$5M APARTMENT’S VIEW HARD TO TOP
TOWERING over other tall buildings, so far up sunbakers are reduced to minuscule scale, lines of surf appear to roll in slow motion and the city buzz is muted by whistling wind.
One of the Gold Coast’s loftiest apartments has just hit the market with a sky-high price tag of almost $5 million.
The sub-penthouse of Soul in Surfers Paradise features dazzling views, which is no surprise given it is on the 64th floor of a supertower that hits 246m at its spire, a height second only to Q1.
“It’s certainly up there,” said Jordan Williams, managing director of Kollosche Prestige Agents.
Such properties do not often hit the market and the sale was a regrettable and tragic one, he said.
The owner, a Malaysian businesswoman, had not returned to the luxury apartment since the death of her husband.
“The couple bought the property in 2012 postGFC as a holiday home,” Mr Williams said.
They paid $6 million for it – a price that has been slashed to $4.95 million.
“She’s very motivated, she understands the apartment market hasn’t bounced back as well as houses after the GFC,” Mr Williams said.
The northeast facing property had been listed “softly’’ on the market just before Christmas to coincide with the pre-Commonwealth Games buzz.
“We believe it will sell in the first quarter of next year based on forecasts,” Mr Williams said.
It had been holiday let for the past 18 months, with current booking data showing the subpenthouse could be reserved for about $12,000 a week.
Occupants can live a “life of perpetual luxury” in the four-bedroom, three-bathroom skyhome residence.
Views from the city to the Pacific Ocean are visible from almost every room, while an expansive wraparound terrace with glass panels offers a dizzying vantage point.