Royal Sydney: Rose Bay mansion hits market for $33m

There’s some good news for trophy home hunters searching for a last-minute Christmas surprise in Sydney’s east – if they have about $33 million to spare.

That’s the guide for the Rose Bay home of former Lendlease development director Kimberley Jackson and her husband, managing director of reinsurance giant Swiss Re’s Australian and New Zealand operations Mark Senkevics, who are set to sell their grand home overlooking Royal Sydney Golf Club.

The five-bedroom home sits on about 1300 square metres, and if the sprawling Myles Baldwin-designed gardens aren’t enough, there’s always the 27-hole Royal Sydney Golf Club onto which the home fronts – if you’re up for the decade-long waitlist and $30,000 admission fee.

Along with landscaped grounds, the property comes with a swimming pool, alfresco entertaining area, gym, chef’s kitchen, butler’s pantry, cellar, separate library and lower-level guest accommodation. The couple paid $7.6 million for the original-condition property in 2016, according to CoreLogic.

While Ms Jackson has overseen a contemporary renovation of the 1912-built home, her professional works are on a slightly larger scale, helming some of the biggest urban development projects in Australia.

These include multibillion-dollar projects at Sydney’s Barangaroo and Circular Quay during her 26-year stint with Lendlease and more recently as project director of a multi-tower tech precinct near Central Station, Central Place Sydney, with Frasers Property Australia and Dexus.

The Rose Bay listing comes five months after Ms Jackson announced she was joining the ranks of Nicole Scurrah’s recently formed urban project consultancy outfit, Create Advisory.

While the verdant vistas of Royal Sydney are second only to the nearby harbour panoramas, Kent Road is considered on par with Rose Bay’s best streets.