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Karl Stefanovic and wife Cassandra Thorburn sell Lindfield home six years after purchasing it for $2.3 million

TV presenter Karl Stefanovic and his estranged wife Cassandra Thorburn have sold their matrimonial Lindfield home just 11 days after it hit the market.

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CHANNEL Nine breakfast television presenter Karl Stefanovic and his estranged wife Cassandra Thorburn have quickly sold their matrimonial Lindfield home.

It only hit the market 11 days ago, far quicker than the 26 day Sydney private treaty sale time.

Interested parties will have known the listing was coming a little earlier after reports drones were spotting hovering over the quaint garden cottage in late October.

The garage includes a bar.
The garage includes a bar.

The upper North Shore family home came with no formal price guidance through John Tower at Tower & London.

Locals suggested the home could fetch between $3.6 million to $3.8 million. The Lindfield median house price currently at its peak at $2.5 million.

Initial price expectations were between $3.6 million and $3.8 million.
Initial price expectations were between $3.6 million and $3.8 million.

The marketing photos offered the chance to see their home renovations since they snapped up the home for $2.3 million six years ago.

There was an all-white makeover throughout the now more cosmopolitan 1915 cottage which retained a few traditional features under the slate roofed house including the marble fireplaces, pressed metal ceilings and lead light windows.

The couple purchased the home six years ago for $2.3 million.
The couple purchased the home six years ago for $2.3 million.

The air-conditioned garage space, home of Karl’s black scooter, comes complete with two bar tables, wine fridge and storage. There’s yellow and white striped beanbags to watch the television.

The five-bedroom home is on a 920sq m block.
The five-bedroom home is on a 920sq m block.

It’s been a house of melody with a music room devoted to the piano along with a room upstairs featuring fours guitars.

Outside is a pool, enclosed trampoline and a basketball post.

The home has a formal lounge and dining rooms, along with a sun room.
The home has a formal lounge and dining rooms, along with a sun room.

The Lindfield listing came after the family had committed several months ago to trading up big time to an $8 million home in Cremorne.

The three level harbourfront home, currently being developed by Tony Blanche, was purchased before the separation.

Original URL: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/karl-stefanovic-and-wife-cassandra-thorburn-sell-lindfield-home-six-years-after-purchasing-it-for-23-million/news-story/fe3c400760f740d5574b64ec15a4eb33