

Trophy Federation Homes

These homes have been for sale recently, of which one has quickly sold. Lugano, 215 Clarke St, Northcote VIC 'Eminence on Ruckers Hill'...

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Jon Ruwolt

Nov 2, 20183 min read

Fancy a Queen Anne renovation?

In both Victoria and South Australia two desirable double-storey properties have been listed for sale. Four bedrooms on a large block in...

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Menzie's Arts and Crafts home in Kew, with "weird" sales hooks...

Jon Ruwolt

Oct 30, 20182 min read

Menzie's Arts and Crafts home in Kew, with "weird" sales hooks...

Sir Robert Menzies owned this 1874sq m property, which dates back to 1912, from 1929-1949, including two years spent as Victoria’s deputy...

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Jon Ruwolt

Oct 27, 20182 min read

Top Federation Homes

Derived from sales reports and heritage listings, here are my choice of the best Federation homes for each state of Australia. I have...

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Jon Ruwolt

Oct 24, 20184 min read

Quality Federation Renovations

CLASSIC beauty should be more than skin deep for grand Federation style houses. There are several common ways of renovating a Federation...

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South Yarra Federation home expected to double in price.

Jon Ruwolt

Sep 25, 20181 min read

South Yarra Federation home expected to double in price.

60 Caroline St, South Yarra, It was last sold in 2005 for $2,737,500. A MEMBER of the Collingwood Football Club’s legendary Coventry...

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Jon Ruwolt

Sep 19, 20182 min read

Ostentatious Glamour - Edwardian Style

As an architectural style, 'Edwardian' refers to the period 1900 to 1918, also the Federation Era in Australia. The beginning of the...

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Storybook style houses are 1920s-1930s buildings inspired by Hollywood fantasy

Jon Ruwolt

Sep 17, 20181 min read

Storybook style houses are 1920s-1930s buildings inspired by Hollywood fantasy

Storybook style grew out of the Picturesque fashion championed in Britain by use of the vernacular forms of architects such as John Nash,...

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