Australia’s best beach house? Wotif family put cool Straddie copper home on the market

A beach house made of copper and owned by the family behind Wotif.com.au is poised to break records on Stradbroke Island, and it’s not hard to see why.

This property at 9 Yarrong Rd, Point Lookout, is for sale.

A BEACH house made of copper and owned by the family behind Wotif.com.au is poised to break records on Stradbroke Island.

Called the Copper House, the unique property at 9 Yarrong St, Point Lookout, was built 10 years ago for the Brice family, who have now outgrown their beloved holiday home.

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Andrew Brice co-founded the online accommodation website, Wotif.com.au, with Graham Wood. They later sold the company to Expedia.

Could this copper home on Stradbroke Island be Australia’s best beach house?

Mr Brice’s son, Brisbane-based entrepreneur Will Brice, who owns the US and Australian car rental site imoova.com, said his parents bought the prime block of land 15 years ago.

“When mum and dad floated Wotif they decided to build a beach house to share with all four of us kids and it’s been a huge success to date,” Mr Brice said.

“We all love Straddie, but we have simply outgrown the house. We all have four kids each and when we all get together there’s 26 of us in our immediate family.”

Wotif.com co-founder Andrew Brice.

Mr Brice said well-known architect Shaun Lockyer was designing five units on the island for the family to be able to holiday together, but also have their own space.

The Brice family was adamant about using a low maintenance, durable material such as copper because it never rusts.

“We wanted the copper and it’s been great,” Mr Brice said. “For anyone who doesn’t know Straddie, it’s the best surf beach with the clearest water in Australia. It’s so unspoilt and really untouched.”

The house contains a large opening in the roof, below which a pine tree flourishes.

The property was designed by Donovan Hill and won a Master Builders Award after its completion in 2012

Marketing agent Chris Ransley of Ray White North Stradbroke Island said the property boasted incredible ocean views and was designed to optimise cross ventilation and sun shading.

The site contains a number of individually accessible spaces under two rooves that could be used in a number of ways to accommodate guests.

Inside the home at Point Lookout.

“A central landscape, which is largely covered, acts to link the individual buildings, while providing shaded outdoor space to retreat from the beachside sunshine,” Mr Ransley said.

A large spanning portal roof covers the two individual buildings, linked on the upper level by a bridge-like kitchen.

The portal contains a large opening to the sky, below which a new pine tree was planted after construction.

The property is scheduled for auction in late July.

This new tree was trained towards the sunlight, and is already almost taller than the house and will become part of the collection of existing mature pine trees retained on site.

The upper level has polished timber floors and the kitchen is crafted in the “breezeway “ linking the two buildings.

The property goes to auction in late July.

The kitchen is crafted in the “breezeway” that links the two buildings that make up the beach house.

Originally published as Australia’s best beach house? Wotif family put cool Straddie copper home on the market