Ex-Probuild boss Simon Gray’s Brighton pad gets $1m price boost

The Brighton home of construction industry heavyweight Simon Gray has had a $1m boost to its asking price in the aftermath of a price record nearby.

The ex-boss of former Aussie construction giant Probuild has relisted his slice of Bayside perfection with a $1m boost to its up to $23m asking price amid a Brighton revival.

It comes in the aftermath of suburb landmark Teychel selling for north of $31m on the waterfront to local philanthropist, property developer and lawyer Julius Colman last month.

Meanwhile, Dancing with the Stars ballroom dancer Jessica Raffa is understood to have sold her New St home in the same suburb in an off-market deal a little over a week ago, after it was first listed for sale in spring for $4.6m-$5.05m last year.

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Raffa won the program with magician Cosentino in 2013, and has also appeared on the show with footballing greats Brendan Fevola and Anthony Koutoufides, as well as ex MasterChef judge Matt Preston and Better Homes and Gardens’ Adam Dovile.

Forbes International’s Mike Gibson is handling the sale of former Probuild executive Simon Gray’s incredible home with a $22.5m-$23.5m asking price that’s added seven figures to the $21.5m-$22.5m set when it was listed in February this year.

The Gray’s incomparable Brighton home showcases a stunning poolside area.

The home’s interior living zones offer luxurious and strking surrounds for day to day life.

Probuild’s then group managing director Simon Gray and wife Gabrielle at the home in 2017. Picture: Stuart McEvoy for the Australian.

Mr Gray left the construction firm in 2021, before it was sent into administration a year later after its South Africa-based parent company Wilson Bayly Holmes-Ovcon Limited ended financial support for it.

His extraordinary home features five bedrooms, including a main that has its own dressing area, laundry chute and a drop-down TV. There are also seven bathrooms, a cellar, gym and wellness zone, an office and a home theatre with a built-in bar.

The house showcases extensive marble, custom timber slat ceilings and cabinetry, a state-of-the-art kitchen with a six-metre long island bench, as well as a tennis court and a pool set between a series of cabanas and a firepit.

Carefully considered architecture by SJB promotes light and privacy throughout the home.

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It was built on an 1890sq m allotment as the perfect to a design by SJB architects, partly drawn out on a napkin with Mr Gray’s wife Gabrielle, as an oasis for them and their three sons who have now all moved out, prompting the sale.

Kay & Burton’s Matthew Pillios handled the three-storey listing for Raffa and her husband Tony Ouliaris, which came complete with its own dance studio, but would not comment on the sale.

Mr Pillios said with families coming in from across Melbourne in search of renovated homes in the suburb, sellers were getting really good results and there was growing confidence.

Jessica Raffa and Tony Ouliaris’ impressive Brighton home has sold.

Trent Cotchin dancing with Jessica Raffa on Dancing With The Stars 2025. Picture:Supplied/Channel 7.

Inside the showstopper there is plenty of indoor-outdooren entertainment space on offer.

“I think spring will be very strong, especially October and November, with great sales and the market already picking up,” he said.

“Buyer confidence is at the highest level I have seen in two years.”

Kay & Burton’s Ross Savas is believed to have finalised the record-breaking deal for Teychel last month, but has yet to comment.

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