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Kerri-Anne Kennerley privately sells Woollahra home for huge sum

<p dir="ltr">Kerri-Anne Kennerley has let go of her 1870s era Woollahra home for an estimate of $23 million.</p> <p dir="ltr">The television and radio presenter shared the historic two-storey residence with her late husband, John Kennerley, after purchasing it for $2.49 million in 1997.</p> <p dir="ltr">She reportedly told friends she would only consider selling the 892 sqft home if she was offered a “silly price” as it is “too big” for her.</p> <p dir="ltr">Other friends told the media she was fed up with the pool maintenance and had no desire for the self-contained studio.</p> <p dir="ltr">The deal was done off-market with private agents, realestate.com.au reported, and went for around $22-23 million.</p> <p dir="ltr">John, who passed away in 2019, had been a major model train enthusiast and the pair had reportedly built train tracks around the home which snaked around the property and outside of the pool.</p> <p dir="ltr">Kerri-Anne and John married in 1984 - a day she says was the happiest moment of her life.</p> <p dir="ltr">“We had a beautiful wedding at the Opera House, [with] 150 family and friends,” she told Leo Schofield for Wentworth Courier.</p> <p dir="ltr">Sadly in 2016, John fell over a low balustrade.</p> <p dir="ltr">It left him a quadriplegic and he tragically died three years later.</p> <p dir="ltr">Kennerley has been in the industry for more than 50 years, and is an inductee into the Logie <em>Hall of Fame</em>. </p>

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Inside Ian Thorpe’s new $2.75m Sydney home

<p>Australian former swimming champ Ian Thorpe has just secured a new home in the exclusive Sydney suburb of Woollahra, forking out $2.75 million for a luxury three-bedroom townhouse.</p> <p>The 215sqm property will be home to Thorpe, his partner Ryan Channing and their adorable new family member, a puppy named Kaia.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media"> <div style="padding: 8px;"> <div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"> <div style="background: url(data:image/png; base64,ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaacwaaaascamaaaapwqozaaaabgdbtueaalgpc/xhbqaaaafzukdcak7ohokaaaamuexurczmzpf399fx1+bm5mzy9amaaadisurbvdjlvzxbesmgces5/p8/t9furvcrmu73jwlzosgsiizurcjo/ad+eqjjb4hv8bft+idpqocx1wjosbfhh2xssxeiyn3uli/6mnree07uiwjev8ueowds88ly97kqytlijkktuybbruayvh5wohixmpi5we58ek028czwyuqdlkpg1bkb4nnm+veanfhqn1k4+gpt6ugqcvu2h2ovuif/gwufyy8owepdyzsa3avcqpvovvzzz2vtnn2wu8qzvjddeto90gsy9mvlqtgysy231mxry6i2ggqjrty0l8fxcxfcbbhwrsyyaaaaaelftksuqmcc); display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;"></div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Be9EkcdA4VH/" target="_blank">A post shared by RYAN | CHANNING (@ryanchanning)</a> on Feb 8, 2018 at 3:31pm PST</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Purchased off-market from a couple who had only owned the townhouse for less than a year, the home marks a return to the city for Thorpe, who has previously owned properties in the Sutherland Shire and Thirroul.</p> <p>To see inside the stunning house, <strong>scroll through the gallery above</strong>. And before you ask, yes, there’s a pool!</p> <p><em>Image credit: Ryan Channing/Instagram and Bradfield Cleary.</em></p>

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