03-07-2025
Matthew Dellavedova sells bayside home after Melbourne exit
Basketball champion and Olympian Matthew Dellavedova and his wife Anna have bounced their bayside home.
Meanwhile a South Gippsland pub co-owned by ex-Brisbane centre half-back Justin Leppitsch and wife Christie is also pulling interest on the market, as is a Ringwood venue where former Tiger Kayne Pettifer is a tenant.
Dellavedova, an ex-Melbourne United and Cleveland Cavaliers player, signed a three-year deal with the Sydney Kings earlier this year.
Following this, he and Anna listed a five-bedroom Sandringham home with $4.5m-$4.7m price hopes in June.
The circa-1890s house that the Dellavedovas have just farewelled features a pool, spa and outdoor barbecue kitchen, four living areas, a cellar and separate studio.
Belle Property Sandringham principal director Fran Harkin said there was strong interest in the abode with about 45 buyers, mostly families, inquiring about the property before it sold this week.
Ms Harkin declined to comment on the price, but industry insiders indicated that it changed hands for a sum within the asking range.
She said the residence's period style and proximity to the beach won buyers over.
'It's got that charm that just tugs on people's heart strings,' she said.
A four-time Olympian, Dellavedova was part of the Australian mens' basketball team, the Boomers, that won bronze at the 2020 Tokyo games.
In 2016, Dellavedova won an NBA championship as a Cleveland Cavaliers member.
He later signed a four-year $US38 million (A$50.5m) with the Milwaukee Bucks.
Meanwhile, The Rusty Gurnard pub in Port Welshpool, South Gippsland, that's co-owned by three-time AFL premiership player turned Collingwood assistant coach, Leppitsch, wife Christie and their business partners has been served up to the market.
They have extensively renovated the Lewis St hotel that had previously stood empty for a number of years.
CRE Brokers' Phil Mammolito said that the pub had attracted good interest during an expressions of interest process that closed on July 3, and that he was expecting to spend a few weeks working through offers for The Rusty Gurnard.
And another AFL pub sale is brewing, with a three-storey Ringwood venue where ex-Richmond player Kayne Pettifer is a tenant is for sale with $5m-plus price hopes.
The Maroondah Highway complex incorporating The Bungalow Beer Garden and pub is owned by Pettifer's mate and business partner, Joe Cossari.
The building's second floor function space can host 150 to 180 guests.
Legendary TV newsreader Peter Hitchener's 50th birthday bash was held at the site.
O'Brien agent and auctioneer John Rombotis and Aston Commercial's Jeremy Gruzewski and Joshua Colosimo marketing the property, which is available as a partially-tenanted or vacant building.
