The affordable seaside fisherman's shack where time stands still

For a quarter of the Aussie median house price is a special fisherman’s shack steeped in charm and history.

One in a cluster of quaint waterfront cottages, 69 Lettes Bay Road, Strahan, in Tasmania, has been a beloved holiday let that offers peace and quiet.

The mortgage will be delightful, too – the seaside escape, built in 1959, has a price guide of offers over $250,000. The median house price nationally is $1,072,480, according to Domain.

SOLD - $210,000

69 Lettes Bay Road, Strahan TAS 7468

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Sensitively renovated cottages in Lettes Bay are some of Tassie’s most sought-after holiday accommodation.

One lovely example, named Captains Rest, has more than 67,000 followers on Instagram and has been celebrated in many international publications including British Vogue, Country Style, Real Living, Home Beautiful, Good Weekend Magazine, Condè Nast Traveler, Vanity Fair and Qantas magazine.

The listing for 69 Lettes Bay Road includes two buildings – one is an open-plan living, dining, kitchen and sleeping space and the other has a bedroom and bathroom,

Romance and history abound, overlooking a jetty and Tassie’s natural wonders.

“Lettes Bay is a diverse collection of rustic shacks that is an important part of Strahan’s history. The earliest ‘shack’ is thought to have been constructed around 1890, the majority between the early 1920’s and late 1950’s,” the listing explains.

“Lettes Bay was thus created … most ‘shacks’ have and continue to be, modified.”

The property is described as “peaceful, beautiful and simply winding back time,” in the listing handled by Roberts Real Estate Burnie and agent Wendy van Balen.

The median house price in Hobart is $717,004, Domain’s September 2023 House Price Report shows.