Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to buy one of the world's great beach houses…
The eighty-year-old inventor of the sheepskin Ugg boot, Shane Stedman, has listed his iconic Mona Vale beach house with a sale price north of four-and-a-half mill.
Readers, I ain’t never been in a house with such a benevolent ambience, a lovingly rebuilt wooden house from the thirties, squatting at the end of a cul-de-sac with elevated views of the surf that will never disappear.
Five beds, three bathrooms, almost seven thousand square feet of dirt.
His son, Luke, a former world number eleven whom we visited a few days ago, occupied a studio at the bottom of the house, a private dwelling where the lanky Lothario was able to exercise his formidable swordsmanship.
And all under an hour’s drive from the guts of Australia’s biggest city.
Examine the house here.
Stedman, whose real first name is Anthony but who changed it after watching the 1953 western Shane, plans to use the cash to build a multi-generational compound at Tintenbar, just behind Lennox Head and only a short drive to the thirty-million dollar home of Chris Hemsworth.
“Buying some land, throwing a couple of shacks on it and moving dad up the coast so he can watch the grandkids and we can keep an eye on the old grommet,” Luke told BeachGrit.
A house at Crescent Head, near Vaughan Blakey’s Medellín-style spread, which Shane has spent years and gallons of sweat building, will be available for holiday rentals.
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I’ve got a an old Shane board, late 60s at a rough guess, stringerless, V-bottom, about 8′ or so. Few sketchy ding repairs but watertight. If someone offered me the right money I’d consider letting it go. Haven’t surfed it for a while, but it was a bit of fun on those smaller days.
Cul-de-sac’s are for transients, troubled youth, and boomers who always love a good chat. Not to mention that top mounted SS sink. Think I will stick with my one bedroom apartment for now.
Poor craftsmanship, uneven floor boards, bad grout work. This is a dump. Somebody didn’t know what the f they were doing, and the owner let it deteriorate. I’d give them about $300k(USD).
Pick up the gun.
Better headline “Surf Prince inheriting the thrown, Surf Royalty moving to new castle.” Good morning, Im in a shit mood so there.
Retired midget toss guys?
Unlike its titular namesake, that property is not Uggly.
I like the large frame with black and white images. Oh if I had a Pinterest account.
Now that is a classy pad… I give a rich guy credit when done right.. normally it is all swagger and bragger. This is something I could totally get into, whereas the rich normally load up on stone work where none is desired, and cabinetry that should be left on the factory floor. Perfect Cabin for my pleasures. Bravo STedman.
Ha?? Worked hard all his life creating surfboards, ugg boots, sunscreen and probably plenty of other useful businesses that have employed surfers and provided for families including his own. What have you created?
Semen! A lot!
And keeping it to himself
I saw the sign outside! April 1st. Cant wait to get back there. I thought they were closed for good. I hit up the Harbor Pub a couple times a few days ago and could hear them working up there.
Used to pick our Mushies there
Anthony? I’m no marketing genius, but I’m thinking Anthony Surfboards would have flopped.
His old ad campaign sure would’ve sounded different as ‘Join the Tony gang’…
As with most places on the beaches at the moment it’ll be bought by some British cunt in tech and knocked down.