Off-grid Watson property a place to potter about

If there’s one topic that hits the hot buttons, it’s the dream of going “off-grid” and saying goodbye to escalating electricity prices.

There’s an opportunity to live that reality in this character Watson home that’s also the craft studio for the celebrated Tallaganda Pottery.

Homeowner and potter Garry Palecek says he originally rented the home after moving from Braidwood after 18 years.

“I was renting in Watson and looking around for a new place to buy when I realised I was living in it,” he says.

“I put an offer to the owners and here I am.”

Number 9 Rooth Place sits at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac and borders Mount Majura Nature Reserve.

It’s a home packed with charm – and a 3kW photovoltaic system and separate solar hot water heater.

“I get credits instead of electricity bills and they just about pay my annual rates,” Garry says.

The bathrooms and laundry have been renovated and the kitchen updated.

The pottery studio, once a garage, could be used for a a home business or as a self-contained apartment.

WATSON

9 ROOTH PLACE

PRICE GUIDE: $780,000+ EER: 2.0

AGENT: Nic Salter-Harding, LJ Hooker Dickson, 0412 600 085

AUCTION: Saturday, February 18, 10.30am, onsite

INSPECT: Saturday, February 11, 11am-11.30am

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4 bed 1 bath 1 parking