After spending on their residence last year,the family’s latest purchase is the $5.9 million house next door.
The new addition was settled in the name of Crowe’s wife,Sophie,late last year,public records show.
Set on just over 600 square metres,the home is not subject to a heritage overlay.
It changed hands in a quiet deal,without being listed publicly.
Crowe and two colleagues founded the Grill’d burger chain in 2004 and the business was by industry experts in 2019,before the pandemic hit.
The newly purchased $5.9 million Toorak home.Simon Schluter
His main home is a six-bedroom,grand 19th-century Victorian that comes with a kitchen ideal for entertaining,complete with butler’s pantry,two dishwashers and three ovens.
The renovated main residence has a tennis court,swimming pool,charming outdoor dining area,a basement cellar and an upstairs terrace with views over Toorak. It was once owned by Gold Logie winner Steve Vizard and its most recent vendors were fund manager Alastair Hunter and Sarah Jane Hunter.
Buying the place next door is not an unusual strategy in elite property circles,and can allow home owners flexibility to preserve views or expand their accommodation.
The billionaire Geminder family have spent years in Kooyong.
Chemist Warehouse co-founder buying two mansions next door to each other in Toorak to create a landholding of more than 4260 square metres.
Trucking magnate to create a Portsea compound.
Healthcare boss paid $14.12 million to buy their next-door neighbour’s home in Toorak in another quiet deal.