Bondi beachfront penthouse of Big Brother's Gretel Killeen fetches $1.97 million
The Bondi beachfront penthouse of Gretel Killeen, who hosted the Big Brother series for seven years from 2001, sold at auction last night at $1.97 million, just short of the $2 million hopes held by selling agents Vicki Laing and Simon Polito of Laing Real Estate.
The three-bedroom 172-square-metre penthouse occupies the entire top level of the very Art Deco block La Pacifique.
There were three registered bidders. It last traded for $1.09 million in 2001 by Killeen, who's now an empty-nester.
In 2001 it was sold by Susan Blewett, the daughter of former federal health minister Neal Blewett, who had bought it for $300,000 in 1990 shortly before he retired from Federal Parliament.
It's in a block of seven apartments at the northern end of Campbell Parade opposite parkland adjacent to North Bondi Surf Club.
It comes with large living and dining areas, plus modern kitchen, sunroom and a rooftop entertainment terrace.
There’s the exclusive use of a car parking space entered from Brighton Boulevard on the building's back boundary.
