A landmark new residential address positioned at the centre of Newcastle West’s transformation.

Ask Zdenka Young what it's like running one of Newcastle's most enduring family businesses, and she laughs warmly.

The Hunter Valley's rural and vineyard property market is experiencing a quiet revolution. With Australian wine exports surging 13% in value to $2.48 billion and volume lifting 3% to 639 million litres, according to Wine Australia, the region's prestige agricultural properties are attracting serious attention from buyers both locally and internationally.

As Newcastle prepares for another scorching summer, Windsor Blinds, Awnings and Shutters is helping Hunter region residents transform their homes into cool sanctuaries while keeping energy costs down.

Australian wine is back on the table in a big way. Exports have recently jumped 13% in value. That’s a whopping $2.48 billion. And they’ve lifted 3% in volume to 639 million litres, according to Wine Australia’s latest report.

The past few months have underscored just how resilient the prestige and lifestyle market on the Coast and in the Hunter remains. With the RBA recently cutting the cash rate by 0.25% to 3.6%, we’ve seen a noticeable lift in confidence.

Georgia Smith has always believed that managing a holiday home is about more than keys, calendars and clean sheets — it’s about people. It’s about trust, relationships, and the little things that turn a short-term stay into a lasting memory.

Occasionally, on weekends, we attend open houses that we've seen online. We're on the lookout for an investment property, but sometimes it’s purely out of curiosity...