We have carefully modified this 1960s project home into a near complete cosy hideaway. Superbly located on the ridge of Bundeena along the edge of the Royal National Park, it has panoramic views eastwards over the park to the ocean. Seating nooks and bay windows enable visitors to inhabit the house in different ways at different times of the day, with the expansive bush and ocean views and bird song as a perennial visual and aural setting. Kitchen, bathrooms and bedrooms are all recently rejuvenated. From our back gate you can walk southwards to the Coastal Walking Track or northwards to Jibbon Beach, through the wonderful Angophora forest in just 12 minutes. It is a very relaxing place to hangout.

It is like a front row seat at the theatre of the national park, where the main actors are the birds.

One long living, dining and kitchen room extends along and overlooks the bush garden and national park edge. 2 bathrooms and 3 bedrooms (with views to the courtyard and front garden) sit behind. Built-in window seats provide plenty of cosy nooks for sitting, reading and relaxing.

A courtyard and garden on the street side has a small bbq. We often cook with hardwood offcuts. A thicket of street trees and a period piece breeze block wall ensure complete privacy. Both the front and back yard have been largely rebuilt and replanted with endemic native species that also screen neighbours on either side. Concrete, cut and sourced from the old house has been recycled into paving, garden and retaining walls. The birds are starting to graze through the garden on a daily basis.