The Keatings, who share two children, plan to replace the existing dwelling with a new residence designed by Nicholas Tang Architects, with landscaping by Fulton McNair Landscape Architects. Finishes will include timber-look cladding and off-form concrete. The architectural plans state that the current building fabric is structurally unsound, justifying a complete rebuild. At the time of purchase in March, it was understood Storm intended to extensively renovate the home and make it more carbon-friendly, similar to the couple’s carbon-neutral London residence.
“Storm is a proud Aussie and loves Australia,” a local source said. “She was particularly drawn to this property as it captures the very best of the Australian lifestyle – direct access to the beach, a sense of privacy and seclusion, and a unique, almost treehouse feel, overlooking Tamarama Beach.”
The previous vendor, Michaela Klaiber, paid $1.73 million in 2010 for the two-level treehouse and renovated it with limewashed American oak floors, a coastal white palette and statement lighting. Buyer’s agents Leon Jacques and Zoe Tack of Aurum Advisory represented the couple; Alexander Phillips and Vince Licata, now at Ray White Phillips & Co, sold the address.
In a separate prestige listing, billionaire property developer Charlotte Vidor AM has placed her whole-floor Double Bay penthouse on the market with a price guide of $21 million. The three-bedroom, three-bathroom residence features marble floors, a main bedroom with private terrace, a home office or fourth bedroom, stacking glass doors and a north-facing terrace. Elliott Placks of Ray White Double Bay described it as “an incredible apartment that offers over 350 square metres of internal and external living. It’s so rare to have a residence this size, all on one level in Double Bay.” The Vidors bought the apartment for $8.2 million in 2020. Charlotte co-founded the Toga property development group in 1963 and was inducted into The Australian Property Hall of Fame in 2024.
At the more modest end of the market, the Snowy Mountains retreat of the late Sir Arthur Roden Cutler, NSW’s longest-serving governor, has been listed for $950,000. The four-bedroom, two-bathroom home at Lake Eucumbene was designed by Pollitt, Malcolm and Bell in 1967 and completed in 1968. Marcus Lloyd-Jones of Modern House Estate Agents said the property “reveals the personal side of Sir Cutler’s life, expressed through modern architecture and a love of fly fishing.” The home features timber panelling, clinker brick and a green-and-grey colour palette.