A primary-home purchaser couple splashed a record-breaking $1.11m on a Tarneit home at a Good Friday Attraction public sale held in support of the Royal Youngsters’s Hospital immediately.
Greater than 100 tradies and suppliers donated labour and assets to construct the four-bedroom Monferrato Ave house which was constructed by Henley Properties, on land gifted by Villawood Properties and situated in its Alamora property.
All proceeds from the no-reserve public sale, an annual occasion, are given to the RCH.
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Out of six to seven bidders who contested this yr’s public sale, husband and spouse Mohish Waitha and Sonam Pala received the double-storey residence’s keys.
Ray White Cheltenham’s Greg Brydon, who was the Actual Property Institute of Victoria’s 2023 Senior Auctioneer of the Yr, referred to as the public sale which kicked off with a $600,000 bid.
However the hammer got here down on a determine virtually double that quantity which additionally topped the Good Friday Attraction public sale’s earlier $1.082m file, set in 2022.
Mr Waitha and Ms Pala mentioned they at present lived in a small townhouse in Melbourne’s north and have been wanting ahead to taking advantage of the Tarneit pad’s giant yard, fashionable kitchen and walk-in wardrobes.
“We really feel nice, as quickly as we walked in we knew it might be our place,” Mr Waitha mentioned.
Good Friday Attraction board member Peter Clark mentioned the gross sales outcome had exceeded expectations.
“It was very good to see simply how beneficiant the bidders have been in pushing up the worth, it was a superb outcome for us,” he added.
Villawood Properties chief govt Alan Miller mentioned a big crowd had turned out to look at the public sale.
“It’s been an thrilling occasion and actually highlighted what the Good Friday Attraction is all about,” he mentioned.
Henley Properties advertising and marketing normal supervisor, Tindi Sorbera, mentioned the record-breaking outcome couldn’t have been achieved with out the beneficiant help of the tradespeople and suppliers who contributed to the home.
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