Buddy Franklin sells Brighton home but price remains buttoned up
Lance 'Buddy' Franklin, the former Hawk turned Sydney Swan, has sold his contemporary Brighton East house.
The 55 Hodder Street offering had $1.6 million to $1.7 million price guidance, but no sale price has been revealed.
After renting briefing elsewhere in Brighton, Franklin bought the house on its 678 square metre block in late 2010 for $1,635,000 through hockingstuart.
The four-bedroom, two bathroom home with a pool had also sold at $1.45 million in 2006 on its completion.
He is not yet known to have bought any Sydney property. The Brighton property with pool room has been rented out since late 2013.
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Before his Brighton purchase Franklin spent $860,000 in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, just weeks before winning the 2008 premiership aged 21 years. Previously, he was renting in Box Hill.
Property Observer understands Buddy retains this first property, a Donvale Palladian-inspired executive home which is home of his parents.
AFL footballers in the bayside precinct include Carlton star Chris Judd. It was 2010 when Judd and his then model fiancee Rebecca Twigley bought their 671 square metre Brighton property for $2.125 million through Kay and Burton agent Justin Follett. They rebuilt and moved in this year.
St Kilda's Nick Riewoldt and wife Catherine spent $4.1 million in February in Brighton for their 1,100 square metre block.