David Warner filmed working on the building site of his new luxury home in Maroubra

Warner has traded the white collar of his cricket shirt for blue collar work on a building site ? his own building site, to be exact. The Aussie batsman ? who was banned from international and state cricket for a year for his part in the ball tampering scandal in South Africa ? is spending his free time helping build his house in the eastern Sydney suburb of Maroubra. Wearing a black singlet and white hard hat with the words ?Project Manager? and ?Apprentice Celebrity? written on it in black marker, Warner was filmed chipping in as construction continues on his beachside mansion. According to The Australian, Warner has built a property portfolio worth $10 million, and quotes him as saying in an interview two years ago: ?My financial adviser told me: ?If you have to work after cricket, I haven?t done my job properly.?? Warner purchased the 900sq m oceanfront property for $4 million in December 2015. In May 2016, a planning application was lodged to demolish the existing building and construct a new five-level home, which was approved in February 2017. It was thought Warner and wife Candice were going to move into this property and turn it into their family home. The project has been stuttering along and 14 months later is still a building site as development has been so slow moving.