Weightlifting gold medallist Dean Lukin sells Mermaid Beach holiday home
The Mermaid Beach holiday home of Australian weightlifting legend Dean Lukin has snappily sold for $6,395,000 to a local buyer.
The Adelaide-based Lukin, whose paid $4.8 million for the property in 2013 with brother David and mum Ann, were asking for $6,495,000.
It was bought shortly after the death of family patriarch, the millionaire Port Adelaide fishing entrepreneur fishing entrepreneur.
Known locally as "the yellow house on the corner", the Hamptons-style home has three bedrooms and four bathrooms across its three levels.
The lounge with a sandstone clad fireplace opens to an alfresco deck with a sunken jacuzzi.
Kollosche Broadbeach agent Eddie Wardale sold the home.
The two week sale is a rarity on Hedges Avenue despite it being one of the most sought after addresses on the Gold Coast.
A five bedroom beachfront down the road has been on the market since 2016. It was once owned by the late former AFL player Rod Galt.
This article was first published in the Weekend Australian.
