They all thought I was mad': The housing trend allowing brave buyers to snap up 'half-price' homes
When Keirra and Chris Massoud bought their block of farmland in Mary Valley on Queensland's Sunshine Coast it was an empty slate.
"There was no house, no driveway, nothing," Keirra said.
Rather than building a new, modern house on the site, Keirra had her heart set on something a bit different that would feel more at home in the bucolic landscape.
"My husband wasn't really up for the idea, but I was in the background trying madly to find an old house, a Queenslander that we could buy and move there," Keirra said.
Keirra and Chris would go on to be at the forefront of what has become a popular trend and booming industry in recent years - the rescue, sale and relocation of Queensland's iconic timber cottages.
After many months of searching, it was through an ad on Gumtree that Keirra finally found their dream home, back in 2017.
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