Buddy Franklin secures Melbourne investment property sale
AFL Sydney Swans champion Lance “Buddy” Franklin secured the weekend sale of his Donvale investment.
It sold under the hammer for $1.415 million having been the home of his father, Lance Sr, who have moved from Melbourne back to Perth.
The Herald Sun reported it was bought by a recent Chinese migrant.
Franklin bought the house for $863,500 in 2008, the same year as his first premiership with hawthorn.
The Palladian-inspired executive home had been listed through Jellis Craig with expectations of between $1.4 million and $1.5 million.
Franklin and his model wife Jesinta recently bought a home in Perth for Lance Sr.