A cherished family home at Grange – so beloved that its owners once moved back in a week after shifting to a much grander, beachfront residence – has been listed for sale for the first time in 66 years.
The circa-1890 home at 564 Seaview Rd is well-known by fishermen and boaties, who rely on two towering Norfolk Island pine trees in the backyard as a navigational reference.
Vendor Julie Sugars said her late parents, Lloyd and Eunice Sugars, had lived in the home since 1958 and briefly considered selling it in the late 1980s, having purchased the spectacular former summer house of pastoralist Walter Kidman, one street away on The Esplanade.
But after shifting to the new house, they decided it was no match for their Seaview Rd home, which was yet to go to market, and moved back in after only one week.
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The circa-1890 home is known by many for its two “Sugars Pines” standing proudly in the backyard.
They have long been used by fishermen and boaties as a navigational reference.
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Inside, the home fetaures plenty of character and charm.
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“That Kidman house was magnificent. It was a beautiful home,’’ Ms Sugars said, who is selling her parent’s property with her three siblings.
“But mum was heartbroken (at leaving Seaview Rd).
“She said there was nothing to look at night (in the new home). She looked out at the water and all she saw was black.
“(At Seaview Rd), she said ‘I could look out and enjoy all the city lights winking at me’.’’
Ms Sugars said the two-storey family home, which boasts sea and hills views, had been kept in immaculate condition, with stunning leadlight windows, marble fireplaces, decorative ceilings and artisanal wallpaper.
Original Baltic pine floorboards are currently hidden under carpet but would look wonderful restored, she said, and the home could comfortably cater to families and keen entertainers, with up to seven bedrooms and multiple living spaces.
The upstairs living room.
The spacious master bedroom.
The downstairs dining area.
Ms Sugars said two Norfolk pines, planted at the rear of the property some 100 years ago and affectionally referred to among locals as the “Sugars Pines’’, had become an iconic point of reference throughout the Grange area.
“There used to be a fishing report at the end of the TV news and (segment presenter) Bruce Harris used to (refer to) … Sugars Pines … as a landmark (for fishers),’’ she said.
“And when we were younger and getting a taxi from the city, the driver would say, ‘Where to?’ and we would say, ‘See those high trees, just wind your way towards them’.’’
Ms Sugars said selling her childhood home was heart-wrenching but hoped it would provide the opportunity for another family to move in and love it as much as she had.
“If (the new owner) has a large family and stays there for a number of decades, we would feel like the right buyer has bought it,’’ she said.
“We know it has to go … but it will be like living without a kidney or leaving a baby on the bus.
“It’s like a part of me will be gone – but not the memories, they will be with me forever.’’
– By Lauren Ahwan
