TV star puts Brisbane home on the market

News Corp Australia Network

The family home of Queensland television personality, Dean Miller, is heading to auction.

The former host of Channel Seven’s Queensland Weekender and Creek to Coast has collected numerous memories with his wife Karen Hanna Miller and four kids inside the five-bedroom house over the past decade.

This property at 30 Hockings St, Clayfield, is on the market. Image supplied by Broadkast Media.

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“It’s been a beautiful family home,” Ms Miller said. “For a family of six, which we are, you are never on top of each other. There are still different areas that are lovely in the house.”

The massive backyard brought lush greenery to the Clayfield house inside the concrete jungle of inner Brisbane.

This property at 30 Hockings St, Clayfield, is on the market. Image supplied by Broadkast Media.

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Under a more than one century old mango tree, the Miller family spent some of their best moments in life.

“There’s a firepit in the corner (where) we’ve had many nights,” Ms Miller said.

“We’ve got a little tripod cooker that we put over the coals and cook out there.

The home is perfect for a large family to spread out. Image supplied by Broadkast Media.

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“It’s been a backyard that has seen (the) 21st and 18th birthday parties for our kids, as well as signature birthdays of ours as well.

“It’s a great party backyard, and it’s been great to have kids have those later teenage years here.”

The gigantic tree also created beautiful shade. Although it is unable to bear fruit anymore, Ms Miller described looking at it from the deck like “being in a tree house”.

This property at 30 Hockings St, Clayfield, is on the market. Image supplied by Broadkast Media.

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“We have the ginormous deck upstairs at the back,” she said. “At night time, we’ve got a big spotlight that lights the tree up.

“A big piece of the deck is open so you can sit out there under the stars and under the mango tree. It’s just really beautiful.”

Many parties have been had by the firepit. Image supplied by Broadkast Media.

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Ten years have gone by, and their kids are now grown, so the couple has decided to sell.

“We’re like many people, at our stage of life. I think they call them empty nesters,” Mr Miller said.

“So we’re looking at downsizing and giving our family home to a family.”

But his wife is still clinging to the 1980s-built house where she has lived and worked for a decade.

This property at 30 Hockings St, Clayfield, is on the market. Image supplied by Broadkast Media.

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“I actually don’t want to leave,” Ms Miller said. “I think the sort of person that’s going to buy it is going to walk in and … feel like; ‘I’m not in a city because it’s so green’.

“I think that’s definitely the kind of house that you’re falling in love with.”

The two-storey home is minutes away from Brisbane Airport, and a short walk from Eagle Junction train station.

Listed with Nick Roche from Ray White Ascot, 30 Hockings Street, Clayfield, will go under the hammer on March 20.