Sydney Swan Luke Parker pockets $3.2 million in Malabar

Sydney Swan Luke Parker pockets $3.2 million in Malabar
Title TattleDecember 7, 2020

Sydney Swans co-captain Luke Parker pocketed $3.2 million when he auctioned his Malabar property on Saturday.

The 27-year-old midfielder had listed the five-bedroom house with $3 million hopes.

Parker bought it for $2.66 million in 2017, when it promptly became an $1800-a-week rental, and then ­offered again at $1700 last year.

Ray White Maroubra agent Nader Hotait took bids from three keen parties for the two-storey home which is ­encased in glass.

Set on a 375sqm block, the modern home features ocean bay views from its Victoria St location.

Sydney Swan Luke Parker pockets $3.2 million in Malabar

Parker is a dab hand in property, having been selected by realestate.com.au to provide video content on his projects undertaken with his seven-year partner interior decorator, Kate Lawrence.

Parker, whose Swans are three games out of the eight, and set to miss the AFL ­finals for the second year in a row, recently finished working on a stunning ­duplex in Matraville with Lawrence.

Tenants are being sought for one of the Lawson St houses, which has four bedrooms and three bathrooms. There is a pool in its north-facing yard, plus large entertainers’ deck and grass.

Sydney Swan Luke Parker pockets $3.2 million in Malabar

“The landlord was open to including pool and garden maintenance as part of the letting,” its Belle leasing agent Luke Overs advised.

Earlier this year Parker sold a Maroubra investment for $1.45 million, having paid $1.3 million in 2016.

Parker was picked up in the 2010 draft by Sydney after playing for the Dandenong Stingrays.

This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph. 

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