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Jamie Durie has said a heartfelt final goodbye to his Avalon Beach mega-mansion, ahead of it heading to auction in March.
The celebrity gardener, 55, who purchased the home for $2.27 million in 2015, has listed the six-bedroom, six-bathroom residence in Sydney's Northern Beaches with a price guide of between $27 million and $29 million.
The luxurious home, known as Belah House, has been a long-time passion project for Jamie, who transformed the clifftop block into a designer showpiece with sweeping ocean views.
He recently shared some photos of the breathtaking property on social media, which captured its expansive living room, spacious balcony and scenic oceanside view.
Jamie captioned the gallery with some reflective words: 'We will miss these incredible sunsets... after seeing so many around the world, I've never experienced better than this.
'Thank you to everyone who helped us create this magical house. We will always remember the efforts, the experience and the expertise. Belah House we will miss you.'
Jamie Durie has said a heartfelt final goodbye to his Avalon Beach mega-mansion, ahead of it heading to auction in March. Pictured with his fiancée Ameka Jane
The celebrity gardener, 55, who purchased the home for $2.27 million in 2015,has listed the six-bedroom, six-bathroom residence in Sydney's Northern Beaches with a price guide of between $27 million and $29 million
The sale marks the end of an era for the TV star, who has spent nearly a decade creating memories in the home and turning it into one of the area's most striking coastal residences.
Jamie and his fiancée Ameka Jane spent 10 years planning and building their luxury waterside family home, so they could live there with their two children, Beau, four, and Nash, two.
The celebrity gardener, 55, previously received a private offer of more than $30 million on the property, The Daily Telegraph reported last year.
'We've spent years planning and building our family home and we love it,' he said.
'We received an unexpected offer in the mid $30 million and are now warming to the idea of spending some time on our hobby farm with the kids while they are young.'
Jamie said the family sank $3 million and 10 years into building the sustainable forever home.
Despite the hurdles along the way, Durie forged ahead, determined to create a lavish multi-level mansion for his family with sustainability as its bedrock.
The million-dollar design saw the original 1960s four-bedroom cottage pulled down and replaced with a sprawling six-bedroom mansion.
The luxurious home, known as Belah House, has been a long-time passion project for Jamie, who transformed the clifftop block into a designer showpiece with sweeping ocean views
He recently shared some photos of the breathtaking property to social media, which captured its expansive living room, spacious balcony and scenic oceanside view
The lavish home, which Jamie described as 'innovative, sympathetic and responsive to the topography of the site', boasts a pool, gym and media room.
The documentary-style program shows all the little details that went into bringing Jamie's sustainable dream to life, creating a home which 'maximised everything we wanted out of a house without compromise' all while treading lightly on the planet.
'I've always wanted to make a show that focuses on sustainable building, not just in the home but in gardens,' he told Daily Mail at the time.
'For me, if we were going to make a show about sustainable building, then we should practice what we preach and show our house first. So that's what we did.'
In December, Jamie announced he and his family would be embarking on a bold new project, to live in a fully 3D-printed concrete farmhouse in Byron Bay.
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