COVIDPROOF PAD
A-LIST agents Alex and Victoria Fleri, who find prestige properties for Hollywood stars, are embarking on a property project of their own in 2022 with a Covid-proof twist.
The couple, who work for Amir Prestige, plan to build a Covid-proof waterfront mansion on a block of land they bought at 24 Claymore Cst, Sorrento, for $700,000 in 2013.
The celebrity couple recently sold their threestory, five-bedroom house at 6 Costa Court, Broadbeach Waters, for $2.32 million, so they could embark on their ambitious new project.
The Fleris, who run a building company in between shooting for the silver screen and selling luxury property, said plans for the contemporary new-build were still being finalised, with the luxury six-bedroom, fivebathroom home on a 797sq m block designed for living in a Covid-affected world.
“This design is unique in the sense we have taken into account the lessons learned from Covid lockdowns,” Ms Fleri said. “We’ve incorporated an area for home conference calls to be set-up properly and even a lounge/home schooling section should more ‘lock downs’ occur,” she said.
“We’ve also come up with a design that allows for a large upstairs balcony to be sectioned off from adjoining rooms to create isolation spaces with fresh air areas, should someone in the house need to quarantine.”
The Covid-proof home will not be the first home the Fleris have built. They also created “Athena”, a property they just sold in Broadbeach Waters after buying a knockdown in 2017 for $800,000 and turning it into a tri-level, luxury mansion.
Ms Fleri said when the new house is completed, “I imagine the usual argument will happen between myself and Alex. I’ll want to live in it and enjoy it, and he’ll want to sell it and move on to the next one.”
That conversation may not be too far off, according to Mr Fleri.
“We are just finalising the engineering drawings at the moment and then it will be full steam ahead.
“As much as I love being on the tools myself, when we build I think this one will need to fit into our busy real estate schedule and our movie filming.”
They handle multi-millions residential sales on the Coast each year and are marketing one of Queensland’s most expensive,– Bellagio La Villa in Tallebudgera.