Add CategoryMOST properties on the market are styled to make sure they look their best on auction day.
But how do you get around the fact that the roof has caved in above the front of the house that was burnt out in a fire a few years ago?
That’s the challenge that auctioneer Adam Natonewski, of Ray White, Highton, faced when he was called in to sell 82 Mulquiney Crescent, Highton, pictured below.
The front rooms of three-bedroom house were destroyed in a house fire in August, 2013.
Tenants were not in the house when the alarm was raised, the Addy reported at the time, but Mr Natonewski said the house had been unoccupied ever since.
“Ultimately it was a block of land with a house on it that needed to be cleared because it was burnt out,†Mr Natonewski said.
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“All the way through (the campaign) the Melbourne owners had wanted house value for it, but clearly they were never going to get that,†he said.
“They were adamant you could preserve some but I had a look through on Saturday and there’s no chance,†he said.
“It has to be cleared and become a block of land and then you’ve got the battle of the power lines behind it as well.â€
Two bidders raised their hands at the auction — a developer, who won the auction, and a local who wanted to build a new house on the site.
“I think we got a good outcome at $270,000 in the end. But you then have to add $15,000 to clear it up as well,†he said.
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