1/61 Pioneer Road, Bellambi, NSW 2518

If you've been looking for a renovation project with genuine character to work with, this is it. Just five minutes by bike to Bellambi Beach, this original three-bedroom 1920s home has the bones, the details and plenty of opportunity to roll up your sleeves and bring it back to life.

Timber French doors open onto a wrap-around hardwood deck, while generous room proportions, high ceilings and original wide timber floorboards give the home an incredible base to work with. There's a great collection of original details still intact, including ornate ceilings, picture rails, horizontal timber-lined walls, decorative timber architraves and a brick fireplace.

In the functioning kitchen you'll even find a W.T. Carmichael "Success" cast-iron stove, manufactured in Marrickville in the 1920s and a great piece of the home's history to incorporate into a future renovation. The bathroom features a cast-iron clawfoot bath and original ceramic pedestal basin.

As the front dwelling on a strata-titled block of just two, the cottage also has potential for off-street parking and plenty of opportunity to improve and add value.

For young builders, renovators or anyone who can recognise the potential, what makes an old cottage special is already here, ready to be restored and transformed into something of your own.

• Original three-bedroom 1920s cottage with significant renovation potential
• Front dwelling on a strata-titled block of just two
• Generous room proportions and high ceilings
• Original wide timber floorboards and horizontal timber-lined walls
• Ornate ceilings, picture rails and decorative timber architraves
• Living room with original brick fireplace
• Wrap-around hardwood deck and timber French doors
• Combined sunroom and dining area
• Functioning kitchen with timber benchtops and original cast-iron stove
• Bathroom with clawfoot bath and original ceramic pedestal basin
• Potential to create off-street parking
• Excellent scope to restore, improve and add value
• Quick access to Bellambi Beach, shops and schools