“To provide him with the best, we decided that he needed [a] large, flat, fully secured and private backyard, of which we were unable to do so in Sydney, and therefore the best option for him was to relocate to a semi-rural location.”
Mr Kelly said Vicki was also keen to move away after public calls for people to protest out the front of the family home, and claims the publication of their address prompted politically motivated intruders to enter their home.
The Kelly family’s Narara home has a pizza oven, spa and vegie garden.
At the time the Illawong property sold, the local newspaper, The Leader, reported Mr Kelly as saying: “Someone sneaked in during an open house inspection and hung an Islamic flag in the main bedroom.”
Mr Kelly said that while his wife and children were living in the Central Coast home, he would continue to live in the electorate in Menai.
“Due to recent Covid restrictions and the parliamentary calendar, I have only seen them once in the past several months, and I’m looking forwarded to the Christmas break when we will be able to spend time together,” he said.
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The Kelly family’s Central Coast home is set on 3800 square metres and was billed a “secluded urban oasis” in the marketing before it sold.
There are two separate residences on title, of which the main is a five-bedroom house with a vast covered deck that overlooks a wood-fired pizza oven, vegie garden and outdoor spa.
The second dwelling is a two-bedroom granny flat that was built in 2017.
Craig Kelly buys $1.3 million family home 100km north of electorate
Source: Philippines Alive