An Adelaide couple who’ve raised greater than $1m for critically in poor health youngsters are embarking on a brand new chapter, greater than a decade after their daughter was recognized with an aggressive type of most cancers.
Ben and Kim Mead, who based Unite4Kids after daughter Holly was recognized with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia on the age of six, have put their luxurious Somerton Park residence in the marketplace to begin their “subsequent stage of life”.
![](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 1280 720"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
76 Whyte St, Somerton Park
Ben Mead in entrance of his Somerton Park property. Image: Brett Hartwig
The choice to promote comes as Holly, now 18 and in remission for the previous eight years, celebrates reaching the tip of Yr 12 and the couple’s twin boys, Isacc and Charles, put together to enter their final 12 months of education subsequent 12 months.
“We’re cutting down somewhat bit,” Mr Mead stated.
“Now we have a farm simply exterior of Mount Compass and a home at Grange that’s somewhat bit smaller.
MORE NEWS:
$660k Aussie residence mortgage report forces first-home purchaser rethink
The statistic that ought to terrify all owners
Southern Ocean Lodge hyperlink to Adelaide growth revealed
Shock consequence as council forcibly sells 57 properties to recoup unpaid charges
This 100 pound Adelaide residence simply bought for a way a lot?
How a easy change on the grocery store can get you into a house sooner
“For us, that is about having the appropriate dimension home for the following stage of our lives.”
The Meads have lived at their 76 Whyte Ave residence for the previous seven years, with Mr Mead describing the timing of their buy as excellent for his younger household.
“We moved on the good time in our life with our three children going to (close by) Immanuel (Faculty),” he stated.
“Having a home within the western suburbs that was near (the kids’s) faculty and near all their associates was good for us.”
He’s raised stacks of cash for sick children and now Ben Mead is promoting his residence. Image: Brett Hartwig
The beautiful pool space. Provided
Unite4Kids, which hosts an annual gala luncheon with The Advertiser Basis, raises cash for charities that help critically sick South Australian youngsters, together with the Childhood Most cancers Affiliation, Clown Medical doctors and The Starlight Kids’s Basis.
Throughout Holly’s well being challenges, Mr Mead stated the Somerton Park residence had acted as a refuge, providing scenic views of the ocean and the hills.
“It’s acquired that type of resort really feel so it’s been pretty, really,” he stated.
One of many luxe bedrooms. Provided
The open-plan kitchen, eating and residing space. Provided
“It’s been a household residence that had area the place you can all be collectively and revel in one another’s firm but in addition loads of room for Holly and our twin boys to spend time with their associates.
“Our home has been the place the place all people comes and, for us, having someplace the youngsters may deliver their associates over has been nice.”
Set over two ranges, the grand solid-brick residence has as much as six bedrooms, a number of residing areas and a connoisseur kitchen.
Mr Mead in his yard. Image: Brett Hartwig
The luxe main bedroom. Provided
The glamorous rest room. Provided
Close to the yard pool, a pool home acted as a totally self-contained house” that had been a well-loved teenage retreat however may additionally function unbiased residing quarters for multi generational households, Mr Mead stated.
A worth information for the house, which is about on a 925sqm block simply steps from Somerton Park’s foreshore, has not been launched, however the benchmark for the suburb is $7.65m, achieved with the sale of a four-bedroom residence on the Esplanade in Could.
MORE NEWS
How a lot it’s essential save to purchase in each Australian suburb
This 100 pound property simply bought for a way a lot?
Block fever sparks mad rush for rundown houses
Aussie island property promoting for a steal – however there’s a catch
Promoting agent Gena Nash, from Toop+Toop, stated the Meads’ residence had attracted loads of patrons.
“I’d like to see it go as a suburb report however I’m unsure whether or not it would,” she stated.
– by Lauren Ahwan
