{"id":49162,"date":"2026-07-12T21:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T21:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/49162\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T21:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T21:46:07","slug":"daniel-johns-16-year-gamble-set-to-pay-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/49162\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Johns\u2019 16-year gamble set to pay off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The former Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns is selling his longtime co-owned Sydney investment property. <\/p>\n<p>Johns, who hails from Newcastle, has had the Darlinghurst apartment for 16 years.<\/p>\n<p>He bought the two-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment in the 1920s Riverina Flats block for $670,000 in 2010, a year before the band\u2019s indefinite hibernation announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Bought with his brother Heath, the top floor Art Deco apartment in the Palmer St block faces north, with city and harbour views. <\/p>\n<p>MORE: <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realestate.com.au\/news\/aussie-celebrity-homes-that-have-been-on-the-market-for-months\/?campaignType=external&amp;campaignChannel=syndication&amp;campaignName=ncacont&amp;campaignContent=&amp;campaignSource=daily_telegraph&amp;campaignPlacement=spa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jamie Durie\u2019s $28m nightmare after wild claim<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Its corner position has banks of windows bringing in an abundance of light, and an open air terrace, with no common walls.<\/p>\n<p>BresicWhitney agent Jeremy Brink\u2019s marketing suggests it has the \u201cbest position in the building\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>He has issued a $1.3m guide.<\/p>\n<p>The apartment was last available for rent in May last year at $900 a week, at no change on its 2024 asking rental. Its first known rental was $730 in 2015, according to Cotality.<\/p>\n<p>MORE: <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realestate.com.au\/news\/inside-cristiano-ronaldos-jawdropping-global-property-portfolio\/?campaignType=external&amp;campaignChannel=syndication&amp;campaignName=ncacont&amp;campaignContent=&amp;campaignSource=daily_telegraph&amp;campaignPlacement=spa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">41yo Ronaldo hides $2bn amid shock quitting<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The last sale in the building was a studio apartment in June. The last two-bedroom sale was late last year. It fetched $1.31m, with a car space. <\/p>\n<p>PropTrack put the median two-bedroom apartment price at $1,557,500, down 13 per cent annually after 90 sales. The peak was in 2024 at $1.8m.<\/p>\n<p>The complex became 23-lot strata in the mid-1990s after a renovation project by Divome Properties.<\/p>\n<p>MORE: <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realestate.com.au\/news\/aussie-celebrity-homes-that-have-been-on-the-market-for-months\/?campaignType=external&amp;campaignChannel=syndication&amp;campaignName=ncacont&amp;campaignContent=&amp;campaignSource=daily_telegraph&amp;campaignPlacement=spa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">5 celebrities struggling to sell their homes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Johns has been in a selling mood, also listing a Merewether block of land he had intended building on.<\/p>\n<p>He secured the Charlotte St property in 2000 when he paid $1.4m. <\/p>\n<p>The block has been split in two, with one sold at $3.2m last August. <\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a guide of $2.75m to $3m on the remaining block through Salt Property.<\/p>\n<p>Johns retains several other Newcastle district properties.<\/p>\n<p>MORE: <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realestate.com.au\/news\/karl-stefanovics-20m-property-backup-plan-amid-nine-exit\/?campaignType=external&amp;campaignChannel=syndication&amp;campaignName=ncacont&amp;campaignContent=&amp;campaignSource=daily_telegraph&amp;campaignPlacement=spa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Karl Stefanovic\u2019s secret $20m plan after shock Nine exit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Originally published as <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realestate.com.au\/news\/silverchairs-daniel-johns-continues-property-selloff\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Silverchair\u2019s Daniel Johns continues property sell-off<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read related topics:<a class=\"topic_tag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/topics\/sydney\" data-tgev-container=\"story-topic-links\" data-tgev-label=\"Sydney\" data-tgev-order=\"1\" data-tgev-metric=\"npv\" data-tgev=\"event10\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The former Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns is selling his longtime co-owned Sydney investment property. 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