Mark Wahlberg is back filming in Sydney and again resuming his status as an honorary Harbour City resident.
Does this also mean he is back living in his favourite Sydney home away from home?
A $100m mansion in the city’s most expensive postcode?
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Mark Wahlberg is a big fan of Sydney and Australia. Picture: Jonathan Ng
As first reported by The Daily Telegraph, Wahlberg is back in Sydney filming his new Netflix drama The Big Fix.
It’s a look into the nefarious world of match-fixing in soccer.
Wahlberg is a big fan of Sydney and all it has to offer. The Hollywood superstar was last filming in Sydney in 2024, when he starred in Play Dirty alongside Tony Shalhoub, Rosa Salazar and Dermot Mulroney.
It’s hard to confirm exactly where Wahlberg might be staying. Hollywood celebrities are often very protective of their privacy while staying in the executive rentals on over around Sydney.
The likes of Leonardo diCaprio, Julia Roberts, Beyonce, Will Smith and Bono have all previously chosen in stay in low-key luxurious rental in the Eastern Suburbs while music stars Rita Ora and Justin Bieber have opted to call Sydney’s Lower North Shore home.
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Actor Leonardo DiCaprio standing on the balcony of his rented home in Vaucluse, Sydney.
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But when he was here two years ago, Wahlberg was loving living in a $100m waterfront mansion in Point Piper.
Of course, it’s only apt an entertainer with a net worth of over $600m calls Australia’s richest piece of real estate home.
Surrounded by the glistening waters of Sydney Harbour on three sides, Point Piper is the most wanted address in Australia, where the likes of ex-PM ‘Mr Harbourside Mansion’ Malcolm Turnbull, Atlassian tech guru Scott Farquhar and former Aussie home loans boss John Symond rest their heads.
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John Symond’s Christmas party at his house in Point Piper with ex-PM Scott Morrison. Pic by James Croucher
The view from the top of the world.
The 54-year-old star of The Departed temporarily moved into the three-storey house, that boasts 5 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, and 7 parking spaces, that could be worth as much as $100m, in March 2024.
Indeed several similar properties in the area are being quietly taken to market with $100m price tags.
Mark Wahlberg outside of St Mary Magdalene Church in Rose Bay. Picture Instagram
Further fuelling speculation Wahlberg is again staying at the address is a social media post the Boston-born actor posted earlier this week of him outside St Mary Magdalene Church in Rose Bay.
St Mary’s is just minutes’ drive from the Point Piper home and probably the closest major church to the address.
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Mark Wahlberg has called this his Sydney home.
Looking across the Harbour at Shark Island.
Named Routala and sitting on 1238 sqm, the home was sold for $51m in April 2020.
Given the dramatic rise in top end prices and demand for premium Sydney homes since then, the home could sell for as much as double its previous transfer price, if it was to hit the market today.
The home could rent for as much as $50,000 a week.
“I’m not the owner of the house, but it’s been cool,” Wahlberg told The Daily Telegraph at the time.
Cool.
“The only difficult part is that I’m so far away from my family.”
Featuring Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House views, large plots and direct waterfront access Point Piper has long held the title as Australia’s poshest road, appearing to the uber wealthy both here and overseas.
“Positioned on the very tip of Australia’s most exclusive peninsula, this breathtaking contemporary waterfront residence was designed by leading architect Michael Dysart, with an additional transformation in 2016 to exacting specifications,” read the marketing material for the home when it last went to market.
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The home was once the most expensive in Sydney.
Epic Harbour views from almost every room.
“Capturing uninterrupted north-easterly harbour views across Shark Island towards the Manly skyline, the wonderfully private residence is surrounded by Myles Baldwin designed gardens with towering palms, giving the property a resort-like feel.
“The home is crowned by a spectacular rooftop terrace, with multiple entertaining areas, barbecue, wet bar and iconic views.
The home theatre and wine room.
Sure beats Hollywood.
Bath with $100m view.
“An equally stunning waterfront area features a private deepwater jetty, gas-heated pool and covered alfresco entertaining area with a retractable awning, barbecue, fire pits and sunken seating.
“Exuding a sense of sanctuary, the home’s expanses of glass harness the outlook while the vast living spaces open to a rainforest-like internal courtyard for a calming ambience. Undoubtedly one of Sydney’s most distinguished trophy homes.”
At one time, the home was Australia’s most expensive, when it sold for $30m in August 2007.
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