Hilltop home offers luxurious lifestyle

RENOWNED Queensland architect Paul Uhlmann is selling his luxury Gold Coast home and it’s got no shortage of wow factor. Mr Uhlmann, who has designed a string of high profile homes including The Block’s Shelly Craft’s Byron Bay dreamhome, spent the past six years renovating his semirural Mudgeeraba house with wife Rebecca.

The split-level five-bedroom home curves into the land on a hilltop on a 30,800sq m block and it comes with a pool, media room, study, parent’s retreat and five-car garage. But it wasn’t always so grand. The decorated architect and his wife stumbled across the location they would eventually call home more than 30 years ago. “I visited a project and always remembered it was in a unique small valley with only half a dozen properties,” Mr Uhlmann said.

From the outside timber and stone cladding soften the house while inside, high ceilings create plenty of space and allow natural light to filer in.

Modern fixtures including pendant lights, louvres and a neutral colour palette create a warm and inviting space.

Mr Uhlmann used his extensive design expertise to kit out the residence with plenty of extras including the Horizon Edge pool which capitalises on the views of the coastline and a Stovax fireplace for making the most of cool evenings.

“And at night the Gold Coast lights sparkle down below through the valley,” he said.