Sydney surgeon and lobbyist list mansion after marriage split

33 Raglan St, Mosman has expectations in the double-digit millions in an expressions of interest campaign.

A top Sydney surgeon and his political lobbyist ex husband have listed their luxurious Mosman mansion amid a furious divorce.

Kidney transplant specialist Professor David Gracey and his political lobbyist husband Michael Kauter, chairman and CEO of boutique government affairs advisory Strategic Political Counsel, split last December.

They’d married in New York in 2014 and had been poster boys for gay marriage. At the time, Kauter had been former deputy director of the National Party.

Kauter was arrested by police last December after he turned up at his ex-husband’s surgery, apparently for a medical check-up, allegedly contravening an apprehended domestic violence order.

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Happier times: Michael Kauter, right, and David Gracey were married in New York in 2014. Kauter says: “After all of this, I still believe in marriage, and that it’s meant to be for a lifetime.”

They bought the grand home for $9.1m in 2022.

There’d also been a charge of destroying or damaging property related to the glass on a picture frame.

The 45-year-old was in handcuffs as he appeared on screen at the Downing Centre Local Court, but all charges were later dismissed.

In July, there were reports alleging Gracey moved his new lover and his lover’s ex-boyfriend into the Raglan St property earlier this year.

Kauter and Gracey had bought The Villa, which has a grand sandstone facade with iconic harbour views, for $9.1m in 2022.

They moved there from a Woollahra property, which they sold for $10.25m, and they’d previously lived in Paddington.

Built in 1910 as the former Postmaster’s residence, the five-bedroom, five-bathroom Mosman mansion with four-garage on a 1056sqm block at 33 Raglan St is now listed with Adrian Bridges of Atlas in conjunction with Sotheby’s agent Alon Beran.

Kauter says they’ve spent $1m on renovations.

Incredible views.

It’s an expressions of interest campaign with expectations in the double-digit millions.

When contacted for comment, Kauter said his divorce had been finalised today.

“When I bought The Villa I imagined it would be my home for a lifetime, but life had other plans,” he said.

“Against the odds I poured my soul into transforming it and I am proud of what it has become.

“We have spent over a million on the house and it is completely transformed.”

He said he hoped an eastern suburbs buyer would fall in love with it, just as they had.

“Yes, I’ve been hurt, but in the end, what is a home without a heart?

“I hope it sells quickly … after all of this, I still believe in marriage, and that it’s meant to be for a lifetime.”

Prof Gracey was also contacted, but he declined to comment.

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