St Kilda champion Nick Riewoldt lists leafy contemporary South Melbourne home
Having reputedly bought in Brighton, the St Kilda champion Nick Riewoldt has listed in South Melbourne.
The property is listed for weekend auction through Marshall White agent Michael Paproth who expects more than $1.6 million, according to the local paper.
It cost around $1.2 million in 2009.
Marketed as a substantial contemporary residence, there is downstairs bedroom with en suite, that would work as a home office.
There are three further bedrooms on the first floor including the main bedroom featuring balcony, retreat zone and double shower en suite.
The top floor living/dining areas has polished floors that flow to a balcony with city views.
It comes with video marketing campaign.
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The Saints captain, who is married to Catherine Heard, apparently bought the large Brighton family home by private treaty in late February.
Title Tattle gathers Catherine, who works at a PR and marketing agency, has told friends she will miss the walking distance to the South Melbourne Market.
It's among tomorrow's 1,261 offerings in Melbourne with an $870 million worth of stock, including around $640 million in houses set to be offered under the hammer and $230 million worth of apartments.
Australian Property Monitors research assistant Neil Tan has advised that this weekend's offerings is some 142% higher than the same weekend last year.
Melbourne's 1,261 auctions this Saturday will be its fourth weekend above 1,000 this year.
This weekend there are about 450 units and 810 houses for scheduled Melbourne auction.
Melbourne's median last weekend for house prices was $790,000 and the median unit price was $510,000.
That's much higher than the typical $568,000 Melbourne median for houses and the median for typical $420,000 Melbourne units.