Home of the Month: Six generations of memories
Banyandah, one of the oldest houses on the Redcliffe Peninsula, is going to auction next month after 99 years in the same family.
The three bedroom home, on Margate Parade, was built in 1927 by Jane Moore’s grandfather and has always been used for family holidays.
It was renovated in 2022 and Jane’s grandchildren are the sixth generation of her family to holiday in its “timeless elegance and unparalleled charm”.
However, due to personal circumstances, Banyandah and its stunning ocean views will go under the hammer on Saturday June 6 at 5pm.
Baylife Real Estate says the light-filled spaces, designer kitchen with stone benchtops and indoor-outdoor flow “create a home made for everyday living and unforgettable moments”.
There are two-and-a-half bathrooms, three car spaces (one garaged), a master suite with ensuite, laundry, ceiling fans, entertainers’ patio, polished timber floors and electric gate.
Banyandah was built before Margate Pde and when those staying at the house could walk out the front yard straight onto the beach.
Jane Moore remembers Margate Pde as a “narrow road along the front” and (around 1961) when Banyandah lost more front yard to make way for sewerage.
At that time the boat house was moved back level with the house, where it remains. Four bathing boxes are also still on the property.
Jane said “Box 1” was a wash house with a copper boiler; “Box 2” a girls’ changing room; “Box 3” boys’ changing and “Box 4” was “always a workshop”.
“It’s sad selling the house one year short of a centenary,” she said, “I loved sitting on the front deck looking across the bay to Moreton Island.
“Even on rough days, I find the sea interesting - and on calm days it’s beautiful! I love walking along the front, on the boardwalk. Just wonderful.
“My brother lives nearby but I don’t know how I’ll feel seeing the house (after it is sold). I hope they don’t pull it down, it’s in such a prominent position.”
Before Jane and her brother started school they would stay at Banyandah - Turrbal for Home By The Sea - from Christmas until Easter.
“Margate was obviously quieter then,” she said, “but the same families tended to go there for holidays each year so we got to know all the other people.
“When I was growing up it (Banyandah) was a high-set Queenslander, not enclosed under the house, but there was one room to the side as my father had a billiard table as a child.”
Jane, who grew up in Newmarket, said: “Everyone has loved going to Margate, even when moving to NSW we still went to Margate for holidays”.
“In fact, every school holidays we went there as my father could commute into the city where he worked.”
Banyandah remained “fairly original until 2017”, when Jane’s father died and left the house to her.
“My husband and I did a fairly big renovation on it in 2022, raising the house a little because it wasn’t quite the legal height to build underneath,” she said.
“But we tried to maintain the character of the house … and I think we’ve done that.”
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