The 61ha property at 155-215 Blackgate Rd, Breamlea, sold for $1.78m after a short campaign.
A 61ha Surf Coast property including 1.8km of absolute water frontage has been snapped up in a quick campaign.
The Blackgate Rd, Breamlea property had been listed for auction later this month with price expectations between $1.5m and $1.65m.
But two parties keen to secure the property quickly emerged and both given the change to put their best offers on the table, The Geelong Agency selling agent Nathan Brown said.
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The 61ha property at 155-215 Blackgate Rd, Breamlea, sold for $1.78m after a short campaign.
The $1.78m result was not the biggest price on the table, but Mr Brown said the owners at 155-215 Blackgate Rd quickly warmed to the short settlement term, which the sale due to be finalised in just two more weeks.
The bigger offer came with a longer settlement period, Mr Brown said.
The property includes a modest five-bedroom house, with a significant portion of the space occupied with wetlands beside Thompson Creek.
Mr Brown said the buyers were keen surfers.
Breamlea is home to the patrolled Bancoora Beach. Breamlea is also close to more renowned surf breaks at Point Impossible and 13th Beach.
The updated kitchen inside the five-bedroom Blackgate Rd home.
Character features in the home include decorative ceilings and leadlight windows.
“They just want to enjoy it as a lifestyle property, just peace and quiet,” Mr Brown said.
“He goes surfing down at the break there and they just wanted that space and just live in peace and quiet.”
The property offers a modest home with a functional layout with five bedrooms, three bathrooms, and multiple living zones.
But occupants provides a landscape the new owners can explore, with walking trails through native flora or paddle or fish along the water’s edge.
The two-bedroom house at 23 Horwood Drive, Breamlea, sold recently for $1.325m. It overlooks the Blackgate Rd property on the other side of Thompson Creek.
The Horwood Drive, Breamlea, sold recently.
The property sits along the north bank of Thompson Creek, overlooking Breamlea, which is an exclusive beachside hamlet where a handful of properties generally sell each year.
Nine properties have changed hands in 2025, the most expensive a four-bedroom house on a 1229sq m Blyth St property.
The most recent other sale was a two-bedroom residence at 23 Horwood Drive, which actually overlooks the creek estuary and Blackgate Rd property.
The elevated two-bedroom, one-bathroom home with separate living and dining zones offers views across Port Phillip Heads, including Point Lonsdale lighthouse, Barwon Heads Bluff, Ocean Grove, Geelong and the You Yangs.
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