Historic Ceres cottage with quirky bedroom layout secures sale

The three-bedroom home at 5-7 McCann St, Ceres, sold for $1.45m. A renovated historic sandstone workers cottage proved a tough nut to crack at Ceres, spending 11 months on the market before finding a buyer. Images of the 1852 cottage in the village near Geelong clearly caught the attention of potential buyers for the three-bedroom home at 5-7 McCann St, which sold for $1.45m, Stockdale & Leggo South Barwon agent Rod van der Chys said. But after a closer look at the accommodation, they either realised it was too a challenging a prospect particularly for families, or they needed to sell their own property if they were going to act. RELATED: Single mums outsmart housing crisis to create home dream The big prices an extra bedroom will cost in Geelong Resort-style home beats critics in landmark sale The property is close to Ceres’ recreation reserve. “The anomaly we had there was the location and the land were just spectacular, so everybody, 100 per cent fell in love with that,” Mr van der Chys said. “But the practicalities of the accommodation were quite unique – the third bedroom was essentially the studio apartment above the garage. “So it was very much a very small family or a c...