Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja
Embattled Ashes opener Usman Khawaja has secured a lavish $3.825 million beach house as he sits out his home Test at the Gabba this week after a shock ruling that could end his career.
As Australia yesterday ruled the veteran cricketer out of the second Test, he and partner Rachel can retreat to their newly acquired Mermaid Beach showstopper.
The couple settled their big-ticket buy in the weeks before Khawaja’s heavily criticised performance in the first Test of the Ashes series in Perth in November, where the injured international player managed just two runs.
Khawaja on Day One of the first 2025/26 Ashes Series Test Match between Australia and England at Perth Stadium on November 21
The veteran player is battling a back injury. Picture: Darrian Traynor/Getty Images
Continuing back trouble robbed the 38-year-old of his place in this week’s match against England in Brisbane this week, potentially meaning more time to soak up the idyllic lifestyle at his new seaside patch, just moments from the beach off Hedges Ave, one of Queensland’s most exclusive stretches otherwise known as Multimillionaire’s Row.
Mermaid Beach itself is a front-runner for the state’s most expensive suburb, with the median house price sitting at a blistering $3.75m, up 10.3 per cent over the past year bolstered by a string of megamansion sales topping out at $27.5m in September.
Usman Khawaja and his partner Rachel have purchased a Gold Coast beach house
The home has contemporary coastal interiors and a pool
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The Khawajas’ new pad features a contemporary four-bedroom, three-bathroom home with a pool on a 405 sqm block.
It was sold by Ray White Malan + Co agent, Conner Malan, with the listing describing a thoughtful design for families and entertainers.
“The functional floorplan offers two separate living areas, a dedicated dining space, and seamless flow to an outdoor poolside entertaining deck.”
Usman and Rachel Khawaja with their two young daughters
A central kitchen overlooks the pool, providing a great connection to the alfresco zones for relaxed summer entertaining – though conspicuously missing from listing pictures is a decent patch of grass for backyard cricket matches.
That’s made up for by the park next door, directly accessed from the rear of the property.
“An easy stroll to pristine patrolled beaches and backing onto peaceful parklands, this north-facing beach house combines lifestyle, comfort and convenience in one of Mermaid Beach’s most sought-after pockets,” the listing states.
The couple, who have two young daughters, retain a sprawling property in Belmont in Brisbane’s outer suburbs, purchased for $3.45m in 2021, and snapped up a beachfront apartment on the Sunshine Coast for $1.825m two years later.
A beachside retreat in blue-chip Mermaid Beach on the Gold Coast
The house has four bedrooms
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