Mark Webber buys Noosa home of Thomas Muster: reports
Formula One racing driver Mark Webber is reportedly the buyer of a Noosa mansion offloaded by former competitive tennis player,
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Hugh Hefner’s Holmby Park Mansion Sells
THE family home occuped by Hugh Hefner and his wife Kimberley, opposite the famous “Playboy Mansion” in Los Angeles’ ritzy Holmby Park has sold for an undisclosed sum.
The 80-year old, 7,300 square foot English style mansion includes five bedrooms and seven bathrooms, and is on a 2.3 acre block of land behind private gates near the prestigious Los Angeles Country Club.
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Terri Irwin Offloads Part of Property Portfolio
TERRI Irwin has been quietly listing for sale properties that formed part of the $20 million portfolio she built with late husband Steve.
The owner of Australia Zoo has sold at least one property “at a loss”, and is reportedly offering more investments including four abutting the massive tourist attraction, and which were purchased as part of expansion plans. Properties have been listed for sale since late last year.
A zoo spokeswoman said it had been affected by the recent downturn in tourism. “In response to this, we have conducted an extensive and thorough review of the business and our operations, exploring all other avenues of cost savings right across the business.”
The largest property being offered, at Peachester, spreads over 95 hectares and has views of the Glass Mountains. It’s asking $1.25 million.
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Glenn McGrath to Sell $6 Million Waterfront Cronulla Estate
SPORTSMAN Glenn McGrath can expect $6 million from the sale of his waterfront estate in Sydney’s Cronulla.
The former Australian text cricketer purchased the 3300 square metre property, with a pool, cabana and outdoor kitchen, in 2006. He wasmarried last November in the home’s large rear yard (image from the yard, right).
The five bedroom home also has a boat shed.
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Michael Clarke Leaves Bondi
AUSTRALIAN Cricket Captain Michael Clarke will this weekend vacate the $6 million Bondi apartment he once shared with former girlfriend
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Jacqui O to Sell Paddington Terrace For $3 Million
TELEVISION and radio personality Jacqui O has outgrown her inner-city Sydney terrace (right).
The new mum has listed the four-bedroom Elizabeth Street, Paddington home for sale with price expectations of about $3 million.
Jacqui with husband Lee Henderson will make a permanent tree-change to a new home they have constructed at Kangaroo Valley, on the NSW south coast. A studio will be developed at that home where the broadcaster will work from.
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Pauline Hanson’s Outgoing Serendipity Estate, Coleyville, Expected to Sell For $1 Million
FORMER politician Pauline Hanson will sell her country estate in south-east Queensland, ahead of a move to Britain.
The Coleyville home, Serendipity, is set on 147 acres and is about a 20 minute drive from Ipswich. The home is expected to sell for about $1 million, according to real estate agent Keith Edwards.
In the shape of a Y, the timber and brick home includes eight foot wide verandahs and raked cypress pine ceilings.
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Wayne Carey to Sell $3 Million Gold Coast Mansion
FORMER AFL footballer Wayne Carey has listed for sale a newly built Broadbeach Waters mansion he was to have occupied with his ex-girlfriend.
Agents are expecting about $3 million for the 70 square waterfront home, which includes four bedrooms, a media room, 15 metre tiled lap pool, private beach and 11 metre boat jetty.
Wayne Carey purchased the home in late 2007 for $1.265 million before undertaking a major renovation.
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Supermodel Jennifer Hawkins in the House Market Again
FORMER Miss Universe, turned television presenter and Myer “face”, Jennifer Hawkins, is in the market for a new home around
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Dermott Brereton sells Brighton duplex
Footballer turned commentator Dermott Brereton has sold a near-new duplex in Brighton’s William Street. The double-storey dwelling with three bedrooms
Read morePRC, Russell Crowe, Tipped to Bid For $15 Million Bellevue Hill Mansion, Sydney
THE People’s Republic of China is expected to take on New Zealand actor Russell Crowe, in bidding for a $15 million Sydney mansion, once used by the French government as a consulate.
The Victoria Road estate, Le Manoir, will be auctioned this evening at an invitation-only event in which prospective buyers have to make a refundable $50,000 deposit, just to make a bid.
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Hawthorn FC Executive Stuart Fox to Sell Gherang Estate
HAWTHORN Football Club chief executive Stuart Fox, and wife Sybella, are selling the Wirraminna farm they acquired in 2002 in Gherang, via Moriac – some 10 minutes north east of Anglesea, and 15 minutes east of Torquay.
Translated as “peaceful beside the water”, Wirraminna spreads over two hectares and includes three rainwater tanks, two paddocks and a dam which could accommodate horses or cattle.
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Jo Stanley Sells Elwood House For $1.26 Million
RADIO personality Jo Stanley (pictured, right) has sold the Elwood home she outgrew for $1.26 million.
