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70 Henty Highway in Beulah looked a bit seedy from the outside, but buyers remained keen, even though the interior was even more questionable.
A Victorian country home with Dick painted on the wall and a pentagram hanging above the fireplace has gone up for sale, making it one of the state's hottest bargains in 2023.
The fixer-upper at 70 Henty Highway in Beulah was described as “what you see is what you get.”
The 29,000 prospective buyers who visited the property online found a full-scale renovation project and genital graffiti.
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Exterior photos show damage to the clapboards and missing paint.
The interior has bare floorboards and a mix of unpainted and partially painted walls, some bearing crude drawings of penises and seemingly homophobic slurs. Ta.
The house had been ransacked, with former residents' belongings strewn across the floor, damaged furniture, and the area where they were finally settled.
A rubble-strewn corner of one bathroom even suggested there once was a bathtub, with sunlight streaming in through a hole in the wall where a drain pipe might have been.
It seems that there used to be a bath in this bathroom. Keyword: “familiar”.
Speaking of plumbing, the kitchen sink was full of dishes, as were most of the benchtops and floors.
North West Real Estate director John Hadley's marketing materials candidly admit that termites have been sighted, and the home had electricity hooked up in the past, but when it was listed, There was no electricity.
However, another thing buyers noticed was the price. The five-bedroom home, set on a 1,229sqm lot, sold for just $55,000, making it one of the most affordable homes sold in Victoria in 2023.
There is no estimate of how much the renovations will cost. Or how much the new owners spent cleaning.
The house was also visibly heavily damaged, perhaps with more damage than could be seen with the naked eye, and there were traces of white ants on the property.
Having mops, laundry detergent, and other cleaning supplies visible will give the next owner a head start on cleaning the home if at least one of the room's contents is present.
Homes sold for under $800,000 in 2023 on realestate.com.au Shocking than the 8th most viewed home purchase offer on realestate.com.au The target was a photo of a laundry room that appeared to contain an unused mop and vacuum cleaner, and materials scattered casually around it.
To the agent's credit, the goal of selling a home is to get as much interest as possible. And given the sales, leaving it messy and dilapidated and drawing attention to tens of thousands clearly worked.
However, under the federal government's First Home Guarantee Scheme, which allows approved buyers to move into a home with a 5% deposit, the effective limit on government assistance given to first-time home buyers is It cost $800,000, and there were tens of thousands of buyers eyeing some of it. We also mention other affordable options.
Topping the list was the $685,000 Prahran Apartment at 1/240 Punt Rd.
A two-bedroom apartment on Punt Road, one of Melbourne's busiest streets, was the most viewed affordable home listed on realestate.com.au last year.
An address on one of Melbourne's busiest roads doesn't seem to be a deterrent to affordability-minded buyers, with 39,000 people checking out the property online.
This two-bedroom residence, which was sold in July, was very unusual for an apartment with no ownership corporation, separate ownership, and access to the garage from the back street.
Craig Missell, director of Missell Property Group, said the home was popular and was viewed by more than 100 people, most of whom were first-time investors.
But the ultimate buyer was a young professional in the medical field who appreciated the location's proximity to public transportation and major amenities.
1/240 Punt Road in Prahran was the most viewed Victorian home under $850,000 listed on realestate.com.au in 2023.
“It sold out of range, but it just sticks in my memory,” Missell said.
“It wasn't an easy sell. But I do a lot of work on social and digital media to drive people to properties on realestate.com.au.”
A two-bedroom serviced apartment at 33/604 St Kilda Rd in Melbourne was the next most viewed address under $800,000, with 37,000 digital inspections.
The investor-only property was sold for $369,000 through Dimitris Koptis of Moment Group.
Tens of thousands of people have clicked online at the serviced apartment at 33/604 St Kilda Road in Melbourne.
A holiday cabin at 12/64-78 Wallington Rd in Ocean Grove has also received a lot of views online and is currently for sale.
The next most clicked listing was the Holiday Cabin at Ocean Grove, available for owner-only use for up to 31 days in a two-month period, with the option to rent at the Riverside Ocean Grove Motel. A group of suites and holiday cabins.
Penny Dawson of Hayden Real Estate listed the property for $169,000 to $179,000, and 32,000 people viewed it online by the end of 2023.
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