Garry Lyon fails to sell Hawthorn home at weekend auction

Garry Lyon fails to sell Hawthorn home at weekend auction
Jonathan ChancellorDecember 8, 2020

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Former Melbourne AFL champion and now Footy Show host Garry Lyon couldn’t sell his prestige Hawthorn offering at weekend auction.

The four-bedroom, three-bathroom period house in Hawthorn Grove – one of the suburb’s premier heritage streets – was passed in on a vendor's bid of $3.6 million.

The auction opened on a $3.5 million vendor bid. Lyon bought it in 2005 for $2.74 million.

Its Jellis Craig Glen Iris listing agent Paul Keane had been quoting $3.5 million-plus.

The contemporary house sits behind a stately tuck-pointed brick façade and return veranda.

It comes with an outdoor entertaining pavilion, heated pool and spa.

The much-extended 1890s Hawthorn residence sits on an 854-square-metre block.

Its modern interiors give it a 493-square-metre floorplan over two levels.

There are four bedrooms plus fitted study.

Bennison MacKinnon sold the adjoining property last month at an undisclosed price. It had previously traded three decades ago. Both homes had been built by the same builder last century.

Hawthorn’s current median house price, according to propertydata.com.au, is $1.37 million, having peaked at $1.62 million in June 2010.

According to RP Data, Hawthorn's median house price is $1.29 million. 

Jonathan Chancellor

Jonathan Chancellor is one of Australia's most respected property journalists, having been at the top of the game since the early 1980s. Jonathan co-founded the property industry website Property Observer and has written for national and international publications.

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