85 Rivergum Dr, Highton offered at public sale.

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A place of abode simply steps from Buckley Falls and the Barwon River is now house to a neighborhood couple in a position to upsize.

The four-bedroom homestead at 85 Rivergum Dr, Highton offered for $1.55m underneath the hammer on Saturday, $100,000 above the highest finish of its $1.35m-$1.45m worth hopes.

McGrath Geelong Newtown predominant David Cortous stated the tough house used to be an “absolute showstopper” from its beautiful facade to the hanging interiors.

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“It’s were given gorgeous ironbark right kind bushes all within the entrance all through the remainder of this house,” Mr Cortous stated.

“Very unusual in nowadays’s marketplace as a result of lots of the homes at the present time use a inexpensive taste of board, however no longer right here.

“Ironbark is the toughest bushes you’ll be able to purchase and it’s sitting in that belongings there; it does no longer dint, it does no longer scratch.”

The valuables spans 1030sq m.

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He added that the site of the living used to be “top class Highton”.

“Proper down the street there’s the gorgeous Buckley Falls, experience that it has to provide down there,” he stated.

“Instantly over the little thin bridge and in about 20 mins you’re at the doorstep of Newtown.”

3 bidders competed for the sprawling belongings, which sits on 1030sq m, with one willing bidder beginning the public sale off with an be offering of $1.4m.

From there, two bidders went face to face with gives emerging up till $1.48m when a 3rd bidder entered the race at $1.5m.

All 3 bidders had been nonetheless within the recreation up till $1.525m when the most recent entrant presented $1.55m which received them the brand new house.

The kitchen with a big island, walk-in pantry and secondary bench most sensible.

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The open-plan dwelling zone.

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Probably the most oldsters of the patrons stated the brand new homeowners had a belongings within the space and had been merely on the lookout for a brand new position to name house.

Noticed gum floor and double-glazed home windows line the house, whilst a solar power device helps to keep the place of abode sustainable.

The open-plan dwelling area gives a beneficiant quantity of herbal mild, whilst the kitchen has an island bench, walk-in pantry and secondary bench for more room.

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