Bling It On Home

Paragon of Pyrmont has transformed a coveted site west of Sydney’s CBD by applying fantastical luxe twists to units inspired by the humble Aussie terrace house Coast Residences in Johor

- Al Gerard De La Cruz

Picture yourself driving home in your luxury car. On the final approach, the garage doors slide open and the lights flicker on automatically— the smart home automation system just recognised you. Once inside, the ground beneath your car rises, lifting you through the ceiling. Your vehicle is now parked in a private living room, another glittering trophy to display in your abode.

Yet this “Maserati man cave” is not the only eye candy on show at Paragon of Pyrmont, the recently completed, award-winning residential compound by property developer Thirdi Group in Sydney.

“There are so many elements about the project I love,” says Luke Berry, co-founder and director of Thirdi Group. “It’s like you’re asking me to choose my favourite child.”

At just 31 units, the project lays out a maverick selling proposition for Pyrmont, one of Sydney’s most populous inner-city suburbs. Averaging 147 square metres in size, the homes have universal appeal: a sweet spot between the postcode’s many shoebox apartments and oversized penthouses.

“There’s a lot of people who live in apartments that aspire to buy into something bigger. And there’s a lot of people that live in big homes that don’t want to downsize to an apartment,” Berry explains.

A depressed area in the 1970s, Pyrmont has been gentrifying fast, shedding its industrial past to become a sought-after lifestyle precinct with excellent access to workplaces and transportation.

“When we bought the site, we saw an opportunity not to follow every other developer and put as many little apartments—little boxes—as we could on the site,” says Berry.