Cate Blanchett sells Melbourne base before auction
Actress Cate Blanchett and her playwright husband, Andrew Upton, have sold their quaint Melbourne base ahead of the scheduled March 9 auction.
More than $3 million was achieved, sources say, for 5 Trinian Street, Prahran, backing onto Victoria Gardens.
The guide upon listing 19 days ago was $2.25-$2.45m.
Kay & Burton’s Rae Mano was the agent.
Tidy profit
The vendors paid $745,000 in February, 2006, for the single fronted Victorian on 236 square metres.
It was then extended and renovated – using Alwill Architecture.
The top storey contains two bedrooms and a retreat.
The ground floor has an open plan living/dining opening to a yard (story continues below).
Also on this level, facing the street, is the master bedroom – with no ensuite.
The house also offers loft storage and an off street car park.
Ms Blanchett and Mr Upton have been UK-based about seven years.
In September, 2020, they sold an apartment – the largest in Sydney’s historic The Astor building, for $12m after paying businessman Mark Bouris $8m five years earlier.
Between 2004-2017, the pair owned a waterfront Hunters Hill home; it cost $10m and was divested for $18m after a renovation and extension also involving Alwill.
The couple are also believed to hold a Sydney investment property.
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