When Drew Brees signed with the New Orleans Saints in 2006, he put down roots in a city still recovering from Hurricane Katrina, and the Drew Brees house he bought that year in Uptown became part of that story. This guide sticks to documented reporting only: the Uptown home, an earlier San Diego house, two Kauai properties, a Four Seasons condo and a Montana treehouse. Asking prices are labelled as asking.
Who Is Drew Brees?
Drew Brees is a retired NFL quarterback. Drafted by the San Diego Chargers in 2001, he joined the Saints in 2006, according to Celebrity Net Worth, leading them to their first Super Bowl victory in the 2009 season and the game’s MVP award. He retired on March 14, 2021, with 80,358 career passing yards.
Off the field, the Brees Dream Foundation, founded in 2003, has contributed $35 million and counting to causes worldwide, with much of its early work supporting post-Katrina recovery.
Drew Brees house in New Orleans: the Uptown home he bought in 2006
The best-known Brees home is the house he bought in 2006 in the Audubon area of Uptown, near Audubon Park. Reports put the price at about $1.6 million; the widely cited San Diego Union-Tribune figure is $1.575 million. Buying, rather than renting, was read locally as a commitment to the city.
Illustrative image: a traditional Uptown New Orleans home in the Audubon area style. This is not Drew Brees’s actual home.
Listing records summarised in later reporting describe a home built in 1940, with five bedrooms, three bathrooms and 6,024 square feet of living area. That figure matters, because older articles called this a 10,800-square-foot house. They were wrong: 10,800 square feet is the lot size, not the house.
Contemporary reporting described iron-lace doors, a foyer with a crystal chandelier, hardwood floors and a gourmet kitchen with granite countertops. The main bedroom reportedly had a fireplace, a whirlpool tub and his-and-hers closets. Outside were a pool, a courtyard and gardens. Those details come from period reporting, not a recent interior tour.
Illustrative image: a classic Southern porch of the kind common in Uptown New Orleans. This is not a porch of Drew Brees’s actual home.
Around his retirement in March 2021, fans left notes and signs outside the Uptown home, reported by local television and summarised by Showbiz Cheat Sheet. Later reporting, however, describes it as a former home. This article therefore does not present it as where Brees lives today, and no reliable reporting confirms a current primary residence in 2026.
The San Diego years: the Carmel Valley house
Before New Orleans, there was San Diego. In 2003 Brees and his wife Brittany bought a home near Carmel Valley for $2.2 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. It offered about 6,000 square feet, a six-car garage and a pool. They sold it in 2012 for $2.4 million.
Illustrative image: a Mediterranean-style San Diego home with a resort-style pool. This is not Drew Brees’s actual former Carmel Valley home.
The Los Angeles Times description, summarised in later property reporting, adds detail: built in 2002, five bedrooms, five and a half bathrooms, on roughly two-thirds of an acre. Reported features included a wet bar, a billiards room, a detached casita with a steam room and sauna, a six-hole putting green, and a resort-style pool and spa with a slide.
One mix-up is worth clearing up. The same house was listed again in March 2019 for $2.599 million. That was a later owner’s listing, not a Brees sale, and the figure was an asking price from years after he sold. It was never money Brees received.
Kauai, Hawaii: two Princeville properties
Brees also bought in Hawaii. In 2007 he purchased a townhome at Princeville, on Kauai’s north shore, for $2.26 million. Realtor.com’s listing coverage described three bedrooms, three and a half bathrooms, two living areas and a kitchen with a centre island. A lanai and patio looked towards Hanalei Bay, with 11-foot ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows, plus access to three heated pools and a spa.
The townhome was listed again in October 2020 for $2.05 million, an asking price below the 2007 purchase price, not a confirmed sale price. No final sale figure is stated here, because none was verified.
A second Kauai condo was bought in 2006 for $1.76 million and listed in 2015 for $1.75 million, again an asking price. Realtor.com described a 1,752-square-foot, two-bedroom home with panoramic views. Together, the Hawaii purchases show a pattern in the wider Drew Brees house portfolio: holiday homes bought in his playing years, then quietly offered back later.
