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00:01Australians have always loved the beach,
00:04so many of us are now making the move to our beautiful coastlines.
00:10Our beachfront dreamers want crashing waves and salty sea air.
00:15So grab your sunscreen and join us on the hunt for the ultimate beach house.
00:20It's been a hard day hunting.
00:34I have a feeling today is going to be a lot of fun.
00:37I'm working with Marilyn and Kev who are ready to retire here to Paradise,
00:42otherwise known as Fraser Island or Kagari.
00:45The final barge leaves the island at 4.30 this afternoon
00:48and Marilyn wants to have made her decision by then.
00:52The clock is ticking, let's go shopping.
01:04We met on a blind date and we've been together ever since.
01:07We want to be together forever and our children and our grandchildren
01:11can come here and enjoy their time with us.
01:14That's what it's all about.
01:16We've waited long enough to buy a house over here and...
01:19Twenty years.
01:20Twenty years and the time seems to be right.
01:23We need somewhere to relax, we need a piece of paradise and this is it.
01:27This is the best island in the world.
01:29We think.
01:30We want to retire maybe next year but we've got a big business to run.
01:35That's why we want it today.
01:37We've got to work hard so we want this to look forward to once a month
01:40to come to our little piece of paradise.
01:43We'd like to stick about the $800,000 mark.
01:47That's what we want to do so...
01:48We could go higher but we feel as though the $800,000 would be right for us.
01:54For us.
01:54The must-haves for us would be location.
01:58We have to be close to the beach.
02:00View is also pretty important to us.
02:03Open plan living.
02:05Preferably not double-storied but whatever comes along today, that's what we'll make the decision on.
02:18Fraser Island, also known as Gari, is located a few hours north of the Sunshine Coast,
02:24right next to Harvey Bay.
02:26Being a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the island is made up of gorgeous beaches, rugged terrain
02:32and also some incredible wildlife that, much like the visitors, can't help but take in the beauty.
02:41With plenty of activities to do with their visiting family, plus many spots to just kick back and take in
02:47the ocean breeze,
02:48I'm not surprised why Marilyn and Kev want a slice of island paradise.
03:05Good morning.
03:07Good morning.
03:07Another beautiful day in paradise.
03:09Of course it is.
03:09Welcome to our island.
03:11Hopefully we can find you your perfect beach house.
03:14We're not leaving until we have one.
03:16I love the sound of that.
03:17Alright.
03:17You guys have been frequenting the island for a long, long time.
03:21What's made you decide to make the move over here permanently?
03:2430 years ago, came here, fell in love with the place and thought one day I'll either be living here
03:28or have something here to own.
03:31We just wanted a piece of paradise, hey love?
03:33Here we are.
03:34Sounds like a great retirement plan to me.
03:37Now we are on the main street, as you know, very close to the beach access,
03:40which is why this morning we're seeing so many four-wheel drives coming and going.
03:43Everyone's heading out for the day.
03:45This is the main gate.
03:46Shall we talk street appeal?
03:47You've got aluminium windows, you've got hardy planking, very low maintenance.
03:51I love the fact that you can get all the way around underneath, check out all your services
03:55and of course then we've got a slab as well.
03:57So really solid construction, it's not going anywhere.
04:00No.
04:01This is the first time it's been on the market since it was built.
04:04The front was outstanding and huge, easy maintenance wise.
04:09We've been in this house before, we stayed here on holiday.
04:13We had the best time in this house, it was huge.
04:17Head on in, I'll follow you in.
04:18Let's go.
04:30So that's the grandkids taking care of downstairs, they've got their own bedrooms, living space.
04:36This is where the grown-ups come.
04:38Oh wow.
04:38You know what?
04:38It's still the same.
04:40It is a little bit tired perhaps, could do with an update.
04:43Great for a holiday house.
04:45Yes.
04:45But if you're thinking of spending a lot more time over here, you might want a few more creature comforts.
04:49Always.
04:49Definitely.
