First published 16 Nov 2026, 5:00am
The 220,000-litre salt-chlorinated pool at the Winter Creek Estate on Hartley Rd, Wonga Park, which is for sale.
A spectacular Mediterranean-style Wonga Park estate listed for $27.5m is set to more than triple the suburb’s residential price record.
Set on 6.12ha, the six-bedroom house on Hartley Rd featuring a pool, golf green, gym, tennis court, equestrian facilities, a 7700-bottle wine cellar and entertaining pavilion inspired by the iconic US architect Frank Lloyd Wright is already wowing buyers from as far away as India.
Wonga Park, in Melbourne’s northeast, has an existing $7.75m property price benchmark set by another Hartley Rd house, in 2023.
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The new record contender’s owners, Rodney and Kay Broussard, have six daughters, one of whom was married at the home named Winter Creek Estate.
Mr Broussard, who recently retired from his role as director of his Melbourne-based family business, commercial builder Complete Building & Maintenance Solutions (CBMS), designed the abode.
The couple spent two years building their dream house on the block, living in a shed before moving in during 2017.
The property has hosted a wedding and plenty of family celebrations.
The house features a kitchen and dining area, formal living room with an open fireplace, an additional entertaining lounge and six bedrooms, each with their own ensuite.
The 220sqm-sized Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired entertaining pavilion includes an outdoor kitchen, fireplace, pizza oven and views across the estate, named for the creek which runs through it.
Their respective families’ French backgrounds and Mr Broussard’s love of architecture inspired the residence which offers a main bedroom with its own sitting room and kitchenette, an octagonal-shaped sunroom and dedicated theatre.
And their 12 grandchildren love the 220,000-litre salt-chlorinated pool that’s accompanied by a spa, pavilion, showers and steam room.
The Broussards have hosted up to 150 guests with a separate self-contained cottage, outdoor teppanyaki cooking facilities, barbecue stations, a charcoal spit, wood-fired pizza ovens, the par-three golf course and two ponds with jetties.
Owners Rodney and Kay Broussard first saw the property in the 1990s and narrowly missed out on buying it, so they snapped it up when it was listed for sale again a few years later.
Apart from the tennis court, there’s an orchard of more than 30 fruit trees, a glasshouse, vegetable gardens, a small campsite and chicken enclosure.
The impressive wine cellar can hold up to 7700 bottles. The owners are open to selling some of their wine and furniture separate to the home, if the buyers are interested.
“When I set out building the property, I joked that I had six daughters and a wife so I had to find places to escape to – I built all these places to escape to,” Mr Broussard joked.
This includes the orchard and veggie gardens, in addition to the temperature and humidity-controlled wine cellar, storage area for an additional 3500 bottles and the nearby area dubbed the ‘Havana lounge’.
The par-three golf green with three sand bunkers was designed and built by the same contractors behind the Heritage Golf and Country Club in Chirnside Park.
There’s a total off 11 bathrooms across the property.
Work up a sweat in the gym, while enjoying the view.
Mr Broussard said that he recently cleaned out thousands of alcohol bottles to sell as he prepared to move
He was also “a bit staggered” after a professional quantity surveyor estimated the replacement value to rebuild the home at today’s prices would add up to roughly $20m.
Bill Schlink First National’s Isaac Fakhri said after the estate was listed earlier this week, he received calls from local families and an India-based buyer.
“I think the buyer would be someone who enjoys entertaining and values space,” Mr Fakhri said.
He noted it was rare to find a wine cellar of the size and scale offered at Winter Creek Estate.
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