Tweed Shire Council approves Zac Efron’s building plans for northern NSW property
Hollywood superstar Zac Efron could be making his regular visits to Australia more permanent, after his $2.685m plans for a home in northern NSW were approved.
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A development application for “the most sustainable home in the world” has been approved by Tweed Shire for the northern NSW property owned by Hollywood A-lister Zac Efron.
The proposal for the zero-waste, off-grid home at Tomewin comes with a $2.685m cost to build, overseen by Melbourne-based environmental activist Joost Bakke.
The application, lodged in August, refers to the dwelling as Futurecave — a six-bedroom, two-storey house in a series of pods designed by architect Frank Burridge.
The pods, to be made off-site with hemp board building panels, will feature a green roof to retain water as a wicking bed for plants.
The documents submitted call it a “carbon-sequestering, habitat-creating home”.
The Iron Claw star bought the 128ha block for $2m in 2020, having spent much of the pandemic lockdowns in nearby Byron Bay, where he briefly found an Aussie love while renting a luxury home on Wategos Beach.
He last returned to Australia two years ago for the Melbourne filming of the recently released comedy Ricky Stanicky.
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