Cricket legend Ricky Ponting has paid an eye-watering value for his new luxurious house in Melbourne’s ritziest suburb
The six-bedroom Toorak mansion had been listed with an $18.8m-$20.6m asking value. Industry sources say the ultimate deal was near $20.75m.
The spectacular house in Melbourne’s most unique suburb was renovated underneath the steering of architect Nicholas Day and the late inside design guru Stuart Rattle for its earlier house owners.
Features embody wrought-iron staircases, marble-topped kitchen surfaces, French connecting doorways main out to a luxurious pool, framed with statues and manicured greenery.
The former Australian check captain — nonetheless intently linked with the sport as an IPL coach and commentary guru for Channel 7 — will now have the ability to host an estimated 150 company within the two-storey house’s floor stage alone.
The Pontings presently personal a mansion in well-heeled Brighton, a seven-bedroom pad purchased for $9.2m in 2013 in one of many suburb’s most sought-after streets.
Ponting additionally purchased a luxurious weekender in Portsea in 2019, spending $3.51m on the spectacular four-bedroom house with a pool.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
