OPENING BID: House sale helps CREATE

KIM WATERS
HARCOURTS North Geelong director Joe Grgic used his auctioneering skills this month to help raise funds for a charity.
More than 100 people attended the CREATE Geelong auction, hoping for a chance to buy a quality-built, one- bedroom, transportable home for a bargain price.
Young people participating in CREATE’s Certificate II in general construction helped build the two transportable homes.
A CREATE Geelong spokesperson said students had relished the chance to get involved in the event.
“CREATE is a community organisation delivering adult certificate training courses as well as working with young people excluded from mainstream schools and people with disabilities,” she said.
“Students assisted in the general construction of the homes and worked with tradesmen, so it has been a really positive thing for them to be involved in.”
Mr Grgic said one home was passed in and was for sale at $65,000.
The other sold at an “undisclosed, negotiated price”.
“Inquiries had been received from many parts of Victoria, including families wanting the home for a rural allotment as a weekender and from caravan parks.”
The money raised will go toward CREATE’s disability and youth services.