Sam Frost leaves Sydney treasure behind

PHOTO: Sam Frost

Having exited Sydney for Melbourne, former Bachelorette, Home And Away star, 2DayFM radio personality turned podcaster Sam Frost, has opted to keep her Alexandria townhouse.

Frost, who rose to fame in 2014 when she won The Bachelor, has instead leased out the townhouse she secured as a first homebuyer in 2017.

Since she made the move to Melbourne she has become engaged to Australian Survivor contestant, landscaper Jordie Hansen, after just five months of dating.

Sam Frost leases out her former Sydney townhouse as she takes up residence down in Melbourne with Jordie Hansen. Source: realestate.com.au

He was part of the 2021 season of Australian Survivor: Blood v Water alongside Frost’s brother, Alex Frost, with Hansen meeting his now fiancee after the show finished shooting.

Frost had paid $1.255 million to be near Sydney Park, one of Sydney’s best park playgrounds. Located opposite the Goodman industrial estate, it initially sold for $570,000 when bought from the Cambodian-born developer, Suon Ngu in 2008.

The last sale of the row of tightly held town houses was when $1.245 million was paid in late 2020.

Frost secured tenants at $1275 a week for the 2002-built townhouse, finding her tenant within four weeks, and a reduction from $1375, amid spiralling rental headlines.

The home has enjoyed 42 per cent rental growth over the last decade. Source: realestate.com.au

The three-bedroom, two-level townhouse was leased through Szilvia Szecseiova and Perly Cundasamy at PM Realty Mascot.

All of the three bedrooms have balconies and two have ensuites. Sliding glass doors open from the living kitchen and dining area onto an entertainment terrace.

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It had been leased once before, back in 2013 at $900 a week by its initial owner, so 42 per cent rental growth over close to a decade.

Interestingly the median rental price for three bedroom apartments in Alexandria, based on 60 rental listings over the preceding 12 months, sat at $850, with no growth, according to realestate.com.au, who calculate based on five years of sales, Alexandria has seen a negative compound growth rate of -0.3 per cent for units.

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There have been falling rents evident next door in the Stanisic Architects-designed Datum apartment complex where $500 a week was being sought in May for a one-bedroom apartment that had hit the market in January seeking $550.