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Angela Fleming, wife of the late Jim Fleming, who launched the Jewel supermarket chain, has sold her Bellevue Hill home for about $10.3 million to a mystery buyer, local sources have revealed.
It’s understood Angela, who bought the four-bedroom, three-bathroom abode for $6.5 million in 2015 and made some modern updates, is embarking on a sea change.
A sold sticker went up on the listing that indicated a sale by private treaty on March 24, with the sale price undisclosed.
It will be left to settlement to reveal the exact price and buyer’s identity as listing agents Adam Reichman of Ray White Double Bay and Paul Langsam of Raine & Horne Double Bay were tight-lipped when contacted by this masthead.
The residence has a gas kitchen with breakfast bar, study, powder room, entertainer’s courtyard and mosaic saltwater pool.
There are sliding glass doors, coffered ceilings in the living zone, Venetian plastered walls, marble floors, an onyx vanity and console tables.
Bellevue Hill is Australia’s most expensive suburb, with a median house price of $9.45 million, on Domain data.
Jim, who died in 2007, bought NSW grocery chain Warmans and relaunched it as Jewel Food Stores in the 1970s before selling it to Davids Holdings in 1995 for $59 million.
In his later years, he was involved in the racing industry, becoming chairman of the Sydney Turf Club from 1983 to 1990.
Fashionable home for sale
A co-founder of high-end casual clothing label Bassike, Deborah Sams, and her husband, Toby, are upgrading to a new abode in the area as they put their Avalon Beach home on the market with a price guide of $7.8 million.
Bassike was founded in Sydney in 2006 by Sams and Mary Lou Ryan; Sams is the creative director while Ryan stepped away in 2024. There are nine stores across NSW, Queensland and Victoria, and annual revenue is estimated at $21 million.
Records show the Sams purchased the 1930s-built, Spanish-style hacienda with five bedrooms, four bathrooms, pool and cabana for $4.73 million in 2017. They have since made cosmetic tweaks to the abode.
Interiors feature hardwood floors, an earthy palette and a marble kitchen with coffered ceiling and sleek white cabinetry.
James Baker and Lauren Garner of McGrath Pittwater Avalon are accepting expressions of interest.
Double-digit Castlecrag sale
Castlecrag is a suburb some Sydneysiders may not be overly familiar with, but it’s on par with other prestige locales where homes sell for double-digit millions.
Peter Oreb has sold his mansion in the quiet postcode for about $20 million, local sources have revealed, after it hit the market with a price guide of $22 million to $24 million.
The suburb record was reset in 2022 with the $23.5 million sale of a five-bedroom, three-bathroom waterfront home.
Oreb, who owns Enter Building Group, enlisted Alchemy Architecture and MXM Design Studio to complete the build in 2023 after purchasing the existing property in 2016 for $3,375,000.
A sold sticker went up on the listing, indicating a sale by private treaty on March 31, with the sales price undisclosed. It will be left to settlement to reveal the exact sale price and buyer’s identity as listing agents Michael Coombs of Atlas and David Malouf of Highland Double Bay declined to comment when contacted by this masthead.
The six-bedroom, eight-bathroom statement abode is an architecturally designed home with turnkey finishes.
Expansive glass panels capture the harbour backdrop while a helical staircase in Venetian Marmorino Fine is the centrepiece.
Stone floors, curved accents, marble and imported carpet add to the luxurious aesthetic.
Leisure options include a mosaic pool, al fresco kitchen with in-built grill, barbecue and wine fridge, an entertainment room and a gym with a custom Red Cedar sauna.
Mosman timepiece
Stephen Fung, founder of Sydney’s Swiss Concept watch boutiques, has emerged on settlement documents as the buyer of a $22.88 million Mosman mansion. The retailer sells timepieces from brands such as Rolex, Audemars Piguet, Breguet and Blancpain.
Fung has bought the five-bedroom, six-bathroom residence from Chris Athas, founder of surf retail chain Surfection, and his wife, Amanda. The couple bought the Golden Triangle block for $3,965,000 in 2001, and it was extensively redesigned by award-winning architects Burley Katon Halliday.
The five-bedroom, six-bathroom house had been transformed into a luxury home with state-of-the-art features and north-facing views of Middle Harbour.
The Athas family haven’t moved far, settling in early 2025 on a $25.22 million house, in Amanda’s name, just steps from Balmoral Beach, which the two bought from Kristine Healy, widow of the late Healy Optical’s David Healy.
Michael Coombs of Atlas sold the property and declined to comment when contacted.
