Comic Joe Avati to sell Preston townhouse after five-year saga

Award-winning comedian Joe Avati is selling a Preston townhouse that’s part of a complex he started developing in the depths of Covid lockdowns in 2020.

World-famous Aussie comic Joe Avati is set to bring a Preston development project’s five-year saga to an end with a $1.05m-$1.15m auction slated two weeks from Christmas.

Avati became Australia’s biggest selling comic internationally in 2012, and early in the new year takes off on a tour of America and Canada.

Before then, he’s finishing off the current Comedy Cartel tour with Tahir, George Kapiniars, Sashi Perera, Ting Lim and Joe White, which has Melbourne dates from December 4-7.

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The award-winning comedian has previously broken a record with a home renovation and extension in Princes Hill, also in Melbourne’s north, when he sold his former home in December, 2021.

“My last auction was in 2021 and that broke a record in Princes Hill,” Avati said.

His latest effort is close to five years in the making, having bought the Beauchamp St property in June 2020, and watched Covid “put a spanner in the works” for more than a year as Melbourne went in and out of lockdowns for 262 days.

While Avati and his wife Natalie have built two townhouses at the site, they’re keeping one as an investment and selling one at 52B Beauchamp St, Preston.

The upscale kitchen comes with a steam oven, supersized island bench and light and bright decor.

Comedian Joe Avati at a sold out gig. Picture: Sheldon Ang Media.

The home’s kitchen features a steam oven and super-sized island benches, there is an ensuite for each of the three bedrooms, and rear lane access leads to a double garage.

“And the open-plan lay out opens to a courtyard that faces north,” Avati said.

The home is also a 150m stroll from Preston market, and a growing list of world’s coolest places rolling slowly through Melbourne’s northern suburbs along High St in Northcote and Thornbury, the comedian said Preston was on its way to being the next on the list gaining international attention for its vibe.

An open-plan living area opens out to the rear courtyard.

The north-facing outdoor space is perfect for summer days.

Nelson Alexander’s Mark Verrocchi is handling the sale and said a mix of downsizers and younger couples had shown interest in the property.

All appreciated the location near the Preston market, but the added attention to detail from an ensuite for each bedroom to the low-maintenance design of the home and gardens had also helped boost its popularity.

It includes one ground-floor bedroom with an ensuite, and two more with private bathrooms on the upper level.

There are three bedrooms spread across the home’s upper and lower floors.

And every bedroom comes with its own ensuite.

The main living area is at the rear of the ground floor, opening out to the courtyard garden and double garage.

The three-bedroom townhouse at 52B Beauchamp St, Preston, goes to auction at 10am on December 13.

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