Harness racing champion Ted Demmler’s investment property is off and racing for a sale in the opening days of 2018.
Harness racing legend Ted Demmler is hoping to harness the market and sell an investment property a short trot form his Carrum Downs training centre.
The two-bedroom townhouse at 5/2 Barton Drive, Sandhurst, is set among the sought-after streets of the Sandhurst Country Club.
Demmler, an eight time Victorian Drivers’ Premiership winner, four-time leading Australian Driver and the first Australian reinsman to notch 3000 wins bought the townhouse as an investment with a view to one-day moving into the property.
He’d also planed to learn to play golf on the highly regarded Sandhurst course, with the 16th hole just behind the back fence and sweeping views of the fairways on offer from the home’s living areas and deck on its second level.
The townhouse at 5/2 Barton Drive comes with a fair view to the fairway at the rear.
However Demmler, who still owns the nearby Zetland Lodge training facility in Carrum Downs, has decided to sell the two-storey investment property.
“It’s actually across the road from my property … and it was a pretty nice development going on at the time and we just invested in it,” Demmler said.
“And it’s always been a good investment.”
Harness racing legend Ted Demmler at his Zetland Lodge home.
Donaldson Martin & Co director Les Donaldson is handling the sale and said the property came with access to all of the Sandhurst Club’s benefits including a pool, tennis courts and fitness club.
“It’s in the Sandhurst Country Club, which was designed by the company of golfer Peter Thompson,” Mr Donaldson said.
“It’s an exclusive spot.”
The townhouse has a $540,000 to $587,500 asking price. It features living spaces on the upper level, with its bedrooms and two bathrooms downstairs.