Trophy Homes: Shannon Bennett’s recipe for sale

Chef Shannon Bennett has listed his Great Ocean Road holiday retreat on Victoria’s Surf Coast.

The rear of the house at Montague Street.

Chef Shannon Bennett has listed his Great Ocean Road holiday retreat that has been a luxury rental offering on Victoria’s Surf Coast. The listing comes as he’s upgrading to Toorak from South Yarra, where he recently scored a windfall result on his 1880s trophy home, Barwon. Located at Big Hill on the stretch between Moggs Creek and Lorne, the six-bedroom home sits on a 5100sq m parcel bordered by state forest on three sides. Tyrone Provan and Ian Stewart at Great Ocean Road Real Estate Lorne are marketing the home with $4.65 million-$5.1m price guidance. Bennett paid $380,000 in 2007. The home sits in Phillip Johnson Landscapes-designed gardens complete with swimmable billabong and outdoor kitchen. Behind the striking zinc-clad exterior is a 1000sq m home spanning three levels. There is a cinema room, bar with cellar and yoga deck.

Minogue manager’s latest hit

Terry Blamey, former manager of Kylie Minogue, has bought a renovated Albert Park home. Blamey, who managed Minogue for more than 25 years, hasn’t had to move far, having sold his classic Victorian a few doors down on Montague Street midyear for $2m. He has upgraded to a $3.05m more modern Victorian residence, though still with classical facade. The home has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a rear courtyard. Greg Hocking Holdsworth sold the home that hadn’t traded since it sold unrenovated for $670,000 in 2005. Blamey co-owned another Montague Street property, but that was sold in 2012 to his mate, entrepreneur Michael Gudinski. Blamey was with Minogue at her first show in front of 38,000 fans at the Tokyo Dome in 1989.

Voss lists investment home

Former Brisbane Lions triple AFL premiership captain Michael Voss has listed an investment property south of Perth. The four-bedroom, two-bathroom Baldivis home has been a consistent $340-a-week rental since he paid $181,000 in 2012 while coaching the Lions. Willow Tree Realty Baldivis agent Janette Abbott has issued price guidance of between $329,000 and $349,000 on the now vacant home. Voss and wife Helen sold Nu Haven, their Coorparoo home, for $2.57m this year as they moved to Adelaide, where Voss is coaching at Port Adelaide.

$11m chip off Prix D’Amour block

A Mosman Park mega-mansion has been sold after two years on the market for $11.67m, one of Perth’s biggest sales this year. There are whispers it has been bought by a Peet director. The home, sold by investor John Clinton and wife Lilian, saw a price reduction from $13.5m that prompted the sale. It was built on two of the 10 blocks created when Perth socialite Rose Porteous demolished her mansion Prix D’Amour in 2006. Rose’s husband William Porteous at William Porteous Properties International conducted the sale. Set on 1610sq m, the three-level home with elevator sits in lush gardens. It has Swan River and CBD views, seven bedrooms, seven bathrooms, 12-seat theatre, gym and wine cellar.

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