Clifftop home on Murry River tipped to smash Sunlands’ record

A remarkable home on the Murray riverfront is expected to smash property records when it goes under the hammer next month.

Set on 1.41ha of elevated clifftop, 1129 Murrayview Rd, Sunlands, is expected to sell for about $1.2m – more than double the current residential benchmark for the tiny Riverland locality.

But even that record breaking sum represented outstanding value for money, said selling agent Greg Cram, of Ray White Riverland.

“In the Adelaide Hills, I would say it (a similar home) would be (selling for) $3m or $3.5m,’’ Mr Cram said.

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1129 Murrayview Rd, Sunlands.

1129 Murrayview Rd, Sunlands.

1129 Murrayview Rd, Sunlands.

“It’s a beautiful, solid home, built from Mount Gambier stone.

“It’s absolutely gorgeous – an ‘Oh, my God’ property.

“Most people would say if it was anywhere else it would be worth much more.’’

The current residential price record for Sunlands is $578,000, set just two months ago by the sale of a three-bedroom home on a 1960sqm land parcel.

While property records show other homes have sold for higher sums, they have come with farming and agricultural land attached.

The four-bedroom home on Murrayview Rd, located less than 10km from Waikerie and just two hours’ drive from Adelaide, boasts an epic 196.4m river frontage, with sweeping panoramic views that capture the river’s bend.

The vendors – a retired jeweller and wine grape grower – purchased the property more than 25 years ago and have undertaken extensive renovations, adding bay windows to capitalise on the water views, creating an ensuite for the main bedroom and giving the home its distinctive “boomerang’’ shape.

Character-rich details include leadlight windows, ceiling roses and chandeliers and, at the heart of the house, a blackwood timber kitchen with granite benchtops and premium appliances.

Mr Cram said an element of “bling’’ made the home truly special.

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1129 Murrayview Rd, Sunlands.

1129 Murrayview Rd, Sunlands.

1129 Murrayview Rd, Sunlands.

“Everyone can have a 1970s cream brick home and all the normal stuff but this really has the wow factor and the charm – from the chandeliers to the blackwood kitchen to the luxurious bathroom and the master bedroom with the ensuite,’’ he said.

“And just to wake up and have that river view for the rest of your life – how beautiful.’’

Outside, multiple alfresco terraces will suit keen entertainers, while the expansive grounds are dotted with gazebos, fountains, fruit trees and a fernery.

“(The vendors) love their garden. It’s brought a lot of birdlife there, including the kookaburras,’’ Mr Cram said.

Now in their 80s, the vendors had put their home on the market to downsize and move closer to family, he said.

The Murrayview Rd property will be auctioned on October 8, unless sold prior.

– by Lauren Ahwan

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