{"id":2453457,"date":"2026-06-10T21:13:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T21:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2453457"},"modified":"2026-06-10T21:13:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T21:13:44","slug":"zac-efron-secretly-building-dream-home-in-massive-remote-australia-rainforest-developer-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/zac-efron-secretly-building-dream-home-in-massive-remote-australia-rainforest-developer-reveals\/","title":{"rendered":"Zac Efron secretly building dream home in massive remote Australia rainforest, developer reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft wp-block-nypost-editor-partner-article-links\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Hollywood star Zac Efron has been revealed to be quietly living in Australia as he works hard to build his dream home.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out Efron has been secretly living in Byron Bay as he develops the 128 hectare block of rainforest land in the Tweed Valley \u2014 about an hour inland from Byron \u2014 that he purchased back in 2020 for a discount price during Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kargo.com\/privacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\/>According to\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/tvshowbiz\/article-15884587\/Zac-Efron-living-Australia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>, development has been well underway for the past few months, and the actor has hired Australian environmental designer Joost Bakker to create the off-the-grid home that\u2019s been dubbed: \u201cFuturecave.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Zac Efron (right) is pictured with Joost Bakker (left) in a photo posted to Instagram on November 7, 2025.  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@joostbakker<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While news of the development was confirmed last month after Bakker revealed planning had been approved, it was previously not known that Efron has been remaining in Australia during construction and keeping a low-profile.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExcited to get started on Zac\u2019s house!\u201d the designer wrote on Instagram last month.<\/p>\n<p>Sources close to the Hollywood star have claimed that he is looking to relocate Down Under permanently after listing <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/05\/29\/zac-efron-officially-moves-to-australia-after-unloading-la-home\/\">his Los Angeles mansion for sale<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>News of the development was confirmed last month after Bakker revealed planning had been approved. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@joostbakker<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The property intends to be a self-sustaining, zero-waste home, covered with plant ecosystems designed to support insects and help other species thrive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe just loves the Australian mentality and attitude, and he just wants to spend time in nature,\u201d Bakker told Homes To Love.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re using the building to get a lot of endangered insects and species back on track,\u201d Joost shared in a later interview with Domain. \u201cSo we can actually use the building to create habitat rather than take away from it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Zac Efron (left) is pictured with Paul Rennie (right) on Rennie\u2019s farm in Hillston NSW in a photo posted to Instagram on May 14, 2024. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@joostbakker<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFor the past year we\u2019ve experimented with making hemp blocks, replacing concrete with two materials that restore the environment. Hemp: possibly the best plant on earth at repairing and restoring.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Plans show a series of interconnected pods linked by walkways, providing approximately 9,000 square feet of living space that also features a gym and rooftops covered in endless amounts of vegetation.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, it comes just weeks after it was announced that Efron and distributor A24 are set to team up for a TV project \u2014 a new take on the novel that formed the basis of the 1987 cult film Angel Heart.<\/p>\n<p>The project, made in collaboration with HBO will follow a down-and-out NYC paparazzo, who makes his living finding and photographing people who don\u2019t want to be found.<\/p>\n<p>Efron\u2019s character is hired by a mysterious man to find a woman who has gone missing, but the deeper he digs to find her, the more it looks like a group of powerful elites, and maybe something supernatural, are covering up the disappearance.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hollywood star Zac Efron has been revealed to be quietly living in Australia as he works hard to build his dream home. 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