Fashion designer Rebecca Vallance selling glam Vaucluse mansion

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Fashion designer Rebecca Vallance of the eponymous brand and her financier husband David Gasan have put their glamorous Vaucluse mansion on the market.

The couple purchased a two-storey property on the site for $4.45 million in 2018 from Rosalinde James, records show, and knocked it down to make way for a palatial multi-level build with six bedrooms and nine bathrooms by architecture firm Archer Design.

Fashion designer Rebecca Vallance and her financier husband David Gasan have put their glamorous Vaucluse mansion on the market.

There is no price guide. Agents Paul Biller and Ben Torban of Biller Property are accepting expressions of interest and declined to comment on any aspect of the listing or buyer’s identity.

The property offers Sydney Harbour views and is equipped with three kitchens and a bar, a private terrace for the main bedroom, pool, wood-fired pizza oven and manicured gardens. There is a leisure wing with a cinema, library, wine cellar, gym, infrared sauna and ice bath.

There is no price guide for the six-bedroom, nine-bathroom home, and agents are accepting expressions of interest.

Interiors feature coffered ceilings, chandeliers, marble, natural stone bathrooms, heated towel rails and underfloor heating.

Independent real estate sources that are not authorised to speak publicly on the listing, suggested an abode of such calibre could fetch from $25 million to $35 million. The median house price for Vaucluse is $8.05 million on Domain data.

Rebecca Vallance launched her eponymous fashion brand in 2011.Credit: Glenn Hunt

The Gasans had a vision in mind from the get-go, with Rebecca having told Domain in 2021: “The plans went into council to build on the site pretty much as soon as we purchased.”

“It’ll have lots of archways, the design will be a mix of modern and class architectural style, and we wanted an abundance of entertaining options, too,” she said.

Interiors feature coffered ceilings, chandeliers, marble and natural stone bathrooms.

Ballarat-born Vallance launched her label in 2011 and is now stocked in leading international department stores. Her ultra-feminine designs and slim-cut suits range from around $500 to $1000 and are worn by celebrities and royalty including Princess Beatrice, the Hiltons, Naomi Campbell and Geri Halliwell-Horner.

“We’re known for timeless elegance. If you look at our collections and our suiting, it’s premium,” Vallance previously told this masthead.

Gasan is a general partner at Apta Group and has a background in private equity, venture capital and corporate advisory. He wed Vallance in a glamorous ceremony in 2010 in Melbourne’s South Yarra.

The Wollstonecraft home built for the Uncle Tobys founder

Construction project manager Hamish Hutton and his wife Nell, a Westpac chief executive, have listed their Wollstonecraft home with a price guide of $13 million.

The five-bedroom, three-bathroom, one-storey brick house, is a 1920s build with restored interiors and was originally built for the late Sir Clifford Love, founder of Uncle Tobys.

Hamish has been the construction project manager at Richard Crookes Constructions since 2021 and ran his own construction business Hutcon from 2006 to 2009. Nell was formerly a partner at Goldman Sachs, head of global markets for Australia and New Zealand.

Records show the couple purchased the abode for $9.2 million in 2020 from Hugh and Sara Millikin. The couple could be selling as they are rumoured to have purchased the long-time Cremorne family home of Lisa Wilkinson and Peter FitzSimons.

Wilkinson, a former Today co-host, and FitzSimons, a former Wallaby-turned-author, sold the abode for an undisclosed sum after it passed in at $24.5 million at a private auction in September. A sold sticker on the listing reveals a sale by private treaty on October 28.

The five-bedroom, landmark residence on 3214 square metres, was purchased by the media power couple for $2.95 million in 1998.

Pillinger’s Brad Pillinger and Monika Tu of Black Diamondz Property Concierge sold the property but declined to comment on any aspect of the sale or buyer’s identity. Both will be revealed at settlement.

The five-bedroom, three-bathroom home for sale is a 1920s build.

The Huttons’ home for sale has a gas kitchen and marble wet bar, a central atrium, wine cellar, gym or games room, pool and sandstone terraces with city skyline views.

Interiors feature coffered ceilings, chandeliers, patterned wallpaper and timber detail.

McGrath Crows Nest’s Peter Chauncy and Brooke Lumb hold the listing and declined to comment on the vendors’ identities. An auction has been scheduled for 1.30pm on Saturday, March 7.

Contemporary Potts Point pad for sale

Art collector Rebecca Sparks and her investment executive partner, Rob Topfer, formerly at Babcock & Brown, have put their contemporary Potts Point apartment on the market with a price guide of $10 million to $11 million.

The contemporary unit has timber floors, full-height glass and a granite kitchen with butler’s pantry.

The couple purchased the three-bedroom, two-bathroompad in a block of eight, for $6.2 million in 2017 from restaurateur Leon Fink and are seeking a tree change.

There is a wraparound terrace garden, a private 20-metre lap pool for residents and views across Woolloomooloo to the Harbour Bridge, Opera House and city skyline.

There is a wraparound terrace garden and a private 20-metre lap pool for residents.

Designed by architect Alex Popov and with interiors by SJB Architects, the contemporary unit has timber floors, full-height glass and a granite kitchen with butler’s pantry.

Jason Boon, Geoff Cox and Joss Reid of Richardson & Wrench Elizabeth Bay and Potts Point hold the listing and are accepting expressions of interest.