4 Karrala Court, Chirnside Park, sold for $1.46m to a buyer who’s expected to make good use of the home’s view and pizza oven.
A Chirnside Park home with a view so good the owner bought it off his grandfather has sold in post-auction negotiations about $1.4 million dollars above what they paid 43 years ago.
Scott and Carmel Bennett bought the 4 Karalla Court home off of his forebear for about $45,000 in 1982.
But it has been in the family some 57 years after being built by his grandfather in 1968.
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“We’re a little bit emotional and it will be sad to leave after coming here since I was 15,” Mr Bennett said.
The pair have also raised three kids and five dogs at the home.
“I’m relieved we are moving on,” Mr Bennett said.
“But it will really hit us when we pack the furniture.”
Since buying it off his forebear, Mr Bennett and his wife have added a swimming pool, and a handful of extensions.
The pizza oven and outdoor kitchen are a winning combination for entertaining.
The home has multiple living areas throughout its extensive floorplan.
The pair will miss the view out to Mt Donna Buang, which isn’t significantly different to when they bought it in the day time.
“But with more housing being added, you see more lights at night,” Mr Bennett said.
The view was also factored in when adding the home’s entertainment deck, which comes with an outdoor kitchen and a woodfire pizza oven.
Mr Bennett said the result had been many pizza nights over the years, where they provided bases and sauces, and guests brought their toppings,
Ironically, it was their real estate agent that came up with the best topping they’d tried: shaved dark chocolate and sliced cherries.
Ray White Blackburn’s Allan Smith handled the sale and said while five bidders had registered to bid for the home — just two had bid for it.
A spacious garden sits between the home and its impressive views over the Yarra Valley.
Extensions and renovations have given the home plenty of more modern appeal.
“It was young families, looking to upsize,” Mr Smith said. “But all the bidders were attracted to the view, which looks out over the Yarra Valley and it’s the sort that you just can’t build out.”
Initially passed in at $1.4m, post-auction negotiations got the home to a $1.46m sale.
A young family with three kids of their own claimed the keys and will move into the property.
The agent added that the home wouldn’t have achieved the same level of activity even two or three months ago, but a potential interest rate cut in the coming weeks could generate more interesting sales results in the near future.
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