The My Kitchen Rules co-host and celebrity chef Pete Evans and wife, the former glamour-model turned nutritionist Nicola Robinson, have decided to lease their former Malabar home.

The couple have quickly secured tenants having asked $1,600 a week. 

They've recently moved in to their forever home, just down the street, which they had been building for the last few years.

The former 1960s knockdown cost them $1.27 million in 2014. They spent around $1 million building the two-level, Metricon-designed home with a roof terrace and magnesium swimming pool.

Their former home was pulled from auction last month, when would-be buyers were being told similar homes were selling for between $2.5 million and $3 million.

It had cost them $1.44 million a 2013.

Built in 2008, it has five bedrooms and a designer commercial kitchen which opens on to a ground level wraparound ­courtyard.

Evans and Robinson have ­enhanced the size of the courtyard, which now features a swimming pool along with more entertaining space complete with barbecue and fireplace.

The upper level terrace, off the curved media room and master bedroom, has ocean views.

The couple wed in a secret ceremony in late 2016 on their farm.

The controversial celebrity chef hit headlines earlier when he endorsed a podcast supporting anti-vaxxer views, which actively encouraged parents to not listen to doctors' calls to vaccinate their children.

It comes after Evans said in 2016 there was no need for suncream.

This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.

It was the grandson of Kevin Seymour, one of Brisbane’s best-known developers, who was behind the purchase last weekend of a 1980s riverfront New Farm mansion for $7.75 million.

Ben Seymour envisages a six-storey, six apartment complex for the 875 sqm Griffith Street site which sold through Ray White.

It was bought from Glenice and Allan Mein who had paid $1.2 million in 1999.

Kevin Seymour, now approaching 80 now and trying to take it a bit easier, enjoys getting the younger family member ones involved.

Ben Seymour will soon launch The Oxlade, a high-end New Farm apartment development done with his siblings Trent and Kate.

Kevin Seymour's projects include Macquarie One at Teneriffe 11 years ago. 

This article was first published in The Weekend Australian. 

Jordana Sharon-Zipser, wife of hipages co-founder Roby Sharon-Zipser, has listed their Vaucluse abode for an April 11 auction.

The buyers have been given a $7 million price guidance by Ray White duo Gavin Rubinstein and Oliver Lavers.

It was bought from hotelier Andrew Lazarus and his wife Denise off-market for $8 million last May. The Olola Ave residence, with Cameron Kimber interiors, was bought after they sold their North Bondi semi for $2.85 million in 2016.

It seems they have their eye on something even better.

The Vaucluse prestige market has been quite active this year. Some of the activity included the pre-auction sale of the home of businessman Alex Ma above its $30 million price guide.

There was also Cambridge Ave sale of the home of yachtsman Warwick Rooklyn for $6,225,000, which was $725,000 above reserve.

Home improvement classifieds website hipages, which connects homeowners with tradies, was founded in 2004, with News Corporation now owning a stake.

This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.

The comedic television presenter Julia Morris and her husband, Dan Thomas, have made the move back to Sydney from Melbourne.

They have chosen Coogee as their base, renting a modernised 1930s Coogee family home (above and below) that was offered at $2,000 a week over the summer break.

Their relocation — interrupted by Morris filming I’m a Celebrity Get me out of Here! in Africa — came after being selected to co-host Channel 10’s new show, Chris & Julia’s Sunday Night Takeaway.

After six years away from Sydney, the move also meant they’d be closer to family who reside at Kincumber on the Central Coast.

The show, filmed live at the nearby Fox Studios Australia, hasn’t been a ratings winner.

It has lost viewers three weeks in a row, down last Sunday night to 259,000 viewers.

Struggling against Nine’s Married At First Sight and Seven’s My Kitchen Rules, the show had debuted in late February with 383,000 viewers.

Morris and Dr Chris Brown both appear on the more successful Channel 10 show, I’m a Celebrity Get me out of Here! 

Their Coogee rental, last traded for $3.6 million in 2016, has four bedrooms, for the couple’s two daughters.

Morris and Thomas have their own master retreat, complete with a walk in wardrobe, ensuite and private balcony.

The ground level living space, separate to the dining area, opens to a rear garden with lawns and a barbecue terrace.

