Grand Flinders mega-mansion sells for $23.5m, setting suburb record

The Flinders mega-mansion built to overlook the ocean on Melbourne’s Mornington Peninsula has sold for a whopping $23.5 million, records show.

The newly built King Street home, dubbed Horizon, was originally advertised with a $30 million price tag and set a suburb record after the sale settled this week.

It sold through Peninsula Sotheby’s International Realty in March, with director Rob Curtain remaining tight-lipped about the sale price and the buyer.

Mr Curtain had previously confirmed to the media there had been a sale and that the home sold for a price close to the mid-$20 millions.

He would not comment when public records this week confirmed the sale price and listed the buyer as Christopher Weyers. The seller is luxury developer Brooke Starbuck. 

The 2000-square-metre, five-bedroom property includes luxurious features like a 35-seat spa and a large infinity pool that overlooks the ocean.

It also has an impressive courtyard, as well as a large indoor gym, wine cellar and a home cinema for those nights relaxing at home, even during lockdowns.

With stunning curved architecture, the home features two kitchens and views of Flinders from every window.

The settlement followed other big sales along the peninsula this year, including eight blocks of land at the former farm known as Tintagel on Wildcoast Road in Portsea, which sold for close to $50 million in total.

While the home has set a record sale price for Flinders, it is still less than the most expensive sale for the Mornington Peninsula.

That record remains with the mansion Ilyuka in Portsea, which sold for $26 million back in 2010.

Unlike the newly built Horizon, Ilyuka, an Aboriginal word meaning by the sea, is a Spanish mission-style mansion built for Texan oil tycoon Harry Cornforth in 1929. It sold above the price guide of $20 million at the time.