Carl Barron has splashed out a huge $1.8million on a luxury Southern Highlands property that used to be a potato farm.
The stand-up comedian, 60, has bought an eco-friendly and solar-passive home in Mount Murray, near the Macquarie Pass National Park, according to realestate.com.
The quirky property has an interesting history as it sits on 3.6 hectares of land that used to be a potato farm, before being turned into a house four decades ago.
The basalt stone home was built by environmentalists Helen and David Tranter and boasts four bedrooms across two floors.
It has very unique features including dark slate floors which mediate the temperature of the house, keeping it warm in winter and cooler in summer.
The house also boasts amenities including a Rayburn stove and fireplace, while it also has solar panels fixed on to the slanting roof.
Carl is said to also own another 8 hectares of land in the same area, which he bought for $1.75million back in 2017.
When he’s not touring, Barron spends most of his time in the NSW Southern Highlands, south of Sydney, but also boasts other lavish properties in the city.
Carl Barron (pictured) has splashed out a huge $1.8million on a luxury property that used to be a potato farm
The stand-up comedian, 60, has bought an eco-friendly and solar-passive home in Mount Murray, near the Macquarie Pass National Park, according to realestate.com
The funnyman – who was born in Longreach, Queensland – owns a $6.75million terrace house in Paddington after snapping it up last year.
He relocated to the area from Darling Point, where he had bought a penthouse for $4.7million in 2020 before reportedly going on to sell it for $6million.
The harbourside penthouse was said to have been previously owned by Jamey Colbert, the chief executive of kitchen appliances company Eurolinx.
Just a year earlier in 2019, Carl also sold his luxury $5.5million apartment in Potts Point, one of Sydney’s most-sought after locations.
The quirky property has an interesting history as it sits on 3.6 hectares of land that used to be a potato farm, before being turned into a house four decades ago
The house boasts amenities including a Rayburn stove and fireplace, while it also has solar panels fixed on to the slanting roof
It has other very unique features including dark slate floors which mediate the temperature of the house, keeping it warm in winter and cooler in summer
The unit’s selling points included 270-degree views of the CBD, Opera House, Bridge and Sydney Harbour, bow-fronted open sunroom area and a flexible floorplan opening to two private alfresco balconies.
It was also an entertainers’ dream with a separate dining room, gourmet entertaining kitchen with European appliances and stone benchtops.
Carl is well-known for being one of Australia’s most popular funnymen for more than two decades, and is set to head to the UK for his latest tour in October.