Stanley, with husband Darren McFarlane, purchased the renovated three-bedroom terrace about five years ago – about three years before the arrival of daughter Willow.
Near the beach and Elwood village, the semi-detached Edwardian has two living areas and a relatively large side yard.
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Livinia Nixon Sells Historic Middle Park Home
WEATHERGIRL and television show co-host Livinia Nixon (pictured), with husband Alistair Jack, a builder, have offloaded their renovated Middle Park home.
The double storey, four-bedroom red brick home is understood to have sold for about $3.5 million, sources speculate, after passing in at auction earlier this month for $3.42 million.
Jack, and Nixon, who married in 2009 and welcomed new son Henry in January, are now reportedly looking for another “renovation rescue” project.
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Tony Mokbel’s Former Brunswick Mansion Hits The Rental Market
DIEHARD underbelly fans can live a piece of the underworld lifestyle, with Tony Mokbel’s former family home, in Brunswick, quietly hitting the rental market.
The five bedroom mansion at 9 – 11 Downs Street (pictured, right) was offered for sale early last year, but the listing, nor sale – which settled earlier this year – could be reported because of a recently lifted suppression order.
The new owners are asking $1300 per week for the double-storey home which police believe Mokbel funded through drug activities. The registered owner while he occupied the home was Mokbel’s sister-in-law, Renate.
Ownership of the Brunswick property was transferred to the Attorney General of Victoria in late 2009, under the Confiscation Act 1997.
Paul Grabowski to Sell St Kilda East Home
COMPOSER, pianist and one-time television personality Paul Grabowsky, is moving out of St Kilda East, in Melbourne.
Grabowsky, who is renowned for his passion of jazz music, can expect some $1.5 million from the sale of his renovated four bedroom Californian Bungalow which will be auctioned next month.
The Papua New Guinea born musician grew up in suburban Melbourne’s Glen Waverley and first studied music at age five. His passion for jazz started at 16, while at Wesley College which was one of the few Melbourne colleges at the time to boast a jazz ensemble.
After travelling and performing for several years, Grabowski returned to Melbourne in 1986, later landing a high profile job as band front-man for Network Seven’s popular Tonight Live With Steve Vizard show, which ran from 1990 to 1993.
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Actors Reg Gorman and Judith Roberts to Sell St Kilda East Apartment
ACTORS Reg Gorman and Judith Roberts are selling a renovated apartment in St Kilda East’s historic Ardoch development.
Built in 1922, Ardoch is reportedly one place Dame Nellie Melba stayed when in town, and where Russian spy Mrs Petrov was hidden.
At 8 Ardoch Avenue (pictured,right), the two bedroom apartment will be auctioned at 11:30am this Saturday and is expected to sell for about $700,000. Marshall White Armadale’s John Manton is the marketing agent.
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John Foreman to Sell St Kilda West Penthouse
MUSICAL director, pianist, composer – and inadvertent television personality – John Foreman is selling a waterfront St Kilda West penthouse.
The three-bedroom apartment, with basement underground parking for two cars, will be auctioned at 12:30pm next Saturday where it’s expected to fetch between $930,000 and $1.02 million.
With a study nook and three balconies, the penthouse at 358 Beaconsfield Parade captures water views from the open plan living/dining room, and one of the bedrooms.
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Historic Balwyn Mansion Canonbury For Sale Again
HISTORIC Balwyn estate Canonbury has hit the market again.
Built in the 1860s for leading land and commission broker Edward Lamont, Canonbury at 9 Barnsbury Road has since been owned by businessman John Elliott and former AFL commissioner, the late Ron Evans.
The five bedroom, five bathroom renovated Victorian mansion sits amid a Baron von Mueller designed garden, with a 141-year old Spanish cork oak tree. 
Ed Phillips Sells Murrumbeena Unit After Moving to Sydney
FATHER-to-be Ed Phillips sold his Murrumbeena unit after auction. The television personality, who recently married Nine News Sydney weather presenter
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George Jelbart to Sell Hawthorn East Apartment
OLYMPIC rower George Jelbart is selling a renovated two bedroom apartment he bought while at the 2004 Athens Games.
Jelbart, who was a member of the youngest ever rowing crew in the history of the Olympic Games, can expect about $500,000 from the sale of the ground-floor Hawthorn flat at 4 Hill Street.
The apartment includes a private entrance, and video security access. It includes a north facing deck and a pebble courtyard, and is a short stroll to the suburb’s popular St James Park.
Read moreIlija Grgic to Sell Sunshine House
BULLDOG ruckman Ilija Grgic can expect about $420,000 from the sale of an investment property in Albion – the pocket regarded by residents, and agents, as the nicest part of Sunshine.
The fully renovated three-bedroom weatherboard home in Norwood Street sits on a 607 square metre block and is near Selwyn Park and the Albion train station, some 13 kilometres west of town.
