Wollongong

With the original building plan for a full-size home, it remains a mystery how one of Wollongong's famous "half houses" came to be. But theories abound as ...

Do you know more about the history of the half houses? "I had a fella ask if it will it be half the price and I said of course, it'll be half a million dollars — it's sparked a lot of laughs and it's been good." "One comment from a gentleman made the half joke about everything from Five Islands Road being used to be known as Two-and-a-Half Islands Road, and people back then had 1.25 kids rather than 2.5," he said. "It was proposed to be a three-bedroom place with living and dining areas with access out the back through the kitchen," he said. "I received a couple of comments from people with past history with the property," he said. "Being a third of the three iconic 'half a house' properties in Wollongong, it will be sad to see it go, but in today's market, trying to find land is hard to come by with people battling for properties," he said.