Country House Hunters Australia Season 7 Episode 4

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00:00From its barren beauty to lush landscapes.

00:07The Australian countryside is as beautiful as it is breathtaking.

00:14Many Australians are discovering rural life and making the move.

00:20So I'm on the hunt to help everyday Australians find their perfect country house.

00:30Welcome to the sweet little town of Rosedale.

00:34This is my first time here and I already think the name alone makes it sound just beautiful.

00:40There's a population of just over 1700 and most people pass through Rosedale making their way to the snow fields, the beaches.

00:48But the locals will tell you they absolutely love the community of Rosedale.

00:53Today's buyer, you are going to love her.

00:55She's downsizing and I think we're going to find her something that she will absolutely fall in love with.

01:01Oh, there is one stipulation.

01:03The home must have a shed.

01:06I can do that.

01:07Let's go meet Marian.

01:13Hello there, Marian.

01:14How are you?

01:15I'm very well and I'm glad we got the scarf memo.

01:18Yes.

01:19I've got to say, Marian, this is the first time ever that I've worked with someone on their own.

01:26Normally people have a best buddy or a partner with them.

01:30May I ask why you're on your own today?

01:32We have a business in town, Patchwork Business, and Bill's got to work there today because we couldn't find somebody to work.

01:39You've got a shop in town, how lovely.

01:41Yeah, it's great.

01:42We've had it for about 13 months now, so it's only pretty new to us.

01:45Wow.

01:46Okay.

01:49I was working in Old Boston.

01:50He became my boss, so...

01:53Oops.

01:56We've done lots of things through our lives, which is mainly what Bill wanted to do and I went along with that.

02:02The Patchwork shop come up for sale, so I thought that would be a good idea for me to do something.

02:08We've lived for the last 30-odd years, close around this area, probably within 50 or so k's.

02:15It's a nice, quiet little town.

02:17It's quite picturesque, I suppose you call it.

02:20There's a lot of facilities around.

02:23It just feels comfortable.

02:24It feels like home, so, yeah.

02:30Nestled in the heart of Gippsland, round about two hours east of Melbourne, lies the charming town of Rosedale.

02:37Once a bustling stopover for the 19th century coach routes, today it is just a peaceful community where heritage buildings line the main street and small town charm is alive and well.

02:50For Marion and Bill, I think Rosedale could be the perfect fit for them.

02:55I believe that you're leaving a large property to move into town.

03:02Something in town would be great, so we don't have to drive of a morning and afternoon.

03:07So you want something that's walking distance to town?

03:10Yep.

03:11What else is on that wish list?

03:12A nice big shed because I have a quilting machine that needs to go into it.

03:16How big is a quilting machine?

03:18We've got two and they're 14 foot long each, so they need probably five metres or so to get it into that, so.

03:27It's got to have a shed.

03:28It's got to have a shed.

03:29It's got to have a few bedrooms.

03:30Oh, something I forgot to ask.

03:33What's your budget?

03:34Between $450,000 and $550,000.

03:38Boom.

03:39I've got three fantastic houses I'm going to show you that all hover around that wish list.

03:44So let me tell you a little bit about this house.

03:48It's on a quarter of an acre.

03:50I will need you to use your imagination a little bit because the owners have moved out, so it's empty.

03:56No furniture, but that's fine.

03:59Yeah.

04:00That's fine.

04:01I think the garden is relatively low maintenance.

04:03I've just spotted a beautiful hydrangea in the front.

04:05Do you like hydrangeas?

04:06I love them.

04:07Oh, you do?

04:08Fantastic, fantastic.

04:11It's actually quite nice.

04:13I think it could probably do with a fence along the front of it.

04:17Yeah, a little bit more privacy, yep.

04:19I think it's going to meet the wish list, but there's only one way to find out.

04:22Shall we go and have a sticky beak?

04:24Yes, I think so.

04:25My favourite thing.

04:26Let's go.

04:31Come on through.

04:33I love the flooring.

04:35Do you?

04:36Yes.

04:37Why do you like that?

04:38Because I don't like carpet.

04:40My husband's an asthmatic, so we don't have carpet in any house.

04:44So this is a win?

04:45Yes, it's a big win.

04:46Brilliant.

04:47It's a 1970s home.

04:48It's a 1970s home.

04:49There's been a wonderful lady that owned the place.

04:52She raised three children here.

04:54I think it has a lovely energy to it.

04:58Maybe because so much light is coming through.

05:01The layout of the home, being a 1970s home, is quite formal.

05:06There's a separate dining area.

05:08Probably change the dining room to the space under the air conditioner in the lounge.

05:13Yeah, I think that's workable space.

