{"id":399861,"date":"2025-09-05T11:37:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T11:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/399861\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T11:37:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T11:37:20","slug":"jesinta-franklin-announces-major-family-move-as-she-prepares-to-welcome-her-third-child-finally-found-our-special-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/399861\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesinta Franklin announces major family move as she prepares to welcome her third child: &#8216;Finally found our special place&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Read more: Jesinta Franklin opens up about &#8216;hard&#8217; pregnancy that kept her housebound for months<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-134\/monique-friedlander.html\" class=\"author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MONIQUE FRIEDLANDER, ASSISTANT SHOWBUSINESS EDITOR, AUSTRALIA<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  01:26 EDT, 5 September 2025   |  Updated:  02:42 EDT, 5 September 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">2025 is shaping up to be a milestone year for Jesinta Franklin and her family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The model, 33, who will soon welcome her third child with husband Buddy, 38, announced on Friday that the couple have now purchased a parcel of land and plan to transform it into a luxury farmstead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;A year full of surprises and big changes for our little family,&#8217; the AFL WAG wrote on Instagram next to photos of herself showing off her bump at the beach.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;By the end of this year, we&#8217;ll not only be welcoming another beautiful baby, but also moving onto our dream piece of land. After almost two years of searching, we finally found our special place.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The couple, who are already parents to daughter Tullulah, five, and son Rocky, four, have been open about their desire for a slower lifestyle away from the limelight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Jesinta said the new property would allow them to embrace the simple pleasures of country living.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-1260cae9ffd9dbb7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/101860237-15068359-Pregnant_Jesinta_Franklin_33_right_announced_on_Friday_that_she_-a-6_175705015798.jpeg\" height=\"846\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Pregnant Jesinta Franklin, 33, (right) announced on Friday that she and husband Lance 'Buddy' Franklin, 38, have purchased a parcel of land and plan to transform it into a luxury farmstead\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Pregnant Jesinta Franklin, 33, (right) announced on Friday that she and husband Lance &#8216;Buddy&#8217; Franklin, 38, have purchased a parcel of land and plan to transform it into a luxury farmstead<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;We can&#8217;t wait to fill it with horses, chickens, finally have my dream veggie garden and most importantly &#8211; the simple joys of raising our growing family on acreage,&#8217; she continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I&#8217;m so excited to bring you along for the journey.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Jesinta and Buddy are still yet to sell their luxurious Gold Coast mansion Villa Casa, which they listed on the market in mid-2024 just two years after purchasing it for around $8.75 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The seven-bedroom, eight-bathroom estate in Reedy Creek boasts sweeping coastal views, a magnesium pool with swim-up bar, chevron timber floors and marble finishes throughout.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Yet despite its grandeur, the property failed to sell when it went to auction.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It remains on the market as Jesinta and Buddy continue their search for the right buyer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Jesinta previously spoke about her desire to swap the busy city grind for a laid-back lifestyle closer to nature.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;If and when we sell, our dream is to buy some land and build a luxury farmhouse. Something that is considered and beautifully designed and built, but also feels lived in and classic,&#8217; she told <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.domain.com.au\/news\/our-dream-is-to-build-a-farmhouse-jesinta-and-buddy-franklin-on-their-post-sale-plans-1302863\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">Domain<\/a>\u00a0in July last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The couple told the publication they would engage Tidal Constructions, who built Villa Casa, to construct their new estate.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-422910e53090cc4b\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/101860235-15068359-_A_year_full_of_surprises_and_big_changes_for_our_little_family_-a-7_175705015799.jpeg\" height=\"846\" width=\"634\" alt=\"'A year full of surprises and big changes for our little family,' the AFL WAG wrote on Instagram next to photos of herself showing off her bump at the beach\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">&#8216;A year full of surprises and big changes for our little family,&#8217; the AFL WAG wrote on Instagram next to photos of herself showing off her bump at the beach<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-1fd3977c02597ef3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/88466791-15068359-Jestina_and_Buddy_are_yet_to_sell_their_luxurious_Gold_Coast_man-a-5_1757050157895.jpeg\" height=\"421\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Jestina and Buddy are yet to sell their luxurious Gold Coast mansion Villa Casa (pictured), which they listed on the market in mid-2024 just two years after purchasing it for around $8.75 million\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Jestina and Buddy are yet to sell their luxurious Gold Coast mansion Villa Casa (pictured), which they listed on the market in mid-2024 just two years after purchasing it for around $8.75 million\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a075133b6c29985b\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/101029917-15068359-Jesinta_left_with_Buddy_and_their_children_previously_spoke_abou-a-4_175705015731.jpeg\" height=\"952\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Jesinta (left, with Buddy and their children) previously spoke about her desire to swap the busy city grind for a laid-back lifestyle closer to nature. 'If and when we sell, our dream is to buy some land and build a luxury farmhouse. Something that is considered and beautifully designed and built, but also feels lived in and classic,' she told Domain in July last year\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">\u00a0Jesinta (left, with Buddy and their children) previously spoke about her desire to swap the busy city grind for a laid-back lifestyle closer to nature. &#8216;If and when we sell, our dream is to buy some land and build a luxury farmhouse. Something that is considered and beautifully designed and built, but also feels lived in and classic,&#8217; she told Domain in July last year<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Jesinta Franklin announces major family move as she prepares to welcome her third child: &#8216;Finally found our special place&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Read more: Jesinta Franklin opens up about &#8216;hard&#8217; pregnancy that kept her housebound for months By MONIQUE FRIEDLANDER,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399862,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,92,77,813,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-399861","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-dailymail","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-tvshowbiz","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115151493931085496","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}