A best-loved Aussie home on the market The house, now up for sale, which starred in the series Mother And Son Source: The Sunday Telegraph Mother And Son actors Garry McDonald and Ruth Cracknel Source: The Sunday Telegraph THE modest inner western suburbs house used for external shots in the popular Mother And Son television series starring Garry McDonald and Ruth Cracknell is on the market for the first time in 85 years, with $1.475 million sought. Owner of 16 Rickard St, Rodd Point, Peter Cockerill, said people still knocked on the door wanting to have a peek inside the house his father John built in 1927. Likewise, the huge crowd of onlookers at the property's unsuccessful auction held a few weeks back were mostly "sticky-beaking," he said. We still get people coming around to see the place. I remember someone opening a front window once and calling out `"oo hoo. Dad even managed to get himself into one show. The two-bedroom house was used extensively in advertisements after filming of the comedy series finished in 1985, because it was so recognisable and well-loved by viewers. Mr Cockerill does not know how or why producers chose the house, adding that: "If you look closely, the inside shots of the kitchen and lounge room - which were filmed in a studio - don't match the outside shape of the building." The property is currently on the market with Anthony Natoli from Natoli Real Estate.