Dr Chris Brown possibly helped them choose the eastern suburbs coastal lifestyle, as previously they’d did a stint in the harbour capital at Narrabeen.

Brown had long been based at Bondi until his move in 2017 to Clovelly, where he spent $5.8 million on a classic beach house.

Morris and Thomas had been paying around $2,000 a week in Melbourne, renting a 1920s home with a pool in Brighton which their landlords paid $4.5 million in 2015.

They retain a $400 a week investment property on the outskirts of Geelong which cost $366,000 in 2014. 

Morris, who grew up around Gosford the Central Coast, worked in real estate briefly as an agency receptionist before embarking on her career in comedy. 

After trying her luck in the UK, she returned to Australia teaming up with Gus Worland on The Singing Office. She then teamed up with opera singer David Hobson, winning It Takes Two in 2008.

During the It Takes Two series she had joked: “Australia, I think it’s time that a nearly 40-year-old, overweight woman wins something in this country”.

This article was first published in the Saturday Telegraph.

Ari Cadry, the fourth generation Cadry from the rug pioneering family, has listed in Bellevue Hill.

Ari, who was named managing director of the company earlier this year, has owned the Birriga Road townhouse sine 2014 when it cost $1.44 million.

Spanning two levels with over 200 sqm of living space, the property in a boutique block of five has three bedrooms and three bathrooms. 

The living and kitchen area opens to a modernised courtyard. The separate dining has its own covered terrace. 

1st City Double Bay agents Brad Caldwell-Eyles and Julian Hasemer have scheduled an April 2 auction. 

Ari Cadry is the son of Bob Cadry, who's father Jacques established Cadrys upon his arrival in Sydney in 1952.

This article first appeared in the Saturday Daily Telegraph. 

Country music star Troy Cassar-Daley and his 4KQ Brisbane radio presenter wife Laurel Edwards are selling their Queensland farming getaway.

It has been listed for March 29 auction.

Cassar-Daley, who was born in Sydney's Surry Hills in 1969, but moved to Grafton when he was young, loved his fishing on the Vernor property which fronts the Brisbane River an hour west of the Brisbane.

Edwards would ride horses across the four hectare estate.

It has two main paddocks, cattle yards and multiple day shelters.

It was marketed last year with a negotiable $680,000 guide, but failed to sell.

A charming two-level, four bedroom family home is surrounded by mature trees and established gardens.

The property is divided in to two fully fenced main paddocks, with machinery, stables, cattle yards and a veggie garden.

He was 11 when he first went to the Tamworth Country Music Festival.

His big break came when he replaced James Blundell as the lead singer of country music band, The Blue Heeler Band. 

The first single "Dream Out Loud" was released in 1994 by Sony Music and reached number-one on the Australian country music charts.

Cassar-Daley won the 1995 ARIA Award for Best Country Record. 

He's gone on to win a further three ARIA Awards and 36 Golden Guitars in a career spanning over 30 years and 10 studio albums. 

Boost Juice founder Janine Allis and her husband Jeff have scored a windfall result on their Malvern East home.

They had a guide of $5 million to $5.5 million for the European-style home, but its unreported auction reportedly saw the price soar to $6.3 million, Nine Entertainment advised.

They paid $3.8 million in 2009 when they were upgrading from nearby.

On the fringe of Hedgeley Dene Gardens, the four bedroom, three bathroom Glenbrook Avenue home features its own basement level home theatre, central reception hall, music room and sitting room.

The living space opens to the outdoor terraces that meets the swimming pool and overlooks the mod-grass tennis court in the xxx sqm grounds.

Janine previously appeared on Shark Tank.

She's the part-owner of Retail Zoo, the parent company of Boost Juice, which she founded with Jeff from their home in 2000.

Sports broadcaster Bruce McAvaney and wife Annie Johnson have sold their Fitzroy warehouse apartment for $1,376,000.

The apartment spans the top two levels of the converted MacRoberton's chocolate factory.

It sold to a young buyer from Collingwood, according to the Herald Sun.

There were three offers on the apartment that had a $1.35 million asking price.

The Rose Street apartment cost $1.1 million in 2015 and the couple renovated the bathroom, updated the kitchen and two bedrooms and installed an eco-friendly fireplace.

