One of Portsea’s closest privately accessible boat sheds to the water has hit the market at Shelley Beach, a tightly held stretch where assets can be held for generations.
One of the closest privately accessible boat sheds to the water anywhere on the Mornington Peninsula has hit the market at Portsea’s tightly held Shelley Beach.
The shed, known as Boatshed Two, sits directly on the water at the western end of Shelley Beach near the Portsea Hotel.
While the price guide is yet to be formally confirmed but is understood to be in excess of $1.1m.
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Buxton Mornington Peninsula auctioneer Clayton Smith said it was the closest privately accessible boat shed on the peninsula.
“Given that these are actually sitting on the water, they’d have to be,” Mr Smith said.
Shelley Beach runs east to west, but decades of sand movement have pushed many sheds further back from the shoreline.
“Over time, as sand has washed down from the Portsea pub area, sheds that were once close to the water are now set much further back,” Mr Smith said.
“What makes this one different is that it’s protected by the point, so the sheds — particularly number one and number two — quite literally sit on the water.”
Boatshed Two sits directly on the water at the western end of Shelley Beach, near the Portsea Hotel, a position agents say is now almost impossible to replicate.
Private ramp access allows owners to launch a dinghy or kayak straight into Port Phillip Bay, a rare feature along the Mornington Peninsula coastline.
That position allows for private ramp access straight into Port Phillip Bay.
Owners can launch a dinghy or kayak directly from the sand and pull it straight back into the shed, a feature rarely found elsewhere on the peninsula.
Mr Smith said while Melbourne’s Dendy St bathing boxes are widely known, Shelley Beach sheds were built for boating, not quick swims.
“These are true boat sheds, not bathing boxes,” he said.
“There’s power, hot water, space to sit and eat, you can spend the entire day there.”
The western, cliff-protected end of Shelley Beach is sheltered from prevailing winds, helping preserve the sheds’ prized waterfront position.
Built in the years following World War II, Shelley Beach boat sheds were designed to house small boats and dinghies rather than for short swims.
The Buxton Mornington Peninsula auctioneer said the beach itself is also more sheltered than other Portsea and Sorrento stretches.
“It can be blowing a gale and you barely notice,” Mr Smith said.
“Ownership is largely held by long-term Portsea locals, many with homes on or near the cliff above the beach, the convenience is a big part of it.
“You’re not carrying everything up and down the cliff every visit.”
Shelley Beach remains one of Portsea’s quieter and more protected stretches of sand, attracting long-term locals rather than day-trip crowds.
Demand has intensified as supply has dried up.
The Shelley Beach shed is expected to be offered via an expressions of interest campaign early next year.
For buyers who miss out, Mr Smith said the wait for another opportunity could be measured in decades.
“Potentially 30 years or more,” he said.
“These are generational assets.”
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