A Wild West village house, complete with a church, saloon, blacksmith, and brothel on site, is on the market for a cool $1.8 million.
Owners Chris Olver and his wife Shirley built and furnished the private village on their 5.06 acre property at 35 Mystic Drive, Yandoit in north west Victoria.
Mr Olver, who is a fan of Western movies, built the town over a period of 23 years and named it ‘Cross Creek’ – in honor of a village from the 1956 film The Fastest Gun Alive.
The 77-year-old described the village – with buildings representing a prison, cinema, general store and blacksmith – as a cross between “Australian colonial and the American wild west.”
The 1880s gold rush also has a courthouse, butcher, saddlery, grain store, stagecoach booking office, church and brothel.
Property owner Chris Olver described the village (pictured) – which has a jail, cinema, general store and blacksmith shop – as a cross between “Australian colonial and the American wild west”
The gold rush set up in the 1880s also has a courthouse, butcher, saddlery, grain store, booking office, a church (pictured) and a brothel
You’ll find antiques scattered throughout the mini-town, including metalworking tools and horse-drawn carts (pictured)
The home (pictured) including the Wild West village is for sale for a whopping $1.8 million
Owners Chris Olver and his wife Shirley built and furnished the private village (pictured) on their 5.06 acre property at 35 Mystic Drive, Yandoit in northwest Victoria.
Mr. Olver, who is a fan of Western movies, built the town over a period of 23 years and named it ‘Cross Creek’ – in honor of a village from the 1956 movie The Fastest Gun Alive (pictured)
The home cinema (pictured) has a working 35mm drive-in projector which Mr Olver said he would leave for the buyers along with modern Blu-ray projectors
Most interiors are furnished with furniture and have mannequins (pictured in the church) dressed by Mr Olver’s wife, Shirley
Most interiors are furnished with furniture and have mannequins dressed up by Shirley.
Antiques are scattered throughout the mini-town, including metalworking tools, cacti, and horse-drawn carts.
It also has a fake graveyard and gold mining paraphernalia.
McQueen Real Estate director Kim McQueen (pictured) said the village was a ‘labor of love’ for the owners
Aside from the ‘incredibly unique’ village, the three-bedroom house has a wide deck and open-plan living areas with views of Mount Franklin and the countryside.
It also has a home cinema, a study, two bathrooms and four garage spaces.
The cinema has a working 35mm drive-in projector which Mr Olver said he would leave for buyers along with modern Blu-ray projectors.
The picture theater in the village also has a functional 16mm projector that can show old films.
Mr. Olver got help from a builder friend and his son, who is a plumber, to build the adjoining village with recycled materials he collected when he was a truck driver.
‘I thought: I’m going to build a building, before I knew it I had another and then another,’ said Mr. Olver. real estate.com.au.
“It’s a bit Australian colonial with the American wild west.”
McQueen Real Estate director Kim McQueen told Daily Mail Australia the village was a “labor of love” for Mr Olver.
The three-bedroom house has an open-plan living area (pictured)
Aside from the “incredibly unique” village, the house has views of Mount Franklin and the countryside (pictured)
Ms McQueen said she expects it will take some time to sell the property due to its unique village setup (pictured, the kitchen in the main house)
Mr Olver said the area is a wonderful place to live (pictured, the deck of the house)
“I’ve sold great properties in my career, but I’ve never sold an intact village,” said Ms. McQueen.
“It has 16-17 homes with incredible detail.”
She said she expects the property, which is 12 miles north of Daylesford, to take some time to sell due to the village’s unique set-up.
Meanwhile, Mr Olver said the area is a wonderful place to live.
“I’m sorry to have to sell, but at my age, 77, it’s a little hard to keep track of everything that needs to be done here.”