Hempcrete Homestead - Large Group Family-friendly Nature Escape in Castlemaine

Experience the comfort and beauty of an expansive, peaceful hempcrete passive house surrounded by nature, yet only 5 minutes from the thriving creative town of Castlemaine. A family home for all ages, perfect for spending quality time with loved ones.

Situated on a 10 acre property with handcrafted hempcrete walls, gorgeous swimmable dam, abundant wildlife, garden, burgeoning orchard, outdoor fireplace areas, and 50 acres of adjoining forest.

Our home is a large, modern, beautiful, eco-friendly house made of hempcrete and other healthy, natural materials like timber, straw, stone and clay.

Our home has 10 rooms in total, a large commercial sized kitchen, spacious living & dining areas, 2.5 bathrooms with 2 toilets, filtered rainwater, sound-proof walls and black-out blinds.

You will have exclusive access to the whole house during your stay. The house facilities including an open plan living & dining area, and kids play area. The large commercial kitchen has two ovens, induction stove, fridge, freezer, kettle, toaster, rice cooker, stick blender and baking equipment.

Two bathrooms, two toilets and a separated vanity area with double sinks and washing machine means very few bathroom bottlenecks. The indoor bath fits two and has a lovely view. Shampoo, conditioner and body wash is provided.

There are sufficient beds and bedding for a total of 24 people. All rooms are furnished with beds, bed linen, towels and clothes storage. The main living room sofas can also be converted to a bed and stores extra quilts and pillows.

The whole house is wheelchair and pram accessible, suitable for all ages and abilities.

Children and pets are welcome. We have an indoor play area and outdoor swing-set and sandpit. Pets are welcome inside but will need to stay on the floor (not on furniture or beds).

The dam has clean fresh water and is available for swimming, kayaking or fishing. We also have an outdoor fire bath.

There are several fireplaces on the property for outdoor BBQs, one at the front porch outdoor dining area, and one up on the dam wall with a 'lakeside' view. You will need to provide your own firewood.

The house has been built to passive house standards to achieve maximum energy efficiency. It means the house is a comfortable temperature all year round: delightfully cosy in winter and cool in summer. We have a central A/C for heating and cooling, but you'll barely need it.

All natural materials and expansive views give the house a calm, soothing feel. You'll certainly feel like you're on holiday.