So what would you expect to pay? ...But wait, there’s more!

Apologies to Tim Shaw.

There’s an original 1930s house near us that was sold over a year ago, and ever since, the owners have been working on it all weekend, every weekend. First the very old pencil pines at the front went, then jackhammers could be heard going all hours of the day and night for several weeks. Thankfully it quietened down a bit and the work continued unabated. We have been waiting to see if anyone was going to take up residence. Yes we’re secretly nosey neighbours.

Well, our question has been answered. The property has been put on the market. The first open inspection was held over the weekend. I didn’t go for a sticky, but I did a virtual tour on the net. The house has been totally gutted and some walls moved. It has 3 bedrooms, Lounge/Dining, galley style Kitchen (space provided for dishwasher and fridge) and Laundry. The main bedroom has an ensuite and walk in robe. The main bathroom has spa, vanity, toilet and shower all along the one wall, but no vanity mirror. They have polished the floorboards, painted the interior in light neutral tones, the window treatments are Venetian blinds and they look to have installed ducted airconditioning. Access from the house to the backyard is via the laundry. Being on a corner block, the property has side access, as well as from the front. They cleaned all the stonework and had the tiled roof re-sealed. It looks very neat.


OK, so what would you expect to pay for this delightful property? Well, they’re asking $550,000!!! I think they may be living in dreamland. I can only assume they were buoyed by the $716,000 realised for a much nearby, much larger house a few months ago.

Time will tell.