{"id":523011,"date":"2026-07-13T00:16:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T00:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/523011\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T00:16:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T00:16:04","slug":"silverchairs-daniel-johns-continues-property-sell-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/523011\/","title":{"rendered":"Silverchair\u2019s Daniel Johns continues property sell-off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"styles__StyledImage-sc-17n6uwl-1 hlcJVa size-full wp-post-1144694 wp-image-1144692\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1144692\" data-capiid=\"de9b10c20854862369ce09f2c2ec7564\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg&quot; viewBox=&quot;0 0 1280 720&quot;%3E%3C\/svg%3E\"  alt=\"2015 APRA Music Awards\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1144692\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA \u2013 MARCH 24: Daniel Johns performs at the 2015 APRA Music Awards at Carriageworks on March 24, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__Typography-sc-1103tao-0 bjGYxJ StyledP-sc-cebixd-0 bzEerj\">The former Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns is selling his longtime co-owned Sydney investment property. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__Typography-sc-1103tao-0 bjGYxJ StyledP-sc-cebixd-0 bzEerj\">Johns, who hails from Newcastle, has had the Darlinghurst apartment for 16 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__Typography-sc-1103tao-0 bjGYxJ StyledP-sc-cebixd-0 bzEerj\">He bought the two-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment in the 1920s Riverina Flats block for $670,000 in 2010, a year before the band\u2019s indefinite hibernation announcement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__Typography-sc-1103tao-0 bjGYxJ StyledP-sc-cebixd-0 bzEerj\">Bought with his brother Heath, the top floor Art Deco apartment in the Palmer St block faces north, with city and harbour views. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__Typography-sc-1103tao-0 bjGYxJ StyledP-sc-cebixd-0 bzEerj\">MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realestate.com.au\/news\/aussie-celebrity-homes-that-have-been-on-the-market-for-months\/?campaignType=external&amp;campaignChannel=syndication&amp;campaignName=ncacont&amp;campaignContent=&amp;campaignSource=daily_telegraph&amp;campaignPlacement=spa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jamie Durie\u2019s $28m nightmare after wild claim<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"styles__StyledImage-sc-17n6uwl-1 hlcJVa size-full wp-post-1144694 wp-image-1144689\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1144689\" data-capiid=\"da42473e55fb03498bfc558f7979e427\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg&quot; viewBox=&quot;0 0 1280 720&quot;%3E%3C\/svg%3E\"  alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1144689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Johns bought the apartment back in 2010.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__Typography-sc-1103tao-0 bjGYxJ StyledP-sc-cebixd-0 bzEerj\">Its corner position has banks of windows bringing in an abundance of light, and an open air terrace, with no common walls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__Typography-sc-1103tao-0 bjGYxJ StyledP-sc-cebixd-0 bzEerj\">BresicWhitney agent Jeremy Brink\u2019s marketing suggests it has the \u201cbest position in the building\u201d. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__Typography-sc-1103tao-0 bjGYxJ StyledP-sc-cebixd-0 bzEerj\">He has issued a $1.3m guide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__Typography-sc-1103tao-0 bjGYxJ StyledP-sc-cebixd-0 bzEerj\">The apartment was last available for rent in May last year at $900 a week, at no change on its 2024 asking rental. Its first known rental was $730 in 2015, according to Cotality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__Typography-sc-1103tao-0 bjGYxJ StyledP-sc-cebixd-0 bzEerj\">MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realestate.com.au\/news\/inside-cristiano-ronaldos-jawdropping-global-property-portfolio\/?campaignType=external&amp;campaignChannel=syndication&amp;campaignName=ncacont&amp;campaignContent=&amp;campaignSource=daily_telegraph&amp;campaignPlacement=spa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">41yo Ronaldo hides $2bn amid shock quitting<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"styles__StyledImage-sc-17n6uwl-1 hlcJVa size-full wp-post-1144694 wp-image-1144690\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1144690\" data-capiid=\"fb2596f4f34a164a2c59460c362c2c94\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg&quot; viewBox=&quot;0 0 1280 720&quot;%3E%3C\/svg%3E\"  alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1144690\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The apartment has a price guide of $1.3m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__Typography-sc-1103tao-0 bjGYxJ StyledP-sc-cebixd-0 bzEerj\">The last sale in the building was a studio apartment in June. The last two-bedroom sale was late last year. It fetched $1.31m, with a car space. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__Typography-sc-1103tao-0 bjGYxJ StyledP-sc-cebixd-0 bzEerj\">PropTrack put the median two-bedroom apartment price at $1,557,500, down 13 per cent annually after 90 sales. The peak was in 2024 at $1.8m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__Typography-sc-1103tao-0 bjGYxJ StyledP-sc-cebixd-0 bzEerj\">The complex became 23-lot strata in the mid-1990s after a renovation project by Divome Properties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__Typography-sc-1103tao-0 bjGYxJ StyledP-sc-cebixd-0 bzEerj\">MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realestate.com.au\/news\/aussie-celebrity-homes-that-have-been-on-the-market-for-months\/?campaignType=external&amp;campaignChannel=syndication&amp;campaignName=ncacont&amp;campaignContent=&amp;campaignSource=daily_telegraph&amp;campaignPlacement=spa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">5 celebrities struggling to sell their homes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"styles__StyledImage-sc-17n6uwl-1 hlcJVa size-full wp-post-1144694 wp-image-1144691\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1144691\" data-capiid=\"db20ee38ab334bf15bf9bdc5cb61f22c\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg&quot; viewBox=&quot;0 0 1280 720&quot;%3E%3C\/svg%3E\"  alt=\"Silverchair big time Australian rock group playing under a bubble at Dundas Square tonight as part o\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1144691\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Johns pictured with Silverchair bandmates Ben Gillies and Chris Joannou. Picture: David Cooper\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__Typography-sc-1103tao-0 bjGYxJ StyledP-sc-cebixd-0 bzEerj\">Johns has been in a selling mood, also listing a Merewether block of land he had intended building on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__Typography-sc-1103tao-0 bjGYxJ StyledP-sc-cebixd-0 bzEerj\">He secured the Charlotte St property in 2000 when he paid $1.4m. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__Typography-sc-1103tao-0 bjGYxJ StyledP-sc-cebixd-0 bzEerj\">The block has been split in two, with one sold at $3.2m last August. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__Typography-sc-1103tao-0 bjGYxJ StyledP-sc-cebixd-0 bzEerj\">There\u2019s a guide of $2.75m to $3m on the remaining block through Salt Property.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__Typography-sc-1103tao-0 bjGYxJ StyledP-sc-cebixd-0 bzEerj\">Johns retains several other Newcastle district properties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__Typography-sc-1103tao-0 bjGYxJ StyledP-sc-cebixd-0 bzEerj\">MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realestate.com.au\/news\/karl-stefanovics-20m-property-backup-plan-amid-nine-exit\/?campaignType=external&amp;campaignChannel=syndication&amp;campaignName=ncacont&amp;campaignContent=&amp;campaignSource=daily_telegraph&amp;campaignPlacement=spa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Karl Stefanovic\u2019s secret $20m plan after shock Nine exit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA \u2013 MARCH 24: Daniel Johns performs at the 2015 APRA Music Awards at Carriageworks on March&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-523011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}