Love Island’s Grant Crapp reveals the extent of the damage to his $770,000 Malua Bay home after it was devastated by bushfires
Love Island Australia winner Grant Crapp’s $770,000 Malua Bay home, in the South Coast region New South Wales, was hit by a brutal bushfire in early January.
The 24-year-old has since spent the past five months re-building the property, that he bought with girlfriend Lucy Cartwright just eight months before the blaze.
In a series of Instagram posts on Wednesday, he revealed the full extent of damage that the fire caused, sharing bleak pictures from the immediate aftermath.
Tragic: Love Island’s Grant Crapp (pictured) has now revealed the devastating full extent of damage a bushfire caused at his $770,000 Malua Bay home in New South Wales on January 2
‘Who is ready for my total rebuild reveal? I’m 80% done since the fires destroyed my place,’ wrote Grant, before posting the harrowing pictures taken in January.
In the images, all of Grant and Lucy’s possessions had been reduced to ash.
He highlighted a skylight above his kitchen, that looked to have once had a plastic cover over it, saying that was how the fire got inside the property.
He previously said they ‘lost everything’ in the fire, but were grateful for their health.
Painful memories: He shared several bleak pictures from the immediate aftermath in January to Instagram on Wednesday, saying he’s now ‘80% finished’ rebuilding the property
Bleak: All of Grant and girlfriend Lucy Cartwright’s possessions were reduced to ash
‘Never again’: He highlighted a skylight above his kitchen, that looked to have once had a plastic cover over it, saying that was how the fire got inside the property.
The rural property backs onto 100 acres of bushland. It is comprised of two dwellings as well as sheds and paddocks for the couple’s animals.
The main house, where Grant and Lucy lived, has two bedrooms and two bathrooms; a separate two-bedroom cabin is often rented out to holidaymakers.
In January, Grant revealed how their animals had survived the blaze. He shared a picture of Lucy tending to a horse with facial burns, and a blackened alpaca.
Rural: The rural property backs onto 100 acres of bushland. It is comprised of two dwellings as well as sheds and paddocks for the couple’s animals
So sad: In January, Grant revealed how their animals had survived the blaze. He shared a picture of Lucy tending to a horse with facial burns, and a blackened alpaca
Grant and Lucy also own a three-bedroom cabin in nearby Batemans Bay, which they bought for $380,000 in April 2019. This managed to survive the bushfires.
The reality star won the first season of Love Island Australia with Tayla Damir in 2018.
He faced criticism after returning to Australia once the show wrapped in Spain, as it was revealed he was already seeing girlfriend Lucy before filming overseas.
Throwback: Grant won the first season of Love Island Australia with Tayla Damir (pictured) in 2018