Unley Park home featuring Geoffrey Rush in Scott Hicks's movie Shine is up for sale

THERE aren't too many people who can say that Geoffrey Rush jumped near-naked on a trampoline at their house.

HISTORIC APPEAL: Faye and Steve McCallum at the house and, below, Geoffrey Rush in the movie Shine.

THERE aren't too many people who can say that Geoffrey Rush jumped near-naked on a trampoline at their house.

But Faye and Steve McCallum, who are selling their home, the historic Heywood at Unley Park, can.

The home was featured in South Australian director Scott Hick's Oscar-winning film Shine, which told the story of gifted pianist David Helfgott.

The film's two most iconic scenes, the scene where Rush swims in the pool surrounded by sheet music, and the trampoline scene, were filmed at the home.

"They filmed Shine here and Geoffrey Rush frequented the place and swam in the pool here,'' vendor Faye McCallum, who has renovated the home, said.

"It did feature in that movie and at the stage it was featured it was in its original state so it doesn't really look like it does now in side but of course, being heritage listed, we haven't made any changes to the original architecture at all."

"Outside, it looks the same as it did in the movie and also as it did in the old hundred-year-old black and white photos we've got of the house."

Mrs McCallum said the Oscar-winning actor even lived on set during the filming of the movie.

"He stayed in the room which is now our dining room, he did sleep in that room and I think it was a bedroom then," Mrs McCallum said.

The McCallums bought the home in 2002, six years after the movie's release and said while its use in Shine added some appeal, the home's more distant history was the real drawcard for them.

The McCallums renovated the home throughout with the help of an acclaimed architect and said it now contains a seamless blend of the old and new.

"We did engage a fantastic heritage architect Pauline Hurren who is well-known for her tasteful work and insists on keeping things in style with the house," Mrs McCallum said.

Mrs McCallum said the home's appearance has not changed throughout the years.

"The front garden where we've kept the original fountain is a classic Victorian circular lawn area and that's the same in the photos that are over 100 years old as it is today," she said.

"There's a photo with a horse and cart actually parked on the veranda which is quite amusing to see."

So how does Mrs McCallum feel about having Geoffrey Rush have stayed in her home?

"It's just a story, he wasn't that well known when the film was made and he's a lot more well known now," Mrs McCallum said.

"People are interested because it is iconic and I think people enjoy coming to the property too because it's a lovely place to entertain.

The home is set on a 6048sq m block and Harcourts Brock Williams principal John Williams, who is the agent selling the property, said it would likely go down as one of the year's top sales.

"It's an iconic home - everyone knows the property and it's on over 6000sqm in Unley Park, which is simply unheard of," he said.

"Mostly through Unley Park and Hyde Park you'd see 2000sqm as a big block, 2500 is huge, 300 is extremely rare and this is an acre and a half of land in Unley Park.

"When you're talking 6000sqm like we are here with a big house, court and pool, there's just nothing else on the market like it."

"You can't really buy one for under $3 million on 2000sqm in this area, and this is over 6000sqm."