Celebrity hairdresser Joh Bailey buys next Southern Highlands project

Celebrity hairdresser Joh Bailey and his champion equestrian partner Michael Christie have quickly found their next Southern Highlands renovation project.

The purchase follows last month’s $3.5 million-plus sale of their 12ha estate at nearby High Range, Wide Acre, which found its next owner in five days through Belle agent Di Dickson.

The duo have spent $1.225 million on a 23ha holding at Canyonleigh which features a ramshackle three-bedroom timber cottage.

They plan to redevelop the estate, including a Ralph Lauren style two-level barn. It is currently an organic orchard, fed by bore water.

Bailey, who opened a salon in Bowral in 2015, bought Wide Acre for $2.05 million in 2016.

The couple had planned to get married at the property with 200 guests in March, but had to cancel due to the COVID-19 restrictions.

This article first appeared in The Sunday Telegraph