04:50So what would you do to this space, Marilyn?
04:52What's your vision?
04:53Repolish the floors.
04:54Floors.
04:54Paint.
04:55I think I'd probably redo the benches.
04:58Put a lot of furniture outside.
04:59We like to relax and we like our guests to relax.
05:03So you want to turn this into the quintessential beach house.
05:06The beach house.
05:06That's what it has to be.
05:07Add some soft furnishings and colour.
05:09Yep.
05:10Definitely.
05:11When we first walked in it brought back memories of the last holiday we had here.
05:16We always wanted to buy this house or had it in mind to buy.
05:20Five years ago.
05:21Five years ago and now it's come up.
05:23A little bit dated but there's a lot of potential.
05:27Take a look around bedrooms, bathrooms and I'll meet you out here on the veranda.
05:30Certainly.
05:30Talk about that view a little bit more.
05:32Okay.
05:46Maybe our room.
05:48It's a good size room.
05:50I think a king would fit in here.
05:52The main bedroom, it's big so we'd still be able to put a king bed in it which we'd prefer.
05:59Nice breeze.
06:00Yeah, you've got to have the breeze.
06:01And the view.
06:03Beautiful.
06:05Look at this.
06:06This is us.
06:07This is nice.
06:12Do you even spend any time inside when you're here?
06:16No, very little.
06:16We live outside.
06:17Yeah, we're outside people.
06:19It's the Queensland way, right?
06:20Yeah.
06:20The barbie, the lounges.
06:23Yeah, there's plenty of room for barbecue.
06:25To have the elevation of this home is really lovely.
06:28You're always going to get a breeze from one direction or the other I think.
06:33The deck is great.
06:34More furniture, more lounges and another fridge.
06:39For the drinks.
06:40For the drinks.
06:41For the drinks.
06:41Got to have a drinks fridge.
06:44So the house is on the market.
06:46It is being sold fully furnished.
06:47Take a stab at what they're asking, Kevin.
06:50I reckon about 1.4.
06:52I would offer maybe 1.3.
06:55Here's the first time it's been offered on the market since it was built.
06:59Yeah.
06:59So the vendors are hoping for offers around.
07:211.6.
07:24Mm hmm.
07:25I think it's a bit over our budget but after we have a look at the other ones we…
07:30Yeah, we'll compare.
07:31We'll compare what is best suited for our budget and for where we want to end up living.
07:38Ready for house number two?
07:40Yeah.
07:40You bet.
07:50So this is us here.
07:52The Fraser Island Beach Houses.
07:54It's a lovely little community.
07:56Wow.
07:56Imagine saying I have to drive off road on the beach to even get to my house.
08:01To get home.
08:02Isn't that crazy?
08:03Bit further away from the township now.
08:05You're not going to get that daily traffic coming and going off the beach.
08:08No, no.
08:08Beautiful colours.
08:09Obviously they have kept up the maintenance on this one a little bit more than perhaps house number one.
08:13Now I know this is your retirement plan so how do you feel about stairs?
08:17Yeah, that would be the only issue would be the stairs.
08:20Maybe a gas lift on the outside maybe perhaps.
08:23How's that going to go beachside?
08:24I don't know.
08:24You might be replacing that one.
08:26We'll be rusted in a week.
08:28It looks like a beach house.
08:30The right position for a beach house.
08:32We love it.
08:33Very nice.
08:34Ready to head in?
08:35You bet.
08:36Let's go.
08:37Come on.
08:49You can see that VJ panelling follows all the way through the house.
08:53It's lovely.
08:53And then here you are.
08:54Where are you going to spend your days?
08:56Up here.
08:57I feel like the last house was a little undercooked with its styling and not quite as loved as this
09:02home.
09:02For sure.
09:02They put a lot of effort into their decor to make it feel like a real beach house.
09:06Yes, yes.
09:06It's very, very nice.
09:08This is definitely more beachy.
09:10For us.
09:10This is what I call a beach house.
09:11Appealing and the view.