In recent years that train station has been mooted to become a major depot as part of a proposed rail link connecting Melbourne Airport to the CBD, via an existing but largely disused track between Albion and Jacana, which crosses many north-western suburbs.
That Airport rail link proposal would also result in a major upgrade of the Footscray train station – which is just five stops from Albion.
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Village Roadshow Director to Sell South Yarra Penthouse
A MEMBER of the Kirby family, which owns media giant Village Roadshow, is selling a penthouse apartment in South Yarra’s Darling Street.
Clark Kirby, the director of corporate strategy for the family business, is relocating with his new wife, Sara Groen, who was until recently a current affairs presenter with Channel Seven in Sydney.
Ms Groen unwittingly made headlines last year, when Seven executives said her new haircut breached its contract, and ordered she fit hair extensions. She is also an ambassador for youth mental health service Headspace.
The couple’s outgoing penthouse is spread over two levels and includes three bedrooms and three decks. It also includes three car parks, and – perhaps not surprisingly – an entertainment room with a cinema.
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Ex St Kilda Footballer to Sell Malvern Home
RECENTLY retired St Kilda footballer Andrew Thompson is selling a fully renovated family home in Melbourne’s ritzy Malvern.
Andrew, with wife, Sophie, can expect the Jordan Street house to sell for between $1.7 million and $1.8 million at auction next month.
On a 496 square metre block the home includes four bedrooms, an open plan living/kitchen/meals, a paved entertainment deck, and a landscaped backyard with a north-westerly aspect. The home is wired for surround sound.
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Brad Green to Sell Brighton East Pad
NEWLY appointed Melbourne Football Club captain Brad Green is torpedoing out of Brighton East.
The 30-year old athlete, who as a teenager was scouted by the Manchester United soccer team, made his debut with the Demons in 2000.
His outgoing home, in Lansdown Street, sits on a 221 square metre block near Landcox Park and the Bay Street and Gardenvale Road retail strips.
The home, one of two units on the block, includes three bedrooms, the master with ensuite and storage. It also includes two courtyards, a lock up garage, driveway and separate laundry.
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Ed Phillips to Sell Murrumbeena Property, Melbourne
TELEVISION and radio personality Ed Phillips is selling his Murrumbeena pot of gold.
Phillips, who is based in Sydney nowadays, began his career with Melbourne’s Triple M some 20 years ago. Since then he’s also been a sports presenter at Nine, a regular on Good Morning Australia and a host, of axed shows Battle of the Sexes and most recently Temptation, alongside Livinia Nixon. Pot of Gold is another.
Married to Nine News Sydney weather presenter Jaynie Seal, Phillips is a roving reporter for morning television show The Circle.
His outgoing investment property at 5/1 Howe Street is expected to fetch between $450,000 and $490,000 when it is auctioned next Saturday.
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Mark Viduka to Sell Williamstown Property, Melbourne
SOCCER legend Mark Viduka is selling an investment property near the Williamstown waterfront.
The 35-year old recently retired athlete – also known as Big Dukes and V-Bomber – can expect between $1.5 – $1.6 million for 79 Nelson Place, a tri-level, four bedroom townhouse (pictured, right), which is being auctioned next month.
Viduka, who is married and has three sons, recently retired from the sport, though there is growing speculation of a career return with the media or as a coach.
In February, he was awarded the prestigious Alex Tobin medal by the Australian players’ union, the PFA. Amongst his other achievements, was captaining national football team the Socceroos, and Australia, at the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
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Ricky Nixon Sells Kew Home For $2.2 Million
THE Kew home of embattled AFL player manager Ricky Nixon reportedly sold off-market last week for $2.2 million. The sale
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Billy Brownless Close to Selling Geelong Mansion
FORMER Geelong footballer and larrikin media personality Billy Brownless is close to offloading his hilltop hood. The five bedroom home,
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Brodie Holland to Sell Moonee Ponds Terrace
RECENTLY retired Collingwood footballer Brodie Holland, and his wife, model, Sarita Stella-Holland, are set to outgrow their Moonee Ponds terrace.
The couple are expecting twin boys later this year, and with nine month old daughter Stevie, are looking for something bigger.
Their outgoing home, in Normanby Street, in Moonee Ponds, is now for sale with agency Nelson Alexander Essendon.
A twilight auction at 7:30pm on Thursday March 3 will be managed by selling agent John Matthews.
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Chris Tarrant and Wife Lauren to Auction Armadale Home Today
AFL footballer Chris Tarrant may be returning to Victoria to see out the rest of his career wearing a black-and-white Guernsey for Collingwood.
But the renowned forward has chosen not to live at the Armadale address he previously used as his Melbourne base – and will instead auction that property today.
