South Melbourne rental has $40k singing toilet

A marble-drenched South Melbourne apartment, featuring a $40,000 “singing and dancing” toilet, could be yours to rent.

A marble-drenched South Melbourne rental, modelled after “LA’s illustrious Beverly Hills mansions” has been leased for a quarter of a million dollars a year.

And while you might assume the three-bedroom apartment’s most impressive assets are the included $250k worth of international artwork or the $300k worth of designer furniture, it’s arguably the “singing and dancing” toilet, worth a whopping $40k.

Installed in one of the pad’s luxurious bathrooms – along with a freestanding stone bathtub, double rain shower and marble drawers and flooring, the Sensowash toilet seat could well be the piece de resistance.

“The lease underpins the demand for luxury – and underpins the resilience of the rental market even (amid COVID-19),” owner and high-profile developer Tim Gurner said.

A $40,000 toilet is a feature of one of the bathrooms. Picture: Supplied

The apartment includes more than $400,000 worth of marble. Picture: Supplied

The pad offers 300 square metres of living space. Picture: Supplied

“Most of the furniture I had custom commissioned, and some of the art is from my own private collection.

“We really had no intention of leasing the penthouse. But after an interested party was introduced to us, we quickly negotiated a deal.”

The apartment, located in Mr Gurner’s $140 million Albert Place Residences project and overlooking Port Phillip Bay, Albert Park Lake and the Melbourne skyline, will be rented by a tenant for $5000 a week – bringing in $260k a year for Mr Gurner.

The lucky tenant will also gain access to the building’s “private club facilities”, including a bar, library and lounge, a 2500-bottle wine cellar and the Turkish bathhouse-inspired “Prince’s Baths” featuring a lap pool, a sunken spa and a sauna.