Couple makes winning profit selling home to Lleyton and Bec Hewitt
A Queensland couple has made a hefty $550,000 after selling their Burleigh Heads home to tennis superstar Lleyton Hewitt and his wife Bec - having lived in the home for just five weeks.
Katie and Jeremy Langston bought ‘The Palms’ at auction in May 2021, paying $3.75 ($NZD 3.89) million for one of the state’s most photographed homes.
But, the couple put the four-bedroom mansion back on the market just months later for $4.3 ($NZD 4.46) million after realising they wanted to move back to Koala Park.
Within six days of the home hitting the market once again, marketing co-agents Conal Martin of Kingfisher Realty and Harcourts Coastal agent Ed Cherry had received eight offers.
“We only lived in it for about five weeks,” Mr Langston told realestate.com.au.
“We moved out before we put it on the market. Even though we were living in Queensland's home of the year [for] 2021, we were homesick for Koala Park, so we found the perfect location in the same street we lived in previously and sold The Palms to the Hewitts.”
Though they walked away with a handsome sum after the Hewitts spent $4.305 million to snap up the home, Mr Langston said it wasn’t about the money at all.
“We thought ‘we can have our dream house anywhere’ and this is not where we wanted it,” he said.
“We wanted to be in Koala Park and so we are building a beautiful house there now.
“We engaged the builder of The Palms, JG Design and Construct, and have just finalised the plans to build our dream home in the area we love.”
The Langston’s former home has been the subject of a fair amount of publicity, having the process of building documented on Instagram before it became the most viewed house in Australia after it was first listed for sale in May 2021.
Originally sold fully furnished, the home boasted luxe features including a sunken fireplace, glass-edged pool and outdoor kitchen in the entertaining area, as well as Italian terrazzo tiles, stone feature walls, custom brass fittings and Harbour American oak flooring.
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