Former Eagle Tom Barrass puts multimillion-dollar Peppermint Grove home up for sale during AFL Origin visit

Eagles premiership star turned Hawthorn premier defender Tom Barrass is selling his multimillion-dollar Peppermint Grove house. Barrass and wife Nadia Rosa bought the four-bedroom, four-bathroom 1970s “resort-style” home in March 2023 for $3.15 million — and now hope to get more than $4m and bank a lazy million profit in just three years. Barrass is in Perth for Saturday’s AFL Origin game between WA and Victoria at Optus Stadium on Saturday. Among the Peppermint Grove home’s impressive features are its ground-floor bedroom suite that opens directly to the garden, a bespoke kitchen with Gaggenau appliances and custom cabinetry. It also has a swimming pool and freestanding pool cabana. Listing agents Jody Fewster and Ethan Siegmund, of Ray White Cottesloe Mosman Park, said that an offer had already been made on the home. However, it will be open for inspection on Saturday and Wednesday. The median price for a four-bedroom home in Peppermint Grove — Perth’s most expensive suburb — is $7.025 million. Mr Siegmund said the beautifully-styled home would appeal to buyers who enjoy hosting friends and family because of its generous entertaining spaces. The listing says a standout feature is the covered alfresco pavilion in the backyard, which comes with a kitchenette and bathroom. Saturday is a particularly auspicious day for Barrass. He will also be celebrating his first wedding anniversary with his PR consultant wife Nadia. The couple tied the knot in Cottesloe on Valentines Day. The 30-year-old appears to be making the most of his time in Perth, posting his luxury listing on social media as well as highlights of a trip to Collie. Barrass said that he was pumped to be back on home turf for the AFL Origin showdown. “I’m a very proud West Australian. It hurt me a lot to leave and I’ve loved my time in Victoria but to be able to come back here with my kids, share this experience,” he said. “It’s an honour to be able to represent Western Australia as a footballer, like I did at 18, play with some of my mates who we’ve not played together for 12 or 13 years.” Barrass is most looking forward to reuniting with WA 18s teammates Darcy Cameron (Collingwood) and dual Brownlow medallist, WA captain Patrick Cripps (Carlton). Before moving to Peppermint Grove, Tom and Nadia — who have sons Billy, 4, and Benson, 2 — sold their mid-century Wembley Downs home on Hale Road for $1.38 million in 2023. They bought it in the Eagles’ premiership year of 2018 for just over $1 million. The former West Coast vice-captain left for Hawthorn 18 months ago after 11 years as an Eagle. Barrass, Nadia and their two boys now call East Malvern in Melbourne’s inner-east home. Coincidentally, it is the suburb where two of Saturday’s Victorian opponents — Bailey Smith and Max Holmes — grew up.