Handcrafted Otways ‘shed’ listed for $985k can’t be legally lived in

255 Upper Gellibrand Rd, Barramunga is on the market for $985,000. A remarkable Otways hideaway crafted from timber milled on site over three painstaking years is straight out of a storybook, but there’s just one catch – you can’t live in it. Despite its homely appearance, the double-storey building is classified as an agricultural Class 10A building. In other words, a shed. RELATED: Global beer boss lists $3.2m Surf Coast home Historic Great Ocean Road farm listed for $9m Dream backyard draws families in Manifold Heights How’s the serenity? Richardson, Colac listing agent Jake Theodore said while 255 Upper Gellibrand Rd, Barramunga, would make a great bush block getaway, living there permanently was not currently permitted. However, that has not stopped several people inquiring on the picturesque 31ha property just down the road from popular Otways attraction Stevensons Falls. “He got a permit to build a structure, which is the law, and the whole thing is ticked off but to live out there is another story,” he said. “Obviously there are people out there that are happy just to go out there for weekenders. It’s got a full septic system, a full kitchen, a toilet so it is definitely fu...