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TV presenter Liz Cantor bought a Gold Coast dream home at auction<\/p>\n
TV presenter Liz Cantor has splashed $4.1 million on a newly built designer home in an emerging beachside pocket.<\/p>\n
The lavish five-bedroom property was the richest sale under the hammer at a bumper auction event on the Gold Coast.<\/p>\n
It comes three years after the popular Channel 10 weather presenter and host of Channel 7\u2019s Creek to Coast and Weekender moved into another double-storey dream home she built with her husband, Ryan Lysaught, in the same suburb.<\/p>\n
The couple has three children.<\/p>\n
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Television personality Liz Cantor and husband Ryan Lysaught with two eldest sons, Finn and Kit, pictured in 2022. Photographer: Andrew Thurtle<\/p>\n
Marketing agent Troy Fitzgerald, of Ray White Malan + Co, said the sale set a new benchmark for houses west of the Gold Coast Hwy in Miami.<\/p>\n
The modern coastal mansion, designed by Jayson Pate, eclipsed the previous highest sale in the pocket of $3.95m in 2024.<\/p>\n
Features of the Palm Springs-inspired trophy home include a resort-style pool, custom putting green and designer kitchen.<\/p>\n
\u201c[It] is a spectacular home and was always going to see a lot of fierce bidding but to break through the $4m ceiling means that area is well and truly in the prestige class now,\u201d Mr Fitzgerald said.<\/p>\n
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The home is in a quiet cul-de-sac and has an L-shaped design centred around a stunning al fresco area with hanging day beds by the pool and a built-in barbecue kitchen.<\/p>\n
Inside, an open-plan kitchen, living and dining space is anchored by a large island bench and butler\u2019s pantry, while upstairs the sprawling master bedroom has a boutique-style walk-in robe.<\/p>\n
Mr Fitzgerald said the auction showed the tide of prestige money was starting to wash over non-beachfront areas.<\/p>\n
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The family built another house in the beachside suburb. Picture: Nigel Hallett<\/p>\n
\u201cBarely 10 years ago, $4m would still have been enough for a freestanding house on Hedges Ave at Mermaid Beach. Now that\u2019s what\u2019s needed for a property in Miami\u2019s back streets,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHistorically, that part of Miami was very much suburbia \u2013 low set, 80s era homes with a working-class demographic.\u201d<\/p>\n
PropTrack data shows house prices in Miami were up 6.7 per cent over the past year to a median of $1.855m.<\/p>\n
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A designer kitchen anchors open-plan living spaces<\/p>\n
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The al fresco space has a built-in barbecue kitchen and hanging day beds by the pool<\/p>\n
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