Demetri's Castle - star of SBS series - to go under the hammer
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Demetri’s Castle, also known as the historic gothic Mount Martha mansion Glynt Manor, has been relisted with revised hopes.
It was initially listed by hair and make-up artists Demetri and Lila Sideropoulos, who wanted $6.5 million for the nine-bedroom, eight-bathroom mansion on its 2010 listing.
The Greek couple, whose celebrity clients have included Matt Damon, Russell Crowe, Bert Newton and the Pussycat Dolls , bought the 1914 house in 2009 for a reported $4.3 million and then thoroughly renovated it into a family home and bed and breakfast on the SBS documentary Demetri’s Castle.
It sits on about 8000 square metres, with views of Port Phillip Bay and the Melbourne lights in the distance. It was designed by Harold Desbrowe Annear as a single-storey farmhouse for the Henty family, descendants of Victoria's first European settlers.
It bears a similarity to another of his designs, Delgany at Portsea. Its later owners included the Buxton family.
Last year the Sideropouloses indicated they were selling so they could pursue opportunities overseas, saying they didn't get attached to things. Geoff Smith from LJ Hooker Frankston has the auction scheduled for October 8.
