Buying this sprawling acreage midway between the Gold Coast and Byron Bay marked a homecoming for house owners Lisa Wickbold and Paul Piticco.
Because the director of Secret Sounds, Dew Course of, Reside Nation Australasia and DAP & Co, Paul’s profession within the music trade has taken the couple everywhere in the world — having managed legendary band Powderfinger and promoted festivals like Splendour within the Grass.
In actual fact, it was proper after the launch of Splendour once they discovered themselves falling in love with the unbridled fantastic thing about the Northern Rivers.
‘After dwelling in metropolis after metropolis and touring continually, placing down roots was actually necessary to us. We needed to gradual issues down, breathe contemporary air and settle in a neighborhood that was welcoming and nice for mentioning children,’ Paul says.
‘We bought the spectacular 98-acre property in 2003 and spent the following a number of years planning and constructing our dream house while dwelling in Los Angeles.’
Subdivided from a good bigger parcel of land as soon as zoned for an eco-tourism enterprise — which by no means got here to go — the Mount Warning block is surrounded by unspoilt rainforest, nestled beside Tweed River frontage.
‘Being so near the issues we would have liked (airports, colleges, city), however having the ability to fully retreat and dwell adjoining to Wollumbin (a World Heritage Listed Nationwide Park) and all that that provided was a no brainer.’
They constructed the property from the bottom up, working with Kylie Forbes of Blueprint Architects and Ron Sutton Builders, earlier than shifting in round 2008.
‘It was impressed by our love of mid-century Los Angeles structure, notably Richard Neutra, and the connection of the home to the land. We needed to really feel such as you had been a part of the mountain, open to the sky,’ Lisa says.
Now generally known as Tallowwood, the six-bedroom residence is unfold throughout two ranges. The closest neighbour is a few kilometre away, making it the proper place to take pleasure in solitude or entertain 150 folks — one thing the household has accomplished usually over time!
‘We added a pool home to accommodate our late night time music and cocktail making classes, and a health club and sauna to counteract the late nights,’ Lisa says.
‘The social gathering space of the pool home means children can sleep when adults keep up late, and the other. Because the youngsters develop, they will make all of the noise they need and we might sleep straightforward.’
Whereas the unique earthy materials palette of timber, glass, and concrete has superbly ‘stood the check of time’, the hanging kitchen and elevated lounge had been each lately renovated by Darren James Interiors and Wayne John Constructions.
Each window appears out to the panorama, framing mountain views or the luxurious environment shared with native koalas, wallabies, birdlife and platypus within the river!
After 20 years of constructing recollections within the house, the couple have listed the Mount Warning property on the market with the intention to downsize. However they gained’t be going far, noting the area is an ‘unbeatable place to dwell’.
147 Mount Warning Street, Mount Warning NSW 2484 is listed for personal sale with Denzil Lloyd from Sotheby’s Worldwide Realty Byron Bay. Expressions of curiosity shut October 16.
