Former Malishev display home scores Grovedale’s top 2026 sale

289A-289B Torquay Rd, Grovedale, sold for $1.25m. A former Malishev display home has recorded Grovedale’s largest residential sale of 2026, with a neighbouring carpark proving key to the $1.25m deal. The three-bedroom Hamptons-inspired residence on busy Torquay Rd had been earmarked for conversion to a dental surgery. But Ray White, Highton agent Ben Powe said the vendor, a dentist, changed his mind less than a year after purchasing the 905sq m property. RELATED: Dream city digs emerge on rundown Geelong site Ex-mayor Darryn Lyons offloads waterfront villa Geelong hotspots were demand has surged Painted board lined the vaulted ceiling in the dining and living area. The kitchen has a butler’s pantry and premium appliances. “When he looked into it, because it’s such a beautiful Malishev display home, he was going to have to jackhammer up the concrete and he just didn’t want to pull it apart so decided he didn’t want it,” he said. “He was going to just sell the house – we didn’t have a lot of joy with the house because he wanted to keep the carpark and we took it off the market – but then I had a buyer ring me who had a potential use for the house and the carpark and we ended up negot...