05:16I think we'll be able to fit our furniture in and get everything in there that we need.

05:21Just change a few things just to make it our own.

05:24Normally I would send you off with your friend, but I'm your friend for the day.

05:28So let's go exploring.

05:30Okay.

05:37You can see that we've got the bedrooms.

05:39Yes.

05:40All around us here.

05:41That window you can see there are actually security shutters.

05:45I mean, if you want to go travelling, really easy, lock up and go.

05:48And something else I quite like that I can see from this room is on both sides of this house,

05:54you will have neighbours now.

05:55Yes.

05:56You've actually got a fair bit of space on either side.

05:59I think that's one big bonus about this house too.

06:02Yes.

06:03We're coming from two acres, so just having that closed-in feeling would probably be a bit much for us.

06:08What do you think of this space?

06:10I mean...

06:11I think it's nice and modern.

06:12We don't need to do anything with it, so that's great.

06:15So you want to go and see the shed?

06:17Yes, please.

06:18Let's go.

06:19Now working on a country house show, a shed is what's going to sell a house.

06:33Yes.

06:34Because this is where the toys go.

06:36Boats, camper vans, ride on mowers and for the first time in my career, a quilting machine.

06:43Yes.

06:44Would it work in this space?

06:46It would.

06:47We'll probably divide the shed in half and I'll have half and Bill will have half.

06:51What will he have on his half?

06:52Probably boats and mowers and chainsaws and all of those things, yes.

06:57The garden space is nice.

06:59It's nice and open.

07:01There's a lot of room there to do other things with and the shed's great.

07:05It would fit the quilting machine in and Bill can have some of the shed too.

07:10Just a little bit, not too much.

07:13So let's just have a little guess of what you think this is on the market for.

07:18So maybe around 540.

07:22I know that you've done your homework.

07:24You've been looking for a little while.

07:27It's around about...

07:37What do you think this is on the market for, Marion?

07:40So maybe around 540.

07:43You're spot on.

07:46It's around about 549 at the moment but I'm sure there's room for negotiation.

07:51But this is a great start for us and it's ticking all the boxes.

07:55Yes, it's a great price for what you get.

07:57So let me show you house number two because that's also wonderful.

08:00Okay, great, thank you.

08:01Let's go this way.

08:02House number one really caught Marion's eye, especially with the perfect shed space for her quilting machines.

08:09The next property has some unique character as well.

08:12I'm hoping that she may be able to appreciate it.

08:15Okay, Marion.

08:16Come on through to house number two.

08:18You can probably hear this.

08:21There is a ferocious guard dog.

08:23Yes, I heard that.

08:24Who is watching us right now.

08:26And that's why there's great security fencing for this property.

08:31Now, I'm going through a lot of firsts today.

08:34It's my first time here in Rosedale.

08:36First time I've matched scarves with my buddy.

08:39And it is definitely the first time that I've shown a galvanised iron home.

08:45This is done to keep the costs down in regards to heating and cooling.

08:50It's actually a weatherboard home and they've added the galvanised iron.

08:53How do you feel about that?

08:54Yeah, it's quite nice I think.

08:56Oh, good.

08:57Okay.

08:58I'm going to tell you right now, this place is under budget.

09:03With that in mind, shall we proceed?

09:05Yes.

09:06Let's head in.

09:07Okay.

09:08Now, Marion, I wouldn't normally say from the outset that a home is under budget.

09:23But in this particular case, I really am calling on your creative spirit.

09:27Considering there's money in the kitty, what would you do?

09:31I'm thinking maybe putting a glass door there and extending it out so you've got an indoor-outdoor area.

09:37I agree.

09:38I should mention there are several bedrooms.

09:41Will you have guests to stay?

09:43At times we do, yes.

09:45Sometimes we have grandkids, so...

09:47Yeah, I think the bedrooms would be fine.

09:49We could wiggle them around and get three in the one room if we had to.

09:53We'd probably take the carpet out and put flooding floors right through the house.

09:58Would you like to have a look at the shed?

10:00Yes, that would be great.

10:01It's a little messy.

10:02See what we could do with it.

10:03Okay, great.

10:04We'll have a look.

10:05You know, I mentioned that this shed is a little bit messy.

10:16It's possibly not up to your standard, but it sure does show you how a shed can be a selling point for a country house.

10:26This is well-loved, well-used.

10:28What would you do to turn it into your kind of she shed?

10:32It'd have to be fully enclosed so it's vermin-proof.

10:36And that is something that we do have to deal with in the country?

10:38Yeah.

10:39A little mouse here, pain in the neck everywhere.

10:41Yes.

