Rolling Stone Australia owner and Vinyl Group CEO Josh Simons and wife Tatiana selling Patterson Lakes home

Alt rocker and Vinyl Group chief executive Josh Simons is selling the Patterson Lakes he was living in while on tour with Coldplay last year. See the changes he’s made after buying it sight unseen.

The 6/260 McLeod Rd, Patterson Lakes, home has plenty of room for aspiring and working musos to wrack up their favourite guitars and instruments.

Music executive and alt rocker Josh Simons, who played guitar with Emmanual Kelly while he opened for Coldplay last year, is selling his Patterson Lakes “opportunity home”.

Simons founded the band Buchanan in 2009, which went on to win Triple J’s Unearthed competition in 2011 and toured nationally as well as opening for acts including Keith Urban.

In 2020 he launched tech start up Vampr, described as Tinder for bands looking to find new members, which has been nominated for music industry innovation awards on multiple occasions.

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Simons is now also the chief executive of the Vinyl Group, which owns music magazine Rolling Stone Australia and in 2024 acquired The Brag Media as well as Mediaweek and Funkified Entertainment.

He also signed leading artists to Vampr’s distribution — including the Paralympian turned pop star Emmanuel Kelly, leading to his tour gig with Coldplay.

Simons and wife Tatiana returned to Australia in 2021 after buying their 6/260 McLeod Rd, Patterson Lakes, home sight unseen while still living in America, after his mother inspected it for him and described it as “an opportunity home”.

The McLeod Rd home has been updated with floorboards and fresh paint.

Josh Simons plays guitar with Emmanuel kelly as the opening act for Coldplay in 2024.

Josh Simons and partner Tatiana as a cardboard cut out, celebrating buying their first home while still in the United States.

“That was code for having to rip up all the carpet and removing all the finishes and having to put in fresh paint,” Simons said.

“We probably wouldn’t have bought the home if we had inspected it, but I’m very grateful in hindsight for that, as we would have just seen the problems and not the opportunity.”

Tatiana added that they “really wanted to live in a place we loved” and they had put a lot of effort in to get that over the past four years.

In addition to the interior refresh, they have added festoon lighting and a pergola to the easy-care back yard, updated the kitchen with a new stove, and put timber floors into the living areas.

The home has a fairly non-descript view from the street, but has a three-bedroom floorplan within it.

A handful of upgrades were also made in the kitchen.

The pair added the pergola and festoon lighting to the home’s rear yard after moving in.

The pair are relocating to Carrum, with Asset Property’s Justin Maher selling their three-bedroom Patterson Lakes home.

Mr Maher said with a $690,000-$730,000 asking price the three-bedroom address was likely to appeal to downsizers and first-home buyers, who would appreciate the renovation and its location within walking distance of shops including major supermarkets as well as kindergartens, and a short drive to the beach.

Offers for the home must be in by 4pm on May 19.

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Originally published as Rolling Stone Australia owner and Vinyl Group CEO Josh Simons and wife Tatiana selling Patterson Lakes home