Building boss sells Brisbane home for record price
BWC Group founder and managing director Brett Walker has quietly sold his family home after three years and a major renovation.
The $23 million result for 32 Sutherland Avenue, Ascot, sets a record for a Brisbane residence.
Mr Walker paid Ray White Group chairman Ray White and his wife, Rosemary, $10m, in mid-2021.
The subsequent refurbishment cost c$7m.
The deal breaks the $20.5m record watermark set in April, 2023, when Amity House at 101 Welsby St, Newfarm, traded for $20.5m to mining executive, MP2 Engineering founder, Adam Beswick.
In late 2022, meanwhile, Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar and his wife, investment banker, Kim Jackson, outlaid $130m – a record Sydney price – for Point Piper’s Uig Lodge.
That sale followed Stake.com founder Ed Craven outlaying just over $80m for a Toorak dwelling – setting a Melbourne watermark.
Ascot is about six kilometres north east of the CBD (story continues below).
Another record breaker
On 3035 sqm, 32 Sutherland Avenue is configured with a tennis court, 12.5 metre swimming pool and cricket pitch.
A single level Queenslander contains four bedrooms, a study, office and formal and informal living and dining rooms.
Ray White’s Damo represented Mr Walker. Cohen Handler’s Jordan Navybox acted for the buyer.
BWC was formed in 1990.
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