A sports car weekend was among the Valentine’s Day gifts given out at Melbourne auctions on the weekend, including in Wheelers Hill (left) while Dingley Village house seller Leonie celebrates with Buxton’s Nathan Arrowsmith (right).
Love was in the air as home buyers were wooed with sports cars, flowers and champagne at Melbourne auctions on Valentine’s Day on Saturday.
PropTrack recorded a preliminary 64.9 per cent clearance rate from 453 early auction results.
Agents’ hearts were set aflutter as buyers dropped big sums on homes throughout the day.
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In Malvern East, a house sold for $2.025m after being listed for $1.55m-$1.65m.
Ray White’s Tom Grieve said the residence was announced on the market at the price guide’s upper end but strong competition among four bidders – who were mostly hoping to develop the 780sq m block – led to the house changing hands for $375,000 more than expected.
Mr Grieve presented the opening bidder, who also ended up purchasing the home, with a bottle of champagne and flowers in honour of Valentine’s Day.
“Her husband said, ‘Thanks, you’ve done my job for me,’ or something like that,” Mr Grieve said.
18 Chadstone Rd, Malvern East, fetched more than $2m at an auction.
At the auction of 3 Sara Drive, Wheelers Hill, the lucky winning bidders were presented with a BMW car to drive around on a weekend of their choosing. Picture: Supplied.
BigginScott Glen Waverley director and auctioneer Ming Xu said the Wheelers Hill house is located in a quiet area that’s popular with families.
And a family who snapped up a Wheelers Hill house for $1.6m were presented with a BMW to drive on a future weekend of their choosing, by BigginScott Glen Waverley director and auctioneer Ming Xu and Waverley BMW.
Mr Xu said although the new homeowners would not be able to permanently keep the car, they were delighted about both their future road trip and securing the five-bedroom house.
“Having the car for the winning bidder added a bit of excitement to the auction and as it was Valentine’s Day, it was good to give that gift to everyone who was there,” he added.
Three bidders contested the auction for the abode which was placed on the market at $1.5m.
It was listed with BigginScott’s Lindsay Xu and Jing Chen.
113 Dawson St, Tullamarine, sold for more than $1m.
Ray White’s Malek Younan in action as auctioneer. Picture: Supplied.
In Melbourne’s north west, a Tullamarine house’s owners were overjoyed with an unexpected property-related Valentine’s Day present when their home unexpectedly sold for seven figures.
Ray White’s Malek Younan said the reserve was $930,000 but the four-bedroom pad fetched $1.093m.
“There were four to five live bidders,” Mr Younan said.
“The buyer was an investor who saw it at the last minute about four days ago and ended up competing and the auction went crazy.”
9 Mussert Ave, Dingley Village, sold under the hammer for $1.15m.
Owner Leonie celebrates with some bubbly following the auction. Picture: Supplied
Mr Younan said the Reserve Bank’s decision to raise rates on February 3 had not yet impacted the local market to a large extent.
“The interest rate rise didn’t really have a massive impact on the auction but we might see an impact one or two months in the future when people’s borrowing capacity is affected,” he said.
He also conducted the auction with a rose wrapped around his gavel and presented flowers to both the owners and buyer.
Six bidders went head to head at the auction of 99a Vine St, Moonee Ponds.
Matthews’ staff gave roses out to many of the auction attendees. Picture: Supplied.
The romance kept flowing at a Moonee Ponds auction where roses were handed out to all the attendees.
Matthews Agency director John Matthews oversaw the marketing campaign for the two-bedroom house which had a $1.225m reserve and fetched $1.39m as six bidders competed for the keys.
Matthews’ marketing and communications executive Lyndal Sutton said about 50 onlookers turned out to watch the abode go under the hammer.
Another of Mr Matthews’ listings, a four-bedroom Essendon house, also attracted six bidders.
It sold for $1.42m, smashing the $1.26m reserve after being sold to a young buyer from nearby East Keilor.
9 Mussert Ave, Dingley Village, is close to Dingley Village Primary School, cafes, shops, bus routes and parks.
Buxton’s Nathan Arrowsmith also presented bouquets to both the buyers and seller of a three-bedroom Dingley Village house which changed hands for $1.15m.
“We ran out with a bunch of flowers for the owner and the winning couple,” Mr Arrowsmith said.
The owner had been in the home for 23 years and was delighted when it sold slightly above the $1.1m reserve, he added.
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