Andy Lee is given inexperienced gentle to construct $5million dream Melbourne mansion overlooking the Yarra River

Andy Lee has been given the inexperienced gentle to start a $5million renovation of the derelict Melbourne mansion he purchased two years in the past.

The comic, 41, bought the run-down Hawthorn property, which overlooks the Yarra River, for $8.5million in 2021 with hopes of reworking it into his dream dwelling.

Despite some push-back from locals, Lee and his accomplice Rebecca Harding, 31, have now been granted council approval for the construct, stories The Herald Sun.

The council will ship the couple a discover of assist for a growth utility that features including a second constructing to the 1876 Italianate mansion.

A number of the deliberate options Lee and Harding have outlined embody a house theatre, a gymnasium, a swimming pool and a ‘mega bed room’.

Comic Andy Lee (pictured) has been given the inexperienced gentle to start a $5million renovation of the derelict Melbourne mansion he purchased two years in the past 

Regardless of some push-back from locals, Lee and his accomplice Rebecca Harding, 31, (pictured in entrance of the house) have now been granted council approval for the construct

In a press release to the publication, Boroondara Council confirmed it had issued a discover of resolution to grant a planning allow for the Yarra Grove deal with.

Again in 2021, Lee’s promoting agent informed the Herald Solar renovating the property was going to be an enormous ardour undertaking for the favored TV presenter and his accomplice. 

‘It is most likely going to be a lifetime ardour, a generational dwelling for them. They had been drawn to the chance to renovate an authentic dwelling,’ they stated.

The dilapidated Italianate fashion manor property, in-built circa 1876, sits on a princely 2,000sqm lot and appears out onto the Yarra River. 

All facets of the property – bedrooms, bogs, kitchen and residing areas – will want updating because it has been uncared for over the many years.

In the meantime, Lee and Harding have battled rumours they’ve secretly wed for years.

A number of the deliberate options Lee has outlined embody a house theatre, a gymnasium, a pool, and a ‘mega bed room’

Engagement rumours had been sparked in 2020 when Lee posted a photograph of Harding hiding her left hand whereas celebrating her thirtieth birthday.

‘Is there a hoop she’s hiding together with her left sleeve?’ one eagle-eyed follower wrote, eager to see if the pair had been about to share thrilling information.

They briefly cut up for six months again in 2016, and Rebecca spoke about their separation on The Girl Brunch.

‘I used to be 24 after I met Andy, so nonetheless at uni and it was very totally different to my earlier life. However anyway I obtained over that and now we’re as blissful as ever,’ she stated.

The property overlooks the scenic Yarra River and could be the perfect spot for Andy and girlfriend Rebecca Harding, 31, to start out a household in