Luxury Excess: Australia's Most Over-The-Top Mansions
Some houses have money. These ones want you to know about it. Luxury Excess is for the Australian mansions where nobody ever said “that's probably enough”: gold ceilings, marble everywhere, indoor pools, garages for fifteen cars, and at least one home casino on the Gold Coast. We're not having a go. Anyone who puts a roulette wheel in the lounge room has our full respect. If your idea of a great listing includes the words “imported Italian marble,” start scrolling.
For SaleHow Long Can One House Be, Keiraville?
The pool room is so big it needs a sign to the toilets.
SoldFrom Doilies to Sex Panther in Croydon
Twenty years ago this house had doilies. Then something happened to it.
Not currently for saleYes, Another Indoor Pool: Welcome To St Ives
The second house we've found with a lap pool in the lounge. We're worried.
Not currently for saleWho Did This?: Paradise Point's Full Gold Treatment
Who did this? We need a name.
Not for saleThe 24,000-Square-Foot House With Its Own Old West Town Inside It
It has a Western town built inside it. The rest is a formality.
For SaleFort Knox, But Damp
A double-brick castle with a lap pool where the middle should be.
SoldStudio 54: Kenthurst
A working nightclub. Also five acres and a cricket wicket.
Not for saleJesus Take The Wheel: Oran Park
There's a life-size Jesus in the main bedroom. Every dinner is a Last Supper.
Not currently for saleGidget Goes to Palm Springs
Two bars, a yellow water slide and brolgas on the kitchen walls.
Not currently for saleThe Randwick Royale
A blue bathroom and a rust bathroom, fighting for supremacy.
SoldThe F.A.C. Manor: Beverly Hills, NSW (Not That One)
Beverly Hills, NSW. Not that one. Very much not that one.
For SaleLion Around: Geelong's Lion-Statue Mansion
Fourteen lions. We counted. Then we found the cellar window into the pool.
SoldSix Ensuites and a Climbing Wall
Six ensuites, and one bedroom has its own climbing wall.
Not currently for saleThe Earth Castle
It has working drawbridges. That's not even the weirdest part.
For saleBaltimore: The Gold Coast's Only Home Casino
There's a casino in this house. A real one.
SoldQuambone Castle: A Fixer-Upper With Delusions of Grandeur
The pool is brown. The walls are mouldy. But it's got a helipad.
SoldThe Sandcastle House
She wanted a castle. The builders, the council and her architect dad all lost.
Not currently for saleSydney's Pink Palace
A Harry Seidler tower, and a tin of pink paint that got loose.
SoldLiving In Freakin' Disney World
A Millennium Falcon cinema and a dragon pizza oven. Inside Disney World.
SoldIvy League: Darling Point
Sold for $21 million. Still has a rooster portrait in the dining room.
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