Sophie Monk’s $8.5m TV home for sale
The incredible Byron Bay trophy home that featured on Sophie Monk’s Love Island is up for sale with a $8m to $9m price guide.
Amileka, the Byron Bay hinterland trophy home that once featured as the backdrop in reality TV show Love Island Australia, is for sale.
The strikingly simple, contemporary homestead on 10ha, at Federal, comes with an $8m to $9m price guide through McGrath Byron Bay agents Nick Dunn and Ollie Charkos.
The 2008-built home hosted season 3 of the show, on Nine Now, which was won by Mitch Hibberd and Tina Provis in 2017.
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The Blackbean Lane home – designed by architect Sharon Fraser – has five bedrooms, a sunken lounge, a kitchen with honed concrete floors, and glass-wrapped interiors.
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The white box minimalist architectural-style home won the Australian Institute of Architects (NSW Country Division) Architecture Award, after being built in 2006 for Fraser’s partner, Steve Esson.
The founders of The Farm enterprise, Tom Lane, the Oroton fashion empire scion, and stylist wife Emma bought Amileka for $4m in 2011.
It was next traded in 2015 to the Kingscliff-based Johnson family for $3.5m after more than a year on the market, through then-agent Nicolette Van Wijngaarden, of Unique Estates.
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The property next sold in 2022 when Mikaela Lancaster, the Spotify Australia managing director, and husband Mark Britt, founder of video-streaming platform Iflix, bought it for $9.5m through Mr Dunn – some four months after it was listed with $11.5m to $12.5m hopes.
It is the most expensive of the 19 Federal properties listed on realestate.com.au.
“Set amidst the breathtaking natural beauty of the Byron Bay hinterland, ‘Amileka’ is a unique expression of modernist design,” the listing for the home reads.
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“Encompassing over 25 serene acres filled with ancient Black Bean trees and expansive manicured lawns, this award-winning estate offers an unparalleled blend of innovative architecture and luxurious living.
“Recognised as ‘Best Property Australia’ at the 2009 CNBC International Property Awards & the Winner of the 2008 ‘Architecture Award’ from the Australian Institute of Architects (NSW Country Division).”
Series three of Love Island was hosted by Sophie Monk with Mitche Hibberd and Tina Provis emerging as the winners.
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Originally published as Sophie Monk’s $8.5m TV home for sale
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