Sunrise star Edwina Bartholomew sells Woollahra apartment for $1.57million - days after sharing health update following cancer diagnosis

Daily Mail​

21-04-2025

Seven's Edwina Bartholomew has sold her gorgeous apartment in Sydney 's eastern suburbs.
The 41-year-old Sunrise star bought the two-bedroom, one bathroom flat in Woollahra in 2009 for $660,000.
She reportedly sold for a whopping $1.57million - way more than the $1.35million she hoped for when when it went to auction on April 12.
'I'm sad to see it go,' Bartholomew admitted, having rented out the home for between $900 and $1000 per week.
Edwina confirmed to The Daily Telegraph that she plans to put the profits into her latest renovation project in regional NSW.
Edwina and her husband Neil Varcoe have ambitious plans to convert what was once a dilapidated country pub into a boutique hotel.
The TV star bought the 177-year-old building in Carcoar in May 2022 for $2.1million.
Edwina told the publication that she was 'sad' to list her old flat, which she lived in for nine years before buying a three-bedder in Dulwich Hill for $1.59million.
Located 5km from the CBD, the Woollahra property is on the top floor of a delightful art deco block situated in one of Sydney's most sought after postcodes.
Features include timber floorboards, French doors and a freshly renovated marble kitchen.
Other highlights include a new bathroom with aged brass fittings and a 'natural' stone vanity.
According to the listing, the property is worth as much as $900-a-week as a rental.
Days ago, Edwina had given a very hopeful health update about her recent heartbreaking cancer diagnosis.
The Sunrise star, 41, revealed she had been diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML)—a type of blood and bone marrow cancer—live on air in September.
In a joyful Instagram post on Thursday, the TV presenter has revealed she is nearing 'molecular remission', saying her leukaemia is 'almost undetectable now'.
'I am almost in what they call molecular remission,' she wrote.
'So that means, thanks to my daily medication and my incredible specialist, and also really the gift of time that I've been given by Seven, by working part-time here at Sunrise to focus on my health, the leukaemia has essentially been eradicated from my body to the point that it's almost undetectable now.'
Edwina went on to say she is still required to take medication for at least the 'next few years', but doesn't let that overshadow the 'fantastic news'.
'I still need to take tablets for the next few years' she said.
'But it is fantastic news, and I do share it this morning knowing lots of people are watching this going through their very own serious cancer battles, so it's not lost on me how extraordinarily lucky I have been,' she said.
It comes after Edwina revealed at Marie Claire's International Women's Day luncheon in Sydney just how much the cancer diagnosis has impacted her life.
'I was fortunate that I had a month where I knew about it before I told everyone. I had this experience without having to go through the trauma of chemotherapy,' Edwina began.
'[The cancer] was a gift, because it put things into perspective... I didn't have to go through a really intense experience of being 'in' cancer and absorbed by it.'
Edwina added she was extremely grateful her symptoms were manageable and she was able to continue with most of the activities in her daily life.
'I had a meeting with my specialist this week and I forgot to go get my blood test. So, it is not front of mind for me,' she said.
'I am so conscious of what a gift that is, that I have been able to continue on semi-normal... I haven't had to tell my young kids, because I still look the same. It's been a real re-think in slowing myself down.'
Edwina's diagnosis is a 'mild' form of leukaemia and can often be managed without having to undergo chemotherapy and dealing with the disease's more severe symptoms.
The TV presenter shares two young children—Molly, five, and Tom, three—with her husband Neil Varcoe.
In September, Edwina revealed live on-air she had been diagnosed with cancer in a tearful admission.
'I have been diagnosed with cancer. That's a shock and hard to say,' she told viewers.
'It is a really good kind. It is called chronic myeloid leukaemia. It can be treated with a daily tablet. If I can take care of myself, I will be completely fine.'
The veteran TV star then began to break down in tears before telling the audience: 'I thought I could keep it together.'
According to Mayo Clinic, CML is an uncommon type of cancer in the bone marrow and is very slow to progress.
Advances in treatment have improved the prognosis of people with CML and most people diagnosed with it can achieve remission and live for many years.