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Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n AAA<\/p>\n Location, comfort, resort-style features, and low-maintenance living are all important to making your home away from home, or a more permanent lifestyle change, convenient and enjoyable.<\/p>\n Whether you\u2019re in the city looking for a sea or tree change, or searching for the perfect weekender or holiday home, there\u2019s plenty of choice on the market.<\/p>\n Here are our five favourite luxury retreats for sale right now.<\/p>\n 27 Bradford Road, Mount Martha, VIC<\/a><\/p>\n Set at the peak of a cascading 2214 sq m (approx.) allotment, this seaside estate in Mount Martha offers panoramic views of Port Phillip Bay.<\/p>\n The property features a range of luxurious elements, including floor-to-ceiling windows on both levels, lift access, a culinary kitchen with stone benchtops and a cocktail station, a wine cellar, a wet bar, concrete floors, and an avant-garde chandelier.<\/p>\n Outdoors, this sense of luxury continues with a salt-chlorinated, solar-heated pool, an alfresco garden featuring a barbecue kitchen, and a lily pond with a footbridge leading to an entertainment studio with a kitchen and bathroom.<\/p>\n The property is close to a range of amenities, including local schools, beaches, the golf course, and Martha Cove Marina.<\/p>\n 34 Marine Parade, Avalon Beach, NSW<\/a><\/p>\n This North Avalon home offers a coastal lifestyle, just 400 metres from the beach and close to Avalon Village.<\/p>\n The contemporary layout and functionality of the home were designed by architect Sean Gartner, who merged indoor and outdoor living through the north-facing aspect, bringing natural light into the home, and by incorporating sliding stacker doors that connect the open-plan kitchen, dining and living zone to the outdoor deck.<\/p>\n The expansive deck features built-in seating and a gas fireplace overlooking the mineral swimming pool.<\/p>\n The property also includes five bedrooms and four bathrooms, set primarily on a single level, with the fifth bedroom or family room and a bathroom on the first floor.<\/p>\n 20 Maxwell Street, Blairgowrie, VIC<\/a><\/p>\n Designed and built by renowned local designer Darryn Treacey, this newly completed Blairgowrie home offers luxurious, low-maintenance living across its multi-level layout.<\/p>\n The open-plan living and dining area features high, pitched timber ceilings, exposed beams and skylights that capture natural light. Full-height glazing connects the three separate alfresco areas, landscaped gardens and the fully tiled, heated pool and spa.<\/p>\n The home features premium fixtures, materials, and finishes, including Wormy Chestnut hardwood flooring and custom Boston Oak joinery, and has a 7-star energy rating and a solar PV system.<\/p>\n 36 Derriwong Road, Dural, NSW<\/a><\/p>\n Perfect for a large family or multigenerational living, this property sits on five acres behind a gated entry in Dural.<\/p>\n The multi-zoned floor plan includes an oversized living room, a formal lounge with balcony access, and an open-plan dining and family area.<\/p>\n There is a self-contained one-bedroom granny flat on the lower level, with a carport.<\/p>\n Outside, the property is set back from the road, with established trees, two courtyards, verandas, a wrap-around balcony, and a resort-style pool area.<\/p>\n