Former cricketer Brett Lee sells Clontarf home in six days for more than $9m

It took all of six days for former Test cricketer Brett Lee and his wife Lana to sell their Clontarf home, scoring well in excess of $9 million.

The couple launched the three-storey residence to the market last weekend with a guide of $8 million to $8.8 million following an extensive renovation of the property in recent years.

The Lees are expected to again buy locally amid plans to undertake another home renovation overseen by Lana.

Selling agent Michael Clarke, who listed the property with his Clarke & Humel co-agent Cherie Humel, was gagged by confidentiality orders from disclosing the sale price.

The couple bought the hillside house on dress-circle Monash Crescent in 2016 for $5.175 million, pocketing $4.91 million a few months later for their former Seaforth home.

The floor plan – remodelled recently by Agia Projects – included a separate guest suite and studio, vast open-plan living areas, and a covered heated swimming pool with barbecue, pizza oven and wet bar.

Clontarf’s house price record has been reset twice since 2016 when the fast bowler bought into the beachside suburb.

Within months of Lee’s purchase, the home of the late arts patron and Transfield co-founder Franco Belgiorno-Nettis sold for $11 million to Madina Phara and Mongkol Phara, of one of Cambodia’s ruling families.

Then, in 2018, the beachfront house across the road from Lee’s sold for $11.5 million to a company owned by pokie game pioneer Scott Olive.