A Cooma home etched with history hits the market

When you set eyes on 130 Carlaminda Road, Cooma, you get a sense that this is a home that is etched with history.

The heritage-listed, five-bedroom property, affectionately known as The Willows, has been part of the Cooma community since it was built in 1890. 

Walking through the stained-glass door, you are greeted by a grand hallway with soaring cedar panel ceilings and architraves.

Down the corridor, the bedrooms reflect the home’s origins with sash windows, french doors, original feature fireplaces with beautifully crafted mantles and pendant lights.

“This is a home that Cooma residents have come to know and recognise … when you mention The Willows, they know where it is, they know people who’ve lived there or heard stories from there,” says selling agent Rowan Nickson of Henley Property.

“In fact, the original owners were one of the first families to live in Cooma – the Hains family.”

In 1860, the Hains family built a small general store called Hain & Co. on what is now known as Sharp Street. It was the oldest and largest general store in Cooma in the 1860s, according to records.

“It’s a family name synonymous with Cooma’s history, a name that a lot of people know,” Nickson says.

Since the Hains family, it’s unsure how many hands the home has passed through, Nickson says, but the current sellers purchased The Willows more than 20 years ago.

“The current owners wanted to merge the old with the new,” he says. “They retained many of the home’s original features but also wanted to renovate the kitchen and even bathrooms.”

The open-plan kitchen boasts a large island benchtop perfect for the grazing platter of your dreams and, if storage is a concern, this home has it in spades.

Stepping off the kitchen and family rooms, a living room has been converted into a billiards room with a fireplace for those who like to entertain. 

For those who prefer outdoor entertaining, there’s a courtyard that leads out onto the 2.79-hectare yard.

Other features of the home include a fenced paddock, a shearing, milk and meat shed, a toilet block and a chicken coop.

“The sellers have really made this their home and have enjoyed every inch of it,” Nickson says.

“But it’s time for them to downsize and let a new family call it theirs.”

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Price guide: $1.2 million

Auction: 4pm, April 14

Agent: Henley Property, Rowan Nickson 0424 349 149