Just months prior to first listing the property for sale in October last year, Durie told News Corp that buyers had been circling.<\/p>\n
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David Warner pulls stumps in Maroubra<\/a><\/p>\n Jamie Durie at the AACTA Awards Industry Gala earlier this year on the Gold Coast. Picture, Portia Large.<\/p>\n The remarkable home was first listed last October.<\/p>\n The home is designed by Silvester Fuller Architects.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve had a couple of random offers. I think they can see that we\u2019ve created something quite future-proof and forward-thinking. But we want to enjoy the house for a while. We\u2019ve worked a long time and are not ready to give it up yet,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Belah House, which hit the market late last year with expectations of fetching about $33m, has undergone a series of price reductions after Durie and his singer-songwriter partner, Ameka Jane, decided to permanently relocate to the family\u2019s property in northern NSW with their two children Beau and Nash.<\/p>\n The price guide reportedly then dropped to $30m, then to $28m ahead of a planned March auction this year. By August it was asking about $25m.<\/p>\n Belah House will now go under the hammer with a guide of $18m at a yet-to-be-announced private auction marketed through Ray White Double Bay\u2019s Adam Reichman and Ashley Bierman, Sotheby\u2019s Michael Pallier and McGrath\u2019s James Baker.<\/p>\n MORE: Durie claims pool water is \u201cdrinkable\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n An infinity-edge pool looks out over Pittwater.<\/p>\n The original home on the 1017 sqm site was mid-century weekender.<\/p>\n Durie bought the 1017sq m Riverview Rd property in 2015 for $2.275m \u2013 which at the time housed an original mid-century weekender \u2013 before engaging Silvester Fuller Architects to create the ambitious new build.<\/p>\n Completed just last year after a five-year design and construction process, Belah House was conceived by Durie as a showcase for sustainable architecture and biophilic design.<\/p>\n The now five-level, five-bedroom, six-bathroom residence features an internal lift, guest accommodation, home cinema and a wellness retreat with sauna, steam room and ice bath.<\/p>\n There is a double-height living area, a statement spotted gum staircase and a full-width deck overlooking an infinity-edge pool and Pittwater.<\/p>\n External spaces include 14 different gardens with entertaining levels including a private beach and a 200sq m rooftop lawn.<\/p>\n Durie described the home as an environmental experiment.<\/p>\n Every decision about the home had to respect the landscape.<\/p>\n Durie designed the property\u2019s native gardens to cascade down the 37-degree sloping site towards the water, while a 160sq m rooftop garden provides sweeping views across the harbour.<\/p>\n When speaking about the project last year, Durie described it as an environmental experiment, incorporating solar power, geothermal heating and cooling, sustainable concrete and extensive energy-efficiency measures.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re the only house in Sydney with this technology; a combination of solar panels plus geothermal and sustainable concrete,\u201d he said, adding the process of building on such a site meant every decision had to respect the landscape.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not just about fitting the house onto the land, but making sure the land feels part of the home,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cLuxury comes in all different forms, but true luxury is to reconnect with nature, and that\u2019s why I built this house.\u201d<\/p>\n Durie has claimed thata the swimming pool in the incredible home is so pristine, it is \u2018drinkable<\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\n MORE:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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