Antony Catalano’s domain now in Portsea

Former boss of Domain, Antony Catalano, and wife Stefanie have spent up big to gain the keys to Portsea’s ‘ultimate beach house’.

Fitness First founder Tony de Leede is asking for more than $6m for the four-bedroom home at Mermaid Beach.

Media magnate in the making Antony Catalano and wife Stefanie have spent $5.6 million to buy back at Portsea, on the Mornington Peninsula. It was marketed as Portsea’s ultimate beach house. The private estate on 2330sq m has a contemporary five-bedroom home with a separate study and parents retreat. The open-plan kitchen, living and dining area open to an alfresco deck that meets a signature oval swimming pool. A tennis court and trampoline are in the manicured grounds. Peninsula Sotheby’s agents Rob Curtain and Patrick Sinn secured the sale. Catalano, the former boss of Domain, recently agreed to buy the $30m off-the-plan penthouse in the St Kilda project St Moritz.

Mermaid beckons for $6m

Fitness First founder Tony de Leede is seeking to sell his redundant luxury Mermaid Beach home for the third time. The Bondi Beach-based fitness pioneer is seeking offers over $6m for the Hedges Avenue mansion. Set on 405sq m, the 2007-built home has four bedrooms, three bathrooms, an entertaining area with fireplace and a built-in barbecue that adjoins the pool. Of course there’s a home gym and a steam room. Conal Martin at Kingfisher Realty Burleigh Heads is marketing the property. De Leede paid $7.3m for the property in 2009 when buying from Lisa Frawley, the wife of the former Roamfree executive director Mark Frawley. It has been a $2800-a-week rental in recent times. De Leede founded Fitness First in 1993.

Coach scores a winner with sale

Brisbane Broncos head coach Anthony Seibold and wife Hollie have sold their Gold Coast investment property. They secured $485,000 for the Ormeau built home, northwest of the Gold Coast. They paid $261,000 for it in 2009. They were based in Wales at the time where Anthony was the assistant coach at the new Welsh rugby league club the Celtic Crusaders. He helped them win promotion to the Super League the same year. Set on 660sq m in the Jacobs Ridge Estate, the home has four bedrooms, including a master with an ensuite and walk-in wardrobe. Seibold is now head coach of the Brisbane Broncos, having traded places with Wayne Bennett,who took over at his former post as head coach of the South Sydney Rabbitohs.

Morris’s art deco masterstroke

Computershare co-founder Chris Morris has sold a renovated art deco Middle Park trophy home. It is believed to have sold between $12m and $13m. The Beaconsfield Parade property on 925sq m was a block of flats before Morris converted it to a family home. He commissioned Chamberlain Javens Architects to create the three-storey property with four bedrooms, five bathrooms and formal and informal living and dining areas. It came with interiors by Kerry Phelan Design Office. In the gardens is a pool and a self-contained apartment above the garage. It sold through Kay & Burton South Yarra agent Michael Armstrong and Cayzer’s Geoff Cayzer.

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