09:12The view is to die for.
09:15Walking into the place had just a nice feel about it.
09:18A homely feel.
09:18Yeah, a nice homely feel.
09:19Felt like I'd been here before.
09:21Plenty of room.
09:21Plenty of room.
09:22The stairs.
09:24Could be an issue.
09:25Could be.
09:26No, I think it's a bit of us.
09:27Very nice.
09:29Would you like to go and have a look down there?
09:31Yeah.
09:32See how that's going to work for you as a layout.
09:34Then let's check out this view together.
09:47Oh, wow.
09:48Oh, this is good.
09:51Your own little quarters.
09:53Kitchen.
09:54Bed.
09:55You could virtually live here and family could be upstairs.
10:00The extra bedroom.
10:01The kitchenette.
10:02It'd be good for us if we had all the family here or even friends.
10:06We could stay downstairs and still have our brekkie and go to the beach and we wouldn't disturb
10:11the rest of the family.
10:12You know, we could just do our own thing.
10:14Very appealing for us.
10:16Let's go and look upstairs and take in the view.
10:19That's what we're here for.
10:31It's funny, isn't it, when you're looking for a beach house or a holiday home, you can
10:35sort of sacrifice the living areas for either the aspect, the view, and I think this house
10:41really has a beautiful combination of the two.
10:44It has.
10:45And plenty of deck.
10:46Plenty of deck space.
10:47We'd find that we'd live out here.
10:49This would be us.
10:50The million dollar view.
10:51Yeah.
10:52The sense of community here.
10:54Can you imagine in summer when this is really bustling and you've got kids riding their
10:59bikes around.
10:59It's very family orientated, which is lovely.
11:03Let's talk price.
11:05I'm guessing maybe eight, nine hundred.
11:08I'm thinking maybe high sevens.
11:11So the asking price is $750,000.
11:15Oh, you're joking.
11:17Which is almost a million dollars under house number one.
11:20So a lot of room for improvement.
11:23I think it's very reasonable.
11:25Very.
11:25After looking at number one, we were quite shocked that there'd be such a difference in price.
11:30Family location here more than there.
11:33Like I couldn't have my six grandkids running out on the front lawn over there.
11:37Whereas I could here.
11:38This is better suited to us, isn't it?
11:40Certainly.
11:43Coming up.
11:47So this is the one that we're heading into now.
11:50It looks great because it's low.
11:52That's it.
11:52Single level living.
11:53Yes.
11:54Definitely been taken care of.
11:56Very fresh.
11:57Very appealing.
11:58Very appealing to us.
12:12Previously.
12:14We want to retire maybe next year, but we've got a big business to run.
12:19That's why we want it today.
12:21Now we are on the main street, as you know, very close to the beach access.
12:25We've been in this house before.
12:27The last holiday we had here.
12:29We always wanted to buy this house or had it in mind to buy.
12:34So Fraser Island Beach Houses.
12:36It's a lovely little community.
12:39It looks like a beach house.
12:41The right position for a beach house.
12:42We love it.
12:52So this is the one that we're heading into now.
12:55It looks great because it's low, I think.
12:57That's it.
12:58Single level living.
12:59Little bit of elevation.
13:00But again, that's great in this Queensland environment to get that airflow through the home.
13:04I'm taking you in the back door because there's a beautiful surprise out the front.
13:08But you are right down the end of the cul-de-sac here, which is a lot more private.
13:11But it is part of a complex.
13:13So you don't sort of have your own yard.
13:15No.
13:15There are little gardens that you're allowed to work on.
13:18But there's slow maintenance too, right?
13:19Yep.
13:20Hasn't got a lot of street appeal.
13:22We'll have less work to do, I think, at the...
13:25At the back.
13:25At the back.
13:26And it's all on one level, which is really appealing.
13:30Okay.
13:31You ready to head inside?
13:32Oh, definitely.
13:33Definitely.
13:33It is a very warm day.
13:35Beautiful one day.
