One of the perks of moving to Jacksonville is the proximity to the ocean, so you can bet that players and coaches recently signed by the team tend to invest some of their newfound cash into beachfront property. That’s exactly what new Jacksonville Jaguars receiver coach Sanjay Lal did when he and his wife purchased an unfinished $9.8 million beach house on Ponte Vedra Boulevard.
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— Jacksonville Daily Record & Observer (@JaxDailyRecord) March 15, 2021
Lal joins the Jags after spending 2020 as a senior offensive assistant with the Seattle Seahawks. Before that, he served as the receivers coach for the New York Jets, Indianapolis Colts and Dallas Cowboys.
The house features five bedrooms and five-and-a-half bathrooms, and it includes an infinity pool, glass wine cellar, sauna and massage and yoga rooms. According to the Jacksonville Daily Record report, the Lals purchased the house without seeing it.
Construction began a year and a half ago and is expected to be finished by May. The original builders were constructing their “dream home,” but changed their mind and decided to put the unfinished house on the market.
There were reportedly three offers, and the Lals purchased it for $273,500 above listing value. The home sale is the most expensive of this year or last for Northeast Florida.