A second New Orleans chapter: the Four Seasons condo
That purchase gave the Drew Brees house story a second New Orleans chapter. In October 2020, TMZ Sports reported that Brees had bought a condominium at the Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences New Orleans, one of 92 in the development. Bleacher Report’s summary put the price only in the “several million dollars” range, so no firm price is stated here.
Reported amenities included Mississippi River and French Quarter views, private access to a bar and lounge, a golf simulator room and a 75-foot pool. Brees said at the time: “When I heard The Four Seasons was coming to New Orleans, I jumped at the opportunity to purchase a condominium. My family and I will always love New Orleans and be proud to call the Four Seasons home.”
Montana: the Whitefish treehouse
The most unusual property is in Montana. On a 20-acre parcel in the gated Homestead community near Whitefish, Brees had a custom A-frame “treehouse” built in 2023 with the team behind the TV series Treehouse Masters. Realtor.com reported that it was planned as a guest house, with the land prepared for a main house that was never built.
Illustrative image: an A-frame treehouse cabin in the Montana forest. This is not Drew Brees’s actual Whitefish treehouse.
The treehouse itself is modest at 1,700 square feet, with four bedrooms, hemlock panelling, full-size timbers and large windows facing the national forest. Realtor.com noted a raised deck and a fire pit built with rock from the property. The setting, acreage and extra building sites, not the floor area, carried the price.
That price needs careful wording. Celebrity Net Worth records a January 2024 listing at $7.95 million, an asking price. In August 2024, Realtor.com reported it heading to auction with a $7.5 million asking price and opening bids expected at $2 million to $4 million. Later listings put the asking price at $6.3 million. It has since been reported sold, but the final price is not public.
The documented record at a glance
One Louisiana project is often confused with a home. In 2019 Brees bought land in Lafayette and built Surge Entertainment, a 49,000-square-foot entertainment facility. It is a business, not a residence, included here only so readers do not mistake it for another Drew Brees house purchase.
| Property | Documented history |
|---|---|
| Uptown New Orleans home | Bought 2006, $1.575M; 6,024 sq ft living area, 10,800 sq ft lot; later former home |
| Carmel Valley, San Diego | Bought 2003, $2.2M; sold 2012, $2.4M; relisted 2019 at $2.599M ASKING |
| Princeville, Kauai townhome | Bought 2007, $2.26M; listed 2020 at $2.05M ASKING |
| Second Kauai condo | Bought 2006, $1.76M; listed 2015 at $1.75M ASKING; 1,752 sq ft |
| Four Seasons New Orleans condo | Bought 2020; price reported only as “several million” |
| Whitefish, Montana treehouse | Built 2023; listed 2024 at $7.95M ASKING, later $6.3M ASKING; final price undisclosed |
FAQs
How much did Drew Brees pay for his New Orleans house?
Reports put the 2006 purchase at about $1.6 million, with $1.575 million the figure cited from the San Diego Union-Tribune and repeated by Celebrity Net Worth. The house has 6,024 square feet of living area; 10,800 square feet is the lot.
Does Drew Brees still live in the Uptown house?
Later reporting describes it as a former home, so it is not claimed here as his current residence. He also bought a Four Seasons condo in 2020, and no source used here confirms one current primary residence in 2026.
What happened to the Montana treehouse?
Built in 2023 on 20 acres near Whitefish, it was listed in January 2024 at $7.95 million ASKING, auctioned later that year, and later listed at $6.3 million ASKING. It has been reported sold, final price undisclosed.
The documented Drew Brees house story is quieter than the old version suggested, but more interesting for being true. A young quarterback bought an Uptown home for $1.575 million and stayed 15 seasons. A retired star kept a New Orleans base at the Four Seasons, then built, and sold on, a Montana treehouse. Every figure above traces to reporting; nothing needed inventing.