Bec Judd finds a buyer for her multimillion-dollar holiday house
The stylish country estate in Mornington Peninsula's Arthurs Seat had been listed with a price guide of $2.85 million to $3 million and was marked as sold online this week. The exact price and buyer will become public on settlement.
The residence last traded in 2016 for $1,212,500, public records show, and has since had a dramatic transformation.
Bec Judd, a former TV presenter, speech pathologist and model, as well as seasoned renovator and self-taught interior designer, documented the transformation on social media.
She earlier described falling in love with the home during a Melbourne winter, highlighting the birdsong and kangaroos in the bushland surrounding the gently rolling three-hectare block.
'[It had] this bush Australiana vibe,' she said when the home was listed. 'We felt like we were hours away from the city, but it was literally 59 minutes door-to-door.'
The couple previously listed the home on Airbnb and visited on weekends. Then last year she oversaw a fast transformation, in which the home was gutted and rebuilt in four months thanks to builder Dale Cheesman of The Melbourne Builder. Landscape architect Nathan Burkett redid the gardens.
The mid-century brick home now features Patagonia stone, smokey grey oak floors and bespoke joinery, with an open-plan living and dining space, including a wood fire heater, and an integrated fridge/freezer in the kitchen.
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