The couple are based in Adelaide. 

But they now planned to “eventually build a small place down on the Fleurieu Peninsula”, south of Adelaide, they told the Herald Sun.

“We love (the apartment) and are very sad to let it go. It would have been our home,” McAvaney said. 

La Joie de Vivre, the Bayview mansion that was the first house to be used on Australia's The Bachelor, has been listed for sale.

The grand Minkara Road home last traded in 2016 when it was sold by retired transport magnate Greg Poche and his wife Kayvan.

They made a substantial loss on the property, having paid $10 million back in 2003. 

The current vendors are freight tycoon Clive Thomas and wife Lee, who were moving to Sydney where their company, C.T. Freight is headquartered.

When it sold in 2016, the selling agency RED Property donated their $141,000 commission to charity.

The vast French provincial-style mansion is inspired by the grand chateau's of the Loire Valley.

La Joie de Vivre sits on a private 4,090 sqm landholding with views across Pittwater to the ocean from its three levels and its sandstone terraces.

It is appointed with 24-carat gold filligree balustrades, parquet floors and arched French windows.

The home has six bedrooms, six bathrooms, a six car garage, a library, home gym and a temperature controlled wine cellar and tasting room.

Outside there's a commercial grade kitchen, resort-style pool, championship tennis court and a guest cottage.

Christie's International agent Darren Curtis is marketing the home as one of the Northern Beaches grandest residences. 

Busienssman Basil Mcilhagga, the Hong Kong-based CEO of mining giant Stibium Group, has listed his long-held Paddington home.

Mcilhagga's first purchase was a 300 square metre landholding which had a three bedroom terrace. He paid $540,000 back in 1992.

Seven years later he paid $360,000 for the 120 square metre next door.

Now the Caledonia Street property comprises a main house and an adjoining cottage.

The main residence has three bedrooms, two marble bathrooms and an entertainers' terrace with swimming pool.

The cottage has two bedrooms.

Bradfield Cleary agents Bob Guth and Georgie Cleary have the listing.

The Birchgrove home of the late legendary adman Paul Priday has been sold by his widow Margot.

The waterfront residence fetched $6.49 million after less than a week on the market. Set on 303 sqm on the dress circle Louisa Rd, it was designed by architect Keith Cottier.

The master wing has a dressing room, ensuite and upper deck. McGrath Balmain agents Cindy Kennedy and Marcus Hejtmanek had sought offers between $6 million and $6.5 million.

Priday, who died aged 71 in 2017, was the pioneering national creative director of J. Walter Thompson.

This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph.

International model Erin McNaught and her DJ husband Example have snapped up a Queensland stunner, as they bid farewell to London to re-connect with family.

The couple have secured a uber-modern home in her home town costing $2.8 million. It was on the market for just a day, having taken two years to build.

It is in Brisbane's inner city Paddington, not far from Kenmore when McNaught went to school.

Her parents, Andy and Lindy, live in neighbouring Milton and Example's parents live on the Gold Coast, and his sister in Sydney.

McNaught has been settling in to life in Brisbane, and the move into the new home late last month.

Since the new year she's visited the Koala's at Australia Zoo and she's been frequenting the Sanctuary Cove Country Club for some workouts.

She says the weather's a bit different than in London.

"Tried to cool off by lying on some tiles," she wrote to her 177,000 Instagram followers.

"They were lukewarm which is still colder than scalding, which is what everything else in Australia seems to be right now." 

When flying home for Christmas, McNaught, accompanying a picture on a plane with her youngest son Ennio, captioned the photo "Home. (Note to self: NEVER LEAVE)"

The Canberra-born model has been married to the London-born Example, whose real name is Elliot Gleave, for six years. The pair met in 2011 when Erin interviewed Example for MTV Australia, some five years after her crowning as Miss Universe Australia.

They wed near Ballina, outside of Byron Bay in 2013 and honeymooned at Bora Bora.

The move back was foreshadowed as long back as 2012 when McNaught told the Daily Telegraph they wanted to move to Australia in 'a year or two.'

In 2014 Example tweeted of plans to move to Australia by 2018 at the latest.

More recently McNaught confirmed the family, now with two young boys Evander and Ennio, would be back despite describing London as an amazing city.

