TV presenter Liz Cantor bought a Gold Coast dream home at auction
TV presenter Liz Cantor has splashed $4.4 million on a newly built designer home in an emerging beachside pocket.
The lavish five-bedroom property in Miami was the richest sale under the hammer at a bumper auction event on the Gold Coast.
It comes three years after the popular Channel 10 weather presenter and host of Channel 7’s Creek to Coast and Weekender moved into another double-storey dream home she built with her husband, Ryan Lysaught, in the same suburb.
The couple has three children.
Television personality Liz Cantor and husband Ryan Lysaught with two eldest sons, Finn and Kit, pictured in 2022. Photographer: Andrew Thurtle
Marketing agent Troy Fitzgerald, of Ray White Malan + Co, said the sale set a new benchmark for houses west of the Gold Coast Hwy in Miami.
The modern coastal mansion, designed by Jayson Pate, eclipsed the previous highest sale in the pocket of $3.95m in 2024.
Features of the Palm Springs-inspired trophy home include a resort-style pool, custom putting green and designer kitchen.
“[It] is a spectacular home and was always going to see a lot of fierce bidding but to break through the $4m ceiling means that area is well and truly in the prestige class now,” Mr Fitzgerald said.
The newly built home known as Miami Palms
Coastal design by Jayson Pate
Known as Miami Palms, the home is in a quiet cul-de-sac and has an L-shaped design centred around a stunning al fresco area with hanging day beds by the pool and a built-in barbecue kitchen.
Inside, an open-plan kitchen, living and dining space is anchored by a large island bench and butler’s pantry, while upstairs the sprawling master bedroom has a boutique-style walk-in robe.
Mr Fitzgerald said the auction showed the tide of prestige money was starting to wash over non-beachfront areas.
The family built another house in the beachside suburb. Picture: Nigel Hallett
“Barely 10 years ago, $4m would still have been enough for a freestanding house on Hedges Ave at Mermaid Beach. Now that’s what’s needed for a property in Miami’s back streets,” he said.
“Historically, that part of Miami was very much suburbia – low set, 80s era homes with a working-class demographic.”
PropTrack data shows house prices in Miami were up 6.7 per cent over the past year to a median of $1.855m.
A designer kitchen anchors open-plan living spaces
The al fresco space has a built-in barbecue kitchen and hanging day beds by the pool
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“It won’t be long before it’s a $2 million suburb,” Mr Fitzgerald said.
“Progressively, those older homes are being knocked down and rebuilt as beautiful, architecturally designed masterpieces and given beachfront suburbs like Mermaid Beach are nudging a $3.5m median house price, Miami is where buyers are looking now.
“There’s a lot more privacy in these back streets, and that’s a selling point for some buyers.”
The 612 sqm parcel last changed hands in 2023 for $1.15m.
A total of 146 groups inspected the home over the three-week campaign.
It’s in a gentrifying area
The home has five bedrooms
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