Weekend Gold Coast Bulletin - Property
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Awaterfront home owned by the patriarch of the dynamic Niecon property development company has sold for $4 million.
The Paradise Waters home of the late Bill and Maria Nikiforides and their three children, Con, Michael and Tina, was marketed by First National Surfers Paradise agents, Russell and Bob Rollington, and was set to go under the hammer this weekend.
But a buyer made an offer that was too good to refuse.
“The successful buyer fought off a lot of competition to secure this position,” Mr Rollington said.
“The sellers were happy a nice local family were the successful purchasers who are planning on knocking down and building their dream home on the site.”
The third-generation Niecon company, helmed since Con’s death in 2017 by his three sons, William, John and James, has reshaped the Gold Coast skyline over the past four decades.
Best known for the iconic Broadbeach projects, Oracle Towers and Niecon Plaza and Tower, the company was also behind Nirvana by the Sea at Kirra, Reflections at Coolangatta and Aqua at Labrador.
Michael Nikiforides decided to sell the family home at 22 Viking Ct following the death of his mother Maria in 2023.
The four-bedroom, threebathroom home on a 742sq m lot just off point position was a showstopper in its day, known for its blue-and-white exterior.
Mr Nikiforides said the distinctive colour scheme was a nod to the family’s Greek heritage.
“My father painted the house blue and sprayed the roof white, because in Greece, houses generally are white with blue roofs. Since we’re down under in Australia, he decided we should have the inverse,” Mr Nikiforides said.
Bill moved the family from Canberra to the Gold Coast in the late 1970s, purchasing the home on a whim while on holidays.
“He saw the house on Paradise Waters and he bought it there and then, he said. “He loved it so much that we drove back from the Gold Coast, packed everything up and moved here. It was the third house on the street in Viking Ct, and although when it was built it was not the ideal house, he made it a home,” Mr Nikiforides said.
The house was renovated over the years, with Bill particularly concerned with creating a state-ofthe-art kitchen for his wife.
The kitchen featured curved cabinetry and extensive granitetopped benches with a built-in dining area, extending to openplan living spaces and outdoors to a alfresco zone and pool and spa.
“When Mum would cook something, she would put it in the oven and blow a kiss, and every time we ate we knew it had been made with love,” Mr Nikiforides said. “She was famous for her stroganoff.”
He said Sundays were a hive of activity, with fellow visionaries Jim Raptis, Roberto Badalotti, and Ron McMaster dropping around to talk shop and enjoy a home-cooked meal.