It was having children that McNaught realised it was time to come home as everything is so much more accessible.

At one point she tried to book her boys into swimming lessons, but there was a four-month waiting list.

The home, dubbed The Russet House due to its copper and russet toned finishes, was designed and built by the in demand pairing of Tim Stewart Architects and Graya Construction, who have penned their names to some of Queensland's most contemporary houses in recent times.

The home was sold by Rob Gray, one of the brothers who make up Graya Constructions.

Gray and wife Meghan paid $986,000 for the modest 1920s home before its complete two year rebuild.

The Russet House spans four levels and has five bedrooms, four bathrooms, an underground four-car garage and a number of outdoor decks, including a rooftop viewing terrace, with views of the city.

The loft-style mezzanine on the second level overlooks the open-plan kitchen.

In the 445 sqm grounds is a swimming pool.

The home was sold quietly by Ray White New Farm agents Matt Lancashire and Josh Brown.

This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph.  

Tom Ingham, an Ingham chicken family heir, has listed a stylish Byron Bay hinterland offering.

Set high on the ridge line, the four-bedroom residence is surrounded by terraced gardens.

The 4045 square metre McLeods Shoot land parcel was bought vacant in 2010 for $1,575,000.

The Frank Stewart-designed residence was completed in 2016.

LJ Hooker Byron Bay agent Liam Annesley and Travis Lipshus at First National are marketing the property with price expectations of $3.65 million to $3.85 million.

This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph. 

The peripatetic stylist Sibella Court has sold her Vogue Living-featured Bellevue Hill apartment.

As she seeks a sea change in Sydney’s southern suburb of Bundeena, the designer’s redundant pad had been offered with $1.7 million hopes through Phillips Pantzer Donnelley.

It was given a makeover after it was bought in 2016 for $1.65 million which had followed the sale of her Victorian-era shopfront home in Paddington for $1.34 million.

The two-bedroom Blaxland Road, Bellevue Hill top-floor space was marketed as a “creative fusion of beautiful natural materials and vintage treasures”.

One of only five in a revived Art Deco block, the house-like residence offered 168 square metres of indoor/outdoor living space.

She had CWF Constructions ­remove a wall dividing the living area and its very little kitchen which then had Winchester Interiors fit out the new kitchen’s joinery,

There was a handmade Moroccan tile splashback along with the Smeg appliances.

It sold for an undisclosed pre-auction price, highlighting a trend that regularly sees more pre-auction sales than actual under the hammer Saturday auction success stories across Sydney this year.

Court snapped up a Bundeena four-bedroom, two-bathroom home with ocean views for just over $2 million through Highland Real Estate.

Court also spends a lot of time in Byron Bay, where partner Ben ­Harper is a director of McTavish Surfboards.

Working at Bergdorf Goodman, Donna Karan, Anthropologie and Saks Fifth Avenue, Court spent about 15 years in New York as a homewares stylist before gaining prominence in the ABC’s Restoration Australia series.

These days Court travels both Australia and the world for inspiration as it fuels her product development and stock for her shop.

It helped create her third book, Nomad: Bringing your travels home.

Her clients have included the Bullo River Station, The Blue Room Bondi, MsG’s and El Loco.

This article first appeared in The Sunday Telegraph. 

The Bellevue Hill mansion of fashion designer Camilla Freeman-Topper and husband David Topper, secretly sold off market, has settled at $16.5 million to Melbourne buyers Nick Leos and his wife Emma.

The Toorak-based Leos heads Evolution Precast Systems, which produces architectural precast concrete walls, concentrating on high-quality bespoke projects.

After more than 20 years’ experience within the precast industry in Victoria, the 48-year-old has recognised a growing demand for precast across NSW. 

The couple’s purchase secured a 1930s home with Mediterranean touches on Rupertswood Avenue, which last sold in 2013 for $6 million.

Since then it has been renovated by Luigi Rosselli Architects with Freeman-Topper adding her flair to the interiors. 

Freeman-Topper went on a research trip to Milan during Salon de Mobile with her interior designer, Romaine Alwill of Alwill Interiors, Architectural Digest noted.

Camilla and Marc recently opened its 11th boutique in Australia. However, given Camilla and Marc’s expansionary US commitments, she is relocating to Los Angeles for a few months.

