Is Barbie's new dreamhouse going to be in Australia?
A CASHED up and glamorous Barbie is taking the search for her next dream house down under following the sale of her iconic Malibu property.
SPECULATING Australia's prestige property can seem like a game with high-end houses featuring anything from glass elevators to domestic discos, and price tags quoting "more than $40 million".
But one cashed up and glamorous Hollywood player is ready to come down under and give her plastic a work out.
Barbie, the world’s most fantastic plastic identity will be leaving Los Angeles to attend the Sydney Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week on April 8 with Aussie acquaintance Rachael Finch in tow and after dolling out her decades of fashion advice as a private guest for the Camilla and Marc show, she is rumoured to begin her hunt for the next Barbie Dream House.
The sale of the famously pink Barbie Malibu Dream House was reported on last month by The New York Times and news.com.au with an estimated US$25 million price tag.
LA realtor to the stars, Josh Altman (Foxtel’s Million Dollar Listing) and locally based agents LJ Hooker and Biggin and Scott have armed the blonde bombshell with a shortlist of Aussie dream houses – some of which are even pink - from beach bungalows to country estates ideal for her horse, Dancer.
An LJ Hooker spokesperson said now is the perfect time to take advantage of prestige property listings, especially around Sydney’s blue ribbon harbour side locations.
"It’s not surprising savvy entrepreneurs like Barbie have also realised how exceptional the top end real estate residential market is at the moment. We have heard she has her eye on several estates we are marketing in Sydney’s famed Eastern and Northern enclaves and right up to Port Douglas," the spokesperson said.
Not wanting any of her long-time fans out of the picture, Barbie’s management has announced the whole country can get involved in showing off Australia. “Photobomb” your photos with a Barbie doll and post online using the hashtags #BarbieIsMoving #Australia or visit the Dreamhouse Diaries page at yahoo.com.au/barbie.
Channel 7’s The Morning Show will be rewarding Barbie’s best tour guides.
We’ve helped out the pretty-in-pink idol by choosing some possible Barbie dream houses in Sydney
What plastic princess wouldn’t want to live in a Point Piper mansion with a waterfront pool, a boathouse cabana for Skipper and a jetty?
Barbie would be right at home in this pink palatial waterfront mansion.
A place to keep her horse in Merriwa.
Every girl needs a butterfly house in Dover Heights.
Barbie’s retro entertainer with a spa in the sunken lounge room in Oxford Falls.