Perhaps fellow Hyams Beach owner Darren Palmer, judge on The Block, was telling Sam Armytage now was a great time to list her Hyams Beach cottage? They were photographed together at The Australian Open. Picture: Instagram
Golden Bachelor presenter Samantha Armytage has relisted her whitewashed Hyams beachfront cottage with agent Bradley Cocks, husband of designer Collette Dinnigan.
The three-bedroom cottage at 29 Cyrus St fronting Jervis Bay appeared on realestate.com.au on Friday with a guide of $2.95m-$3.1m in an expressions of interest campaign via Cocks, who now works from the Drew Lindsay Sotheby’s International Realty office in Bowral.
Cocks has been contacted for comment.
Armytage, 49, had bought the cottage — on a 658sqm block and with water views from its upstairs balcony — for $1,765,000 in 2018, and then renovated it with a new roof.
The former Sunrise co-host who left Channel 7 to host the Channel 9 dating show had previously listed her Hyams Beach cottage in 2023 with a $3.2m guide with another agent.
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The cottage overlooks Jervis Bay at 29 Cyrus St, Hyams Beach.
Views over Jervis Bay.
But at the time there was little interest and it vanished from real estate portals in December 2024 following her break-up with her husband of four years Richard Lavender.
Its re-appearance with a more attractive guide a year later comes at a time that there are very few properties for sale in the popular village, so she may well nab a buyer.
She was photographed at the Australian Open recently with The Block judge Darren Palmer, who also owns a property in Hyams Beach with his husband Olivier Duvillard, purchased in 2014 for a bargain $850k.
He may well have advised her that now was a good time to list.
Armytage told Sky News in December that she was feeling “strong, healthy, happy” and was “at a really nice time” in her life.
The report revealed that fans had gushed about her “gorgeous” appearance on Instagram and she said that she’d been focusing on her health after a hip replacement operation.
The star had been suffering from debilitating osteoarthritis in her right hip after she “tore all the cartilage” in a skiing accident 30 years ago.
Collette Dinnigan and husband Bradley Cocks in 2022.
The cottage has been a popular holiday rental.
The latest listing advises: “Positioned on the tightly held Cyrus Street strip, 29 Cyrus Street, Hyams Beach presents a rare opportunity to secure a true beachside retreat in one of NSW’s most sought-after coastal locations.”
It says the “beautifully welcoming three-bedroom, two-bathroom home captures sweeping, never-to-be-built-out views across the pristine waters of Jervis Bay”.
The master bedroom also has views over the bay.
There’s an attractive kitchen, dual living areas, and a “sun-kissed front deck ideal for morning coffee or sunset drinks overlooking the water”.
“The elevated position and forward building line enhance both the outlook and privacy,” the listing says.
There’s a lock-up garage plus off-street parking for up to three vehicles.
Armytage also owns a Rushcutters Bay apartment, bought as an investment for $1.5m in August, 2021.
The Hyams Beach cottage was decked out with comfortable white couches, cane chairs and a black sign pointing to the beach.
It’s been a popular holiday rental attracting $1200 per night.
Disclosure: The writer also owns a property at Hyams Beach.
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