10:42Since the house is under budget, that would leave us enough room to put some extra walls in and put some more lighting in and set it up how we needed to have it set up.

10:55Well look, how much do you think it's on the market for?

10:58480.

10:59It's 425.

11:00Um.

11:01It is way under budget.

11:02That'd leave us a lot of wiggle room, wouldn't it?

11:03A lot of wiggle room.

11:04It's different, but I think there's potential for you to do quite a lot of work to it.

11:16I know it's a lot cheaper, but coming from two acres, it will make it difficult having neighbours that close.

11:23A lot of work, but you generally get something good at the end of it when you do the work, so yeah.

11:30Yeah.

11:31Don't worry, I've got one more house to show you that I think you'll really, really like that does have a shed.

11:36Okay, great.

11:37Off we go.

11:38Off we go.

11:48House number two may not quite have been as polished as the first, but for her final option I have found a little gem recently renovated and brilliant value for the area.

12:01We'll come on through to house number three and I actually feel an element of pride with this home that you wouldn't know from the outside.

12:11One of the wonderful things about our country towns is that there is so much room for young people to get into the housing market.

12:18A young local guy, he's a tradie and he's in his twenties, he has this sort of as an investment property and he's flipping it at the moment.

12:27You'll see the work that he's done inside.

12:30One thing I'm a little bit nervous about showing you is there's no garden.

12:36Bill's a gardener, I'm not much of a gardener, but he would probably like this because it's low maintenance.

12:42Oh, that's a plus.

12:43Yep.

12:44Okay, thank you Vince.

12:46Very different, very open in the front.

12:49We'd probably have to put a fence up to give us some privacy and yeah, it's very country.

12:54Yeah.

12:55Oh, rocking chair would be great.

12:57They used to have one of those.

12:59So let's take a look inside.

13:02Marion, as we come in, what's the first thing you notice?

13:15It's open, it's no carpet.

13:17No carpet.

13:18Isn't that fantastic?

13:19In this one tiny space, we've got three different types of flooring.

13:23We've got lovely floorboards, got your floating ones.

13:26In the kitchen, the nice tiles, you can just rug this place out.

13:30How do you feel about this space?

13:32It's definitely moving ready, I can tell you that.

13:34It's moving ready.

13:35It's possibly a little small, but we can work with the space.

13:39We'd probably need to do a few renovations, put an island in or something to give us a

13:45bit more cupboard space and room.

13:47Something that I know people absolutely love in a country home is a roaring fire.

13:52This is such a great fire.

13:54This would heat the entire house.

13:56Down the hall, we have several bedrooms, really beautiful, light-filled spaces.

14:01The current owner is very proud of the bathroom renovation.

14:06The renovated bathroom's really great.

14:09One of the rooms would be good for sewing room, and that would just leave us the two bedrooms.

14:14But I think we'd need a bit more because I'm messy, and I need to spread out a bit more.

14:31All right, well, come on out to this lovely back veranda, where certainly the first thing

14:36I would say is low maintenance.

14:38Low maintenance, definitely.

14:40Once again, this is really set up to flip.

14:43It's completely secure.

14:45This shed, it's got the side entrance in case Bill would like to bring a boat in nice and

14:51easily, and you can open all of this up if you need to.

14:54It's certainly vermin-proof.

14:56This shed would possibly work.

14:59We could probably maybe extend it a little sideways.

15:02We could take the fence from the side of the house and move it towards the front.

15:07That would give us a bit more backyard.

15:10I think that for this property, it's low maintenance.

15:14It's set and forget.

15:16Yep.

15:17You can definitely put your stamp on it.

15:19Let's talk about what you think it's on the market for.

15:24Maybe $4.20.

15:26It's a little bit above that.

15:28The owner would like a round.

15:39Let's talk about what you think it's on the market for.

15:42Maybe $4.20.

15:45It's a little bit above that.

15:47The owner would like around $4.30.

15:50But that's still under your budget.

15:52Yes, it is way under budget, so it gives you a lot of room to do extra things.

15:58We have to do a little bit to it, not because it needs it, because we want to put our own stamp on it.

16:04Yes.

16:05Are you happy with the three houses that we've shown you?

16:07Have I given you something to think about?

16:09Yes, you've given us lots to think about.

16:11Yay!

16:12Yay!

16:13Alright, well I'll let you have a chat to Bill, keep us in the loop, and we can catch up.

16:17Yep, that's great.

16:18Thank you so much for doing this.

16:20It's a good day, isn't it?

16:21Yes, it is.

16:23With all three homes now stitched into the picture, Marian has loads of time to think over her final choice.

16:30And while she takes a moment to reflect, I am off to explore another local gem,

16:36full of just as much character and creativity as Marian's very own quilt shop.

