That Thor will be one impressive beach house
CHRIS Hemsworth’s $9-million Byron Bay mega-mansion is nearly complete.
New aerial photos taken this week show how far construction has come on the whopping structure, which some locals have compared to a Westfield shopping centre, nestled on 4.2 hectares in the hills not far from Broken Head and overlooking Seven Mile Beach.
Meanwhile, the Thor star is staying with wife Elsa Pataky and their three children in nearby Suffolk Park while they wait to move into their new home some time next year.
Construction began in late 2017 after the demolition of the existing eight-bedroom Balinese-style resort home that Hemsworth bought for $7 million in 2014.
The massive new structure, which features six bedrooms, a gym, steam room, media room, games room, vast outdoor living and play areas and a rooftop infinity pool and spa with ocean views, is expected to be worth close to $20 million when completed.
A development application for the knockdown-rebuild was first lodged with Byron Shire Council in late 2016 and approved in March, 2017 but the sheer scale of the home has caused unrest among some locals.
“I thought Byron would be Noosafied but apparently it’s being Hollywooded. Next level,” Amy Robinson wrote on Facebook earlier this year.
“It’s obscene, greedy, flashy, vulgar opulence at its finest and has no place in the Byron I once knew and love. A sad sign of things to come due to greedy, unfettered development policy,” Georgie Poppins wrote on the popular social media site.