14 Thompson Esp RUSSELL ISLAND QLD 4184
OPEN TO OFFERS

DESCRIPTION

Always wanted to own your own Tree House?

This unique property is nestled amongst the trees and is looking for that nature loving person to become the next lucky owner. The house is energy conscious and is a perfect island home. Sit back on your front veranda listening to the local wildlife who have made the Cyprus pines their home, while watching out over the water and listening to the water at your door step. You cannot get a more peaceful lifestyle than this!

This house was built to use the weather to cool and heat the interior, saving you money and having lower impact on the environment. Eaves extending further to provide more shade from the summer sun and insulation in the roof and walls to keep you cosy in the winter. The floor was built using material that stores heat, and floor tiles that absorb the suns winter warmth, so you can throw away your slippers.

Most of the lighting is indirect lighting from energy-saving fluorescent tubes with alternative spotlights recessed in the ceiling to provide light for work areas, dining table and lounge area.

The local shire demands town water intake to all premises for health reasons, but encourages rainwater collection for garden irrigation and toilet flushing. It further demands "in ground trench disposal of treated effluent" on the Morton Bay Islands, which are not sewered. The water cycle was designed to meet those demands and at the same time to maximize use of collected rainwater and the reuse of treated effluent.

Even though you will be living amongst the trees, you wont have to worry about your gutters. "Smart-flow” gutters were installed to divert most of the leaf litter over the edges, and a generous 500 litre in ground first-flow diverter directs dirt and bird deposits from the 140m² roof to in-ground trickle irrigation of native lillipilly trees, planted as a privacy screen on the lower border of the lot. When the first flow diverter is full, water starts to enter the rainwater tank through a membrane filter. Town water is then used to top up your water tank when it is low.

All effluent from the house goes to an on site biological treatment system, which more than meets council requirements for effluent treatment. The treated water is then distributed through in-ground trenches throughout the lot to keep your gardens lush.

You will not be disappointed with the serenity!
To view this award winning home, please contact Greg on Reveal Phone