The Rock is rumoured to have stayed in this Isle of Capri mansion in 2014. The property pictured in 2014.
A GOLD Coast trophy home so hot it’s rumoured to have hosted Hollywood royalty is about to hit the market.
The giant two-level semi-Balinese style mansion at 59 The Corso, Isle of Capri set social media alight when locals concluded it was the rental base used by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnston during a shooting stint on the Gold Coast in 2014 for blockbuster movie San Andreas.
59 The Corso, Isle of Capri in 2016.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson at the controls of CareFlight’s rescue helicopter on the Gold Coast during filming for San Andreas in 2014.
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The home comes with a raft of luxury features from a private beach, wine cellar, gym, sauna and pool to a cinema, billiard den, rainforest garden and basement parking for six cars.
The property last traded in 2016 for $15.5 million — it was the highest sale since the GFC-impacted market of 2009 and, at the time, signalled a new confidence in the city’s property market.
59 The Corso, Isle of Capri in 2016.
The house, which has six bedrooms and six bathrooms, is on a northeast facing 2197sq m site on a section of the Nerang River known as the Adams Basin.
Current vendors Hongbo Li and Liyan Song have held onto the mega mansion since 2016.
They have engaged Kollosche Broadbeach agents Sam Guo and Julia Kuo to market the property.
The home was built by surfwear industry pioneer Doug Spong and then wife Mara in the 1990s and spans four lots.
59 The Corso, Isle of Capri is more resort-like than house.
Mr Spong founded the Thin Air accessories business, a supplier to Billabong International, which was turning over nearly $40 million a year when it was eventually sold to Billabong.
Architectural firm Hamilton Hayes Henderson was engaged to design the house and to incorporate ideas and influences the Spongs had picked up in Bali and parts of Asia.
The Surfers Paradise enclave of Isle of Capri holds the record for the Gold Coast’s most expensive home sale.
A three-level mansion at 41-45 The Promenade sold for $27 million in 2020.
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