The Gold Coast ‘shack’ that Baz Luhrmann and his wife Catherine Martin rented while filming their 2022 movie Elvis has sold for $5.72 million.
The couple have been living increasingly “separate” lives in recent years: the costume designer, 59, lives in their Miami-area home, while the director, 61, works in New York.
The four-bedroom, two-bathroom home was sold through Amir Prestige, with the estate agent using the stunning seaside location as a selling point.
Renovated in the 1960s, the home is just steps from the pristine sands of Miami Beach and has a “nostalgic charm.”
Baz and Catherine moved into the shack when they moved from a larger home on the glitter strip after moving to the area in 2020.
In a recent interview with The Australian’s Wish magazine, Catherine opened up about having a long-distance relationship with her husband.
The Academy Award-winning costume designer said the pair spoke regularly on the phone when he was in New York and she was staying at the Gold Coast seaside cottage.
The Gold Coast ‘cottage’ that Baz Luhrmann and his wife Catherine Martin rented while filming their 2022 movie Elvis has sold for $5.72 million
The four-bedroom, two-bathroom home was sold through Amir Prestige, with the estate agent using the stunning seaside location as a selling point.
Catherine said she enjoyed her “work-life balance” on the Gold Coast, where she took long morning walks every day on the beach and took classes at her local Pilates studio.
“I called Baz this morning, he was walking to Pilates and he was just raving about the weather because he’s in New York,” she said in the interview.
Baz was recently forced to put to rest split rumours after fans noticed disturbing similarities to Australian actor Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness’ failed marriage.
Renovated in the 1960s, the home is just steps from the pristine sands of Miami Beach and has a “nostalgic charm.”
Baz and Catherine moved into the shack when they moved from a larger home on the glitter strip after moving to the area in 2020.
Catherine said she enjoyed her “work-life balance” on the Gold Coast, where she took daily long morning walks on the beach and classes at her local Pilates studio.
The house is quite modest compared to the couple’s other properties.
The director confirmed that the couple is still very much in love.
Baz and Catherine have been married for 27 years and have just watched their own children Lilly, 20, and William, 18, move out of the house.
They put their Gilded Age townhouse in New York on the market for $28 million while they moved into their “empty nest” home in Australia.
“Since the pandemic and making the Elvis movie in Australia, our work has mostly kept us away from our base in New York City,” Baz told the New York Post’s Gimme Shelter.
‘We filmed Elvis entirely on the Gold Coast in Queensland and we will continue to develop shows that will be filmed there.’