A Gippsland artist says he couldn't believe when he saw a home that had intrigued him since childhood hit the market. He bought it the day after a quick viewing and hasn't looked back.
As a boy, Maffra artist Ken Roberts was always fascinated by a futuristic looking house that was perched on a hill in the posh end of town."Somebody referred to it as the Thunderbirds House, as it was extremely modern, open, with wide windows," Mr Roberts said.
"Nothing had changed from when the owner builder built the house, so it was a real time capsule of that era," he said. They were processed through the Bonegilla migrant camp to eventually work as labourers at the Nestle factory in Maffra. "A lot of people, especially around Maffra, know if they live in a Lemchens and Skulte house. They were extremely well built," he said.Standard three-bedroom, Hills Hoist, quarter-acre block, box homes were re-imagined with more light-filled, open floor plan designs, supported by post and beam structures that allowed for window walls of glass that allowed the "outside to come in".
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