A city’s millionaires’ row has been divided by controversial building plans that could block some of its wealthiest citizens’ river views.
Event management company owner Liza Gay and her husband Geoff, the former owner of Staging Connections, filed an official complaint with Brisbane City Council last month over their Hamilton neighbours.
The couple claim Michael John Cleary and his wife Mary Jo’s Eldernell Terrace home will ‘far exceed 9.5m in overall height’ if their renovation plans are approved.
The Clearys plan to remove some of the home’s floor-to-ceiling glass panels and replace them with fibre-cement sheeting, the Courier Mail reports.
Some of Australia’s richest citizens are at war over proposed renovations to 38 Eldernell Terrace (pictured) on Brisbane’s millionaires’ row
Proposed renovations on the home (centre) would see its transparent paneling swapped for opaque materials which could block their millionaire neighbours’ view of the Brisbane River
They also want to replace some glass balustrading with steel and add ‘new steel framed awnings with a solid roof and operable side screening’ on one level.
The change from glass to opaque materials could block their neighbours’ views of the Brisbane River.
Mr and Mrs Gay claim the work, if approved, will make the home ‘overbearing’.
‘We request you place a “stop work order” on the property until the application goes through due process,’ they wrote to council.
Mr and Mrs Cleary bought the home for $7.3million in April 2023. The house itself was only built in 2019.
Michael John and Mary Jo Cleary bought 38 Eldernell Terrace (pictured) for $7.3million just under a year ago in April 2023
The house on 38 Eldernell Terrace was built in 2019 but neighbours are concerned its renovations could set ‘a concerning precedent’
Another neighbour – co-owner Cru Bar in James St, Melanie Wing – has also objected to the proposed renovations.
‘The proposed development does not warrant consent and should be refused in its current form,’ Mrs Wing, who lives in 1930s home a few doors down from the Clearys, wrote.
‘Supporting a building height over 9.5m above natural ground sets a concerning precedent.’
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