It looks like the earth is reclaiming it Jumanji-style, but this Uraidla home overgrown with vines has just sold to some visionary locals keen to restore it to its former glory.
The 1369sqm property recently sold at auction for $662,000 to some locals who live just five minutes down the road after attracting some solid interest.
Selling agent Sam Oborn of Harcourts Adelaide Hills said running the campaign for the relatively dilapidated property in the middle of a heatwave was a challenge.
“The first open had about 46 groups through it, so probably 90 people,” he said.
“It was about 39 degrees, I tried to do it early in the morning, but it was during that heatwave.
“I think we had like 112 groups through the campaign.
“I was worried about snakes, but thankfully we didn’t see any.”
1217 Greenhill Rd, Uraidla. Supplied
There’s a house in there. Somewhere … Supplied
This property is set for a transformation. Supplied
The property has become overgrown in recent years. Supplied
The photos for 1217 Greenhill Rd, Uraidla pretty much speak for itself, but its online listing, which features no internal pictures of the home, paints a picture of some of what is hidden inside.
“Ripple iron walls, pressed iron roof, high ceilings, timber floors and a slow combustion heater speak to another era in the weary 1930s cottage standing at a figurative fork in the road; to renovate or replace, the fitting question,” it read.
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“The block’s scale allows for a considered architectural home that embraces northern light, privacy, and garden outlooks among its gently sloping land.
“The renovator will love the potential challenge of opening up – or even extending – the existing structure.”
Mr Oborn said despite its condition – it’s fairly dilapidated inside, he said – its owner still lived in there part-time.
That skip’s set to get a good workout. Supplied
The property was a hit with those who had hoped to renovate it. Supplied
“It’s pretty overgrown and inside it needs a lot of work, but despite the state it’s in, the vendor, who has been making a slow transition to the Yorke Peninsula, still comes back for work and she’d been staying in here,” Mr Oborn said.
“She’s owned it for some time and brought her kids up in there and everything.”
He said, despite the work that would be needed to tidy up the property and revive the cottage, he felt the purchasers got a good deal.
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“We had a price guide of $690,000 to $750,000, so we got short of that which we kind of expected once we got to that final week and didn’t have anyone that was fully in love with it, and in the end it really probably just sold at land value,” he said.
“Lots of people probably weren’t up for the big task at hand in terms of renovating or rebuilding.
What’s more Australian than a Hills Hoist clothesline. Supplied
There’s even a netball ring. Supplied
“But the main two that were bidding the most to the end, both wanted to renovate it, and the person who bought it is a local family and they’re keen to actually clean up all the yard and then clean the house up and turn it into either an Airbnb or a rental, but just something small and cute.
“You’d probably need to spend about $200,000 on the place but at that price you’re still doing well.
“It’s a cute little place and walking distance from the pub and oval, and the main part of town there.
“So even with $200,000, you’re still coming in at under $900,000, which is good.”
Mr Oborn said it was good to get a result at auction and he hoped it would give the local market confidence to embrace the method.
“It’s kind of good to do an auction again up in the hills and actually sell it at auction, because there haven’t been many auctions up here.”
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