Old hotel transformed into flash new apartment building

A rundown motel north of Brisbane has been transformed into a flash new apartment building complete with electric car chargers and home automation system. Here’s a first look inside the rooms.

Dining room at Bathers Beachside, Margate.

A rundown motel has been transformed into a flash new apartment building complete with electric car chargers and home automation system.

The site at Margate, north of Brisbane, was home to the old Waltzing Matilda Motel.

Traders in Purple have transformed it into Bathers Beachside apartments.

The former Waltzing Matilda Hotel. Picture: Chris Higgins

There are 24 rooms in the building, just down the road from The Sebel Brisbane Margate Beach development also completed by Traders in Purple.

Bathers Beachside at Margate Beach.

All apartments are three bedrooms, with two bathrooms and secure car spaces, an outdoor entertaining area, and plenty of storage.

Traders in Purple have tried to future proof the building with each apartment receiving an electric car charger and Control 4 Home Automation System.

Apartments start at $926,000.

The bedroom in the new Bathers Beachside unit complex at Margate by Traders in Purple.

Outdoor area at the new Bathers Beachside at Margate by Traders in Purple

Traders in Purple sales manager Chris King said there had been a lot of interest so far.

“We’re very pleased with the sales response over the past six months for Bathers Beachside and now that potential buyers can come in and view a finished apartment and see first-hand the level of finishes and quality construction delivered at Bathers Beachside, we are confident that we will finalise a number of contracts in the coming weeks,” Mr King said.

The units are expected to be completed by April.

A kitchen in the Bathers Beachside apartments at Margate.

Traders in Purple have several other developments pending on the Peninsula including projects at Landsborough Ave and Woody Point.