Entire colonial town up for sale in regional Victoria for $1.75 million

Why buy a house when you could get yourself an entire colonial-style town? This 40-building 1850s village in regional Victoria even comes equipped with its own undertaker.

An entire colonial-style village in regional Victoria is up for sale.

Why buy a house when you could get yourself an entire town?

An entire colonial-style village in regional Victoria equipped with more than 40 buildings is up for sale.

The property at 8 Allans Road, Maldon – about 30 minutes south of Bendigo – spans 6ha,

features 12 bedrooms and nine bathrooms across its buildings and attracts a $1.75 million price tag.

It features old buildings built to the same style as in the 1850s made from wattle and daub, mud brick and slab construction.

The property has been listed as a “true reflection” of how people lived in rural Victoria in the era of the gold rush days.

The entire village at 8 Allans Rd, Maldon is up for sale.

The property features 40 buildings, 12 bedrooms and nine bathrooms.

There is an old hotel, a Cobb & Co office, general store, dance hall, bowling alley and even an undertaker complete with coffins.

There are seven fully equipped motel units and a 60-seat restaurant with a coolroom, kitchen area, toilets and laundry.

Carthew Real Estate director Edward Carthew said the present retired owners had lived there for 10 years but closed the tourism side when they moved in.

The village has an old hotel, general store and dance hall.

The village was built as a replica of an 1850s gold rush town.

“If I blindfolded you, put you in the middle of this village today, you’d be back in the 1850s, that’s exactly what it’s like,” he told 7 News.

“Going back in 1992, the original owner built it as a colonial village so that someone could come along and experience are real colonial village.”

Mr Carthew said he has had interest from all over Australia and from different groups, with some interested buyers wanting to use it for disability-type work and others as a hermits retreat.

The village comes with a three bedroom managers cottage and 60-seat restaurant.

He said someone was “definitely going to buy it”.

“It’s the perfect opportunity for someone to buy this complex and make it a really good tourist venture again or just three families buy it and use it as their weekender,” Mr Carthew said.

He said back in 1992 the town cost over $3 million to built so it was definitely a bargain at $1.75 million.

Originally published as Entire colonial town up for sale in regional Victoria for $1.75 million