{"id":64096,"date":"2025-08-13T03:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T03:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/64096\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T03:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T03:15:08","slug":"chateau-swann-hits-the-market-as-afl-boss-heads-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/64096\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Chateau Swann\u2019 hits the market as AFL boss heads south"},"content":{"rendered":"

New AFL football boss Greg Swann and his wife Leonie have put their Balmoral home, affectionately nicknamed \u2018Chateau Swann\u2019, on the market.<\/p>\n

The five-bedroom entertainer\u2019s paradise at 22 Wright Street, Balmoral, is being marketed by Ray White Collective principal Brandon Wortley<\/a> and will go under the hammer on 23 August at 9am.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpanning two levels, this beautifully designed home has five bedrooms, three bathrooms and a powder room, multiple living zones, a private cinema and a saltwater pool,\u201d Mr Wortley said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis home is perfectly suited to growing families who love to entertain.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Image: Ray White<\/p>\n

The former Brisbane Lions CEO and his wife recently relocated to Melbourne, where Mr Swann has taken on a new role as the AFL executive general manager of Football Performance. The move also brings them closer to their daughter, who is expecting their first grandchild.<\/p>\n

The couple moved into the Balmoral property about a decade ago when Mr Swann began rebuilding the Brisbane Lions, having sold their Melbourne home. <\/p>\n

Mr Swann said his favourite spot in the house was the living room, where he enjoyed watching sport on television.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to miss this location, this house is in a great suburb which is central to everything,\u201d he said. He added that the memorabilia room holds \u201ca fair bit\u201d of sporting history that will be difficult to downsize.<\/p>\n

\"\"Image: Ray White<\/p>\n

Mrs Swann said that while they loved the property, \u201cdreams can change\u201d. When they bought the house, many Brisbane Lions players lived nearby. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe fell in love with it too \u2013 and so did our Cavoodle Bertie,\u201d she said. \u201cThere is such a nice community feel, and for us, Oxford Street was a draw card. It\u2019s a high street and that\u2019s what we were accustomed to in Victoria.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mrs Swann said she had inspected about 40 homes before choosing the 607sqm Wright Street property, looking for a living room that flowed out to the deck and pool area.<\/p>\n

Over the years, the Swanns have hosted several AFL players in their home. \u201cWe\u2019ve had players including Cam Rayner, Rhys Matheson, and Sam Skinner who came and stayed with us for about three to four months,\u201d Mrs Swann said. <\/p>\n

\"\"Image: Ray White<\/p>\n

\u201cWill Ashcroft had a short stay in his draft year, and we also had Toby Wooller and Tom Fullarton. Dan McStay was to move in for six weeks and he stayed for eight months. We also hosted Irish hopeful Deividas Uosis.\u201d<\/p>\n

In their first year at the property, Mrs Swann kept count of guests. <\/p>\n

\u201cBy December I had 90 different people stay at least one night. I had a mattress in the garage that I would drag into the cinema room,\u201d she said. The home can comfortably accommodate about 12 people at a time.<\/p>\n

Dubbed \u2018Chateau Swann\u2019 by the constant flow of friends, family and players, the property has been a hub for entertaining. Mrs Swann said she will miss hosting guests and enjoying breakfast cook-ups on the deck.<\/p>\n

Standout features include a striking six-metre voided entry, a large pivot door, and interiors that Mrs Swann said have \u201can energy of their own\u201d. <\/p>\n

\u201cEverything has been thoughtfully designed \u2013 and the people who come here can feel it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The Swanns said it was time to downsize and begin their next chapter, although leaving friends and the lifestyle they have enjoyed in Balmoral will be bittersweet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New AFL football boss Greg Swann and his wife Leonie have put their Balmoral home, affectionately nicknamed \u2018Chateau…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64097,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-64096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}