Perth, WA, Australia

We have a color; a cool light blue as can be seen in this photo from an IG story posted by owner @futuro_perth 070322 (as always thanks for documenting and sharing your «Futuro journey» — we really appreciate it). And then in another IG story posted 071722 we see these two shots showing the upper half of the Futuro partially assembled into two sections. She seems to be coming along well and we cannot wait to see how she turns out in the future when the work is complete.

It is always great to see updates on Futuro projects and here we have a couple of photos of the progress with this one from @futuro_perth (thanks for sharing your progress).

The first photo is accompanied by this comment:

«Progress has been made on the flooring and surface repair. Next will be deciding on the colour.»

We await the choice of color with baited breath!

And then with the second of the two photos we learn that:

«The entrance is starting to take shape with the steel frame and ret

It seems that restoration work on this Futuro is well underway based on some recent Instagram posts by @futuro_perth.

In one recent post we learn that «America’s Cup yacht designer Phil Kaiko is turning his hand to the restoration of the Futuro Perth» and in another we are told that «restoration is underway, starting with repairing the fiberglass shell and now moving to the interior».

The second of those posts was accompanied by the photo below which shows newly constructed ribs to support the

In recent correspondence with the owner of this Futuro we learned that that this was actually the Futuro we had listed separately as being located in Cheltenham, VIC.

Clearly that meant we had the same Futuro listed twice as being «current» but we have now been able to correct that error and reclassify Cheltenham as a «previous location». Unfortunately that also meant reducing our count of remaining Futuros by one, never a great thing to have to do, but we strive for accuracy and try to correct

Per previous discussions with owner Kyle we knew there were plans to restore this unit but until recently we were unaware of any progress or if work had even started but that changed recently with a post to Instagram.

Kyle shared the photos below to his Instagram feed, @kjohnj, 082821 along with the comment «This little gem is well on the road to recovery». The original photos can be found on Instagram here.

It is certainly great to see work moving forward on another Futuro; as far as we are c

Phil Monger recently sent us a link to an interesting little radio snippet that was broadcast by ABC under the title «Do you have a memory of the Futuro flying saucer in Perth?» Thanks Phil!

Though the piece starts out talking about the Futuro that spent time in various locations around Perth and is now located in High Wycombe the discussion actually led to a short interview with Kyle, the owner of this Futuro.

Kyle recounts a little of the history of this unit and how he came to own it and te

On 060320 we added an update to the High Wycombe page based on a comment on a Reddit post titled «I miss the Futuro House that used to be on the corner of Leach and Karel.»

The comment suggested that the High Wycombe unit had been relocated to 28 Sparks Rd, Henderson WA 6166 and it included satellite imagery of what appeared to be a Futuro. At the time we had our doubts about it being the High Wycombe Futuro (available satellite imagery indicated that would mean the unit had been in two places

As a result of an email from Martin Williams and a little research that followed it has become clear that the conclusion we reached regarding the photo of «The Otway Futuro» in the 021314 update to this page, specifically that it and this Futuro were one and the same, was in error and there were Futuros at both Lorne and Otway with the latter specifically being at the Sokil Art Eco Retreat. More information can be found in the Sokil Art Eco Retreat section on the «Lost Souls» page.

The Gumtree.com.au listing has ended and the site now reports the listing as «sold» and in a post to her Facebook Group owner Mara Szoeke indicates the Futuro’s destination is Perth, Australia.

If you are interested in purchasing this Futuro you will need to get your bid in very soon. The Gumtree.com.au listing has been updated to include both a «starting price» of $20,000 and an «end date» with the highest bid above the starting price registered by 5:00 PM Sunday March 6th being accepted.

Owner Mara Szoeke has also created a Facebook Group which offers an alternative way to place a bid along with the opportunity to keep up with the story. Mara also added some great photos to that pag

It seems the late 2015 auction did not result in the sale of this Futuro as it was listed for sale on Gumtree.com.au on 021816. The listing does not include a price; it simply indicates that price is «negotiable».

As always when we write about a Futuro for sale we wish we could be the one to purchase but that is not going to happen so we will content ourselves with the hope that whoever ends up purchasing this unit will do so with the intent to restore and preserve it.

In a 101315 post to her Facebook page owner Mara Szoeke provided further details regarding the sale of her Futuro.

The unit is for sale by online auction with a starting price of $50,000. Mara can be contacted at maraszoeke@gmail.com for more information and to register bids.

Bidding will conclude 103015 and the unit must be picked up by 112015. The unit requires a new support structure and floor and it has no interior fittings; it is a disassembled shell only (see photos below).

In a 100815 post to the Modernist Australia Facebook page Mara Szoeke, owner of this Futuro indicated that the unit would shortly be put up for auction. Mara added that the unit was already disassembled and ready to be moved and that the auction starting price would be $50K. More information will be posted here as and when it becomes available. If you are looking to purchase a Futuro keep an eye out for updates or sign up for our mailing list to automatically receive any info as soon as we have

We received an email this week from Craig Barnes (futurohouse.co.uk), owner of the UK Futuro which included the series of photos shown below. The photos were taken by noted drummer, record producer and songwriter Jack Baker while on tour playing drums for Bonobo. They were playing at the Falls Music & Arts Festival, an annual event that runs at multiple sites; at the Lorne venue the festival ran 122813 through 010114.

Craig tells us that the Futuro

«… was used as the backstage dressing room

(050518 | see here for later updated information)

On 021114 in a Facebook post on the Futuro House Facebook page a photo was posted under the title «The Otway Futuro» — the photograph can be seen below.

Our immediate reaction was «cool, the other Scoresby Futuro» and off we went to Google Earth as we normally do with a possible «re-discovered» Futuro to see if we could pin down the location. Searching for Otway however did not bring up any cities, towns or villages which seemed odd. It seems t

We have heard that this Futuro is no longer on the market. Mara has found suitable storage for the unit and plans on restoring it herself over the next several years. We wish Mara great success with the restoration.

There were a pair of Futuro’s located at 1280 Ferntree Gully Rd, Scoresby VIC 3179, Australia until 2004. In this video, «Mara’s Caribbean UFO Abduction», posted to Youtube by Russell White we see footage of the disassembly of one of the units following its sale in 2004. In a note accompanying the video posting Russell indicates that the Futuro was being disassembled:

«ahead of its move to the Victorian, Aireys Inlet hinterland for use as a flop house for surfies and their fellow travelers.»

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