Tim Cahill quick to score with sale of Lower Plenty home

The Melbourne home of US-bound soccer veteran Tim Cahill has gone under offer.

Grande Vista, the luxury Broadbeach Waters estate on the Sovereign Islands

The Melbourne home of US-bound soccer veteran Tim Cahill has gone under offer, five weeks after its listing. The Sydney-born midfielder is quitting Lower Plenty with a move possibly to New York on the horizon. The Lower Plenty home was bought in 2016 when Cahill had signed for Melbourne City on his return from China. Paying $2.775 million 19 months ago, he was seeking offers last month of $3.5m-$3.85m through Morrison Kleeman agents Rocco Montanaro and Malcolm Perkins,who sold him the home. It’s been renovated by his interior designer wife Rebekah. The home has six bedrooms, five bathrooms, a state-of-the-art theatre room and a swimming pool on its 4180sq m parcel, 20km out of Melbourne. Cahill was in Russia where his hopes to become just the fifth player to score at four different World Cups were dashed.

Record price for island home

Grande Vista, a luxury Gold Coast Broadbeach Waters estate on the Sovereign Islands, has gone under contract at a record price. A local buyer has set an island record surpassing the sale of Baltimore, a mega mansion that changed hands for $11m in 2006. It was marketed as one of Australia’s premier waterfront mansions by Prestige Property agent Amir Mian, who had initial $14.88m price guidance. Gold Coast businessman Brian Peat bought the home from developer John Fish for $7m in 2010. The seven-bedroom, 12-bathroom home spans over 1890sq m, taking up much of its 2103sq m parcel on Sir Lancelot Way.

Spectacular views on offer at Grande Vista on the Gold Coast.

Entry to the home is through a palatial foyer with elegant marble and wrought-iron staircase and spectacular views. The basement level is accessed by a lift and features a steam room, gym and garage. There’s a private outdoor teppanyaki kitchen.

Hawthorne good life on offer

Leon McNiece, founder of Goodlife Health Clubs and more recently Totalfusion, and wife Michelle have relisted their former Hawthorne home in Brisbane. The couple have owned the Aaron Avenue home since they paid $4.7m in 2007. In 2013 they traded up to a six-bedroom home nearby, paying $7.48m. They also own a $3.5m weekender in Palm Beach. Their redundant Hawthorne home, set on 605sq m, is designed to take advantage of its waterfront position with views over the Brisbane River. There’s four bedrooms, a home office and an undercover entertainer’s deck. Ray White East Brisbane agent David Price has the listing. McNiece established the Goodlife chain in 1998, selling to Macquarie Leisure Trust for $60m in 2007.

List over love in Ipswich

Sanctuary Cove-based property guru Andrew Winter is offloading his investment property at Ipswich. The host of Love It or List It Australia and Selling Houses Australia bought into the Ipswich market in late 2016. His 1100sq m land holding on Moffatt Street cost $285,000. It comes with a price guide of $375,000-$400,000.

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