13:36Perfect the next.
13:37That's it.
13:37Come on in, Kev.
13:47Oh, this is nice.
13:49This is a bit of me.
13:50This is definitely a bit of us.
13:52Yeah.
13:52Bless stairs.
13:53Bless stairs.
13:54Oh, no, this is nice.
13:55Nice and cool.
13:56Now, you can tell this house has been loved.
13:59This one is immaculate and it's done, but it means you probably can't add as much of your own personal
14:04touch without making big changes.
14:06No.
14:07So, does the styling here sort of suit the way that you would like?
14:11We'd probably do something with the kitchen.
14:13The rest of it is nice and open.
14:15There's plenty of airflow.
14:17Direct access to the beach.
14:19Oh, the view when we walked into the living room was...
14:23We can't describe it, hey?
14:25It just...
14:25Magnificent.
14:26Very homely.
14:27Definitely been taken care of.
14:29Very fresh.
14:30Very appealing.
14:31Very appealing to us.
14:33Go and have a hunt down the back there.
14:35I can see some cars flying along the beach, so I'm going to go and check that out.
14:37We will.
14:46Oh, nice.
14:48Plenty of room.
14:49Big bedroom.
14:50Big bedroom.
14:51En suite.
14:52I think maybe the carpet's got to go.
14:56The carpet would have to go.
14:57Maybe a paint.
14:59Very appealing.
15:01I'd like to know what the cost will be.
15:04Okay.
15:05Yep.
15:12Oh, hello.
15:14This is very special.
15:15Oh, fancy coming home to this.
15:17Yes.
15:18And I love the fact you get this lawn space for this property as well.
15:22Very nice view.
15:23Very nice.
15:23We like the long deck, just one deck instead of round corners, which would suit us and our
15:29family.
15:29Yes.
15:30Feel that breeze, Marilyn.
15:31Oh, it's beautiful.
15:32Oh, isn't it lovely?
15:33I can't believe walking from the front to here, the difference is just wow.
15:39We love the deck.
15:40We love the deck.
15:41Overlooking the ocean.
15:42And it's all one.
15:43No corners.
15:44Yeah.
15:45No, it's the goods.
15:47Yeah.
15:47The deck's the goods.
15:49Price plays a huge part in any decision that you're going to make, so.
15:54Well, 800.
15:56Okay.
15:56So you'd be offering 800.
15:58Well, the vendors are asking 850.
16:02So if there is some wriggle room, put your best foot forward.
16:05And if you are interested in making an offer, it's a great place to start.
16:10The asking price, we'll have to sit down and do our finances and go from there.
16:15Yeah.
16:17We've got a lot to think about.
16:19We're not leaving this island without a piece of it.
16:22At some stage of the day, we will have made a decision.
16:26Definitely.
16:26Definitely.
16:30Coming up.
16:32I think we've made our mind up.
16:34Okay.
16:34So one, two or three.
16:37We've thought about it deep and seriously.
16:40We've got to be sure this is Leah and.
16:50While Marilyn and Kev are busy making their quick decision, I took the chance to do a whirlwind tour of
16:56the island in style.
16:58I was lucky enough to catch up with Ash, who runs Fraser Dingo 4WD Tours, where he told
17:05me more about this island paradise.
17:08Thank you for loaning me a high-vis 4WD for my trip onto the island today.
17:13I'm not going to get missed and I'm not going to get bogged.
17:15So Ash, when did your love affair with Kagari begin?
17:19Oh my God, it's a long story, but it goes way back, about 40 years.
17:23My parents hired a houseboat in Harvey Bay and we ended up here on the west coast of Fraser
17:28into Central Station.
17:29I still remember it.
17:30It's just one of those magic places on earth that we just love to come to.
17:34And then it's just developed from there.
17:36Basically we started out of our backyard, small business, over 14 years ago.
17:40It's been a journey, it's been amazing.
17:42We have about 30 cars now, about over 10 staff, so a bit of a success story because we have
17:47a lot of passion.
