Guy Pearce sells unusual home in Victorian bush
Hollywood star and Geelong local Guy Pearce has sold his secluded property less than a year after buying it as a family retreat.
The five-bedroom home, which sits on a sprawling seven-hectare property in Beremboke, in central western Victoria, boasts views of the Brisbane Ranges and is built on a hillside with turrets, glass walls, and seven decks and verandahs to soak up the views from.
Pearce has listed the home for between $1.0 and $1.15 million, despite having spent $1.2 million on it last April, only for it to be snapped up for $1.27 million.
However, any profits he might have made from the sale will likely be spent on stamp duty and other buying and selling costs.
Dozens of buyers inspected the home - which is split into three interconnecting pods - in February, but the agent selling the property withheld the true identity of the home’s owner from potential buyers and simply said it was an “overseas owner”.
The “main house” is where you’ll find the lounge room with a wood heater, the atrium-styled dining room, curved kitchen, and loft bedroom with upper and lower balconies.
Connected to this is the octagonal “bedroom house”, with its dual balconies, geometric main bedroom, and a lower-level bedroom with a kitchenette.
The final self-contained “cottage” features a sunken lounge, main bedroom, a loft bedroom and even more balconies.
Having owned the property for a short time and during the pandemic, Pearce never had the opportunity to take up residence in the unusual home.
Last year also proved to be a busy year for Pearce and his investment portfolio, having sold a four-bedroom home for $4.2 million just weeks after buying the Beremboke home.
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