Craig Bennett, Studio 10: Veteran showbiz reporter selling Prahran party pad
Craig Bennett and his partner Craig Murchie have listed their 20 Ann St, Prahran home.
Veteran showbiz reporter Craig Bennett and his partner Craig Murchie are selling their Prahran “party house” that has played host to a long list of celeb names.
The Seekers great Judith Durham, Brynne Edelsten, TV legends Barbie Rogers, Tony Barber, Jimmy Hannan and Neighbours actors Lorraine Bayly, Ian Smith and Anne Charleston were just some of the famous faces who have visited the 20 Ann St residence.
Bennett, who’s worked in the entertainment industry for 40 years and appears on Studio 10, said friends such as Denise Drysdale, Rowena Wallace and Mark Mitchell were other “regulars at the dinner table”.
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Studio 10’s Craig Bennett and partner Craig Murchie, with Tony Barber and Barbie Rogers.
The house has been the ideal entertainer.
Indoor-outdoor living.
“Lots of celebrities have poured their souls to me around the kitchen or in the living room,” Bennett said.
“If this house was to write a book, it would have plenty to of stories to share.”
The couple are selling the three-bedroom pad under the hammer on October 30 with price hopes of $1.85m-$2.035m as they move to Queensland for Mr Murchie’s work.
Bennett said it had been a “wonderful inside-outside party house”, which had also been used as a backdrop for his exclusive TV interviews and photo shoots in the pages of Woman’s Day and New Idea.
Timber details, floor-to-ceiling windows, polished concrete floors and a private “outdoor rock garden” were highlights of the Bali-inspired pad.
A modern kitchen.
Floating stairs lead to the bedrooms upstairs.
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One of three bedrooms.
Resort-style vibes.
Marshall White’s Mark Harris said the property had a “very calming effect as soon as you walk through the doors”, while still being so close to Chapel St.
“Buyers have been asking whether the sculptures will stay or not in the sale, because it really has that wonderful sense of serenity.”
The couple were also auctioning off their three-bedroom home in Northbridge, NSW at 43a Minnamurra Rd on October 23.
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