TWEED NEW BYRON BAY FOR CASHED-UP TREE-CHANGERS
A MEDITERRANEAN-inspired mansion has propelled the Tweed Coast forward as northern NSW’s next luxury tree-change destination.
Known as Casa Campana, the white-rendered dream home on a 1.31ha rainforest block in Nunderi is owned by Sophie Bell, founder of creative design agency Peppa Hart, and her husband, Michael.
Designed by Peppa Hart in collaboration with Three Birds Renovations, the home is being marketed for $3.5m by Brent Savage and Ethan Price, of LS Properties.
Mr Savage said cashed-up buyers were turning to Tweed from the celebrity playground of Byron Bay.
“These buyers would normally be looking in the Byron hinterland, but you’re going to have to spend $5mplus to get a decent place out there, while you are still finding better value here in the Tweed area,” Mr Savage said.
“A lot of people are new to this part of the world and are still trying to get an understanding of the area and what it has to offer.
“The area has changed from a sleepy holiday destination to a very established, majority owneroccupier market.”
Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows regional population growth in 2021 was the highest in 40 years as people moved to lifestyle locations during the pandemic.
Median house prices in the Tweed increased 35 per cent in 12 months, to $950,000.
Closer to the river, luxury pockets of Banora Point and Terranora have also notched up big-ticket sales.
A secluded Banora Point estate smashed the suburb record when it sold for $5.45m in February.
The sprawling Paul Cloutdesigned home on 2500sq m at 12-14 Ferry Rd was sold by Denise and Brian Dangerfield, of LJ Hooker.
The Dangerfields’ current
Buyers would normally be looking in the Byron hinterland, but you’re going to have to spend $5m-plus to get a decent place out there, while you are still finding better value here in the Tweed area Brent Savage
listings include a resort-style acreage property at 10 Nassau Ave, Terranora, with spectacular hinterland and coastal views.
The five-bedroom, threebathroom home makes expansive use of mirrors and glass, allowing natural light to bounce from gleaming natural wood floors and finishes throughout.
Wide pathways lead around a tropical pool and entertaining area, all set among manicured gardens.
The property last changed hands in 2020 for $2.14m and is marketed via an expressions-of-interest campaign.
“We’re finding Byron is changing a little in terms of who is moving there, and those Byron buyers are selling up and moving to our
neck of the woods. There’s still a lot of bang for your buck at Terranora,” Ms Dangerfield said.
Casa Campana was built over 10 months in 2019 and offers complete privacy with plenty of green space for the Bells’ two children, Hendrix, 6, and Peppa, 3.
“We were living in Burleigh Heads and would come down to northern NSW every weekend,” Ms Bell said. “I grew up in the country and we wanted our children to have that peace and freedom too.”
The four-bedroom, twobathroom home sits high in the hills above Cabarita Beach. It also has two chic cubby houses – one for the kids with a rooftop slide and another for the adults, with a bar and daybed.