{"id":35333,"date":"2021-10-27T10:50:36","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T21:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/?p=35333"},"modified":"2021-10-27T10:50:36","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T21:50:36","slug":"sir-don-bradmans-secret-home-for-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/sir-don-bradmans-secret-home-for-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Don Bradman\u2019s \u2018secret\u2019 home for sale"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHOTO: Sir Donald Bradman<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A home bought by cricket great Sir Donald Bradman as a private Adelaide Hills haven 62 years ago has hit the market, as its current owner, his daughter-in-law, decides to pull up stumps.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

He bought the Crafers West property with his son, John \u2013 who would later change his name to Bradsen in an effort to avoid unwanted attention \u2013 in 1959, and John\u2019s former wife, Judith, has called it home for the past 27 years.<\/p>\n

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117 Sheoak Road, Crafers West. Supplied.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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\"Sir<\/div>\n

Sir Donald Bradman\u2019s name on the certificate of title. Supplied.<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

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Australian cricketer Donald Bradman (1908 – 2001), the first cricketer to be knighted in 1949 for his services to cricket. Photo by Sasha\/Hulton Archive\/Getty Images<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

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The home\u2019s open-plan kitchen. Supplied.<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

\u201cThe press were always interested in Don, so this place provided a space where he could enjoy his family life without being observed,\u201d Ms Bradsen said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe could just be himself here because when we dined out people would always approach him. Nobody knew he owned it, nobody. Only very close family friends of Don and then John and mine enjoyed the property.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms Bradsen said her famous father-in-law loved spending time outside and doing maintenance work on the 117 Sheoak Rd property.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the early days, he would come up here often,\u201d Ms Bradsen said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe spent a lot of time clearing the woody weeds and he enjoyed the odd bonfire.<\/p>\n

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Don Bradman in his playing days. (Photo by S&G\/PA Images via Getty Images)<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

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