Patrick Rafter

The former tennis champion Pat Rafter and wife Lara have purchased a coastal Byron Bay paddock. Its 28 hectares subdivided off an original Broken Head farm.

No home on the site, just grazing cattle.&nbsp;

&quot;A country escape only minutes from the beach and moments from Byron Bay&nbsp;with a creek flat and an elevated building site,&quot; was the marketing pitch of&nbsp;LJ Hooker selling agent Glen Irwin, who had the listing inconjunction with Lois Buckett.

It had been on Irwin&#39;s books at a $1.75 million asking price for just over a year until its recent sale.

Locals jokingly expect a tennis academy, Florida-style, but I am advised it will be a family retreat for the Queensland-based family once the home is built.

The gently sloping land with some big fig trees had not been offered for sale in over 75 years.

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The Noosa-based&nbsp;sportsman&#39;s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-residential+land-nsw-broken+head-2806390" target="_blank">$1.35 million purchase</a> from the Boyes family marks a return to NSW property for the family who&nbsp;sold their Woollahra terrace after seven years ownership for $2.4 million in 2014.

They previously had&nbsp;a Sydney home on Hopetoun Avenue, Mosman which was sold in 2007 for $7.75 million.

The former world No. 1&nbsp;is Australia&#39;s Davis Cup captain and since earlier this year Tennis Australia&#39;s new director of performance.

This article was first published in The Sunday Telegraph.

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Pat Rafter buys Byron Bay paddock

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The retired tennis champion Pat Rafter and his wife Lara have listed their dress circle Sunshine Beach home.
It's ahead of plans to settle at their 28 hectare Byron Bay retreat.
<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-qld-sunshine+beach-123425942" target="_blank">They want $18 million plus</a> for the John Burgess designed seven bedroom, five bathroom beachfront home which was built in 2010.
They paid $9.5 million in 2006 with rival tennis star Thomas Muster missing out of the 1286 sqm double block holding.
The minimalist luxury U-shaped home has a central pool with two glass-fronted wings pushing out towards the ocean over a steep banksia and pandanus-covered dune that drops down to the beach.
There's a path to the sand and the surf.
Tom Offermann and Eric Seetoo at Tom Offermann Real Estate Noosa Heads have the listing which went live yesterday on realestate.com.au.
Its ambitious asking price would double the previous Sunshine Coast record which has stood since before the global financial crisis. 
It would also rank among the top half dozen Queensland residential sale if $18 million was achieved.
They've set to build on the Byron Bay outskirts.
Rafter, who reached world number one in 1999, had locals fleetingly wondering if there'd be a tennis academy - Florida style.
But it is just a family home that will sit among huge fig trees.
Having previously resided on Balmoral Slopes overlooking Sydney Heads, the sportsman's purchase marked a return to NSW property.
Since retiring, Rafter went on to become an underwear model for Bonds, a brand ambassador for the Mantra Group of hotels and a successful businessman.
In 2010 he was announced as Australia's Davis Cup captain and held the post until stepping down last year.
His greatest accomplishments came at the US Open, where he won back to back titles in 1997 and 1998, propelling him to world no.1 status in 1999.
This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph.
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Pat Rafter seeks $18 million plus on Sunshine Coast

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The Sunshine Coast home of the tennis legend Pat Rafter and wife Lara has gone under contract.
Their John Burgess-designed seven bedroom home finally attracted renewed buying attention in the wake of two $10 million sales.
The retired tennis champion Pat Rafter and his wife Lara had listed their dress circle Sunshine Beach home in August 2016 ahead of plans to settle at their 28 hectare Byron Bay retreat.
<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-qld-sunshine+beach-123425942" target="_blank">They always wanted $18 million plus</a> for the seven bedroom, five bathroom beachfront home which was built in 2010.
Rafter recently suggested it was what it had cost.
They paid $9.5 million in 2006 for the building block with rival tennis star Thomas Muster missing out of the 1286 sqm double block holding.
The minimalist luxury U-shaped home has a central pool with two glass-fronted wings pushing out towards the ocean over a steep banksia and pandanus-covered dune that drops down to the beach.
There's a path to the sand and the surf, some 136 kms north of Brisbane.
Tom Offermann and Eric Seetoo at Tom Offermann Real Estate Noosa Heads had the listing which went under offer late last week.
Its ambitious asking price would almost double the previous Sunshine Coast record which stands at around $10.3 million. 
It would also rank among the all-time top half dozen Queensland residential sales.
They've built a barn style home on the Byron Bay outskirts among huge fig trees.
Having previously resided on Balmoral Slopes overlooking Sydney Heads, the sportsman's purchase marked a return to NSW property.
The father of two says there's "something to do every day" at the Byron property.
Since retiring, Rafter went on to become an underwear model for Bonds, a brand ambassador for the Mantra Group of hotels and a successful businessman.
In 2010 he was announced as Australia's Davis Cup captain and held the post until stepping down last year.
His greatest accomplishments came at the US Open, where he won back to back titles in 1997 and 1998, propelling him to world no.1 status in 1999.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.
 
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