Portsea: Mornington Peninsula family’s beach box could sell for a $1m

Beach Box 28 Shelley Beach, Portsea - for herald sun real estate

Beach Box 28 at Shelley Beach, Portsea, has hit the market.

A Mornington Peninsula beach box with a massive $910,000-$1m asking price — a sum higher than Melbourne’s median house value — is set to make waves this summer.

Its asking range’s lower end is $15,000 more than Melbourne’s typical $895,000 house price as of December, according to PropTrack.

RT Edgar director Warwick Anderson has the 28 Shelley Beach, Portsea listing, after previously selling it for about $550,000, around 12 years ago.

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The owners were selling now that their children have grown up, he said.

While there are lofty price hopes for the beach box, it is unlikely to set a new Victorian record.

Last summer, a Portsea house changed hands for $24.5m, including a $1.2m beach box on Fishermans Beach, in a sales campaign managed by RT Edgar’s David Gillham.

Mr Warwick said Fishermans Beach boxes sometimes fetched $1m, although most were sold “very quietly”.

The beach box is near the public path to Campbells Rd.

A built-in bench seat, a towel rack and tiled floors inside.

He added that the beach box neighbouring no. 28 Shelley Beach sold for $950,000 in 2024, while another nearby traded for the same amount last February – according to industry sources – in a sale overseen by Kay & Burton director Liz Jensen.

That same month saw a Blairgowrie boat shed score $900,000, with Belle Property Blairgowrie’s Mal McInnes saying at the time that the owner “couldn’t believe it” after they listed the beach box with a $450,000-$495,000 asking range.

Boat shed 23 Shelly Beach, Portsea - for herald sun real estate

Boat shed 23 at Shelly Beach, Portsea, sold for about $950,000 in 2024.

Mr Anderson said no. 28 was built from Sorrento blocks, made from cement and beach sand that had been rendered and painted over.

He said it likely dated from the 1920s to the 1930s when compared to its weatherboard counterparts constructed in later decades.

The beach box is located near the public path to Campbells Rd and has a water tank at the back.

Mr Anderson also has the listing for a cliff-side Portsea mansion at 3640 Point Nepean Rd, priced at $25m, including a boast shed and deepwater mooring, that’s located near Shelly Beach.

3640 Point Nepean Rd, Portsea - for herald sun real estate

The three-level, six-bedroom mansion with an infinity swimming pool, cinema room, boat shed and registered deepwater mooring at 3640 Point Nepean Rd, Portsea, is almost completely built – meaning the next owners can put their own stamp on it.

Mornington Peninsula Beach Box Association president Peter Clarke said it was quite rare for the area’s beach boxes to sell for $1m.

“It’s really about accessibility, and the same as most real estate it’s all about location, location, location,” Mr Clarke said.

He described the beach boxes as “big storage bins” to keep beach equipment and toys in, plus great spots to enjoy a picnic or meal while taking in top-notch beach views, especially in windy winter weather when they provide shelter.

Boatshed 13, Blairgowrie - for herald sun real estate

Boat shed 13, Blairgowrie, sold for $900,000 last year.

But Mr Clarke said beach boxes were different to cabanas, the temporary shade structures some beach goers erect early in the morning to reserve a spot on the sand.

This use of cabanas has caused a furore on social media this summer with some users claiming they take up too much room, plus that it’s unfair to block other people from that much space on the beach.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has even labelled the practice as “not on”.

“They (beach boxes) are generally not right on the water, they’re not down on the beach, you take cabanas down to the water,” Mr Clarke said.

But he said that cabanas, weighed down at each corner, could be safer beach shelter structures in comparison to umbrellas which tended to blow away in windier conditions.

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