A beachside home in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, once owned by Australian pop legend John Paul Young, has been snapped up at auction for almost $12 million.
“There was abject fear about the auction process and the fact we might not get it,” Young previously told Domain .
“However, all was well and we surprisingly got a bargain. Great times there, many memories.”
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Young was 11 when he arrived in Sydney with his parents and three siblings in 1962.
“We spent two years in a migrant hostel. I exchanged my suit for shorts,” he said .
“I remember sitting by the banks of Williams Creek in western Sydney and loving it. If I’d stayed in Glasgow I would have been married by 17, because that’s what people did.”
Young was in his 20s when he met Lynette at the Capitol Theatre in 1972. He was performing in the musical Jesus Christ Superstar while she worked behind the bar.
Young scored his breakout hit in 1975 with ‘Yesterday’s Hero’ and became a household name three years later with the global smash ‘Love Is in the Air’ .
After decades together, the couple eventually married. They share a daughter, Amanda.
“It was because of Amanda that Lynette and I got married after 27 years together,” Young said.
“We went to the registry office so Amanda could get a British passport. Marriage wasn’t a big deal for either of us.”
The Youngs remained at the Bronte property until 1985 when they sold it to retired solicitor Rennie Spanko and his wife, Pauline, for $265,500, The Sydney Morning Herald reported.
The Spanko family took the home to auction over the weekend, ending more than four decades of ownership.
The property, listed as a three-bedroom home with a self-contained studio, was bought by a local family for $11.95 million.
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