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Tones and I is returning to Tasmania, with two shows that sold out within hours.<\/p>\n
Toni Watson, who sings as Tones and I, has secured tenants for one of her two Byron Bay investment properties.<\/p>\n
Offering a year\u2019s tenancy, Watson sought $1250 a week for the partly furnished four-bedroom, two-bathroom house on 329sq m through Scot Fuller of Fuller & Co.<\/p>\n
The now renovated Bangalow Rd cottage cost $2.15m in 2022, after which it was rented out.<\/p>\n
Five years ago, Tones and I, has spent $3.3 million on the outskirts of Byron Bay, unquestionably NSW\u2019s property hotspot of 2020.<\/p>\n
MORE: Aussie rock star\u2019s massive $5m boost<\/a><\/p>\n Toni Watson, who sings as Tones and I, has finally secured new tenants for one of her two Byron Bay investment properties.<\/p>\n The home offers the typical Byron Bay lifestyle. Supplied.<\/p>\n It marks an extraordinary return for Watson who was a Byron Bay busker with big dreams just two years ago.<\/p>\n Having seen her golden ticket ARIA-award winning career take off last year, Watson has secured two homes on the same holding, Sky Lodge and Starr Cottage.<\/p>\n Five years ago<\/a>, Tones and I, has spent $3.3 million on the outskirts of Byron Bay, unquestionably NSW\u2019s property hotspot of 2020.<\/p>\n It marks an extraordinary return for Watson who was a Byron Bay busker with big dreams just two years ago.<\/p>\n Having seen her golden ticket ARIA-award winning career take off last year, Watson has secured two homes on the same holding, Sky Lodge and Starr Cottage.<\/p>\n MORE: Wilkinson, FitzSimons\u2019 latest $24m fail exposed<\/a><\/p>\n Tones and I has built a property empire on the back of her music success. Picture: News Corp Australia<\/p>\n Records show the 1000sqm holding, marketed by Helen Huntly-Barratt at First Nat\u00adional, was bought in a company name, Johnny Run Away, the title of her debut single, and coming out \u00adanthem, released in March last year.<\/p>\n It marked the end of a busy year for the property loving Watson as she also spent $5.1 million on a five-bedroom mansion in Melbourne\u2019s coastal retreat, Mt Eliza, not far from Rosebud where she was born.<\/p>\n That year, the singer was back busking pre-Christmas, making a surprise appearance as part of the City of Melbourne\u2019s Music in the City pop-up busking program.<\/p>\n MORE: Inside Tom Trbojevic\u2019s new $4.3m home<\/a><\/p>\n Tones and I has two Byron Bay investment properties. Picture: realestate.com.au<\/p>\n The chart topper, who performed barefoot, last busked in the Bourke St Mall three Boxing Days ago, before she\u2019d released any music but was selling demo CDs for $10.<\/p>\n The singer lived out of her van, and then in a hostel after quitting her retail job to move to Byron Bay.<\/p>\n In April 2021<\/a>, Tones and I snapped up another multimillion-dollar property on the Mornington Peninsula, dropping $7.08m on a luxurious Mount Eliza pad with a dazzling basement lounge.<\/p>\n MORE: \u2018Exploded\u2019: 500,000 migrants take Aussie homes<\/a><\/p>\n The singer\u2019s first Mt Eliza home. Picture: Supplied<\/p>\n She owned the home for less than two years. Picture: Supplied<\/p>\n Title documents name the Dance Monkey singer \u2014 who also goes by Toni Watson \u2014 as the buyer of the OTT mansion with a pool and spa, and marble kitchen with a $150,000 oven.<\/p>\n The property, which has coastal views looking towards the city skyline, was first listed in 2020 for $8m-$8.8m.<\/p>\n Tones and I busking in Byron Bay. Picture: Facebook<\/p>\n When she was living out of a van.<\/p>\n Records show it sold for $7.08m earlier that year.<\/p>\n It is within walking distance of another property the musician purchased last year for $5.1m in the same suburb and a short drive from Frankston\u2019s Lakewood Estate, where she is believed to have secured a humble $800,000 home for a friend or family member.<\/p>\n Tones and also bought this Mt Eliza home. Picture: realestate.com.au<\/p>\n It was bought for around $7m Picture: realestate.com.au<\/p>\n And has some very cool features. Picture: realestate.com.au<\/p>\n The singer quietly sold her Canadian Bay Rd, Mt Eliza home in November 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n Morrell and Koren buyer\u2019s advocate Matt Cleverdon, who represented the purchasers, declined to comment on any details of the deal other than to say: \u201cIt\u2019s a beautiful house and our clients are happy\u201d.<\/p>\n Selling agent Dean Phillips, a director at McEwing & Partners, also remained tight-lipped but confirmed a sale had taken place on the prestigious street.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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