It seems the earth is reclaiming it Jumanji style, but this vine-covered Uraidla home has just been sold to some visionary locals keen to restore it to its former glory.
The 1,369 square meter property recently sold at auction for $662,000 to some locals living just five minutes away after attracting some solid interest.
Harcourts Adelaide Hills sales agent Sam Oborn said campaigning for the relatively run-down property in the middle of a heatwave was a challenge.
“The first opening had about 46 groups, so probably 90 people,” he said.
“It was like 39 degrees, I tried to do it early in the morning, but it was during that heat wave.
“I think we had about 112 groups during the campaign.
“I was worried about snakes, but luckily we didn’t see any.”
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The photos for 1217 Greenhill Rd, Uraidla pretty much speak for themselves, but the online listing, which contains no internal photos of the house, paints a picture of what’s hidden inside.
“Cornered iron walls, pressed iron roof, high ceilings, wooden floors and a slow-burning heater harken to another era in the tired 1930s cottage that stands at a figurative fork in the road; renovate or replace, the appropriate question,” it said.
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“The scale of the block allows for a considered architectural home that embraces northern light, privacy and garden views on the gently sloping site.
“The renovator will love the potential challenge of opening up – or even expanding – the existing structure.”
Mr Oborn said despite the condition it was in – it was quite run down inside, he said – the owner was still living there part-time.
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“It is quite overgrown and needs a lot of work inside but despite the condition it is in, the seller, who has made a slow transition to the Yorke Peninsula, still comes back for work and she was staying here,” Mr Oborn said.
“She’s owned it for a while and raised her kids in it and everything.”
He said that despite the work that would be required to clean up the property and breathe new life into the cottage, he felt the buyers had gotten a good deal.
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“We had a target price of $690,000 to $750,000, so we fell short of what we actually expected when we got to that final week and we didn’t have anyone who was completely in love with it, and in the end it probably just sold at land value,” he said.
“Many people were probably not up to the big task that awaited them in terms of renovating or rebuilding.
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“But the two main ones that offered the most until the end both wanted to renovate it, and the person who bought it is a local family and they would like to clean up the whole yard and then clean up the house and turn it into an Airbnb or a rental, but just something small and cute.
“You’d probably have to spend about $200,000 on the place, but for that price you’re still doing a good job.
“It’s a lovely little place and within walking distance of the pub and the oval, and most of the town there.
“So even with $200,000 you still end up with less than $900,000, which is good.”
Mr Oborn said it was good to get a result at auction and he hoped it would give the local market the confidence to embrace the method.
“It’s quite good to have another auction in the hills and actually sell it at auction because there haven’t been many auctions here.”
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