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Ross Noble is selling the home he uses to escape from the world, complete with a pool and a tennis court.<\/p>\n
Comedian and actor Ross Noble and wife Fran are selling their character-filled Mornington Peninsula home as they prepare to relocate to England.<\/p>\n
The English-born stand-up comic has a globetrotting career that regularly sees him travel between his birth country and Australia for shows. <\/p>\n
He\u2019s also appeared in movies, including horror-comedy flick Stitches, as well as on stage in The Producers and Young Frankenstein.<\/p>\n
RELATED: Olympic champ Grant Hackett lists $8m Brighton dream home site<\/a><\/p>\n Ex-Magpie boots $1.175m goal with Melb sale<\/a><\/p>\n Aussie TV\u2019s nastiest portrait finds new owner<\/a><\/p>\n A regular at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, as well as the Edinburgh Fringe, Noble is known for a highly spontaneous, often loud brand of comedy. <\/p>\n But when he gets home, he just wants the peace, quiet and privacy that comes with a big garden block on a little-known dirt road.<\/p>\n Ms Noble said a big part of the appeal to their home was that when you were in \u201cnobody knows that you\u2019re here\u201d \u2014 but that the home was still within five minutes of shops, eateries, great coffee and the kids\u2019 school. <\/p>\n Ross Noble has become a household name and one of the most successful comedians working across England and Australia. Picture: NewsWire \/ Naomi Jellicoe.<\/p>\n The home\u2019s kitchen and meals area has an array of eye-catching features \u2014 and textile additions, like the cushions, by Ms Noble.<\/p>\n The street has a bit of a 1980s village feel to it, and while the neighbours are happy to help each other out they\u2019re equally fine with just exchanging a Christmas card once a year. <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a very good position and it\u2019s completely private,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n The family have also renovated the home to be their perfect space, and while it\u2019s situated a short trip from some of the Mornington Peninsula\u2019s best beaches \u2014 it could easily be in the European countryside. <\/p>\n Every corner of the six-bedroom, six-bathroom house has been looked at and \u201cdesigned to feel homely\u201d, a lot of it because it\u2019s already spent a lifetime or two in other homes.<\/p>\n The main bathtub is an antique that dates back to 1800s France. Wallpapers were sourced in England, and the pantry door came from the front of an old home in India. <\/p>\n The home\u2019s games room has hosted a long list of comedians.<\/p>\n The gardens were installed by a prior owner, and are also reminiscent of Europe.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd the chandelier in the lounge room, I personally chose every single coloured crystal from an antique market in Paris,\u201d Ms Noble said. <\/p>\n A truly expansive open-plan living zone can extend to an outdoor entertainment space with a barbecue, while a games room with a bar gives even more room to host a crowd.<\/p>\n The floorplan also includes four ensuites spread across most of the home\u2019s bedrooms, as well as a study, garage and a storage area with a cellar and its own bathroom. <\/p>\n Ms Noble wouldn\u2019t divulge names of attendees, but said the games room in particular had attracted a number of comics during the Melbourne Comedy Festival in the past few years. <\/p>\n The home\u2019s kitchen features a door from India as the entry to its pantry.<\/p>\n A tennis court has had plenty of use by the Noble\u2019s children, for netball.<\/p>\n It also had a crowd north of 100 for Ms Noble\u2019s mother\u2019s 80th birthday, an afternoon tea replete with extensive rose floral displays and backed by the home\u2019s ever-present birdsong. <\/p>\n \u201cAnd there\u2019s a floodlit tennis court where the kids play netball, and a pool,\u201d Ms Noble said. <\/p>\n Its gardens, a fusion of French and English styles, are so productive the Nobles rarely trouble a florist \u2014 though they admit they are largely the product of the former owners, save for a few jacaranda trees they planted themselves.<\/p>\n A textile designer by trade, Ms Noble also lined the home with a few of her own creations in the form of pillows and soft furnishings \u2014 and expects to spend more time making them when they return to England later this year.<\/p>\n \u201cOur oldest is finishing year 12 this year and she wants to do uni in England, and the little one wants to go back, too,\u201d Ms Noble said. <\/p>\n A cosy fireplace gives the home an enviable ambience in cooler weather.<\/p>\n Wallpaper from the UK, and an antique tub from France. The home\u2019s appointments are as globetrotting as the comedian who owns the residence.<\/p>\n While they\u2019re selling now, the family will be saying see you later to Australia (they will be returning regularly for Ross\u2019s work and for family catch ups) in the second half of the year.<\/p>\n \u201cWe always said we\u2019d move back there when we retired. But it\u2019s just come a bit earlier.\u201d<\/p>\n Homes & Acreage\u2019s Candice Blanch is handling the sale of the home that\u2019s being marketed with a $3.3m-$3.6m asking price.<\/p>\n On a 4180sq m plot, Ms Blanch said the quality and character of the home stood out at a time when there was a greater prevalence of more modern residences for sale. <\/p>\n \u201cAnd there\u2019s the quality of what they have used to renovate, there\u2019s more character to it and it\u2019s not your stock standard,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n With a pool, tennis court and proximity to sought-after schools as well as still being about 40 minutes from Melbourne, Ms Blanch said she anticipated buyers would be families looking for a lifestyle change.<\/p>\n Sign up to the Herald Sun Weekly Real Estate Update. 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