Its main residence is the original wood three-bedroom farmhouse amid mature trees, tropical plants, fruit trees, macadamia trees and a large vegetable garden.

There is a huge wood fireplace with a brick hearth plus other original features including VJ panelling, sash windows and fretwork. A separate cottage has approved plans for a new home.

The one-time dairy farm was marketed as “easily accommodating” up to 40 head of cattle or more than 300 sheep, as well as chickens, llamas and goats. There is a large farm shed and six paddocks.

The grounds also have a five-hole golf course, a lagoon-style pool and a fire pit.

Durie is currently undertaking a house build in Avalon, costed at about $2.75m.

---

“Six years ago, I started dreaming of building a new house. This year, we finally broke ground,” Durie told his 40,000 Instagram followers in July.

He paid $2,275,000 for a 1940s Pittwater cottage in 2015 but faced significant opposition from locals.

“Our application for our family home here in Avalon, where we have resided now for 20 years, was met with a surprising amount of resistance – despite working with a local town planner – given our intention to build an energy-efficient “off the grid” state-of-the-art green home,” Durie wrote to the Northern Beaches Council.

MORE: Iconic vineyard sold for $23.5m

Fashion guru buys own home at auction

Luxe pad’s big price cut as values plummet 25 per cent

Inside Jamie Durie’s new home at Nashua. Picture: realestate.com.au

---

Durie paid $3,625,000 for the 30ha estate.

---

Stunning sunsets included. Source: realestate.com.au

---

“We have even employed the services of the Green Building Council of Australia to make our home one of the first domestic dwellings in Australia to be certified by the independent body.

“The house was originally built as a holiday home in the ’50s and is one of the most rundown and dilapidated on the street.

“It is no longer fit for living and does not comply with current code requirements.

“As one would imagine when a block is left unmaintained for over 70 years, the vegetation of natives, and invasive or noxious weeds, has completely take over.”

According to PropTrack, just three houses have been sold in Nashua over the past 12 months.

MORE: ‘Metro-fication’ hits home prices hard

Denied! Real estate cops reject Nathan Tinkler’s $25m home buyer

Rare collection of service stations up for sale