Moonee Ponds: Former Aussie soccer player Ivan Kelic’s house could set a new suburb record
Former Melbourne striker Ivan Kelic is selling his jaw-dropping Moonee Ponds pad, and it could smash the suburb’s house price record by millions of dollars.
Former Australian soccer player Ivan Kelic has relisted his luxurious Moonee Ponds house with $14m-$15m price hopes.
Kelic last played with the Melbourne Knights from 1997 to 2000 after an earlier stint with the club, plus South Melbourne and Singapore’s Tanjong Pagar United Football Club.
He now heads up the property development division of construction firm Parkside Group.
In 2023, Kelic put his six-bedroom pad at 54 Park St up for sale with a $20m-plus price tag but later took it off the market.
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If the home sells within its current asking range, it will still overtake the Moonee Ponds’ $10.725m house price record set by 36 Ardmillan Rd in 2018.
Whitefox Northside’s Paddy Tilli and Dylan Francis both declined to comment on the vendor but records show the house remains under Kelic and his wife’s ownership.
“It could be the best home on the market in Victoria right now,” Mr Tilli said.
“It’s arguably the number one house north of the Yarra.”
Set on a 2284sq m block among gardens created by famous landscape designer Paul Bangay, the 1889-era abode retains its period facade.
A renovation kept the home’s high ceilings and leadlight windows, while a formal wing includes a gallery foyer, sitting room and main bedroom suite.
Inside there are two dressing rooms, a bay window with garden views and marble-fitted ensuite.
The home’s three levels are accessed by a 2m-wide staircase crafted from polished plaster, steel and Tundra marble, a type of grey stone that comes from mountains near the city of Afyon in Turkey.
“There are 300 slabs of Tundra stone both in and outside of the house,” Mr Tilli said.
The residence’s basement level is fitted with a temperature controlled wine cellar, custom-built gym and multi-tiered cinema.
Outdoors, there are a 20m-long pool, tennis court and entertainer’s set-up with a gas fireplace, barbecue kitchen and bathroom.
The indoor kitchen features American White Oak joinery, integrated Gaggenau and Miele appliances and a butler’s pantry.
Glass-framed living and dining spaces, seven bathrooms, an office and wood-burning and ethanol fireplaces are among the other highlights.
Mr Tilli said it was not just a three-to-four-year renovation journey for the home but also three to four years of pre-planning before that, adding up to an eight year journey to create the house as it is today.
“Therefore, even if someone had the idea of trying to execute this nowadays, taking eight years or more would make it very easy to miss the prime window of when a family would enjoy such a home at its best,” he said.
In 2010, the Kelics paid $5.25m for the unrenovated property.
Mr Tilli said to replace the abode today would cost well in excess of the listing’s quoted range, taking land and renovation charges into consideration.
Mr Francis said an equivalent house in Brighton or Toorak would likely fetch $50m-$60m.
Buyers including locals, from Melbourne’s southeastern suburbs, interstate and China have inquired about the home.
Expressions of interest close at 5pm on March 25.
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