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A house that replaced the last old tramcar-turned-bach that gave Whangateau’s Tramcar Bay its name has won a major building award.
The single-storey waterfront home in Leigh Road was the Auckland/Northland/Coromandel winner in the Registered Master Builders House of the Year 2023 awards last month, winning the Carters New Home $1 million-$1.5 million category.
The three-bedroom, cedar-clad property was built by The House Company, which is based in Silverdale and has a show home on the corner of Woodcocks Road and old SH1 in Warkworth, opposite Mahurangi College.
Clearance of the site and demolition of the old pale pink tramcar caused controversy in late 2019, with some neighbours expressing surprise and dismay that more had not been done to try to save the local landmark, which was in an advanced dilapidated state by then.
The tram was one of three former Auckland tramcars that had been barged to the bay around the late 1950s, where they were used as holiday baches for many years.
