Life’s now on the land for TV reno champions
Stint on The Block fuelled their plans
The Block couple Jess and Ayden Hogan have sold their Queenslander-style home for $1.9m in just five days after a whirlwind campaign, which attracted 28 offers.
Completed in 2020, the Jayson Pate-designed luxury property on the northern Gold Coast was built with winnings from the Hogans’ appearance on Channel 9’s renovation series.
Tradie Mr Hogan and his former bank clerk wife collected $665,000 from their stint on The Block: Triple Threat in 2015, where they transformed a townhouse in Melbourne’s South Yarra, which sold under the hammer for $2m in the season 10 finale.
The pair went on to win Reno Rumble, taking home $100,000 – half was donated to charity – and a car.
Their four-bedroom, threebathroom home on Gene Kelly Court, Maudsland, was marketed by Nathan Simon of All Properties Group with a price guide of $1.6m-plus.
Mr Simon said the property drew strong interest from interstate buyers, with several of the 48 total inspections conducted via Facetime.
An online system allowed buyers to place an offer, as well as monitor offers by other interested buyers, ultimately pushing the sale price to $300,000 more than vendor expectations.
“The quality of the build, the classic style and the beautiful layout that was just perfect for families and entertaining attracted a lot of interest,” Mr Simon said.
“It was clear from the outset that this home was built with a dream in mind, and of course there were some interested parties who knew Jess and Ayden from The Block and wanted to see what they had created here.
“But the local buyer actually didn’t even realise who the vendors were until I sent them the video tour.”
The home’s features included 6m-high ceilings allowing sunlight to flood vast living spaces, while high-end finishes extended to custom cabinetry, thick marble benchtops,
“(The) TV winnings allowed us to expand on the dream Jess Hogan
hardwood floors, and a brick fireplace with breezeblock wall.
Wide glass sliding doors open on to wraparound timber alfresco decking, and there’s a concrete pool and spa.
Ms Hogan said the TV winnings “allowed us to expand on the dream”, after they’d purchased a 4108sq m vacant block of land in Maudsland in 2014.
In February 2021, they purchased a 23.45ha cattle farm in Cainbable, near Beaudesert, for $1.05m, swapping their glamorous home for life on the land in rural Queensland with their two children, Josie, 14, and Thomas, 11.
“Ayden and I both have a rural background, and I felt if we waited we might miss the opportunity to have the kids grow up around cows and horses and country folk,” Ms Hogan said.
Mr Hogan works with Hutchinson Builders, while Ms Hogan operates a family business, Banksia Gifts Australia, from the farm.
PropTrack data shows house prices in Maudsland were up 8.7 per cent to a median of $870,000.