Liberal MP John Alexander gets to know Dover Heights thanks to partner's $6.3m buy

Federal Liberal MP John Alexander looks set to spend more time in Dover Heights 30 kilometres away from his Bennelong electorate on the north shore following a recent home purchase by his partner Debbie Chadwick.

Chadwick coughed up $6.35 million for a three-level designer residence on the highest point of Dover Heights which was designed by architect Andrew Schultz with walls of glass that make much of the panoramic views over Sydney.

It was commissioned by Theo Alexakis after he bought the 342-square-metre property in 2014 for $2 million, and was listed with Raine & Horne Double Bay’s Christophe Serrao for $5.8 million to $6.3 million last September.

The five-bedroom house with basement parking for six cars and a separate self-contained apartment offers a larger floor space for Chadwick than her North Bondi home she bought in 2016 for $5.2 million.

Chadwick’s purchase in North Bondi followed the sale of her Vaucluse home, Windrush, in 2015 for $10.5 million.

Alexander hasn’t owned in his Bennelong electorate for three years, having sold his Putney home for $2.7 million. However, a spokesman said he continues to rent in Epping despite being in a “committed relationship” with Chadwick.

At the time the former tennis champion sold his Putney home. he was chairing a parliamentary inquiry into the issue of housing affordability. The following year he bought a 36-hectare property in the Southern Highlands, known as Iona Park, for $4.845 million.

Meanwhile, Chadwick has put her North Bondi house up for grabs with a $6.5 million guide through Raine & Horne’s Ric Serrao.