Hawthorn skipper Ben Stratton is punting a classy Fitzroy warehouse conversion.
Hawthorn skipper Ben Stratton and fiancee Laura Griffin are still looking to handball their Fitzroy warehouse conversion, after it passed in at auction.
The two-bedroom home at 75 Palmer St passed in on a vendor bid of $1.5 million, short of its $1.62 million price expectations.
Nelson Alexander Fitzroy partner Mark Verrocchi said the “hottest” buyer was still organising their finances and he expected the property to sell in the next few days.
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The warehouse conversion passed in on a vendor bid.
Ben Stratton with Laura Griffin at the 2019 Brownlow Medal. Pic: AAP Image/Julian Smith
The couple polished the concrete floors and exposed a brick wall at the home.
“We ended up having close to 50 appointments and inspections there so I’m not really worried that we’re too far off,” Mr Verrocchi said. “It is a ripping house.”
Three-time premiership star Stratton previously told the Sunday Herald Sun that the pair were drawn to the stylish property for its location just off Brunswick St.
A spiral staircase at the house.
Clerestory windows bring light into one of two bedrooms.
Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson and skipper Ben Stratton during training in 2019. Pic: Michael Klein
“It was perfect, we had everything at our front door – so many local watering holes and favourite brekky places,” the 31-year-old defender said.
“It was pretty special having Carlton Gardens in our backyard.”
In Preston, a two-bedroom brick house sold a whopping $145,000 beyond the reserve price. A young couple picked up 2/65 Pender St for $655,000 in the competitive bidding.
There were 40 registered bidders for 2/65 Pender Street, Preston.
The Preston property sold for $655,000.
The “very excited” first-home buyers outbid a mixture of young buyers, investors and downsizers, Ray White Craigieburn auctioneer Trish Orrico said.
“It was nuts — we definitely weren’t expecting that,” she said of the runaway result.
“This is the trend we’re seeing at the moment,” Ms Orrico said. “There seems to be competition everywhere you look.”
The Preston unit fetched a $145,000 premium.
First-home buyers, downsizers and investors all expressed interest.
Multiple family bidders also vied for the keys to 24 Mimosa St, Glen Waverley, which sold for a $112,000 premium.
The 652sq m block sold for $1.132 million, after “out of control” competition between six groups. “All the bidders were planning to knock the house down and build their dream home,” Harcourts Judd White director Dexter Prack said.
Elsewhere, a four-bedroom house at 12 Blackman Ave, Mill Park, sold for $631,000 under the hammer.
Two sisters sold the property for their mum as she moves into aged care, earning a $31,000 premium with the sale.
Barry Plant North Eastern Group director Jay Moxon said a pair of local first-home buyers purchased the home with plans to do a renovation.
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