Inside the Queensland estate with a pool that costs less to run than an average home

8/71 Mcnamara Road, Rocksberg is on the market. Acreage living has a reputation for eye-watering bills – but this property with a heated pool and spa is defying expectations with no water costs and power bills 20 per cent below average. And the Queensland property has no shortage of features with a heated pool, spa, large home and three-phase powered shed. Look into the property. Check out that view! The owners of 8/71 McNamara Road, Rocksberg, in the Moreton Bay region, have averaged about $400 a quarter in electricity costs, or roughly $31 a week, despite running a four bedroom acreage home, automated freshwater pool and spa, and extensive infrastructure. That’s around 19.5 per cent below the $1,988 annual reference electricity bill for a typical southeast Queensland household. MORE NEWS: ‘Time portal’: Landmark cottage listed with modern home Revealed: Wellness hub is nine times the size of average house How new apartments offer house-size living 8/71 Mcnamara Road, Rocksberg. Place Caboolture director and marketing agent Melissa Brooker said the figures challenged the assumption that acreage living had to come with huge ongoing bills. “Buyers love the idea of acreage, but the c...