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Legal bigwig Gavin MacLaren is selling his South Yarra abode.
One of Australia’s highest-paid legal chief executives has listed his South Yarra house with a $11.5m price hopes.
Corrs Chambers Westgarth boss Gavin MacLaren reportedly earns more than $7m a year, making him one of the highest paid legal professionals in the country.
The lawyer has been at Corrs Chambers Westgarth since 2018, and previously was partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Singapore for five years and partner at Allens for 10 years.
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Now, he’s selling his five-bedroom Georgian house in Melbourne’s inner city with a $10.5m-$11.5m price guide and built in the 1930s.
Property records show his wife’s name was originally on the title — who purchased the abode for $3.4m in 2007 — before it was transferred into Mr MacLaren’s name in 2021.
The spacious, open plan living and dining area.
The functional kitchen.
While Melbourne Sotheby’s International Realty Stonnington managing director Antoinette Nido declined to comment on who the sellers were, she said the home’s location was one of its major drawcards.
“The location is 100m from the Botanic Gardens … it is in absolutely the best part of the Domain precinct,” Ms Nido said.
“It would be ideal as a low maintenance city base, or big enough for a family that have got their children at the schools and just enjoy the lifestyle.”
She added that the mansion had an elegance about it with all the contemporary features.
Ms Nido said she expected the listing would attract Toorak downsizers or upsizes that wanted to be in the Domain precinct as well as international buyers.
Meticulous landscaping by Kate Seddon.
One of many areas which could be used as a study.
Some of the residence’s features include its Kate Seddon-designed landscaping, its study, hardwood floors, partial double glazing and its full laundry.
This comes after the legal bigwig purchased another South Yarra property on the same street in April last year for $18m from neurosurgeon Richard Bittar and his wife, clinical psychologist Renee Bittar.
Expressions of interest for Mr MacLaren’s South Yarra sale close at 1pm, April 29.
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