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Ailing NRL star Dom Young is struggling to find a new home while battling a debilitating illness.Photo: Getty
Ailing NRL star Dom Young is struggling to find a new home while battling a debilitating illness.
Young, one of the stars of the 2023 NRL season, has been admitted to a UK hospital with severe sinus infections and will miss all three of England's matches against Tonga at the end of the season.
Young, who played a key role in Newcastle Knights' run to the NRL finals last season, will make a big off-season move to rivals Sydney Roosters for 2024.
Dominic Young is set to join the Roosters but is struggling to find a place to live in Sydney's east.Photo: Getty
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What is the big problem with that movement at the moment? Sydney's rental and housing crisis.
Young and his younger brother Alex, who will also join the Roosters in 2024, are struggling to find a place to live, with many rental markets in the city having a rental vacancy rate of just 1 per cent.
Dom Young's brother Alex spoke to the Daily Telegraph about his anguish over his brother's poor health and his struggle to find a home in Sydney's east.
Alex said he was “shocked” by the illness that left the Roosters star in hospital.
Dom, 22, is in hospital in Leeds.
Alex had already started looking for a house and was planning to share it with his siblings.
“It's a fairy tale. I'm looking around Maroubra and would love to move in with her if I could,” Alex said.
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Sydney Roosters English NRL scout Alex Young.Photo: Richard Dobson
“But to be honest, it's been very difficult to find a place. There's a lot of competition out there, but hopefully we can find a little spot for both of us.”
According to realestate.com.au, there are currently 43 rental properties with two or more bedrooms in Maroubra, of which 23 are two-bedroom units.
Some of the ones listed have “deposited” signs posted on them.
Sydney's east is inundated with rental inquiries, with Prop Track saying East Gardens, just outside Maroubra, is Greater Sydney's third most sought-after rental suburb after Smithfield and Fairfield West. That's what it means.
If you're moving to Sydney's east, you might want to live along the beach here.
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Of Maroubra properties, this “absolute beachfront apartment with ocean views” in Marine Pde could be a decent option for $1080 a week through Belle Property. The Roosters' training base, Moorpark, and home base, Allianz Stadium, are approximately 20 minutes' drive away.
This contemporary two-bedroom at Bruce Bennetts Place, which has a gym within the complex and is on the lease sale via Century 21 for $995 a week, could be another good option.
According to PropTrack, the median rent in Maroubra is $700 per week.
This “Maroubra coastal oasis with a charming courtyard garden” on Rossiter Avenue, Maroubra, is listed for $1000 a week via Olsen Romano, and is where the brothers will sleep in for pre-season training in November. There may be another strong possibility to prepare for the start of the
According to PropTrack, the median rent in Maroubra is $700 per week. It has increased by a whopping 16.7% over the past 12 months.
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