Tarrant and his wife, model Lauren Strauss, can expect about $4 million, sources say, from the sale of the Adelaide Street house, which is near the High Street shops and the suburb border of Toorak and Malvern.
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Alannah Hill Stitches $1.68 Million From St Kilda Apartment Sale
FASHIONISTA Alannah Hill has stitched up $1.68 million from the sale of a three-level St Kilda apartment she bought in 2004 as an impulse buy.
The apartment is built into the walls of an 1888 mansion in trendy Fitzroy Street – a property previously a home to squatters, a brothel, and later a French Consulate.
With a double garage, three bedrooms, wine cellar and a rooftop garden with city views, the apartment was decorated in Ms Hill’s unique style.
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David Parkin to Sell Mothers House, Hawthorn
AFL legend David Parkin, and his brother Des, a medical researcher, are selling the Hawthorn home that his belonged to the Parkin family for five generations.
The five-bedroom rendered bungalow at 39 Denham Street is located directly opposite St James Park where the Parkin boys perfected their football, cricket, and lawn bowling skills.
Currently configured as a three bedroom house, with formal and informal dining areas, the 1920s dwelling includes many original features such as a panelled entrance foyer, leadlights, open fire places, beamed ceilings and timber floors.
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Nic Cester lists St Kilda unit
Jet lead singer Nic Cester has listed his St Kilda apartment. In the historic George complex at 129 Fitzroy Street,
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AFL’s Chris Newman to Sell Port Melbourne Townhouse
THE home that AFL footballer Brendan Fevola’s mobile phone may have been reportedly left, before a controversial picture of model Lara Bingle was circulated, has hit the market.
Richmond captain Chris Newman can expect to make between $600,000 and $660,000 for the double-storey Port Melbourne apartment at 50 Johnston Street, on the corner of Rouse Street, and only a block from the beach
Downstairs features an open-plan living and dining room with a full length courtyard, while upstairs is two bedrooms and the largest bathroom.
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Former Kangaroo Wayne Carey House Hunting in Melbourne
FORMER Kangaroos footballer Wayne Carey has returned to Melbourne, despite failing to sell his luxury Gold Coast mansion. Carey confirmed
Read moreEx-Kangaroo Shannon Grant to Sell Mordialloc Beach Front Property
FORMER AFL Premiership player Shannon Grant is selling an investment property at 180 Beach Road in Mordialloc.
The modest three-bedroom, single level home, on a 653 square metre block, is expected to sell at auction next month for around $1.250 million, according to Hocking Stuart Brighton selling agents Rod Richardson and Stuart Kelso who is auctioning the property at 3:30pm on November 28.
Rose Porteous to Sell Toorak Pad, Again
FLAMBOYANT socialite Rose Porteous has listed her Toorak home for sale, again.
The 60-year old grandmother, who with husband Willie purchased her first Melbourne home in 2005, could reap as much as $7 million for the three-bedroom plus study home, on a 650 square metre block in ritzy Irving Road.
Rose paid a reported $4.9 million for the home in July 2007, before undertaking a renovation. The home includes a double height entrance hall with return staircase, formal and informal living and dining rooms, several private courtyards, and a triple car garage.
Ava Gardner & Frank Sinatra’s South Yarra Hideaway Listed For Sale
THE South Yarra motel at the centre of a saucy scandal involving Hollywood actress Ava Gardner, and crooner Frank Sinatra 50 years ago, is for sale.
Rooms within the St James Motel, at 35 Darling Street, accommodated Ms Gardner and a production crew during the 1959 filming of “On the Beach”, parts of which were shot in Berwick.
It was reported Frank Sinatra would often visit Ms Gardner during filming, despite the fact the couple divorced two years earlier. Sinatra left his wife and three kids in 1951, to marry Gardner – who had already been married twice before.
Interior Designer David Hicks Pays $3 Million For St Kilda Road Apartment
INTERIOR designer David Hicks is understood to have paid more than $3 million for a luxury St Kilda Road apartment, built on what was once the site of a rundown office and shopping plaza.
Hicks, who was a judge on Channel Nine’s recent television show homeMade, is speculated to have purchased a 3-bedroom apartment at 401 St Kilda Road, a boutique complex developed by Pan Urban, the construction company of business identity and publisher of The Monthly, Morry Schwartz.
Stewart Loewe to Sell Brighton Townhouse
FORMER St Kilda footballer Stewart “Buckets” Loewe is tackling Melbourne’s unpredictable housing market, listing for sale a new 3-level townhouse in Brighton.
The 41-year old former Saint, who after retiring from football in 2002 turned his famous massive hands to property development, can expect to make between $1.15 million and $1.25 million from the sale of 357 New Street, the latest creation by his development company Progressive Properties.
The townhouse includes 3 bedrooms, home theatre room and a double garage, and is within walking distance to the North Brighton shopping strip, the Middle Brighton Pier and the Seacombe Grove Beach.
