HAD the great good fortune to speak with the delightful Kim Ledger this week, about the home he built with his very clever wife Ines.

38 Duncraig is a superb 6 bedroom property with some extraordinary features I’ve not seen in homes before. The standout feature (for me) is the split kitchen, divided by sliding glass partitioning. Brilliant.

Proportion, styling, lighting – not a beat has been missed here.

Had Kim’s son Heath not passed away so tragically, it would have been a brilliant get away pad.

This is listed with Vitale Fine Properties in Perth – with the charming and always helpful Alastair. 

To see more pictures see my piece on the property at new.com.auhttp://www.news.com.au/video/lifestyle/realestate/id-F1NnN3bzrLQBp0XdBVTnGYiDxYOO9Wlk/Heath-Ledger-and-his-Dad-loved-this-house

Prue Miller is a journalist with NewsCorp and

produces real estate reports in the studio each week.

Think you can’t find anything gorgeous under the $1million mark? Think again.

It’s in this week’s Hot Homes.

http://www.news.com.au/video/id-h0dmRybzry33udm62m0jpLxWflYhwUm3/Hot-Homes-Sub-Million-Masterpieces#ooid=h0dmRybzry33udm62m0jpLxWflYhwUm3

They don’t call them starchitects for nothing – although I suspect were he still on this mortal coil John Lautner, genius architect, would cringe at the tag.

Another of his bold, sweeping, powerful statements  is on the market in LA at the moment. On the perfect hilly outcrop The Silvertop house has familiar arcs that excite those of us who would sell a limb to be able to live inside, beside or even opposite one of his homes.

Amazingly (considering the crazy property prices in Sydney) this is only looking for about $8m. It’s three beds, so it doesn’t fall into that American Mausoleum Mansion style that attracts new money. This is a home.

Heartbreakingly brilliant.

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