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From swimming in your backyard pool or at the nearby beach, hosting parties and barbecues on your alfresco, pouring a glass of wine from your at-home cellar, watching a blockbuster in your home theatre, or sweating it out in your sauna: who needs to leave home when you have these lifestyle features at your fingertips?
Here are our five favourite luxury homes for sale for a lifestyle upgrade.
44 Roslyn Gardens, Rushcutters Bay, NSW
“Airlie”, a four-storey Victorian in Russell’s Bay, once owned by explorer and inventor Lawrence Hargrave, evokes a sense of grandeur through its considered upgrades and preserved character features.
But it’s the array of outdoor entertaining features that really make a mark, creating a lifestyle perfect for relaxing and entertaining, from the front courtyard with a built-in barbecue kitchen to the rear garden with a wood-fired pizza oven.
Location-wise, the home also ticks many boxes. The property not only enjoys exclusive access to the swimming pool across the road but is also only a short walk to local cafes, village shops, Macleay Street dining, harbourside parks, foreshore walks, tennis courts and Potts Point dining.
8 Duffryn Place, Toorak, VIC
With a minimalist architectural style featuring curves and generous proportions, this Toorak home is stylish and offers features that make it a wellness oasis.
The ground floor is dedicated to restoration and well-being, featuring an indoor swimming pool, a spa, and a state-of-the-art sauna with a Himalayan salt wall.
Adjacent to this, the expansive open-plan living area offers space for a private cinema, an elegant wine cellar and bar, and a gym or multipurpose studio. Located in a quiet cul-de-sac, the property is near Toorak Village.
78 Prince Alfred Parade, Newport, NSW
Water lovers will appreciate the lifestyle this waterfront property in Newport offers.
Not only does it have its own private jetty and boatshed, complete with facilities for a 40ft cruiser, but it is also close to yacht clubs, beaches, quality schools, and express city transport.
The home includes multiple living zones, a billiard room, and outside there are entertaining terraces, a resort-style cabana, an outdoor kitchen, and a heated, self-cleaning saltwater infinity pool suspended above the water’s edge.
Other features of the home include lift access across all levels and parking for eight-plus cars.
3A Rooding Street, Brighton, VIC
This architecturally designed five-bedroom home was only completed in 2025. It features a curved facade and abundant natural light entering through floor-to-ceiling glazing.
The north-facing landscaped gardens connect to the open-plan living and dining, offering indoor-outdoor living, while the designer kitchen with a butler’s pantry provides practical spaces for entertaining.
The property is close to Bay Street’s renowned cafés, restaurants and boutiques, city-bound trains, and the iconic Golden Mile foreshore.
2513 Cressbrook Drive, Hope Island, QLD
This architecturally designed, mid-century modern, Palm Springs-inspired waterfront home epitomises the Gold Coast lifestyle.
There is a chef’s kitchen featuring a butler’s pantry, high-end finishes and appliances, and full-height pocket slider doors that open onto the alfresco terrace.
On the terrace, you can enjoy views across the Coomera River towards Thompson Island and entertain in the outdoor kitchen.
The home also features a dedicated suite of wellness and leisure amenities, including a pontoon, Pilates studio, gym, sauna, and a mosaic-tiled magnesium pool and spa.
