Retired NHL player David Backes sold his Newport Beach home of three years for the asking price of $7 million.
That’s 63% more than the $4.3 million Backes and his wife, Kelly, paid for the home in November 2020, property records show.
Completely reimagined from the ground up in 2018, the 4,433-square-foot modern farmhouse sits on a nearly-quarter-acre lot in the Newport Heights neighborhood. It has five bedrooms, five bathrooms and sliding glass walls that extend the indoors out to the expansive backyard with a pool, spa, fire pit and built-in barbecue.
There’s also a large lawn.
According to the listing, the custom home was a collaboration of Skout Interior Design, Christiano Homes and Richart Design.
The main entry features a porch swing and Dutch door that leads to the open-concept kitchen, dining and living room. A game room is nearby.
Upstairs in the primary suite, the spa-inspired bathroom boasts a glass-enclosed sauna connected to the shower. There’s also a separate tub.
Jon-Paul Bell of Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty listed the property, and Janelle File and Brandon Goethals of Compass represented the buyer.
Backes, 39, played professional ice hockey for 15 seasons as a member of the St. Louis Blues, Boston Bruins and Anaheim Ducks. He retired in 2021. The 6-foot-3-inch center has also represented the United States in two Winter Olympics, winning silver in Vancouver in 2010, and three Ice Hockey World Championship games.