They sold their home after “accepting an offer they could not refuse”, the pair said in a statement.

“The Topper-Freemans are looking forward to the next exciting chapter of their journey.”

The deal reportedly included the mansion’s furnishings right down to the cutlery.

The five-bedroom, four-bathroom house sits on an 800 square metre cul-de-sac block.

This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph.

Today Show co-host Georgie Gardner and her investment ­banker husband Tim Baker have had a busy time selling down their real estate portfolio.

They’ve now managed to find buyers for both their Woollahra ­investment and their South Coast holiday retreat.

Gardner’s days lazing on a hammock at her longtime Culburra Beach retreat (pictured above) just 100 metres from the sand will end after the Easter break following an $800,000 sale at midweek auction.

Ray White agents Julie Gauci and Craig Hadfield handled the marketing of the beach cottage on 835 square metres.

Their three bedroom getaway cost $560,000 in 2007, ­shortly after the birth of the ­couple’s second child.

The listings come just weeks after the couple upgraded homes in Sydney.

They moved after eight years from a modernised 1920s ­Artarmon home to a more modern Mosman home which cost $6 million after they pocketed $4.2 million in Artarmon.

Their Woollahra investment (pictured below), despite a price guide reduction, failed to find a buyer at its auction last weekend, but sold midweek at an undisclosed price, with the couple seeking upwards of $850,000.

This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.  

Queensland entrepreneur Tony Quinn, who made his money from the Pet Foods empire he founded with wife Christine, has spent $7,975,000 on a luxury Gold Coast waterfront.

It's on the dress circle Admiralty Drive at Surfers Paradise, fronting the Broadwater.

The sprawling five bedroom home on 1,350 square metre was the only home in Australia designed by American architect Edward Larrabee Barnes.

It was originally built for the Matsushita family, who were behind the Panasonic Electronics empire.

The home, complete with 12 metre indoor saltwater swimming pool, waterside boathouse and seven seat home cinema, was sold by Tony Burnett and wife Toni Ferguson, whose TB’s Hotels business own a number of pubs across Queensland.

They paid $6,725,000 in 2011.

The home was initially listed at $10.95 million in mid 2017.

The Quinn's also recently spent $5.6 million on an apartment in the new Main Beach complex Sea, designed by architect Bayden Goddard.

This article was first published in the Weekend Australian.  

Designer and colour consultant Sarah Pitt has sold the Double Bay apartment she renovated herself.

The beautiful garden apartment, in the 1950s art deco building Caristan, sold for $1.01 million.

The Bowral-based Pitt sold the two-bedroom unit pre-auction.

The apartment, one of just nine in the Cross Street block, won Woollahra Council’s best small garden award in 2013 for its private rear decking.

Richardson & Wrench Double Bay agents James Dunnand Jack Greentree secured the sale.

This article first appeared in the Saturday Daily Telegraph. 

Former St Kilda chief executive Michael Nettlefold and wife Felicity Mantello are selling their luxury Toorak home.

The dress circle Myoora Road home was designed by Interlandi Mantesso and was recently renovated.

Last traded for $5,615,000 in 2015, the home on 695 square metres has four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a landscaped garden with swimming pool.

Kay & Burton South Yarra agents Nicole Gleeson and Michael Gibson have a $7 million to $7.7 million guide.

Nettlefold played for St Kilda and Fitzroy in the VFL in the 70s and 80s before retiring at 26 to concentrate on a business career.

He took the top job at St Kilda in 2009 before stepping down in 2013.

His many company directorships include being chairman of player management company Vivid Sports.

This article was first published in the Weekend Australian.  

Australian bodybuilding legend Paul Graham, who sculpted Arnold Schwarzenegger into one of the world’s most recognisable strong men, is selling in Paddington.

Graham and wife Carole paid $1.7 million for the Quarry Street home, on the border of Trumper Park, in 2013.

The double-fronted, 1900s Victorian terrace, spanning four levels, of course comes complete with a full gym.

Ray White Woollahra agents Clay Brodie and Don Riley are marketing the home.

The Grahams are both on the executive council of the IFBB (the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness), one of the largest sports federations in the world.

This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.