MEET the couple who plan to call Greenbank’s old Anderson farmhouse home.
Ross and Suzanne Gibbon are experienced renovators who have lived nearby for two decades.
They hope to breath new life into the old house, reconstructing it not too far from the paddock it called home for years.
The couple have renovated vintage Queenslanders before.
When they learned Mirvac was developing the paddocks where the old farmhouse sat, they made an approach.
“Suzanne and I began discussions with Mirvac nearly two years ago so a lot of planning and preparation went into the relocation,” Mr Gibbon said.
“We had to jump through quite a few hoops in order to get approval … (there was also) a lot of liaison with the engineers.
The couple arranged for the home to be moved by professional removalists to acreage property nearby.
It was was cut in half and the roof removed before specialists loaded it onto two large trucks for the journey, moved and reconstructed.
Mr Gibbon said he and his wife would embrace the home’s past in its renovation.
“I believe it was originally an old grazier’s home where, over time, five generations of the same family lived,” he said.
The couple want to highlight unique features.
“The house was very low set, so we are going to turn it back into a high-set home using three-metre house stumps to increase airflow and rebuild the verandas to create a more conventional Queenslander,” ; Mr Gibbon said.
“We both know there is a lot of hard work involved in restoring a house … of this vintage but we are willing to put in the effort to transform it into the gorgeous house it once was.
“I can’t wait to move in and make it our home.”
Mirvac Queensland residential general manager Warwick Bible said he was thrilled the iconic house would be home for a whole new generation of residents.
“The home has taken pride of place on this land for many years. This is an exciting new chapter in its history,” he said.
“We know Ross and Suzanne will restore it to its former glory and look forward to seeing the completed renovation.”
Mirvac will launch its new community, featuring about 3,300 homesites across 481 hectares, at the corner of Greenbank and Teviot roads, in coming months.
The planned community will deliver ammenities that include an 85-hectare conservation parkland linked to existing Logan City Council owned conservation land via extended walking trails, approximately 25 hectares of regional sports and recreation parks and neighbourhood and linear parks.
