UNLIKE many homes on the inner city reaches of the Brisbane River, you can drive your boat right up to 39 Griffith St, New Farm.
Hidden behind a private high fence with well established gardens, the grand solid concrete five bedroom home comes with its own uninterrupted deep water vessel mooring, without a boardwalk obstructing access to the Brisbane River.
For owners Glenice and Allan Mein, one of the best things about living at 39 Griffith St, New Farm for the last 20 years was its “spectacular river view”.
The pair bought their five-bedroom riverfront home, which comes complete with a rooftop entertaining space, at a Ray White on-site auction in mid 1999 after they fell in love with the property and had to have it.
The house comes complete with marble floors, stairs and even marble window sills, stained glass leadlight windows plus a spiral staircase from the pool to the pontoon on the river. There’s even a wooden sauna on the lower level to ease any sore muscles.
“We just knew we had to have it and it’s been a wonderful home for us. We arrived at the auction with the intent on buying it as we loved the house so much,” said the Meins, experienced property developers who have recently moved to Ormiston, swapping river views for bayside breezes.
The family who moved to Brisbane from Victoria in the late 1980s said New Farm had changed a lot in the last few decades.
“New Farm has come of age and it’s a wonderful lifestyle on the river with so much going on,” Mr Mein said.
