'The pickle of all pickles': Couple's dream crushed after 'forever home' built on the wrong block

All Dave and Melanie Moor wanted was their little house on the hill.

Technically they got both of those things, just on another bloke's block.

In 2021 the Moors paid $300,000 for a five-acre block in Camperdown, Western Victoria.

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At the same time, they bought an existing house and paid a contractor to move it onto the Camperdown site.

They were preparing to move in when the council told them there had been a mix up.

The Moors block is lot two, but their home had been built next door, on lot one.

"We didn't think it was true, because the council signed off on everything, so we thought it was a scam," Mrs Moor said.

"It's just the pickle of all pickles."

With the house almost finished, the couple moved most of their possessions, including precious family heirlooms, into a shipping container behind the house.

But if they try to access them, they'd be trespassing.

The dream home was supposed to be a place for Mrs Moor, who has a rare form of motor neuron disease, and Mr Moor, who has stage four liver disease, to enjoy some peace together in the country.

And they're not willing to let their country dream go that easily.

The best solution for the Moors would be to move the house onto the correct block next door, but that move would cost an extra $200,000 the couple says they do not have.

But Mr Moor believes it's his real estate agent and the local council that should fit the bill for the building blunder.

"This was going to be our forever home and now it's our never home," Mr Moor said.

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