The best of the best: 8 of the most impressive prestige homes for sale right now

If you’re looking for an incredible prestige property to fawn over, we’ve found eight that are sure to leave an impression.

Our shortlist of mind-blowing listings includes a designer beach house and a palatial residence that could topple a state price record.

Mount Eliza

Perched on the clifftop with spectacular views across Port Phillip Bay to Frankston Pier, the city skyline and Dandenong Ranges, this award-winning home was designed by Bird de la Coeur Architects.

The wall-to-wall glass makes the most of the outlook and a heated pool in landscaped gardens.

Quentin McEwing of McEwing Partners has given a November 7 closing date for expressions of interest, and is quoting a $7 million-to-$7.7 million guide.

Paradise Point

Queensland’s residential record will topple when this palatial waterfront is sold.

Sprawling across five north-facing blocks with a colossal 2560 square metres of luxury accommodation, the Bayden Goddard-designed property includes parquetry and marble floors, and Turkish travertine columns.

Alex Phillis of Alex Phillis Real Estate is selling the residence with a guide of $45 million.

Dalkeith

The kids definitely won’t be moving out from this resort-style riverfront residence with its 25-metre pool with swim-up bar, floodlit tennis court, 21-seat home cinema, marble-floored ballroom, plus a squash court and gym.

On six titles totalling 6406 square metres, the home also has a boat shed, orchard and veggie garden.

Ray White Cottesloe-Mosman Park agent Jody Fewster is seeking expressions of interest, which will close on December 2. The guide is $35 million-plus.

Kirribilli

Free-standing homes rarely come onto the market in this coveted harbourside locale.

This one has multiple elegant living spaces, a top floor main retreat with harbour views and a studio.

Expressions of interest close October 29 through Mark Jackson of Belle Property Neutral Bay, who is guiding $7.5 million for the residence.

New Farm

Buyers have the choice of a vacant 672-square-metre riverfront block or a 2127-square-metre estate inclusive of the vacant block and the historic colonial home Amity.

Set on terraced gardens above the Brisbane River, Amity is a four-bedroom, three-bathroom heritage property built in 1892.

Beautifully preserved, it features decorative fretwork, original fireplaces, VJ ceilings and walls, stained glass windows and a wrap-around verandah.

Howard Smith Wharves and the city are within walking distance. Matt Lancashire of Ray White New Farm is taking expressions of interest until November 15.

Mosman

Sydney’s famous zoo is almost on the doorstep of this fabulous family home which is one-part grand Queen Anne Federation and one-part Luigi Rosselli designer abode.

The formal living rooms at the front of the home retain high, decorative ceilings and open fireplaces while the contemporary open-plan spaces at the rear open to a terrace overlooking the pool and tennis court.

There are five bedrooms, five bathrooms, living spaces on each of the three levels, a home office and a 2000-bottle wine cellar.

Richard Simeon of Simeon Property is fielding expressions of interest until November 6.

Shoreham

Set on 11 hectares with fenced paddocks, a trout-stocked dam, a large farm shed and a productive vegetable garden, Milden is packed with potential for a tree or sea-changer keen to get their hands dirty.

The four-bedroom, three-bathroom, single-level homestead captures sea views and comes with a marble kitchen and a living room with a feature fireplace wrapped in local stone.

There’s hydronic heating, fast NBN connection, an insulated cellar and a workshop. Positioned mid-way between Flinders and Balnarring villages, Milden is a three-minute drive to the beach.

The home is being sold by expressions of interest, due by November 12, through Prue McLaughlin of Kay & Burton Flinders.

Paddington

The classic Queenslander facade gives little away of the dramatic interior design to be discovered inside Rockbourne, a character-filled, circa 1870, six-bedroom residence in the Ithaca Precinct.

You’ll find feature brickwork, beautiful timber-work, a marble-topped kitchen and marble finishes in the three bathrooms.

There are open-plan living spaces upstairs and a family room and media room downstairs. Outside more surprises await, with an entertaining pavilion beside a saltwater pool, plus established gardens with citrus trees, a vegetable patch and chicken coop.

Tyson Clarke of Queensland Sotheby’s International Realty has the listing.