“RECYCLED HOME”
A home settled into verdant gardens surrounded by untouched bushland – this is truly home.
A young family bought a dilapidated, relocated Canberra workers cottage with only a cumquat tree surviving the preceding years of drought. After 15 years of toil, living, growing and loving the location, the community and the home it became time to move on. Now it's time for you to love this home and continue the care of the cumquat that is still thriving by the front door.
The heart of the home is the northeast facing open plan kitchen, dining and living room that enjoys the morning sun as it moves across the horizon through the seasons and pauses at the winter solstice brilliantly lighting the front door textured glass. This links to the three bedrooms and one bathroom that enjoy the winter late afternoon sun streaming in the windows. The front deck flows out from the house and into the mid storey of the redgum trees that are a feature of this pocket of bushland. It is the trees that filter, reflect and alter the light that makes this place quite so unique and so special. It is the ever-changing quality of light and shade from the gardens and bushland that makes this home a magic place to be.
The “extension” pavilion was also a recycled home, yet another relocated cottage from Canberra, this provides an additional bedroom, bathroom, study and second living space all private from the main house but connected by the undercover deck. This deck is the only place to sit and enjoy breakfast with the bird song morning chorus or enjoy the sea breeze rolling across the Jellat flats on a warm summer afternoon.
Recycled cedar was a particular passion of this family. The house features the warmth and texture of the beautiful cedar windows and doors that fill the home with light and connection to the gardens and bushland beyond. The solar heated cedar hot tub that is cleaned by silver and copper ions not chlorine is fenced in recycled hardwood and copper fencing. And finally, the genuine Canadian cedar sauna, open the door and you'll know why it matters.
The gardens and bushland have always been cared for without the use of chemicals, the soil and water is as clean as you are likely to find anywhere. This is evidenced by the cacophony of frogs who are heard each night that are resident in the dam. The native wallaby grass is largely maintained by resident swamp wallabies, eastern greys and wandering wombats. There are also resident echidnas (the street number is actually in memory of “Mr Limpy” the now past father echidna).
The home has been rewired, replumbed and insulation added in the walls and ceiling. The floors are sealed with tung oil and are easy to care for. This is an all-electric home, Miele appliances, 1.8kW solar PV. The Thermalux wood stove generates soft radiant heat and also heats the hot water as well as being the best oven you've ever baked in (that's the CWA secret). If you are a baker then the back garden pizza oven is made for you, it's been carefully crafted to hold heat for several days with insulation all around.
The house and garages harvest water to the two tanks storing 220,000L of water. The lawns are watered with underground irrigation lines. The well established orchard requires no water and is abundant in fruits from January to October. The citrus at the front all year around.
This home and location is a lifestyle that is second to none, 10 minutes to Tathra Beach then home to shower off outside. Bega is 10 minutes to anything else that is needed and all without a traffic light to be seen.
Coming home to 511 Wallagoot Lane is truly coming home.
