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The focal point of this home is a 130 year old tuckeroo. It has a strong presence on the site and creates a ‘room’ of sorts which the home relates with closely. The tuckeroo marks the centreline of the living room. The rest of the home works off to its sides. To the east, tucked in to the dune, is the sleeping retreat that looks onto a group of triplenervus.  To the west is the visitors area, a place to sleep with a bathroom. A home office sits above along the side a mezzanine ‘sleepout’. The deck is placed under the canopy of the tuckeroo  to the north of the living room.

The living room’s northern wall of timber framed glass doors slide completely open. The line between inside and out is blurred, rooms feed onto each other. The dining area is a two-storey height space, quite a grand scale. The lounge area on the other hand is more intimate. It is tucked away under the mezzanine ‘sleepout’ and creates a place where you can curl up and look out.

The sleeping area is tucked into the dune. Rather than create a walled separation between the bathing area and the bed, the room acts as one. This allows the bath, shower and washbasin to access the views of the dune and its vegetation. A lap pool is located on the southern side of the home and forms part of the ‘back from the beach’ areas like clothes line, laundry, and outdoor shower.

The home was built by the Ron Sutton Building Company.

Photographs by Richard Stringer.