Perth couple who imported rapid antigen tests buy $16.5million mansion

A couple who saw their fortune skyrocket thanks to rapid antigen tests has nabbed a sprawling luxury $16.5million mansion on a ‘prestigious’ street. 

Matthew James Fry and his wife Anna Katarzyna Fry bought the 2372-sqm block in an affluent Perth suburb last month after their import business exploded during the pandemic.

The $16.5 million price tag is the highest price paid for a home in Western Australia this year with the home sitting in one of Perth’s most expensive streets. 

The three-storey brick home (pictured) has Romanesque column features, was built in 1973 and has Roman-styled themes throughout, including high archways and tall pillars

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There’s a lot of natural light in the home, with floor to ceiling windows and a grand sweeping staircase (pictured)

The spacious property (pictured) is located in one of the most expensive suburbs in Perth

The five-bedroom residential property that looks out onto the Swan River was built in 1973, with Roman-styled themes throughout, including high archways and tall pillars. 

The three-storey brick home has Romanesque column features, wrought-iron gates, and stylish light fixtures, including a golden chandelier.

There’s a lot of natural light with floor to ceiling windows looking out to the Swan River, and a grand sweeping staircase near the door. 

The battle-axe house was last sold in 1998 for $3.7million, with the former owners attempting to sell the property later in 2017 for $15million. 

Mr Fry’s company AM Diagnostics was the first Aussie firm to get the go-ahead from the Therapeutic Goods Administration to supply the domestic market with rapid antigen test kits. 

The business acquired contracts worth tens of millions of dollars to supply the highly sought-after product to the country, including nasal swab and oral fluid RATs. 

The firm manufactures and distributes medical and diagnostic items to Allied Health practitioners, the corporate sector and government. 

It also distributes a range of other health equipment, such as drug and alcohol testing, over-the-counter pregnancy tests, ear-cleaning products and incontinence pads. 

The April purchase is a step up for the couple from the $400,000 plot of land they bought in 2014, where they built a five-bedroom home, 30km north east of the Perth CBD. 

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AM Diagnostics manufactures and distributes medical and diagnostic items to Allied Health practitioners, the corporate sector and government – including the oral fluid RAT (pictured)

The battle-axe house (pictured) was last sold in 1998 for $3.7million, with the former owners attempting to sell the property later in 2017 for $15million

AM Diagnostics (pictured) acquired contracts worth tens of millions of dollars to supply the highly sought-after RATs to the country, including nasal swab and oral fluid kits