Dipper’s childhood home is being auctioned in Hawthorn and goes under the hammer at 10am today.
Melbourne is set to end the spring auction market with a bang as almost 1600 homes test the market, including a few properties linked to VFL premiership stars.
At 10 a.m., the home where Robert Dipper DiPierdomenico grew up after his family migrated to Australia goes under the hammer, with expectations it could sell for $3.1 million to $3.4 million.
With five VFL premierships and a Brownlow Medal to his name, Dipper is one of the code’s most successful athletes. He recently revealed on social media that the house at 71 Mason St is where he and his brother got their first football kicks and first bowl of a cricket ball.
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Scott Patterson of Kay & Burton is handling the sale and said that, along with Dipper’s brother Dino, who bought the house about 40 years ago, it had been in the DiPierdomenico family for more than 60 years.
“And Dipper grew up there, went to the local primary school and kicked the ball in the park across the road and became a Brownlow Medalist,” Mr Patterson said.
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The open living room at the rear of the house is a bit different than when the DiPierdomenico brothers grew up there.
The house has a garden full of greenery.
Robert Dipper DiPierdomenico is one of the most successful footballers to play AFL or VFL.
An hour later, North Melbourne premiership hero John Burns will put his and his wife Beverly’s home of the past 20 years in Pascoe Vale South up for auction.
scored four goals to help the Roos to their 1975 Premiership banner.
After putting the house at 24 Lochinvar St up for sale, he said it had a bit of “magic from the moment we saw it”.
It is expected to sell for $1.65 to $1.8 million through Adrien Petrucelli of Jellis Craig.
PropTrack data shows Melbourne is expected to host 1,594 auctions this week as the spring sales season draws to a close.
The state’s approval rating has remained well above 60 percent for the past three months, an improvement from last year.
North Melbourne VFL premiership player John Burns is selling his home in Pascoe Vale South. Photo: North Melbourne Football Club.
The house at 24 Lochinvar St has been owned by the player for decades.
Inside, the house has a light and bright atmosphere.
But it has slowed as auction numbers have risen above 1,500 for several weeks in November, with a 65 percent clearance rate last weekend.
Nearly 70 percent of homes were sold at auctions in September and October.
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