Georgia Love and Lee Elliott in Melbourne. Picture: Sam Tabone/Getty Images.
Bachelorette Australia ex-couple Georgia Love and Lee Elliott’s Melbourne house sold under the hammer on the weekend.
An action-packed auction weekend also saw a Seaford house with a six-figure asking range unexpectedly change hands for more than $1m.
Ms Love, an Australian Radio Network newsreader, and Mr Lee put their home at 63A Wickham Rd, Hampton East, on the market following their February break-up.
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The couple met on the The Bachelorette’s 2016 season and had been married for four years.
On Saturday, their four-bedroom property passed in on a $1.53m bid after being listed with $1.5m-$1.58m price hopes.
But Hodges Sandringham director Angus Graham said that the property sold during post-auction negotiations for an undisclosed sum.
In the city’s south east, a four-bedroom house at 4 Lexton Court, Seaford, advertised for $840,000-$880,000 shocked Ray White director Shane O’Sughrue with a “cracker” result.
Georgia Love and Lee Elliott purchased the four-bedroom house at 63A Wickham Rd, Hampton East, in 2021.
Georgia Love and Lee Elliot photographed in 2023. Picture: Magner Media.
The deck has a fully-plumbed barbecue kitchen.
The partially-renovated abode fetched $1,136,500.
“The reserve was $880,000 and it went off its head,” Mr O’Sughrue.
“Basically, there was 100 people in the crowd, eight bidders registered and five who actually took part.”
He was “blown away by the competitive bidding” which saw the house snapped up by a family.
“I haven’t seen anything like it this quarter,” Mr O’Sughrue added, although he noted it was rare to find a four-bedroom house in that particular pocket of Seaford.
“There was nothing fancy about, we just styled it and put some curtains in it,” he said.
“It definitely exceeded my expectations and the vendors’ expectations.”
4 Lexton Court, Seaford, sold for more than $1.13m.
The kitchen is fitted with a freestanding 900mm Westinghouse gas cooktop and electric oven, wooden benchtops and a breakfast bar.
Another property that outperformed predictions was a Victorian-era house at 47 Donald St, Prahran.
Industry sources indicated the residence sold for $3.28m after being listed with $2.2m-$2.4m price hopes.
However, Jellis Craig partner David Sciola said the reserve was set at $2.4m with the sales price undisclosed.
Mr Sciola said the two bidders consisted of a local investor and previous tenant who was emotionally connected to the residence, with both buyers “very motivated to secure the property”.
“It was a very competitive, out-of-the box result for a three-bedroom, one bathroom period home that was very charming and unique, and had a quirky renovation done in the ‘90s,” Mr Sciola said.
47 Donald St, Prahran, features an iron lace veranda and brick facade, leadlight windows and a cathedral ceiling and clerestory turret in the living area.
The marble-fitted kitchen with a walk-in wardrobe and dual butler’s pantry and laundry area.
In Cheltenham, eight bidders were in the mix for a two-bedroom townhouse at 7 Ward St.
Ray White The Bayside Group’s Trevor Bowen said a crowed of more than 100 people gathered to watch the auction.
The townhouse was placed on the market at the $850,000 second bid, which met the reserve.
Set on 256sq m, the home sold for $1.065m, a sum $215,000 above the reserve.
“The winning bidders were a downsizing couple from Endeavour Hills, accompanied by their son on the day,” Mr Bowen said.
According to PropTrack, Victoria achieved a preliminary 70.2 per cent clearance rate from 510 early auction results this week.
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