Nine bidders, mostly first home buyers, competed for actor Claudia Karvan’s late father’s estate at auction, undeterred by an unexpected layout.
Acclaimed Australian actress Claudia Karvan sold her late father’s Bondi Beach estate at auction on Saturday for $989,000.attracted nine buyers, mostly first home buyers.
Bidding opened at $700,000 in front of a curious crowd. After five $25,000 bids between five parties, bids of $5000 were placed until the reserve of $835,000 was met. Selling agent Brigitte Blackman from BresicWhitney Inner East, said the property had been in the family for generations, so although happy with the result it was an emotional outcome for “one of our best actresses”.“There was one bedroom and one sunroom. It was a good entry point for someone to get into Bondi Beach,” she said.
Bidding opened at $4.8 million, with rapid fire $100,000 bids taking it to $5.2 million. Final $25,000 bids reached the final price and it was all done within two minutes.Five registered and four actively bid on the property guided at $5,000,000. The buyers had seen the property three times and made offers pre auction. They were represented by a buyer’s agent on the day.
“We had over 120 groups come through. Very strong inquiry. Obviously based on the fact that we’re so close to the beach. There’s still a lack of quality stock on the market around the eastern beaches.”, sold for $3,300,000 to a local couple downsizing from a bigger property in Bayview.Bidding opened on a $2.5 million vendor bid, with mostly $100,000 and 50,000 bids soaring above the online price guide of $2,595,000.
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