The Block's Darren and Dea Jolly list Kew East cottage

The Block's Darren and Dea Jolly list Kew East cottage
Jonathan ChancellorSeptember 13, 2016

Retired AFL footballer Darren Jolly and his designer wife, Dea, now professional renovators, have listed in Kew East with an October 8 scheduled auction.

It is the home they rebuilt after demolishing their heritage-protected house without permission.

It was bought for $1,395,000 in June last year and they want $2.6 million. 

Dea Jolly, now a Fairfax Media columnist, once confessed she had an addiction to renovating.

The house comes with underfloor heating in the bathrooms, 100 percent wool carpets and 100 percent linen curtains, engineered European Oak flooring, bespoke made handles, plantation shutters on the windows, Velux solar-powered and rain sensing opening skylights plus landscaped gardens with irrigation and lighting. 

Jonathan Chancellor

Jonathan Chancellor is one of Australia's most respected property journalists, having been at the top of the game since the early 1980s. Jonathan co-founded the property industry website Property Observer and has written for national and international publications.

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