Newtown heritage home sells after buyers hold firm for eight weeks

69 Aberdeen St, Newtown, has changed hands for the first time in more than 80 years. A grand Federation home in Newtown has sold for the first time in more than 80 years after determined buyers stood their ground on price. Patience was the key to the $1.5m sale of 69 Aberdeen St, which Geelong Real Estate Advocates’ Tony Slack negotiated on behalf of a young local family. He said the buyers refused to budge from to their top offer for eight weeks before it was eventually accepted. RELATED: Renovated McGlashan Everist home in Newtown listed for sale Geelong defies slump as house price lift Historic Great Ocean Road property listed for $9m The four-bedroom character home, designed by prominent architects Laird and Barlow and built in 1907, had been listed for $1.575m to $1.7m through Buxton agent Carl McCann. Mr Slack said he and his clients felt the range was “ambitious” but negotiated from a lower starting point over two weeks before the price stalled at $1.5m. “We were in constant dialogue with the agent and he kept saying ‘they’re not going to budge’ and we weren’t going to budge,” he said. “We were pretty emphatic that was where it was at so for eight weeks that offer was on the...