535 Birregurra-Deans Marsh Rd, Birregurra, hasn’t been lived in for some years.
The romantic notion of restoring an old country homestead to its former glory has lured dozens of glass half full buyers to Birregurra.
Charles Stewart, Colac agent Daryl Oborne said up to 30 carloads travelled from Melbourne, Geelong and Daylesford for the chance to clap eyes on the dilapidated Daraga.
The historic 12-room weatherboard residence at 535 Birregurra-Deans Marsh Rd, Birregurra, is believed to date back to the late 1800s.
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But it has been neglected in recent times and requires a mammoth renovation after a long period sitting vacant.
Mr Oborne said it was perfectly placed to feature in an episode of the ABC’s Restoration Australia.
“It’s a project for someone. Certainly there are some major works to be done, we are not hiding that fact,” he said.
“It has been vacant for a good while it’s certainly showing evidence of that – there is water damage in some of the rooms – but if someone wants to undertake a project they would finish up with something fairly special.
“It would come up absolutely spectacular.”
The scenic rural setting isn’t far from Birregurra’s framed Brae restaurant.
Views back towards the Otways await the new owners.
He said most people were “trying to get their head around” how to get to eventually living in the house, which forms part of a 17ha grazing property.
The scenic view towards the foothills of the nearby Otways is a big drawcard of the location, five minutes from Birregurra and close to the town’s famed dining destination Brae.
Some restumping has already been carried out at the homestead, which retains high ceilings, lath and plaster walls and an underground cellar.
This old photo shows the homestead in the early days.
Part of the wraparound veranda, seen in an original photo that shows the house behind a picket fence and cottage garden, still remains.
Newspaper clippings reveal the Armytage family farmed the land in the early 1900s before it was sold off in about 1920 before changing hands again in the 1950s.
Mr Oborne is quoting $1m-plus for property.
Expressions of interest close at 1pm on September 20.
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