Inside Shane Warne's new $5.5 million Melbourne home
<p><span>Shane Warne has purchased a new $5.5 million Brighton property, just around the corner from the property he recently sold for $20 million.</span></p>
<p><span>The former international cricketer paid $5.5 million for his new Melbourne home in Newbay Crescent, which was previously owned by AFL star Matthew Lloyd for almost 10 years.</span></p>
<p><span>In 2015, Lloyd sold the five-bedroom home to private investigator Anthony Thompson for $4.2 million.</span></p>
<p><span>JP Dixon director Jonathan Dixon said his agency closed the deal with Warne in one week after the house spent 51 days on the market through another agency late last year.</span></p>
<p><span>“Shane is in and out of the country so much, the other one was too big,” he said.</span></p>
<p><span>“It’s got underground garaging, it’s in a top spot and its pool (was another drawcard). It’s everything he needs but on a smaller scale, which is ideal for him, so he can shut it up and walk away, travel.</span></p>
<p><span>“The other one was pretty big and a lot of work.”</span></p>
<p><span>Warne’s new property features a pool, covered deck, rear balcony, three bathrooms, a basement home theatre, bar and parking for four cars.</span></p>
<p><span>There is also a grand staircase between two living spaces that leads to the upper level, which has a study.</span></p>
<p><span>Warne has sold at least five Brighton homes in the past two decades.</span></p>
<p><span>Recently, Warne sold a 3014-square metre estate in the neighbourhood for about $20 million, 18 months after purchasing it for $14.25 million.</span></p>
<p><span>His former French-inspired mansion on Kinane Street sold for $5.35 million in September 2016.</span></p>
<p><span>Scroll through the gallery above to see Shane Warne’s new Melbourne pad. </span></p>
