Waugh family’s 70-year holiday home up for sale

Cricket greats Steve and Mark Waugh are staring down the barrel of a very hand payday if things go their way.

Steve and Mark Waugh are staring down the barrel of a very hand payday if things go their way.

Lazy Days, the holiday home set 100m from the sand at Patonga, has been listed through McGrath Terrigal agents Trevor Hamilton and Dale Bassett.

The three-bedroom, one-bathroom house, which sits on 626sq m, is expected to fetch $1.6m at its December 7 auction.

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Steve and Lynette Waugh have listed this holiday home 100m from the same at Patonga. Picture: realestate.com.au

The marketing says the Bay Street property was last traded in the 1950s when bought by Lloyd and Opal Doughty as the family retreat.

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Steve and Lynette Waugh.

They were the grandparents to Lynette Waugh, the wife of retired cricket champion Steve Waugh. It cost £130.

“Over time, we outgrew the house, so various family members bought houses there too, until we had four holiday homes in the family,” Lynette said.

“All the babies have been unofficially christened in Patonga Creek as their welcome to the community.”

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A little slice of paradise.

The home has been in the Waugh family for 70 years.

The home sits on 626 sqm.

Lynette and Steve Waugh will retain their home in the fishing village where Lynette taught Steve, and then their children, to fish.

Of course, beach cricket played over summer tends to be top-class at The Central Coast location, set at the mouth of the Hawkesbury River.

PropTrack notes just four house sales in the past year, ranging from $880,000 for a 367sq m block with just an original sleepout to $3.65m for a contemporary four-bedroom waterfront property.

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Steve Waugh with Mark Waugh. – Australia vs England first day of Fifth Test match at SCG January 1999.

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Originally published as Waugh family’s 70-year holiday home up for sale