16:41I was wondering what was on the other side of this door.

16:44Where have you brought me to?

16:47I know.

16:48Wonderland.

16:49It's an absolute adventure.

16:50This is Mystic Hollow, we're here in Rosedale, and it is just an incredible business that really speaks to the community and eccentricity of Rosedale and what makes it special.

17:00Just in regards to this store, I had heard it was a lolly shop.

17:06I came in and I saw the lollies at the front, and I just had no idea about the collections that were here.

17:11We've got Christmas, we've got Easter, we've got every event, every festival.

17:16Everything you can think of.

17:17It feels like every age group is covered here.

17:19It does, that's correct.

17:20And regardless of your age, you will be on a journey from the moment you walk through the door and end up all the way through there you won't want to leave.

17:27Being on the number one highway, being the gateway to so many different places.

17:32The gift of Rosedale is that everybody pretty much has to pass through here, don't they?

17:36That's it.

17:37And due to the cafe culture, due to the people, due to how interesting Rosedale is, you want to stop.

17:43You don't want to bypass Rosedale.

17:45I know so many towns in this region have their own personality.

17:48What do you think sets it apart?

17:50Being able to go somewhere where the shops are always open, the people are always smiling.

17:54And as you say, that level of creativity and interesting things to look at.

17:57You've got businesses like this, antique stores, the pub is beautiful.

18:02There's all sorts of things that you can do.

18:04All through the week there's always something open.

18:06But why are so many people moving to Rosedale?

18:09I think it's that liveability element.

18:11You know, you're accessible to so many open spaces, beautiful places to explore on weekends.

18:16Moving here means that you have that all at your fingertips.

18:19I suppose the fact that you've got that combo of beautiful housing,

18:23beautiful houses in town, really affordable.

18:26And then a little bit beyond, you can have acreage if you'd like.

18:30There kind of is something for everyone, isn't there?

18:32Absolutely.

18:33It doesn't matter what you're looking for, you will find it here.

18:36After basking in the wonderful holiday spirit and grabbing a couple of sweets on the way out,

18:42I'm leaving the miniatures of Mystic Hollow behind and heading for the local pub where Marian is waiting for me to let me know if she's made a decision.

18:51I love this pub.

18:57Beautiful, isn't it?

18:58It is just full of character.

19:00It is so well done up.

19:01It kind of typifies this town.

19:04It's got character, it's got heritage, but it's beautifully done.

19:08Yes, it is.

19:09So let's have a chat about those three houses.

19:12I feel like there's a really clear standout.

19:15The first house, you seem to go tick, tick, tick, tick, tick.

19:20Just the light was streaming in, the shed was brilliant.

19:24There's probably a couple of things that we need to add to it, which is an extra bathroom, because when we have visitors, it's nice to have a separate bathroom.

19:34Probably the heating will probably change that around.

19:37Other than that, I think it's pretty good.

19:40So that leads us to number two.

19:42Yeah.

19:43Is purple your favourite colour?

19:44I love purple, but possibly not that much purple.

19:48Bill's asthmatic, so that was really important to you, that with the houses that we looked at, please, as little carpet as possible.

19:56But I did see with house number two, a fair bit of work would be required.

20:01It was under budget, but there would be a lot of work needs doing to get the shed to where we need it, and we sort of don't have that time, because we work five and a half days a week.

20:11Aren't you meant to be retiring?

20:12Bill thought he was going to retire, but that's not going to happen, because...

20:16Forget that, Bill.

20:18You're already taking number three off the list, like, boom.

20:23Yeah.

20:24Which is fine, as I say.

20:25Look, I was very proud of the young fellow that's getting into the industry and having a go, so that was great just to look at it.

20:32And you equally need move-in ready, is that fair?

20:35Yeah, it's a beautiful house, but for what Bill and I need at the moment, it's probably not quite right.

20:41What brought us to Rosedale in the first place to try to find you a house that was in easy walking distance to your beautiful new business, and I'm going to be honest, you've made this really easy.

20:54What do you think you'll do?

20:56I think we'll put an offer in on the first house.

20:59You just were smiling from go to woe, so I'm thrilled for you.

21:05Please, of course, let us know what the outcome is.

21:08Yes.

21:09And thank you for bringing me to Rosedale.

21:10I can understand why you are so in love with this town.

21:13It is glorious.

21:14It is beautiful.

21:15Not long after I left Marion, we found out the good news.

21:22They've got property number one.

21:24So, with the keys in hand and a quilt shop just around the corner, Marion and Bill are all set for their next chapter to begin.

21:32We wish you all the very best of luck in Rosedale.

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