A milestone sale has hit Noosa with a luxurious dual occupancy holiday home landing $15m at auction – without an ocean view.
The property at 2/1-7 Bayview Road, Noosa Heads, known as ‘Lumiere’, fetches thousands a day on the holiday market, offering two homes on the same site.
Bidding started at $10m for the property which was built by Deborah and Glen Watson whose previous luxury homes in the area have sold for as much as $13.5m.
The midday auction saw three registered bidders on site – two of whom were active, kicking off five times the suburb median price of $2,067,500.
Agent Chris Miller of Tom Offermann Real Estate, Noosa Heads, said what followed was an auction with “competitive, spirited bidding”, with raised offers between $50,000 and $400,000 over the next 45 minutes.
It took more than $4m more in bids to pause the bidding, when the highest bidder went to negotiate further with the vendors’ agents. When they returned just before the hour mark, the offer had raised from around $14m to $15m, and the home sold right then under the hammer.
While not the highest sale for the pricey suburb, Mr Miller could confirm it was the highest sale in the area for a home without a view of the nearby Laguna Bay.
Mr Miller said the Watsons felt emotional about parting ways with the house they’d spent years of their lives working on.
“[They] really poured their heart and soul into that property, and every square centimetre has been custom designed,” he said. “Every detail has been agonised over to create something that’s so remarkable, so passing that baton is a bittersweet thing.”
Mr Miller said “this is actually the fourth home they’ve designed, created and built together”.
The couple previously collaborated with designer Chris Clout on a home in Sunshine Beach, which sold for $6.2m in 2016. When it was sold again in 2023, the home fetched a whopping $13.5m.
The Watson family also created the home next door to Lumiere, which sold in 2021 for $13.5m as well.
The buyers expect to leave Lumiere as-is for when they are staying at the property.
“I know [they’re] going to enjoy it for many years to come,” Mr Miller said. “They’re looking forward to calling it their Noosa home away from home.”
The home previously featured in the Courier Mail’s ‘Best Homes’ column, described as a luxury offering that spared no expense in its construction.