WOLLONGONG, AUSTRALIA – JUNE 28: Valentine Holmes of the Dragons is tackled during the round 17 NRL match between St George Illawarra Dragons and Parramatta Eels at WIN Stadium on June 28, 2025 in Wollongong, Australia. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)
Having returned to Sydney after spending five years playing for the North Queensland Cowboys, NRL champion Valentine Holmes and his wife Natalia have now bought a home at Caringbah South, his former team’s heartland.
The former Cronulla Shark and now St George Illawarra Dragons star has spent $2.7m on a 1970s home in the Sutherland Shire.
It was marketed as perfect for young families by agents Alex Pitsis and Ben Jenson from Alex Pitsis Group. Holmes and wife Natalie have two children, Billy, 5, and Ardie, 1.
It is a Mediterranean-inspired home was built in the mid 1970s with four bedrooms.
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The Mediterranean-inspired home was built in the mid 1970s with four bedrooms. Picture: Supplied
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The couple are looking for buyers for their former Townsville home which has been listed seeking offers over $1,998,000. They paid $1,405,000 for the 1900 home in 2023.
Its purchase came after he sold at Townsville City for $1.15m, having paid $1.1m in late 2019 after he had signed with the Cowboys, having previously sought to secure a permanent spot with the New York Jets in the 2019 NFL season.
The home is in North Ward, a coastal suburb of Townsville where Holmes was born.
It has Queenslander-style details including timber floors, fretwork and wraparound veranda.
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Valentine and Natalia Holmes.
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“We love Queenslanders and homes with character,” Natalia Holmes told the local paper.
“The high ceilings feel so grand, particularly in the formal dining room and bedrooms, while the big ceiling-height windows fill the room with natural lighting.
“We did have big plans to renovate and that was actually going to start the week before we moved.”
NRL star Valentine Holmes and his wife Natalia have bought in Caringbah South.
The backyard.
The couple listed the home as a $1200-a-week rental after their relocation back to Sydney, after Holmes signed a three-year deal with the Red V.
The 30-year-old Holmes has since spoken about the heartbreak of not being able to finish his career in North Queensland after facing a $500,000 pay cut to remain at the Cowboys.
During his absence, Qld Maroons star Holmes retained an investment apartment, a two-bedroom apartment in the Woolooware Bay precinct, amid the 700 apartments developed around Shark Park.
Holmes’ apartment cost $810,000 when completed in 2016, just before he was a premiership winner as winger with the Sharks.
PERTH, AUSTRALIA – JUNE 18: Valentine Holmes, Harry Grant, Tino Fa’asuamaleaui and Cameron Munster of the Maroons line up for the national anthem ahead of game two of the Men’s State of Origin series between Queensland Maroons and New South Wales Blues at Optus Stadium on June 18, 2025 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)
The fifth floor Dune Walk apartment was then listed for rent at $650 a week.
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