Original Bachelor Pad Off the Market After $7M-Plus Sale
‘La Joie de Vivre’ is a trophy home of fairytale proportions.
After a long search for a buyer, the Bayview trophy home used for the first Australian series of The Bachelor has finally found its happy ending.
And her Prince Charming is an unidentified Sydney businessman, who is believed to have paid more than $7 million for the palatial French provincial mansion known as La Joie de Vivre, which means “joy of living” in French.
La Joie de Vivre is one of the largest homes on the northern beaches.
The larger-than-life home was used as a main set for the first Australian series of The Bachelor, which saw chiropractor Tim Robards find love with Anna Heinrich.
Tim Robards and Anna Heinrich. Picture: Julie Kiriacoudis
Three years down the track the two are very much still together and they recently appeared in the television reality show I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here.
La Joie de Vivre was built in 1993 and is owned by former freight tycoon Gregory Poche and his wife, Kay van Norton. It has been on and off the market since 2010.
The home has spectacular views over Pittwater and out to the ocean.
The home has a whopping floor area of about 1000sq m and an impressive list of features, including 4091sq m of private grounds, multiple terraces on all three levels, tennis court with self-contained private studio, heated pool with waterfall and spa, sauna, grand entrance foyer with high ceilings and curved staircase, temperature-controlled wine cellar with tasting area, combined home office, library and games room, gymnasium, commercial granite kitchen with butler’s pantry, and decadent bedrooms with robes/dressing rooms and ensuites.
The luxury main bedroom.
If you don’t want to walk down to the tennis court you can use the inclinator, and of course there is ducted air conditioning, alarm and security system, six-car garage and giant store room and semicircular driveway with porte cochère.
The study even has a full-sized pool table and lounge area.
Marketing agent James Economides, of Red Property in Manly, said he could not disclose the sale price or the identity of the buyer, however he did say the owners were pleased with the result.
There is nothing shy or retiring about this luxury home.
Industry sources have revealed the property sold for more than $7 million, which was the upper end of the price guide.
The property sold on Wednesday after an expressions of interest campaign, and it is believed there were a number of buyers vying for it.
SOURCE: The Daily Telegraph
POSTED: June 23, 2016
AUTHOR: Amanda Sheppeard
