• A MUM has snapped up a rare Mornington boat shed for her three kids in a “fairytale” sale, about two weeks after attending its auction just to have a sticky beak.

The colourful boat shed 37 on Shire Hall Beach passed in under the hammer on the Australia Day weekend and remained on the market for private sale.

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Ross and Jan Machar met the woman who eventually bought their boat shed at the auction and wanted her to buy it. Picture: Jason Sammon

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