Mentone home reno sells almost $100,000 above expectations

The owners of 2 Alvena St, Mentone, completely overhauled the home – but made sure to make the kitchen a focal point, and boost the amount of natural light. A Mentone family yesterday found the secret to beating Melbourne’s challenging auction market after selling a completely overhauled home. An exhaustive renovation that relocated the living zones to the rear of the house, added skylights, moved the bathroom and the kitchen, wound up attracting two bidders and helped the home to sell almost $100,000 above expectations. When the three-bedroom home went under the hammer it had a $1.2m-$1.3m asking price and was on the market at $1.25m. RELATED: Melb hotspots tipped for five-figure spring boom Melbourne’s ultimate spring real estate guide Melbourne builder reveals key reno tips to attract buyers this spring It needed a vendor bid at $1.1m to get the bidders engaged, and then quickly turned into a bidding battle and was eventually sold for $1.345m. When vendors Mel Weddell and Michael Davis bought the home the floorplan was all wrong, so they relocated just about every interior wall except for one of the bedroom walls. But Ms Weddell said the biggest feedback points had been on the h...