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EVER WONDERED WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LIVE IN A GATED COMMUNITY? · The Real Estate Show

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  Speaker 1: Well, Cam, it's time for our Property of the Week.
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  Speaker 1: 27 Lakeview Gardens in Jarrabumbra.
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  Speaker 2: Wowee.
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  Speaker 1: We always have special properties each week that we're very
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  Speaker 1: lucky we get to talk about. But this one.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and when I saw the pictures come up, it's
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  Speaker 2: just like, oh, I know that place.
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  Speaker 3: Like, I have driven past this sort of entrance place
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  Speaker 3: many times.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, indeed.
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  Speaker 1: So let's find out more about it. Michael Liristakis from
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  Speaker 1: Berkeley Residential joins us.
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  Speaker 2: Michael, good morning. How are you?
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  Speaker 4: Good, thank you. How are you?
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  Speaker 1: I'm good. Now, this place, so Cam has mentioned that
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  Speaker 1: he has driven past this before.
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  Speaker 2: Many, many times.
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  Speaker 3: And you drive past and you see the gates and
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  Speaker 3: you see the road that goes over the little bridge
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  Speaker 3: and you go.
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  Speaker 2: Man, that must be really good in there.
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  Speaker 4: It is.
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  Speaker 1: It is because this place is awesome. I have not
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  Speaker 1: driven past this. So this is all new to me.
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  Speaker 1: And I said to Cam, is this in, are we
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  Speaker 1: sure that this is, you know, local? But Michael, it's
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  Speaker 1: a really special place, isn't it? Tell us about it.
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  Speaker 4: It's very sort of well-designed. Back when Alex Brinkmeyer developed
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  Speaker 4: Jarrah Bomber, he had a plan to build a private island.
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  Speaker 4: It got divided up into nine boutique homes, and then
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  Speaker 4: they all had their sort of different size ranges. And
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  Speaker 4: this one's quite unique because it's got 54 metres of
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  Speaker 4: water frontage, its own jetty, its own small beach, and
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  Speaker 4: then also has access to the communal centre, which occupies...
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  Speaker 4: The centre of the island with a tennis court, an
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  Speaker 4: indoor pool that's heated, and a sauna and a function
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  Speaker 4: room as well.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and so that's all amazing.
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  Speaker 3: And, of course, you talk about the indoor pool at
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  Speaker 3: the leisure centre, but you really don't have to go
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  Speaker 3: that far because this property has got its own indoor
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  Speaker 3: pool as well.
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  Speaker 4: Yes. Yeah, it's got its own indoor pool as well
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  Speaker 4: with its own spa and then sort of its wine cellar. It's...
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  Speaker 4: Actually a very, very well-equipped, amazing property.
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  Speaker 1: Totally. And Michael, when I was looking through the pictures,
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  Speaker 1: I said to Cam, gosh, it feels like this is
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  Speaker 1: somewhere you go to stay for a special holiday, not
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  Speaker 1: a house.
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  Speaker 2: And what did I say back to you, Renee?
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  Speaker 1: What did you say back to me?
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  Speaker 2: Well, you can. Yes, because if you own it, that's
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  Speaker 2: where you do go back to.
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  Speaker 1: Which is, that's certainly the vibe of it, isn't it, Michael?
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  Speaker 4: Yes, it's very, very... resort-like. And it's a very tight-knit
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  Speaker 4: community in that little section. So yeah, it's a very,
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  Speaker 4: very beautiful place.
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  Speaker 3: Okay. So we know you and your dad have been
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  Speaker 3: in real estate for a long, long time. You've sold
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  Speaker 3: incredible properties. As you went through this one for the
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  Speaker 3: first time, what were some of the things that you
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  Speaker 3: saw that you just went, oh my God, that's incredible?
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  Speaker 4: Well, I've been through the property many, many times. I've
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  Speaker 4: been friends with the owners for quite a while. And
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  Speaker 4: Every time you step through the front entrance and you
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  Speaker 4: get into that living area and you look out through
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  Speaker 4: the double-story glass and you just see the water, it
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  Speaker 4: is magnificent. Just the serenity of where it is and
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  Speaker 4: sort of surroundings of it, you have 180-degree water views
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  Speaker 4: and it's just... It is breathtaking when you step foot
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  Speaker 4: into the home.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and it's so rare. Like where else are you
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  Speaker 1: going to get something like that?
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  Speaker 4: In the area, obviously, Queanbeyan, Jarrabombra, and then ACT Surround,
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  Speaker 4: you just do not get waterfront jetties. It's just not
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  Speaker 4: a thing. So it's very, very special.
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  Speaker 1: And something else I noticed that, Cam, I'm surprised you
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  Speaker 1: haven't mentioned yet, is you walk down the stairs to,
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  Speaker 1: is it a wine cellar?
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  Speaker 4: Yes, yes. So a basement wine cellar that is sort
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  Speaker 4: of well equipped down there. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And who do you, like you said, it's a tight
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  Speaker 1: knit community. So you kind of like, who do you
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  Speaker 1: think it would suit to kind of fit within that community?
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  Speaker 4: Definitely a family. You've got facilities for families. kids to
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  Speaker 4: enjoy their upbringing immensely, whether you're in the backyard of
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  Speaker 4: the home or whether you're taking advantage of the tennis court,
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  Speaker 4: the pool, communal pool, all the functions centred at birthday
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  Speaker 4: parties or events.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure. Gosh, like I said, it's like a holiday.
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  Speaker 1: When can people come and have a look?
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  Speaker 4: Yep, so we're open most weekends and during the weekdays
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  Speaker 4: by appointment. Obviously, it's a little bit tricky to get
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  Speaker 4: people in, so we prefer people call in and then
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  Speaker 4: we'll arrange access.
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  Speaker 2: Yep, that sounds fair too.
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  Speaker 1: Yep, absolutely. Well, fair enough. Well, I don't think you'll
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  Speaker 1: need luck with this one, but we'll say good luck anyway.
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  Speaker 1: It's absolutely amazing and thanks for sharing that with us.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you very much for having me on.
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  Speaker 1: That's Michael Liristakis from Berkeley Residential.