WODONGA Raiders Football and Sports Club is reaping the rewards from the sale of a new home constructed as a club project.
The home was the brainchild of club president John Lewis of GJ Lewis Homes.
Mr Lewis said construction of the home had involved up to 50 professionals and trades people and businesses who had either donated time and materials for the house, or who had provided goods and services at discounted rates.
The house, at 5 Drysdale Street, Baranduda was built on a block sold to the club at a favourable rate by Nordcon Land.
GJ Lewis had co-ordinated the construction and First National Real Estate handled the sale and then donated the commission back to the club.
Mr Lewis said the profits would enable Raiders to continue a program of community activities that was making the oval a busy and integral part of the Wodonga community.
“We are not just a football club,” he said.
“We have senior and junior teams in football and netball that involve a great many Wodonga families.
“We are hosting such activities as the end of year fireworks and the Birallee festival.
“This project will help us to continue a program of improvement to facilities at the club.”
The construction of the home is a first for GJ Lewis in the Border area.
“Raiders are fortunate that we have quite a number of trades people as members and they got right behind the project donating their labour and skills to the project,” he said.
And the whole club got involved in the landscaping of the property with the club providing a barbecue for the workers on the last day.
The four bedroom home was not long on the market, being sold just before it was completed.
The new owners have taken possession and are expected to move into it in the coming weeks.
Pictured outside the new home are Greg Dawson, general manager of Wodonga Raiders, John Lewis, Jamie Maynard of 1st National Real Estate and Eric Pietila of Nordcon Land.
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Last Modified on 19/11/2011 10:41