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Burleigh Fishmongers homeowners Lee and Geoff Smith are retiring and promoting their Tallebudgera Valley house.
After almost 30 years cooking up the catch of the day for loyal locals and hungry holidaymakers, Burleigh Fishmongers homeowners Lee and Geoff Smith have honed the artwork of the right fish and chips.
“It’s the fundamentals,” Lee stated.
“You utilize incredible oil and you’ve got system in place, in order that the product comes out precisely the identical each time.”
The couple has used this straightforward technique to construct a profitable enterprise with an annual turnover of greater than $2 million, holding its personal as a Gold Coast establishment whereas Burleigh Heads developed into the cosmopolitan eating hub of as we speak.
The store has traded since 1948
“My husband and I travelled to England as soon as and we noticed a fish and chips store that had been there for 400 years. We thought, wow. How great would that be if this might at all times be ours,” Lee stated.
Lee and Geoff had surf put on and denims shops in South Australia earlier than transferring to Queensland within the early Nineteen Nineties, after they took over the lease for the fish store which had already been in enterprise since 1948.
In 1998, they purchased the constructing, named Hardy Place and comprising 5 strata-titled models, and expanded the store to incorporate a eating space.
The Smith’s home at Tallebudgera Valley is on the market
Now aged of their early 70s, the couple are hanging up their aprons and passing on the household enterprise to their eldest son, Jason Smith, 53.
“As you become old you realise you must step again and let the brand new era come by, however you hope the delight in retaining Burleigh Heads a spot folks nonetheless love will keep,” Lee stated.
“Time forces change. It’s like a tide you may by no means cease. Just like the tide coming in, you may by no means cease occasions altering.”
However at Fishmongers, the catch of the day is in good palms, with Jason and his twin brothers, Jamie and Sam, 50, already having clocked up a few years working within the James St store.
Jamie went on to promote surfboards, whereas Sam runs The Fruit Store juice bar subsequent door.
Chalet-style structure and loads of character
The property is right for horse lovers
Lee and Geoff are promoting their acreage property in semi-rural Tallebudgera Valley, to spend their golden years in a villa by the Tweed River.
Their house of greater than 20 years on Tallebudgera Creek Rd is listed with Black and Younger and PRD Actual Property, with gives of greater than $2.6m sought.
Generally known as Twin Ponds, it’s set over 1.6ha of lush grounds with a grass spherical yard, fenced paddocks and stables – Lee loves her ponies – in addition to an orchard, veggie patch and two spring-fed dams.
The four-bedroom, two-bathroom chalet-style house is wealthy with heat and attraction, that includes excessive raked ceilings, uncovered rafters and brickwork and timber flooring.
The country-style kitchen has a butler’s pantry
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There’s a proper lounge and eating zone in addition to a sunken lounge with gallery home windows capturing breathtaking valley views, and a contemporary country-style kitchen with a butler’s pantry.
A separate two-bedroom, one-bathroom cottage gives lodging for prolonged household and guests.
Lee stated the hinterland haven offered welcome respite on the finish of a protracted working day.
“It’s only a most stunning property. It solely takes me 5 minutes to get again from Burleigh, the place you might be so busy speaking to folks and everybody on the street is aware of you.
“It’s incredible, however you realise whenever you come house you want that peace.
Hinterland haven however nonetheless near Burleigh
“I’ve counted 35 completely different species of native birds and we’ve got koalas right here too. This will probably be a stunning household house for somebody.”
The Smiths are able to downsize to a quieter tempo of life, however they received’t be giving up on one in all life’s easy pleasures, which has additionally allowed them to construct a affluent life for his or her household by the years.
“We’ll be fishing each day,” Lee stated.
