Rare river home up for grabs

“River House”, Ciel is a top-tier luxury home with absolute river frontage and sweeping city and Story Bridge views. This is a find that can never be replicated, in a market desperate for luxury riverfront living.

“Ciel” on New Farm’s highly sought after Moray Street, is a discrete and exclusive complex of only eight apartments. Few realise that beyond the elegant street level facade, a sprawling, 3 storey, 4 bedroom home spills down to the river. The recently renovated property opens to an exclusive-use waterfront yard and pool and even contains a private, internal lift.

The immense property at 8/69 Moray Street, New Farm has a whopping 704sqm of space. It offers exclusive gangway access straight onto the popular River Walk and bike path, allowing access to Howard Smith Wharves within minutes.

Marketed by Ray White Collective Luxury’s Matt Lancashire, the four-bedroom, four-ensuite home features faultless, high-end interiors, designed by Samantha Leigh Interiors - renowned for Stan’s and Mr Percival’s. Fixtures and fittings were sourced both internationally and locally, taking the quality to levels rarely found in this market.

The immaculate stone kitchen is appointed with Miele and Gaggenau appliances. Dual living levels are anchored by a fireplace and integrated Sonos system. An internal lift services all three floors and the private pool is set amongst landscaped gardens.

The primary suite includes a breathtaking rose marble dressing room beneath a chandelier and its own river-view balcony.

The property is owned by Tim and Amanda Mahony, who have just completed an extensive full renovation on their tri-level house.

TKM Capital Managing Director Tim Mahony has lived in the riverfront home for almost 20 years.

“You would be hard pressed to find a better position to live,” he said.

“We hosted our wedding here in 2012 and Alex Lloyd played for 100 of us and all our neighbours down on the lawn by the river. It was awesome! ” The family friendly riverhome is shared with Poppy, 12 and Max, 10 who went to the local Catholic school, Holy Spirit.

“We have recently finished a refurbishment over the three levels, completely gutted the space back to the concrete floor and removed 40 tonnes of waste material. Every single fitting and fixture was replaced, It’s all brand new, even the airconditioning plant. We loved working with Samanth Leigh to create such a beautiful home from scratch.”

The family will be moving into a new bespoke penthouse in Fortitude Valley in TKM’s latest development. “It will be sad in some ways to say goodbye to a home where we’ve had so much fun but also exciting to design another new space with a blank canvas.”

Mr Lancashire said properties of this calibre rarely presented themselves in New Farm.

"There are only two riverhouses in the Ciel collection, and this is one of them," Mr Lancashire said.

"You simply don't get this combination in New Farm, direct river frontage, three floors of considered design, and walking access to Howard Smith Wharves, James Street and Merthyr Village all at once. Buyers looking for a genuine forever home on the water don't have many options like this to choose from."

He said the recent redesign of the building's communal areas by architect Tim Stewart had added further appeal.

"It's given the whole building a lift, and it speaks to how well maintained and considered this address is as a whole, not just within the residence itself."