Feeney declares interest in selling

Former ALP politician David Feeney and wife Liberty Sanger are selling their East Melbourne investment apartment.

David Feeney, the former ALP politician, whose Twitter account says he’s turned private citizen, and his lawyer wife Liberty Sangar are selling their East Melbourne investment apartment. The couple paid $2.875m for the unit in the 150 Clarendon block in 2007, a year before Feeney was elected Labor member for Batman. In 2007 Feeney said he had taken steps to relinquish any British and Irish citizenship by descent, but was unable to produce documentation that renunciation had taken place. Feeney was also caught in a controversy over declaration of his property interests, which morphed into a political attack over Labor’s negative gearing policy. The couple were living in the 2009-built, two-bedroom apartment while renovating their Northcote house, a house that Feeney failed to declare. Kay & Burton South Yarra agents Monique Depierre and Julian Standish have a guide of $4m-$4.4m for the apartment with a 25m terrace with views across Fitzroy Gardens.

A juicy offering

Boost Juice co-founders Janine and Jeff Allis are selling their Malvern home. They’ve owned the European-style home on the fringe of Hedgeley Dene Gardens for the past decade, having paid $3.8m in 2009, when they were upgrading from nearby. The ground level features a central reception hall, music room and sitting room.

Boost Juice founder Janine Allis at her Malvern home. Picture: Stuart McEvoy

The living space opens to the outdoor terrace that meets the swimming pool and overlooks the tennis court. The home has four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a basement-level home theatre. Marshall White Stonnington agents John Manton and Fiona Ansell-Jones have a $5m-$5.5m guide for its March 16 auction. Janine previously appeared on Shark Tank. She’s the part-owner of Retail Zoo, the parent company of Boost Juice, which she founded with Jeff in 2000.

Riverfront property up for grabs

Property developers Glenice and Allan Mein are selling their New Farm riverfront home. The Griffith Street property on an 875sq m waterfront parcel is among a handful of homes that fronts the Brisbane River. It has its own pontoon. The existing post-war home spanning four levels including a rooftop entertaining space cost the Meins $1.2m in 1999. Ray White New Farm agent Haesley Cush has a March 9 auction. The Meins moved to New Farm from Victoria in the 1980s. The residence with five bedrooms also features a swimming pool, spa and sauna.

Home still in play

Former AFL umpire and player Jordan Bannister and his Channel 10 presenter wife Natalie Hunter failed to sell their Brighton home at its midweek auction. It’s now for sale for $4.175m after having an initial guide of $4m-$4.2m. The former Carlton and Essendon footballer paid $1.8m in 2014 when it was just a tennis court on 550sq m that had been subdivided from a neighbouring home. He commissioned Stonnington Group to build a modern four-bedroom home with gym and a pool. Buxton Bentleigh agents Simon Pintado and David Hart have the Campbell Street home.

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