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.

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.

Zac Efron has been a regular visit Down Under. Picture: Instagram

Efron’s development application for the off-grid, zero-waste home has been approved by council. Picture: Supplied

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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