History

A short "history" of Fairhurst

The house was originally built in 1975, but was substantially enlarged and renovated in 1991, with numerous additional improvements since then. (There are approved plans for all additions - copies available!)

The property was purchased by Dr Tony Heher and his wife Jenny from the Abrahams family who emigrated to Canada in 2000 when. It was the intention that it would be a "property for life" where we could retire as moving into a retirement home was not an option for us as we had a handicapped child, Ralph, who would always be coming home for holidays etc.

In 2011, realizing that the main house would be too big for us when we got older, we built the cottage as a retirement home for us, renting it out in the meantime until we were ready to move. Building for ourselves, I applied all that I had learned about "green design" while living in California (and learnt since) and designed a low energy off-grid house. We were really looking forward to moving in when the time came.

However, my wife's health deteriorated and in 2016, realizing she needed virtually full time nursing care, we added the loft for an additional live-in care giver. The loft was also built with the same green, low energy design, However, in 2017, my wife passed away leaving me in sole occupation of the big house, apart from my son, Ralph, who only visited occasionally. Following the death of Ralph in 2020 in the Covid pandemic, and my re-marriage in 2021 and the purchase of a unit in a retirement village, the house is not needed at all and will be rented long term - or sold.