Cockatoo: Graffitied mansion in Melbourne’s southeast practically sells, amongst state’s deserted houses awaiting new house owners

An deserted mansion in Melbourne’s outer southeast, described as the right setting for a zombie film, is without doubt one of the many derelict Victorian houses ready for a brand new proprietor in 2025.

Listed on the market final April, the 14-room home at 650 Woori Yallock Rd, Cockatoo, has a

$900,000-$990,000 price ticket.

Ranges First Nationwide Actual Property Belgrave and Cockatoo director Mick Dolphin stated the mansion’s on-line itemizing was quickly eliminated in December after a possible new proprietor put in a proposal to purchase the quirky tackle, for a sum inside the asking vary.

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“She completely loves it and has bought a whole lot of plans about what she want to do,” Mr Dolphin stated.

Nevertheless, the distinctive-looking mansion is now again available on the market as the lady hopes to promote one in every of her personal properties, earlier than she will be able to purchase the Cockatoo property.

Mr Dolphin described the three-level residence as a neighborhood icon, typically photographed for social media and positioned in a distinguished place that many residents drove previous.

Mr Dolphin had the itemizing when the 5.26ha block final bought for $580,000, virtually a decade in the past.

The household who bought on the time ended up shelving their plans to ascertain a farm.

The brown brick residence, that includes a turret-style exterior staircase and portico, has since fallen into disrepair with graffiti masking its inside and exterior, plus greenery rising via damaged home windows.

When it was put available on the market earlier this 12 months, Mr Dolphin described the home as excellent for taking pictures a zombie apocalypse film, saying the eye-catching residence was initially constructed by a pair who immigrated from Europe.

They’d hoped for a household however didn’t find yourself having kids, and lived on the residence for years, however by no means bought round to ending the construct.

The property was additionally previously leased to a paintball operator who used it for an exhibition occasion.

Mr Dolphin stated he had obtained a whole lot of inquiries in regards to the residence because it went up on the market in April 2024, with some potential consumers floating the thought of organising a reception centre, avenue artwork museum or lodging for homeless individuals – though any of those proposals would rely on council approval.

“I get calls on it every single day,” Mr Dolphin stated.

The previous residence recorded a whopping 143,000 views on realestate.com.au in 2024, making it the most-viewed Australian property final 12 months.

The Cockatoo abode will not be the one rundown Melbourne residence to get some love final 12 months.

In November, a dilapidated Victorian-era home in Albert Park bought for $170,000 above its $1.05m reserve value at public sale.

The three-bedroom home at 388 Ferrars St fetched $1.22m, after 5 bidders competed for the keys.

Following the public sale, BigginScott Richmond director Andrew Crotty stated the home was in a location “second to none”, close to the seaside, South Melbourne’s Clarendon St retailers and Albert Park Lake.

Additionally final August, a “coastal diamond within the tough” at 95 Ella Grove, Chelsea, fetched $850,500.

The rubbish-filled home attracted greater than 30,000 on-line views at realestate.com.au in its first week available on the market.

Itemizing photographs confirmed a dust bike parked within the kitchen, a bottle of fertiliser among the many containers left on a toilet sink and grass rising within the outside pool.

The One Company’s Cameron Howe stated the home’s Sydney-based proprietor had solely briefed him on their expectations for the sale – leaving a thriller as to how the residence got here to be in a state of disrepair.

Mr Howe stated that he had determined to not shrink back from revealing how the house appeared in its promoting photographs.

Different dilapidated residential addresses nonetheless available on the market embody a 4046sq m web site at 26 Napoleon Road, Greendale, with a derelict recreation corridor upon it.

Priced at $395,000-$405,000 plus GST, the property is “near the native pub” in accordance with the itemizing.

Greendale is a city within the Shire of Moorabool, 81km north west of Melbourne.

First Nationwide Rayner Bacchus Marsh’s Lachlan Taffe and Hannah Smith are managing the gross sales marketing campaign.

Additional away from Victoria’s capital, a one-bedroom home at 26 Inkerman St, Maryborough, that appears prefer it has seen higher days is on the market with a $270,000 price ticket.

The house’s itemizing suggests it “could swimsuit skilled renovators to roll up their sleeves or these seeking to clear and develop the block”.

Inspection is “really useful to view the problem forward”.

Maryborough First Nationwide Actual Property’s Brandon Solomano has the itemizing.

Within the small city of Marnoo, east of the South Australian border, a 2023sq m block with a wood shed erected in 1923 awaits a brand new proprietor.

Priced at simply $90,000, 15 Newall St additionally incorporates a derelict three-bedroom weatherboard home.

About 13km from Bendigo, a 2941sq m web site at 53 Sawmill Rd, Huntly, that’s residence to a number of derelict buildings, together with a home the place with a partially-collapsed wall, is priced at $360,000.

Elders Actual Property Bendigo’s Patrick Skahill has the itemizing.

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