How The Block's serial flipper gained a slice of his neighbour's land
You shall not covet your neighbour's house, but what if you just want a piece of their garden?
Serial property flipper, The Block judge and Whitefox chief executive Marty Fox has listed his Toorak family home with a price guide of $12 million to $13 million. The Block airs on Nine (owned by Nine Entertainment Co, which also owns this masthead).
The property is set on a large block that was originally two addresses.
Fox and his wife and business partner, Charlotte Fox, are moving on after completing a renovation of the home and also expanding the block size. The house is in Charlotte's name.
The pair bought the main residence for $7.2 million in 2022, records show, a $50,000 discount on its previous sale price. They then approached a neighbour about buying their property.
'I really wanted to get a court on the property for the kids to practise basketball and get a little bit more active without taking away any of that grassed area,' Marty said. 'I was very lucky to be able to convince the neighbour to sell their property, and then I amalgamated the blocks.'
Later that year, the couple bought the home that backed onto theirs for $2.75 million, and they marked out part of that home's garden and attached it to their own original block. The following year they resold the now smaller neighbouring house for a $30,000 profit.
On their home's extra land they have added a basketball/pickleball court and a wellness deck with ice bath and sauna.
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