Media power couple Lisa Wilkinson and Peter FitzSimons have listed their luxury home of nearly 30 years for sale for about $23 million. Picture: Stephen Coope
TV heavyweight Lisa Wilkinson and journalist husband Peter FitzSimons have listed their home of nearly 30 years up for sale for about $23 million after making the decision to downsize.
The media power couple have owned the home in lower north shore suburb of Cremorne since 1998 when they paid just under $3 million for the five-bedroom house overlooking the Harbour.
Known as Ingleneuk, the house was built in 1903 and is described in the listing as a “magnificent example of superbly preserved Federation architecture”.
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Inside the home.
A development application is currently in place for a new triple garage with interconnected studio accommodation and a new garden room.
It’s understood that the sprawling 3125 sqm estate had become surplus to the needs of the former Today show host and FitzSimons after their three children moved out.
The impressive land size was the result of the couple adding two adjoining lots, which had been subdivided off the original 122-year-old estate – to return it to its original size and double street frontage.
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One of the five bedrooms.
The home sits on 3214 sqm.
It’s expected to sell for around $23m.
The house has a full-sized floodlit tennis court, heated pool and spa, cabana with a wet bar and landscaped grounds. It has been listed with BlackDiamondz agents Moniku Tu and Jad Khattar.
A range of personalities have been reported to have visited the estate of the years, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, actor Simon Baker, Hugh Jackman and celebrity chef Nigella Lawson.
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The family at the home in a 2016 picture.
Wilkinson and Wallaby turned author FitzSimons bought the Cremorne house after selling a previous Mosman home for about $1.66 million, records showed. The couple married in 1992.