Award-winning Leopold home on Lake Connewarre notches big sale

News.com.au

19-06-2025

An award-winning lakefront home that's played host to a string of well-known Aussie musicians has notched up one of Leopold's biggest sales.
A buyer already living on the Bellarine Peninsula has bought the secluded four-bedroom house, designed by acclaimed architect Kerstin Thompson, after a seven-month campaign.
Bellarine Property, Barwon Heads agent Levi Turner said he was unable to disclose the sale price of the 4.86ha property at 15 Maloneys Rd, Leopold.
It was originally listed with a $5.75m price guide, which was slashed to $4.75m to $4.95m in February.
At this price, it would be Leopold's most expensive home.
Megan Washington, Vance Joy, Tim Rogers and the late Kinky Friedman are among musicians who have played in the home's on-site recording studio.
The property on the shores of Lake Connewarre also features a pool, a sports oval/heli pad, an olive grove, fruit trees and three outdoor baths on a raised deck.
Mr Turner said it ranked among the top 10 homes he had sold on the Bellarine Peninsula in 12 years of real estate.
'It was a couple of things – the views are amazing and the privacy. It's so tucked away but you are 15 minutes to get into Geelong,' he said.
'And the house won architectural awards.
'The buyers are going to do some internal cosmetic renovations to make it their own but from the outside, from an architectural point of view, you could still build it today. It was really cool.'
The 22-year-old home received both the 2005 Victorian Coastal Award for Building and Building Design and the 2003 Australian Institute of Architects' Victorian Chapter Harold Desbrowe-Annear Award, which recognises each year's best residential project.
Its long, black structure is designed to blend into the environment and features a folded roof that mimics the shape of an origami black swan.
The residence is divided into three pavilions, including the main three-bedroom house, a guest apartment with recording studio and a garage/carport for five vehicles.
Mr Turner said there was a solid response from the market throughout the campaign.
'You get these amazing properties on the Bellarine and the Surf Coast and Geelong and you think 'everyone is going to love it' and people do but to actually buy it, one, they've got to have the money and two, be in a position to buy and they are few and far between,' he said.
The vendor was a self-confessed cricket tragic who incorporated an oval into extensive gardens by landscape architect Tim Nicholas.
Paths wind through the property to Lake Connewarre where a raised deck provides storage for watercraft.