Brad Moran is a former AFL player turned tech millionaire

Ex-AFL player turned tech entrepreneur Brad Moran is rumoured to have sold his jaw-dropping Gold Coast mansion for more than $20 million.

The sprawling property is understood to be under contract for about $5m below the owner’s asking price, six months after first hitting the market.

Moran, who played for North Melbourne and Adelaide before launching retail-media venture CitrusAd, bought the Tallai property for $7m in 2021 after selling his company to French advertising giant Publicis Groupe that same year.

The hilltop property was renovated over four years

He and wife Alicia, both 39, spent four years bringing his vision for an ultra high-tech compound to life, pouring a chunk of his $205m fortune into the project.

Dubbed The Estate, the property on a 8888 sqm site at 160 Tallai Rd, Tallai is one of Queensland’s most luxurious estates, complete with a private theme park, whiskey bar and gold-tiled infinity pool.

The mountain compound with 10 bedrooms and 11 bathrooms was relisted earlier this year with a $27.5m asking price with Amir Prestige, after an auction campaign with another agent was canned.

It has stunning skyline views and an array of luxury features

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Amir Prestige principal Amir Mian declined to comment on the sale.

The 2240 sqm main residence is joined by three self-contained guest houses, a 13-car gallery, golf-buggy network and 110m go-kart track.

There’s also a golf driving range, basketball court and an entire wellness wing, while the property commands 16km of uninterrupted coastline views.

A father of three children, Mr Moran retired from AFL at 24 after a short playing career, partly due to injury but also the drive to chase new goals.

The sale was within the expected window of 6-12 months for a property of its calibre, he said.

The gold-tiled infinity pool

“I spent 65 hours a week, every week for three years on it.

“The ambition was to push every boundary of what was possible — from an engineering perspective, but also aesthetically.”

He secured the property during the short-lived market lull as Covid first reached Australian shores, before home values soared through the pandemic.

“When I first bought the property, it had scale but lacked cohesion and elements that I would consider modern-day ultra-luxury,” he said.

“I wanted to push every boundary of what was possible.

“The ambition was to make the property world class from an engineering point of view, but then also to make it aesthetically beautiful at the same time.”

The home once had a bright red nightclub, now it hosts a sleek cocktail lounge