Swimming great Grant Hackett buys multimillion dollar home just off Brighton’s ‘Golden Mile’

The Olympic legend and his wife Sharlene are set to join the bayside brigade after making a successful play for a stunning five bedroom home.

Sharlene and Grant Hackett are moving to Brighton. Picture: Hamish Blair

Olympic legend Grant Hackett has made a big bucks splash in the Brighton property market.

Hackett and his wife Sharlene are set to join the bayside brigade after making a successful play for a stunning five bedroom architecturally designed home just off Brighton’s ‘Golden Mile.’

The home was sold privately in December with an asking price of between $5 million – $6 million.

The kitchen inside the Hacketts’ Brighton home.

The home boasts five bedrooms.

The swimming legend’s home features a swimming pool.

The house was sold privately in December.

The pending arrival of the swimming great in the leafy bayside playground of the well-heeled and well-connected has had locals talking in the past fortnight.

The trophy family home in an exclusive cul-de-sac boasts five bedrooms, five bathrooms, soaring ceilings, a formal lounge/dining area and wine cellar as well as an outdoor entertaining space with swimming pool and landscaped garden.

Hackett and his wife have a son, Edward. He has twins, Charlize and Jagger, from his first marriage.