The Kitchen for Men by Porsche Design

Marketed by the amazing designers at Porsche Design as the kitchen for men, the Porsche Design Poggenpohl luxury kitchen sets new benchmarks (no pun intended) in every respect.

With a sleek, clean design matched with uncompromising, and unapologetic cutting-edge appliances from Miele this latest prestige from the sports car designers also features the very best quality [...]

Celebrity Luxury Home: Kelsey Grammer

Every now and then, Marquette Turner Luxury Homes likes to showcase luxurious properties of the rich and famous both in Australia and overseas, listed by our fellow luxury agents.

Comedian and actor Kelsey Grammer has listed an English Country-style estate in Malibu’s Serra Retreat for $US19.9 million, having bought the property with his wife Camille last [...]

The Cosmo hydro-bath with LCD TV screen

‘The Cosmo’, is a hydro-bath that allows your mind and body to relax whilst jet’s massage you in front of your favourite television show.

Di Vapor has created this luxurious necessity with a 17″ touch-sensitive control panel that allows you to control both the spa and the TV. The nine bubble jets, seven hydro-jets, six [...]

The luxurious Hot Bed

A bed is not simply a practical piece of furniture. For those that like to sleep comfortably and wake up with a glow, the luxurious Hot Bed, hand-crafted with stained glass and stainless steel, is available for $US10,500. A good night’s sleep may seem somewhat costly at first glance, but it’s a small [...]

How Google Maps can be used to make solar power decisions for your home

As energy prices continue to climb, the idea of utilizing solar energy is common sense. The process of getting solar panels installed, however, is quite the opposite.
RoofRay, a new Californian business, aims to give home owners better information to enable them to make more informed environmental decisions for their home. Using the site’s modeling [...]

Lap it up in a luxury leather bath tub

For the lovers of luxury bathrooms this collection of sleek, leather skinned bathtubs have options of black metal, toffee metal and chocolate gold for the outer shell, with a choice of gloss or matt finishings.
The first image shows the Stone One collection with an approximate cost of $US16,146.

The second bathtub collection is the Neo [...]

Australia’s auction clearance rates

For the week ending 17 August 2008.

Source: RP Data

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Michael Marquette’s view from the bridge

Property owners are choosing to list earlier this year in the run up to Spring.  Many are searching for answers after being on the market for months without success and others are hurting under the pressure of high interest rates and the ever increasing cost of living.
The decrease in the value of the Australian dollar [...]

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Walk the walk: making real estate agents accountable to you

In tough times choosing an agent to sell your property is more important than ever. Asking agents to show evidence that what they are claiming actually works is a great idea. I strongly believe that agents who insist on vendor paid marketing should be capable of proving that your money is going to be spent [...]