Bannockburn couple transforms $10k Gumtree find into dream home

180 Burnside Rd, Bannockburn, is on the market for $949,000-$999,000.

A Bannockburn couple who paid $10,000 for a renovator’s delight on Gumtree is selling up after relocating the Edwardian beauty from Ararat and restoring it to its former glory.

Vendor Stacey Binnie took a gamble on the 1928 weatherboard home, paying another $60,000 to move it to her family’s acreage property.

She admits to a few nervous moments as it made the journey to Geelong on the back of two trucks almost 10 years ago.

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The original windows are one of the vendor’s favourite features.

Geelong Real Estate Co. Michaela Miller is the selling agent of the property.

Baltic pine floorboards feature throughout.

“It was exciting to get the ball rolling but it was also scary because it was the middle of winter and the trucks were getting bogged,” she said.

“Luckily they knew someone in the area and we ended up with a massive John Deere tractor pulling the trucks with the house.”

Only one window was a casualty of the move, though the double fireplace, being brick, sadly had to be left behind.

There was no plaster on the walls, just internal framing, so the pair had its work cut out with just 12 months to get a certificate of occupancy while living in a shed.

But restoring the home in authentic fashion was a passion project for the vendors, who have a soft spot for vintage homes and cars.

Tractors were called in when trucks transporting the house got bogged on site.

Getting to this point cost the vendors $70,000.

Now the front veranda offers great views of the established grounds.

The completed three-bedroom house is now the centrepiece of their 8015sq m lifestyle property at 180 Burnside Rd, Bannockburn.

“We have replaced the roof so I would say that 90 per cent of it is original to the home. So all the doors hardware, the doors, the hand-blown glass windows, the leadlighting, the Baltic pine floors are all original,” Ms Binnie said.

“She was a diamond in the rough and now she’s a bright and shiny diamond.

“It feels like home and if could take it with us we would, but we’re moving to Tasmania.”

She said the property, which includes a large multi-car garage, bike jumps, fruit trees, a chicken coop and a fire pit area, had been a fabulous place to raise a family.

Geelong Real Estate Co agent Michaela Miller is handling the sale and has set a $949,000 to $999,000 price guide.

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