Today show host Karl Stefanovic and pregnant wife Jasmine buy stunning Noosa beach pad
Television host Karl Stefanovic and his heavily pregnant wife Jasmine look set to spend a lot more time in their home state of Queensland after forking out $3.6 million for a luxurious beach house.
TELEVISION host Karl Stefanovic and his heavily pregnant wife, Jasmine, have forked out $3.6 million for a luxurious beach house in their home state, where they plan to spend a lot more time this year.
The Queenslanders are the latest high-profile couple to invest in Noosa, which continues to attract cashed-up buyers from across the country and around the world.
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The stunning four-bedroom, four-bathroom home is in one of Sunshine Beach’s most expensive streets — Seaview Terrace, where a home down the road is on sale for $20 million.
The beach pad will be the perfect place to relax with a newborn baby, with Jasmine, 36, due to give birth to the couple’s first child in a matter of weeks.
Stefanovic declined to comment about the purchase when contacted by The Courier-Mail, but a source close to the Today show host said he had always wanted a home in Queensland for the future and planned to spend as much time there as possible when the new baby arrived.
Mike Hay and Rachel Sellman of Century 21 Conolly Hay Group negotiated the sale of the property, which has views of the ocean from every room, modern appointments and a resort-style pool.
Mr Hay also declined to comment on the sale.
The property is only 200m from a dog-friendly beach, where the couple can take their pooch, Chance the Yapper.
It’s no secret the Stefanovics are fans of the Noosa region, having celebrated New Year's Eve with family there this year, when they were spotted together on the beach.
The couple has also just been revealed as the new tenants of a harbourside home on Sydney’s north shore, with a home cinema, wine cellar and private dock.
Property records show they are paying an estimated $2900 a week for the $5.75 million, four-bedroom house.
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Tom Offermann Real Estate principal Tom Offermann said the area — North Sunshine Beach — had the appeal of being bordered by Noosa National Park, and a beautiful beach that finished at Lions Head, a rocky outcrop on the border of the National Park.
“Since COVID-19 lockdowns began, we have sold properties very close by at 9 Kiamba Ct and 3 Maher Terrace, and just down the same road from the house Karl bought is 46 Seaview Terrace, which is on two allotments and formerly owned by Pat and Lara Rafter and now available for $20 million,” Mr Offermann said.
Karl and his ex-wife Cassandra Thorburn sold their waterfront home in Sydney’s Mosman in August last year.
It was listed for three weeks with a $9 million-$10 million guide, but sold for a price understood to be above $9 million.
The couple settled on the property months before they announced their split and eventual divorce in 2017.
Karl returned as co-host of Channel 9’s Today show this year after a controversial departure in 2018.
Originally published as Today show host Karl Stefanovic and pregnant wife Jasmine buy stunning Noosa beach pad