Olympic swimmer could pocket more from Noosa home sale than during her career
Olympic swimmer Dawn Fraser is selling her Noosa Heads investment property.
Aussie swimming legend Dawn Fraser may make more from the sale of her Sunshine Coast investment property than she did during her entire career as an athlete.
The 83-year-old has put her Noosa Heads house on the market two decades after buying it for $345,000.
Known as Australia’s greatest female swimmer, the Olympian is hoping to fetch more than $1 million for her four-bedroom, three-bathroom investment property in sought-after Wyandra Street.
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Olympic swimmer Dawn Fraser is selling her Noosa investment property. Photographer: Liam Kidston.
Sam Plummer of Noosa Estate Agents sold the property to Fraser back in 2001 and now has the pleasure of marketing it for her special client.
Ms Plummer said no improvements had been made since then, and the property had already attracted some offers.
“It’s a great time to sell and to capitalise on this current market,” Ms Plummer said.
“It’s attracting a fair bit of attention. We’re looking at offers in excess of $1 million.
“We’re selling it as a home to either renovate and live in yourself, or you may want to knock it down and build your dream home.”
This property at 4 Wyandra St, Noosa Heads, is for sale.
The four-bedroom, three-bathroom home, on a 599 sqm block, is set over one level, overlooking the pool and a park across the street.
There are two separate, independent living zones connected via an internal breezeway to allow for a dual living arrangement.
Both living areas open out to timber decking and overlook the pool, which is surrounded by established palms.
The swimming pool is surrounded by lush palm trees.
It is currently rented for $600 a week, with the lease due to expire in October.
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Ms Plummer said the Noosa market was “unprecedented”.
A balcony overlooks the pool area.
“It’s a market nobody, I believe, has seen before here,” she said.
“I’ve never seen this in my time, in 20 years.”
Inside the spacious Noosa Heads property.
She said she was finding about 50 per cent of interest in Noosa real estate was coming from local buyers, while the rest were Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne residents looking to relocate there.
Over the course of her career, Fraser won eight Olympic medals — four gold and four silver — and set 39 world records.
Australian swimming champion Dawn Fraser (C-gold), Sharon Stouder (L-silver) and Ellis (R-bronze) pose with their medals after the Olympic ladies 100m free style that Dawn Fraser won on the 13th of October, 1964 in Tokyo. Photo: AFP.