Mitch Edwards and Mark Mckie. Source: Instagram
The Block stars Mitch Edwards and Mark McKie are selling their home in Newport.
The design duo, stars of The Block’s series at the Oslo Hotel, St Kilda, in 2019 and then The Block All Stars in Hampton two years later, are spending more time at their city base.
They want a home on the Northern Beaches, just one more manageable than the five-bedroom, three-bathroom home on Grandview Drive they have renovated.
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Mitch Edwards and Mark McKie. Picture: Supplied
In 2019, the couple spent $1.7m on a 1970s-built home, and turned the original home into what is being marketed as a “flawless fusion of high-end luxury and relaxed coastal sophistication”.
They ran a nearby homewares store for a brief time, which pushed back the timeline on their renovation.
But once they started, they were “all in”.
“We wanted this home to have its full potential realised,” they said.
Calling the renovation a “tough slog”, they say it was totally worth it now they look at the end result.
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Designer duo Mitch Edwards and Mark McKie have listed at Newport. Picture: realestate.com.au
Grand ocean views. Source: realestate.com.au
One of the five bedrooms. Source: realestate.com.au
It took them a full year given the size of the home and the extent of the renovation, including walls moved on each of the three levels.
The entrance level, at the top of the sloping 630sq m block, is open plan. There are several terraces flanking the kitchen, dining and living areas, one of which has an integrated outdoor barbecue.
The middle level has three bedrooms, while the lower level has been kept as a self-contained studio, but now offers two bedrooms instead of the one.
Edwards loves his “dream walk-in robe” in the master suite, complete with “endless storage” and a centred marble island bench under a chandelier that “has him in raptures”.
They had fellow Blockheads Gav and Waz curate the art in the home.
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The renovated home is being offered fully curated and move-in ready. Picture: realestate.com.au
Beachy vibes. Source: realestate.com.au
‘Flawless fusion’. Source: realestate.com.au
LJ Hooker Mona Vale agent Josephine Cowling is relying on market feedback for its pricing, while telling prospective buyers that it is being offered fully curated and move-in ready.
“Buyers will just need to walk in with their clothes and personal items,” says Cowling who believes it will top a nearby $3.93m sale last month. There were 13 sales north of $4m in 2024 in Newport, according to PropTrack.
The duo have done 20-something projects across Sydney, but none as large as Newport.
“We lose count but we love them all,” they said.
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