Barrister’s historic Brisbane home with bomb shelter fetches $4.5m – realestate.com.au

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This property in Dickson Tce, Hamilton, has sold for $4.5m.

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HIGH-PROFILE barrister Tony Morris QC has sold the Hamilton Hill home he bought the same year his former neighbour, Christopher Skase, built his iconic mansion across the road.

Morris has owned the property in affluent Dickson Terrace for nearly 35 years, and it comes complete with a purpose-built bomb shelter and some of the best views in Brisbane.

The property had been owned by Tony Morris QC for nearly 35 years.

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The property has sold for $4.5m — nine times what Mr Morris paid for it in 1988.

Records show he bought the four-bedroom, Mediterranean-style house on 853 sqm in for $480,000.

According to the latest PropTrack data, the median house price in Hamilton is $2m.

The city and river views from the property are incredible.

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The property offers grand living rooms, a formal dining room opening out to a balcony with a river view, a downstairs art studio that could be converted to a granny-flat, and an over-engineered lawn above the garage.

Brett Greensill of McGrath Estate Agents negotiated the sale, but declined to comment when contacted.

At the time of listing in March, Mr Greensill said the home was “more or less in original condition”, with Mr Morris being only the second owner since it was built in the 1930s by renowned architect, Mervyn Rylance.

The iconic property was built in the 1930s and has a bomb shelter.

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The home was for sale without a price guide, but Mr Greensill said interest had been around the $4m mark — mostly from locals who understood the value of the property’s location.

“I’ve described it as the Point Piper of Brisbane,” he said.

“This precinct is regarded as very valuable real estate. It’s a bit like buying the worst house in the best street.”

QC Tony Morris speaks to the media in front of the Commonwealth Courts in Brisbane after successfully defending three QUT students from prosecution under the government’s controversial 18c laws in 2016. Photo: Joseph Byford.

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Mr Morris did not return calls.

The Great Gatsby-style, former mansion of the late disgraced businessman, Mr Skase, is across the road at 36 Dickson Terrace.

Mr Morris made headlines in 2016 when he successfully defended three QUT students from being prosecuted under the state government’s controversial 18c section of the Racial Discrimination Act.

The $250,000 lawsuit was thrown out by Brisbane’s Federal Court.