Starting over … Alex Cullen is moving on in Melbourne.
Crestfallen former Today Show sports presenter Alex Cullen has listed his Summer Hill home for rental follow his relocation to Melbourne.
Cullen will shortly turn up as the sports jock on Christian O’Connell’s Gold 104.3 breakfast radio show which recently lost its top FM ranking.
Cullen’s charming 1912 Queen Anne Federation home, Kironga has only been on the market for a week, but has already seen its asking rent trimmed from $1800 a week to $1700.
The four-bedroom, two bathroom home features original charm from its living and entertaining spaces to it's a rear yard with lemon and avocado trees.
Cullen, and his Nine Entertainment journalist wife Bonnie, paid $1.9m in 2020 when the house on 556sq m was marketed as a ‘highly rewarding refurbishment project.”
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Billionaire Adrian Portelli found himself at the centre of more controversy when he gifted $50,000 to Alex Cullen. Picture: NewsWire/David Crosling
Portelli’s post announcing Cullen’s prize. Picture: Instagram
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“This family friendly home is nestled in a highly sought after pocket,” the Harris Tripp leasing agent Kristian Lovicu advises in the marketing.
The property management department has been struggling with a nearby luxury five bedroom, two bathroom Rosemount Ave bungalow still on the market after 75 days, according to Cotality, at $1750 a week. It sold last year at $5.4m.
PropTrack data shows just 10 four bedroom lettings in the past year with a 33 days median time on market.
Cullen was let go by Nine in January for briefly accepting a $50,000 gift from Block billionaire, and Melbourne raffle ticket seller, Adrian “Lambo Guy” Portelli.
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Gold 104.3’s Christian O'Connell with new recruit Alex Cullen.
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The $50,000 was publicly offered by Portelli for the first television journalist to call him McLaren Guy not Lambo Guy.
O’Connell announced Cullen’s hiring on air joking that “Channel 9 might go ‘listen, we can’t have that’, but commercial breakfast radio, we are very much up for payola. Come on in. Don’t worry Alex, you’ve found a home here, my friend.”
“ I called him out of the blue a few weeks ago and we hit it off like old mates,” O’Connell said.
Melbourne-bound reporter Alex Cullen is seeking $1700-a-week tenants for his former Summer Hill home.
The 1912 Queen Anne Federation home has only been on the market for a week.
“He came over for a rigorous interview with me, that to onlookers may have looked like a long lunch with flowing red wine, but we bonded over being dads and a shared love of storytelling and how sport could be delivered on my show.”
Cullen advised his recent appointment was “such an exciting next chapter for me,”.
‘I actually started my career in radio, so to be coming back to it and joining a show that’s so loved and so full of heart is a real thrill.
“I can’t wait to be on air with Christian, Pats and Rio, and to get to know Melbourne – my family and I are thrilled to be making it our new home.”
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