Lady (Sonia) McMahon’s Bellevue Hill home passed in at $5.9 million at weekend auction but not far from expectations: Title Tattle
Nip/Tuck star Julian McMahon knocked back $5.9 million when the long-time home of his mother, the late Lady (Sonia) McMahon, went to weekend auction.
The Bellevue Hill property had been listed with $6 million-plus hopes by the executors of the estate, who included Julian’s two sisters.
The Australian actor and former fashion model has an older sister, Melinda, and a younger sister, Deborah.
Sonia McMahon, the widow of former prime minister Sir William McMahon, bought the building block for $3 million in 1991 and subsequently constructed a French Riviera-inspired residence on its 1252-square-metre holding.
The four-bedroom house has large entertainment areas plus lawn and lower-level pool, cabana and a sauna.
It has a northerly aspect and some harbour views from its hillside Victoria Road vantage point.
It’s understood there’s been a marginally higher offer since the auction from one of the three bidders.
It’s been listed through Sally Hampshire of Laing+Simmons Double Bay and Victoria Morish of Di Jones Real Estate.
Sonia McMahon was 77 years old when she died in April 2010. Her husband, who was prime minister between 1971 and the December 1972 election, died in 1988 aged 80. She’d held onto her previous nearby empty 1920s Drumalbyn Road, Bellevue Hill home. Last June Julian and his two sisters secured $9 million from the sale of their late mother’s earlier Sydney residence.
