Better Homes and Gardens celebrity gardener Charlie Albone and his interior designer wife Juliet Love have sold their long-term home for a whopping $1m less than hoped.
Better Homes and Gardens celebrity gardener Charlie Albone and his interior designer wife Juliet Love have pocketed $2.2 million for their long-time 2.07ha Ourimbah retreat on The Central Coast.
There had been a revised $2.45 million to $2.65 million guidance for the property initially listed in February with a $3 million to $3.2 million goal.
Evergreen Acres cost $840,000 in 2012.
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The couple have owned the home for 12 years.
The four-bedroom, three-bathroom single-level English cottage-style house sits on a circular driveway in privacy deep behind its grand entry gate. It comes with a separate self-contained unit that includes a bedroom and kitchenette.
There are garden alcoves, a stunning wisteria-covered arbour, fruit trees, plus garden beds for vegetables. There is a feature dry-stone wall fire pit built by Scottish stonemason Callum Grey for the Chelsea Flower Show.
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The home sits on 2.07ha. Source: Supplied
The kitchen.
Fertile country.
Prices in Ourimbah are up 26 per cent. Source: Supplied
The five paddocks come with animal shelters, plumbed water troughs and a three-stall stable. The Ourimbah Creek Rd property has town water, plus 100,000-litre tanks.
The grounds have a saltwater pool.
The Ourimbah acreage was bought in 2012 for $840,000 with Love’s family having had a holiday house at Bateau Bay, so they knew the district.
According to PropTrack, the median house price in Ourimbah is $1,050m That’s up 26.2 per cent over the past 12 months.
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