It’s been a much-loved haven for seafood king Michael Angelakis for the past 44 years and now the television legend hopes his home will be the catch of the day for a lucky buyer.
Mr Angelakis, 74, and his wife Silvana, 70, bought their 5 Pulleine Ave, Netherby home the year he turned 30, attracted, first and foremost, by its garden.
“It’s got the most incredible outlook,” he said.
“We raised our four kids here and every time we had a new one we’d put on another bedroom.
“It’s been great because the kids learned water safety in that pool and learned how to snorkel so that when we would go to our place in Black Point they could be hunter gatherers and collect the scallops.”
Michael Angelakis and his wife Silvana at their Netherby house they are selling. They have lived there for 44 years and are moving to downsize. Picture: Tim Joy.
The couple in their kitchen. Picture: Tim Joy
The home’s stunning and spacious kitchen. Supplied
A renowned foodie and former presenter of Out of the Blue with gardening expert Michael Keelan, Mr Angelakis said life at the property revolved around food.
“In the Greek Orthodox religion New Year’s Day is St. Basil’s Day, so every year on St Basil’s Day we’d have about 120 people over and we’d have a lamb and a suckling pig on a spit,” he said.
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“I’d fire up the charcoal pit and I would do octopus, prawns, lobster tails and special Greek sausages, and then we’d have all the other traditional Greek foods like stuffed tomatoes, zucchinis, cabbage rolls, and stuffed vine leaves, and Silvana being Slovenian born and bred, we’d have a taste of Slovenia as well.
“Food is a bridge between cultures – it introduces us to another language and gives us that appreciation of another culture.”
Another look at the kitchen. Supplied
One of the bedrooms. Supplied
A spacious ensuite. Supplied
One of the living rooms. Supplied
Mr Angelakis said the home had always been his safe haven, especially while he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma in 2000.
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“It was a happy place and also when I got sick with cancer and had a couple of illnesses it was my sanctuary,” he said.
“I would sit there and look out into the garden and that would give me peace of mind, and at that time, that was very important to me.”
One of the bathrooms. Supplied
The spacious deck with outdoor kitchen. Supplied
The sparkling pool. Supplied
Mr Angelakis back in 2000. Picture: Emma Brasier.
Now cancer free, the couple are looking forward to moving to the $250m 3.6ha development Forestville on Anzac Highway.
“I’ll have a rooftop garden where I’ll have an outdoor kitchen, and there’ll be market stalls and restaurants, so it will be a bit like the central market, and we really fell in love with the market on offer there,” he said.
Michael Angelakis – as comfortable in the water as he is on the land. Picture by Matt Turner.
Mr Angelakis with co-host Michael Keelan while filming Channel Seven television series ‘Out Of The Blue’.
On the market through Cynthia Sajkunovic of OC without a price guide, the home offers some 507sqm of indoor and outdoor living space and has six bedrooms, four bedrooms, a studio, and a large cellar/storeroom.
It sits on a spacious 1509sqm of established gardens, with expressions of interest closing September 11.
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