Karl and Jasmine Stefanovic have started work on their dream home.
The pair are renovating their Castlecrag, Sydney property to the tune of $4.5million, after a major win in court in March.
On Sunday, Karl posted an update on the progress to his Instagram Stories, showing the roof being worked on.
‘Take it downnnn’, Stefanovic wrote in his caption alongside the image of the mansion’s progress.
The photo showed the roof stripped back as they go through the process of updating it.
Karl, 50, had a lengthy wrangle with Willoughby Council over plans to redevelop his modest home into a four-storey mansion.
Karl and Jasmine Stefanovic have started work on their dream home. Both pictured
A design sketch shows the finished property will feature a stunning contemporary design, spacious surroundings, French windows and an indoor circular staircase.
It will also boast a stylish outdoor dining terrace with adjacent stairs and a host of gorgeous architectural touches including high ceilings and slanted windows.
A sprawling garden display across the length of the house will be included, and is the perfect place for Karl and his wife Jasmine Yarbrough, 40, to raise their four-year-old daughter Harper.
Melbourne-based Architecture design firm Studio Kennon also shared a photo of the mockup to social media, and Karl and Jasmine were quick to comment on it.
‘Can we have it nowwwww,’ asked Jasmine and Karl posted a love heart emoji.
In March, Karl and Jasmine finally got the tick of approval for their lavish $4.5million renovation on Sydney’s north shore.
After a two-day hearing earlier this year the Land and Environment Court found in favour of the celebrity couple, reported the Daily Telegraph.
The decision came after Stefanovic first lodged a development application with the council in March 2023, for the Castlecrag property, in one of Sydney’s most sought after postcodes.
The pair are renovating their Castlecrag, Sydney property to the tune of $4.5million, after a major win in court in March. On Sunday, Karl posted an update on the progress to his Instagram Stories, showing the roof being worked on
The couple were locked in a lengthy wrangle with Willoughby Council over their plans to redevelop their modest home in Castlecrag into a four-storey mansion. The Channel Nine Today star bought the 1960s brick-built home in March 2021 for $3.2 million
Neighbours responded to the DA with a series of concerns including overshadowing ‘loss of views’, and reflection from solar panels.
The Channel Nine Today star bought the 1960s brick-built home in March 2021 for $3.2 million.
The application revealed the couple’s plans to build a four-storey home on the site, including 102square metres of living space below ground level.
The DA claims ‘the living quality’ for the occupants will ‘improve’ under the plans, while the proposal aims to ‘enhance the streetscape and contribute positively to the locality’.
The celebrity couple’s legal team stated that the renovation ‘generally complied’ with the planning laws set out by Willoughby Council.
However, it did not comply with floor plan space ratio controls consistent with local planning regulations.
This is where the ratio of a site’s floor area to the size of land that the building sits on.
As well as Harper, Karl also has three older children – Jackson, 24, Willow, 19, and River, 17 – from his marriage to Cassandra Thorburn.
A design sketch shows the finished property will feature a stunning contemporary design, spacious surroundings, French windows and an indoor circular staircase
‘Take it downnnn’, Stefanovic wrote in his caption alongside the image of the reno
The former couple confirmed their split in 2016 after 21 years of marriage, and Karl went on to find love again with Jasmine in late 2016.
Karl and Jasmine, a former model, tied the knot at the One&Only Palmilla Resort in Las Cabos, Mexico, on December 8, 2018, and welcomed Harper in May 2020.
Despite their age difference, half-sisters Willow and Harper have forged a close bond.
Willow previously went by her first name Ava before opting to go by her middle name instead.
Karl recently revealed that Willow is following her dreams in the fashion and modelling industry, studying fashion in London as an international student.
She began her studies in the UK last year and is currently undertaking a degree at the London College of Fashion.
It is a prestigious University of the Arts London – a collection of six of the most prestigious arts colleges in the world.
It recruits on a global scale and its list of alumni reads like a Who’s Who of the creative industries, from illustrator Quentin Blake to Florence Welch of Florence and The Machine.
According to the university’s website, tuition fees for first-year international students studying a degree in fashion design cost approximately $55,000 for that year alone.
Willow is ready to follow in her famous father’s footsteps by kicking off a career in the spotlight, signing with Precision MGMT to launch a career as a model.
