Off the rails! Queensland home hits the market with converted train carriage

The five-bedroom two-bathroom property at 52 Ray Booker Court, Kobble Creek in Moreton Bay is being marketed by Ray White Rural Dayboro | Eumundi selling principal Vicki Pain via private treaty.

Ms Pain has been selling real estate in the area for the last 20 years and said it was the first time she had listed a property with a train carriage.

“This home is very unique,” Ms Pain said.

“It’s not often something like this comes to market - there’s certainly some charm and uniqueness to this property.

“It is only 42km from Brisbane’s CBD and creates one of the best lifestyle property markets, attracting retirees looking for space or families with great schools and an excellent local community.”

Known as ‘Twin Peaks', the property is owned by Peter and Zena Martin, who lived there for 15 years before moving to Agnes Waters for a change of lifestyle.

Mr Martin, who runs a secret mystery shopping company, said the converted train carriage was always a talking point among those who drove past or visited their home.

“I was running my own business from home and started with one bedroom being converted into an office,” Mr Martin said.

“Converting a shed was an enormous amount of money so I found the train carriage online.

“There’s a lot of history to it - it’s an original staff sleeper carriage, number 1471, from Queensland Railways’ The Sunlander (1952) which now sits at the front of the property with privacy hedging.”

Mr Martin said the carriage had top and bottom bunks however the bottom bunks were removed and replaced with custom-made desks.

He said the original bunks were still in storage at the property.

Mr Martin also had a wall cut out within the carriage to make it a meeting room with five offices.

While the Martins are enjoying their new coastal life, children Indi (8) and Eli (12) miss their alpaca named Silver and five goats, which are available to be sold with the property.

“The kids were very sad to leave,” Mr Martin revealed.

“We would often let the animals roam free. Sometimes we would take in chickens and ducks - it kind of became a little animal orphanage.

“This was possible as we added a full 1.8 metre vermin proof fence around the entire property, making it very secure for any animal.”

He said the family had celebrated several milestone occasions at the property, including bringing their two children home from hospital.