The house at 25 St Clair Cres, Mount Waverley, was sold at a weekend auction.
A family who dialed into an auction from their car bought a house in Melbourne’s southeast for $1.616 million on Saturday.
Jacob Biviano, from Ray White, said parents had to pick up their children and couldn’t stick around when 25 St Clair Crescent, Mt Waverley, went under the hammer.
However, this didn’t stop them from getting in on the action as they and two other bidders battled to secure the house.
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The man made a bid while his wife held the phone and their children listened, Mr. Biviano said.
Bidding started at $1.4 million and the home was listed for $1.58 million, after being marketed in a range of $1.5 million to $1.6 million.
Mr Biviano said the family was “very happy” with the purchase of the four-bedroom house, located on a 725 square meter block in the Mount Waverley Secondary College zone.
“The family wants to build a new house on the site,” he says.
Mr Biviano said properties earmarked for Mount Waverley Secondary College are very attractive to buyers.
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The house has a lot of vintage charm.
The block measures 725 square meters, while the house is zoned for Mount Waverley Secondary College and is close to Syndal South Primary School.
“Older homes that are suitable for tearing down and converting into family homes are selling well in the school zone,” he said.
Mr Biviano said it was not just local families but also those living in more distant suburbs who were looking to buy in the area.
In the past two months, his office has seen an 85 to 90 percent clearance rate for Mount Waverley auctions.
“From our perspective, I would say these numbers are very strong,” Mr Biviano added.
Courtney Matthews of Ray White led the auction.
The house was advertised as an opportunity to renovate and extend the existing house, build a new home or explore development options for the site.
A pink basic and bath in one of the two bathrooms.
According to PropTrack, Mount Waverley’s median house price was $1.65 million in November this year.
That’s a 1.1 percent increase from the suburb’s previous typical home value of $1,631,750 in November 2024.
More than 420 houses have been sold in Mount Waverley in the past twelve months.
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