Retired Socceroo Jason Culina sells semi-rural Georgian Denham Court homestead
Retired international soccer player Jason Culina and his wife Terri have sold their 202-year-old colonial mansion, Denham Court with plans to move closer to her interior design business in the city.
The couple bought the 2.42 hectare Ingleburn property for $1.2 million from Dr Keith Okey in August 2012 with subsequent renovations and improvements undertaken.
Auctioneer Damien Cooley from Cooley Auctions secured $1,725,000 which despite eight registered bidders, was a tad under the price guidance given buyer concerns Campbelltown Road will be expanded and cut its curtiliage.
Bidding opened at $1.5 million on the stately significant Georgian homestead, which has had just four owners in 200 years. Built between 1812 and 1833, the substantial residence was designed by renowned Australian architect, John Verge for Captain Richard Brooks.
It sits amid manicured grounds with rolling lawns, a pool, pool house and a tennis court, an historic semi-rural property just 45 minutes from the Sydney CBD.
Extensively restored, the five bedroom National Trust-listed residence on Campbelltown Road sold through Ballard Property Group agents Bill Bridges and Clint Ballard.
It comes with with ballroom, library, formal lounge and dining rooms, tennis court and a coach house.
The late Dr Keith Okey, who died in late 2012, shared the home with his wife, Patricia, and four sons, having furnished it with a magnificent colonial collection of pre-1830s antique pieces, many made of Australian cedar.
The antique collection - considered one of Australia's finest - was sold by Sotheby's, realising more than $2 million in 2010.
The nearby suburb of Denham Court is named after the sold property.
His career onfield finished in February last year after departing Sydney FC following a disagreement at training with coach Frank Farina.
He was a Socceroo stalwart for six years.
Other semi-rural property in Sydney's west to sell recently include Amanpuri, previously known as Restella, one of the great estates in the west of Sydney, which fetched $5.6 million.
The three hectare property at 269 Cobbitty Rd, Cobbitty (pictured below) had been listed for sale for $7 million in late 2012.
Terri Culina runs Eighty Spaces, her home staging and interior design business.
"The before and afters are unrecognisable," Terri advised on her website on the Denham Court project.