Pretty in pink miner's cottage on rugged Tassie coastline for $495K, which makes its owners $44k a year
A pretty in pink heritage-listed miner’s cottage on Tasmania’s famed rugged west coast is on the market after an epic transformation and attracting offers above $495,000.
The once-rundown property at 81 Lettes Bay Road, Strahan, was bought by its current vendors in 2020 and has been restored into a pastel-pink short-stay haven that nets up to $44,000 a year.
The vendors, creative director and author Claire Lloyd and artist Matthew Usmar Lauder, have meticulously restored the heritage-listed cottage to its former glory and named it Rosy Summers, a nod to its rose-tinted facade.
The couple replaced tired ad-hoc patchwork additions from years gone by with sleek whitewashed timber interiors that breathe new life into the historic property.
The property is one of 20 heritage-listed miner’s cottages that run along Lettes Bay Road, says listing agent Georgie Rayner of The Agency Hobart.
“The vendors bought it as a rundown shack, and what they’ve done to it is just magic; it’s like you walk into another world and all the pressures of the world just come off your shoulders,” Rayner says.
Llyod has worked extensively in interiors, for magazines likeThe World of Interiors and Vogue Australia, and wasted no time enhancing the humble shack with her soft flourishes.
Stripping the shack back to its core, she and Lauder transformed the space with a floor-to-ceiling whitewashed palette to enhance the space’s dimensions.
A new kitchen and bathroom were added next, before the couple layered the property with furniture, homewares and artworks they sourced specifically for the project or collected on their travels – and a few things they even made themselves.
“They’ve done all the hard work,” Rayner says. “They’ve painted, redone floorboards, insulated the property, fitted out the kitchen, added heating, and [renovated the] bathroom with a beautiful claw-foot tub.
The vendors hope to sell the property fully furnished to a buyer who will keep Rosy Summers’ vision burning bright and attract more visitors to Tasmania’s west coast.
“Their preference is to sell as a walk-in, walk-out, or fully furnished and styled as is, excluding a few personal items that they’ve collected from around the world over the years,” Rayner says.
The cottage is located in Lettes Bay’s historic shack community, a four-and-a-half-hour drive from Hobart, and a five-minute drive from the local township.
The town has a population of 697 people, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ 2021 census.
Rayner says the location is the ultimate place to log off for the weekend, and the area is a popular pitstop for those exploring the west coast and heading into the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area on Gordon River Cruise boats, which depart from Strahan.
“Gordon River Cruises is a huge drawcard to the west coast and so a lot of people come for the weekend to experience that rugged west coast experience,” Rayner says.
The vendors are also selling a second miner’s cottage at 61 Lettes Bay Road, Strahan. The waterfront one-bedroom property is similarly priced at $495,000 and also operates as a short-stay accommodation.
“This one is more intimate and the interiors are moodier,” Rayner says. “It’s absolute waterfront and you’re just mesmerised by the water when you’re there.”
The properties at 61 and 81 Lettes Bay Road, Strahan, are listed separately, and inspections are available via appointment only.
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