Former My Kitchen Rules star Ash Pollard has sold her renovated Malvern East home after a dramatic auction buy and full-scale transformation.
Former My Kitchen Rules star Ash Pollard has sold the fully renovated Melbourne home she bought at auction days before giving birth.
Property sources say the Malvern East Edwardian changed hands for $2.9m in March, after a full-scale renovation transformed the period house with a new living zone, statement kitchen, built-in bar and landscaped backyard.
Pollard and partner Pete Ferne bought the home for $1.86m in November 2021, meaning the latest sale represents a $1.04m uplift after the renovation.
The sale caps a colourful property journey Pollard publicly shared with her 147,000 Instagram followers, revealing she had reluctantly attended the original auction while exhausted, heavily pregnant and parenting a baby.
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“The morning we bought our current home, I was mere days away from giving birth to Claudette,” Pollard said.
“Pete and I were grumpy with each other, exhausted parenting a baby and being pregnant with another.
“I reluctantly came with Pete to the auction but decided, when we arrived at the house, I was going to win that auction come hell or high water.”
Pollard also joked she was “busting to do a wee” before the home was secured.
“Some ruthless bidding was done and the rest is history as they say,” she said.
“Louisville was reimagined.”
Ash Pollard shared the moment she bought the Malvern East home in 2021, saying she was heavily pregnant and determined to win. Picture: Instagram/ashpollard__
Behind the Edwardian facade, the home opens to a revamped rear designed for modern family living and entertaining. Picture: Marshall White
The home was marketed in 2021 as an Edwardian-style residence with character, established gardens and scope to further renovate or extend.
Before images show a charming but older home with timber floors, high ceilings, hallway arches, ornamental fireplaces, plantation shutters, a traditional kitchen and a paved garden courtyard.
The finished home tells a very different story.
Pollard and Ferne retained the period facade, including the picket fence, porch, weatherboard frontage and heritage-style detailing, but gave the interiors and rear of the house a major overhaul.
Pollard shared glimpses of the renovation online, including this behind-the-scenes moment with her daughter during the build. Picture: Instagram/ashpollard__
The renovation delivered a statement kitchen with dark joinery, a long island bench and a concealed bar area. Picture: Marshall White
The renovated version now opens to a light-filled living, dining and kitchen zone, with pale timber floors, a fireplace, built-in bar, integrated appliances, stone and tile finishes, and large glass doors flowing to the landscaped rear garden.
The kitchen was reworked from a more traditional white and timber space into a statement entertaining zone with a long island bench, dark joinery, textured splashback and concealed bar area.
The bathrooms were also updated with softer tones, stone-look finishes, classic fittings and a more contemporary feel.
A light-filled living zone with fireplace and garden outlook formed part of the home’s major transformation. Picture: Marshall White
Ash Pollard and Pete Ferne documented the renovation journey, including progress shots outside Ferne Built signage. Picture: Instagram/ashpollard__
Images shared publicly during the renovation showed Pollard on site with her daughter while the house was still in its construction phase, as well as Pollard and Ferne standing outside Ferne Built signage.
The finished backyard now features a covered outdoor entertaining area, lawn, established greenery and a cubby-style playhouse, giving the home a family-friendly finish behind its classic facade.
Pollard rose to national attention in 2015 on My Kitchen Rules with Camilla Counsel, with the pair finishing fourth after being branded Melbourne socialites.
The bathrooms were updated with softer tones, stone-look finishes and a more contemporary feel. Picture: Marshall White
Before-and-after images show the scale of the renovation that turned the period home into a polished family showpiece. Picture: Instagram/ashpollard__
She later appeared on Dancing with the Stars, I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! and The Traitors Australia, before moving into radio, television hosting and lifestyle content.
Pollard now describes herself on Instagram as a “reality TV OG”, radio host, TV host and cook.
Her renovation journey has formed part of that next chapter, with the sale of the Malvern East home tying together her public family life, design eye and property transformation.
Marshall White Stonnington handled the sale.
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