Big gains: Home with $300,000 gym hits the market

An Aussie mansion with more than $300,000 worth of dumbbells, barbells, ropes and machines — enough to fit out a commercial gym — is set to ‘muscle up’ the market when it goes to auction.

The three-level riverfront mansion on the Gold Coast in Queensland hit the market this week and is already attracting plenty of interest.

58 Fitzwilliam Street, Carrara.

There is no shortage of machines in the home gym.

Surprisingly, the vendor is not a personal trainer but an accountant who simply likes to keep fit.

For the right price though, he’s willing to include the gym in the sale of property, which goes to auction on July 31.

“It’s more than just a couple of old weights, that’s for sure,” said marketing agent Dan Donovan, of Ray White Malan + Co.

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Entertain in style.

The home gym on the Gold Coast has been compared to a Goodlife gym. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Sarah Matray

“There’s some serious gym equipment in there, you’d think it was an EMF or Goodlife.

“The vendor will consider including the gear with the sale, if the buyer really wants it; at the end of the day, you need the space and there’s something like 150sq m of area down there.

58 Fitzwilliam Street, Carrara has no shortage of luxury features from an infinity-edge pool to a firepit and alfresco entertaining terrace.

The dining room.

As well as the epic gym, the home, which last changed hands in 2016, comes with a string of features including a solar-heated infinity-edge pool, alfresco entertaining terrace, fire pit, wet bar and a 16-car basement garage.

“The home altogether is a jaw dropper though,” Mr Donovan said.

“Six big, beautiful bedrooms, open plan kitchen and living downstairs, an in-house cinema, lift, and wrap around pool.

“It’s got room for up to 16 cars in the basement garage and it’s made from full concrete, so it’s not a lightweight construction.

The living area looking out to the river.

Mr Donovan said the view was just as impressive as the house.

“It looks due east back towards the Surfers skyline – on sunset, it’s just incredible,” he said.

Carrara is proving to be a new hotspot for cashed-up buyers, according to Mr Donovan.

He referenced the recent $4.9m sale of 34 Garden Grove St.

A living area.

Mr Donovan said there was an emerging cohort of buyers who preferred the peace and quiet of the inland suburbs over the hustle and bustle of the coastal strip – and were prepared to pay for the privilege.

“Not everyone loves to live on the beach,” he said.

“Some find it a bit too much with the wind and waves – if you love that, you really love it but if not, these main river properties are perfect.

One of the bedrooms.

“Ultimately, it’s a lifestyle choice and I think that’s the Gold Coast maturing as a market – the quality of the homes in those locations now is second to none.”

The highest ever sale recorded in Carrara was in 2022, when a buyer paid $20m for 10 Maryland Ave.

PropTrack data reveals the median house price in Carrara is $1.161m.

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