Married At First Sight expert John Aiken has purchased a lavish mansion in the affluent Sydney suburb of Middle Cove for an eye-watering price of more than $5 million.
The six-bedroom, three-bathroom house was listed as a “Tuscan-inspired family estate” when it was advertised by real estate agency Richardson & Wrench last November.
The three-floor property features a study, library, saltwater pool, 336-bottle wine cellar, and a grape vine-covered pergola with Hunter Valley shiraz.
The mansion, which is just a stone’s throw away from Harold Reid Reserve, was last sold in 2005 for $1,766,000, as reported by realestate.com.au.
Aiken, 55, and his interior designer wife, Kelly Swanson-Roe, listed their Willoughby East home earlier this year for a whopping $5.8 million.
The five-bedroom sandstone property, known as Tyneside, was bought by the couple in 2019, and they lived there with their two children, Aston and Piper.
Confirming the family’s big move on Instagram, Aiken shared a photograph from his backyard with the caption: “It’s been a great ride. Onto the next chapter #greatmemories #newbeginnings #movingon.”
Meanwhile, Aiken is also selling his Hunter Valley Lake House with an asking price of $1.5 million.
The four-bedroom holiday home is situated in Polkolbin on the 15th fairway of The Vintage Golf Club.
It is currently listed on Airbnb, costing $1,995.94 for up to eight guests to stay for two nights.
It comes after Aiken wrapped his 13th season of MAFS, and his last with his close friend and co-star, Mel Schilling.
Schilling died in March, aged 54, while the most recent series of the dating show was airing on Channel Nine.
The dating coach was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2023, which metastasised to her lungs in February 2024 and was discovered to have spread to her brain over Christmas 2025.
Aiken said he was “heartbroken, devastated and finding it hard to breathe” in an emotional Instagram post following Schilling’s death.
“It’s not fair that my partner in crime is gone. She was one of the good ones. I am unravelling just thinking about it. I wanted to sit on our couch together forever,” he wrote.
Alessandra Rampolla also paid tribute to the popular TV personality, sharing how they spent time together just days before she died.
“I am struggling to find the words, because none of them feel big enough for what I feel right now. My heart is shattered,” she said.
“I feel so incredibly grateful for the time we shared last week… to look you in the eyes, to hold your hand, and to say the things that truly mattered. That is a gift I will carry with me for the rest of my life.”
MAFS Australia is currently casting for the 2027 series.
It has not yet been confirmed who may replace Schilling, but rumours have suggested MAFS UK expert Charlene Douglas or former contestant Lucinda Light.