17:48People come from the other side of the world just to come here.
17:52They come over here, they're just blown away by the amazing beauty of this place and they
17:56come back and they say, look that was the best thing we've done in Australia.
18:00I'm working with a couple today, they live on the mainland, they've always holidayed
18:04here and now they're ready to make the move and live here permanently.
18:07Yes.
18:08Big decision, right?
18:09Yes.
18:09But, for all the right reasons.
18:11I say, good on them.
18:12You know, we always get comments from people that leave the island and they go, oh my God,
18:16I want to go back.
18:18It must be hard getting them back on the barge to go home.
18:20Oh, it is.
18:22Well, are you going to tag along with me or am I tagging along with you to get back to
18:25the barge?
18:26Well, you can tag along with me.
18:27Thank you mate.
18:28I'll see you there.
18:28Thank you very much.
18:29I'll see you soon.
18:43Well, that was an amazing scenic route to get us back to town.
18:47It's now time to catch up with Marilyn and Kev and hear if they've come to a speedy decision.
18:56Now guys, I don't want you to feel pressured into this decision.
18:59I know you had a timeframe for yourselves, but buying a home isn't something that you
19:03need to jump upon.
19:04Having said that, I think you're fairly decisive and you've made a lot of decisions in your
19:08time and this one's going to be a breeze.
19:09We have.
19:10We have.
19:11Really?
19:11We have.
19:12We have.
19:12A couple of phone calls.
19:14Okay.
19:14Well, let's talk through the properties that we saw earlier today.
19:17House number one, right there in the middle of, I call it town.
19:20Yes.
19:20Right there in the middle of Yerong village.
19:22Yes.
19:22Very easy access to all the facilities that were on offer there.
19:26Needed a bit of love though, didn't it?
19:27Yes.
19:28Needed a bit of love.
19:29You could make it something really special.
19:31Oh, we could.
19:31We're up to that.
19:32We're up to that.
19:33We're up to doing up and making it beautiful.
19:35It had a great layout where you could keep upstairs and perhaps rent out downstairs or
19:40vice versa if there was a big family coming.
19:43So then what about house number two?
19:45It was sort of split over the levels.
19:47Yeah.
19:47Again, it had the separate studio.
19:49Which was good for us.
19:50Quite convenient.
19:51Yeah.
19:51Depending on how you're going to use the property.
19:53Very beachy.
19:54It's a great part of town, that second valley.
19:56And I think the idea of being in a complex like that, if you are traveling or coming and
20:00going, you've got that extra level of people looking after the whole area.
20:04And it did have that real quintessential beach house feel.
20:08Definitely.
20:09Definitely.
20:10House number three.
20:12Same complex, single level, right there, front row, with I would say a million dollar
20:17location, but under a million bucks that you have to spend.
20:20That's for sure.
20:21Still a little bit of work there.
20:23There would be changes that you'd want to make.
20:25Yeah.
20:25There's definitely changes we'd make, but things that we can do ourselves.
20:30I think we've made our mind up.
20:31Okay, so one, two, or three?
20:36Definitely three.
20:37Three.
20:37Three.
20:38We've thought about it deep and seriously, and location and stairs, I think, might have
20:44been our choice.
20:46Three is what we are happy to take on.
20:49It's the right price.
20:50Right price.
20:51It's in our budget.
20:52Plenty of room for all the grandkids.
20:53The grandkids.
20:54Yes.
20:54We love it.
20:55It's us.
20:59Since our island adventure, I've heard from our couple that the offer on the house was
21:04indeed successful.
21:05I wish you and your family all the best in this incredible part of the world.
21:10We all joined together, so everyone of them is Billy, congratulations, Terry, hey,
21:13defeats about that.
21:15The auction security show is so guilty.
21:15Good to see if it won't work really well.
21:15Yes,росv All the next again.
21:16Thank you very much.bres
21:18of that. My
21:18family is Yeaah and Circle of Angeles. And
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