A 1928 milk factory that has been transformed into a stunning warehouse-style family home is back on the market after a three-year renovation.
A butter factory operated on the site from 1887 before the formation of the Jamberoo Co-operative Dairy Company in 1908.
The heritage-listed factory was built on the site in 1928 and at its peak in the 1950s the co-op produced 31 million gallons of milk.
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There’s a metal cow doorbell at the house.
The co-op, which changed names and hands several times, once supplied Peter’s Ice-Cream but ceased operations in the 1980s.
Currently, an on-site office is leased to a milk processing company and tankers transporting milk use the site.
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The factory’s original power board can’t be moved from the site.
The three bedroom, three bathroom home with large open-plan living spaces makes the most of the building’s industrial heritage.
The house includes original features from the factory such as the power board in what is now the garage, the belts from the processing machinery which hang from the ceiling in the kitchen and iron steps stamped with the co-op’s name.
The 2752sqm block includes another self-contained three-bedroom apartment as well as an artist’s studio.
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Owners Martin and Christina purchased the property in 2011 after the initial 13-year renovation was done to create the family home.
The kitchen includes machinery belts from the factory.
Martin, who works in the building industry, says he’s a bit of a Grand Designs junkie and he relished the opportunity to put his own stamp on the place,
“I love quirky things. Both my wife and myself fell in love with it the minute we saw it and we’ve been working on it ever since,” he says.
The open-plan living areas are large.
Their three-year labour of love has included re-painting the exterior which took them eight weeks.
The couple is now selling the home as they want to downsize and retire.
“It’s a great luxury and we love it. At the end of the day we don’t need a 1000sqm-home. It’s a lot to look after when you get on later in life. I wish I’d discovered it 10 years earlier,” he says.
Martin says he thinks the next buyer is unlikely to be a young family, but the place could be used as a business.
“There are just so many possibilities. It’s something you could do something commercially with – it’d make a great wedding venue, it’d be a good B&B, a boutique hotel. There’s 101 different things you could do with it.
“It’s probably not the sort of thing your traditional young family would move into – you’ve got to be passionate about historical things and like that real industrial sort of look,” he says.
The original factory steps have also been retained.
The property is currently on the market for expressions of interest.