Home sets record in soaring suburb
THE million-dollar sale of a Reedy Creek house has broken multiple suburb records, setting the bar high for future sales in the area.
The Skywatch Circuit property is the first on its street to break the milliondollar threshold after fetching $1.075 million last week.
Ray White Robina agent Josh Willatt, who marketed the property, said it was also the highest price ever paid for a single level home in Reedy Creek.
It wasn’t uncommon for properties in the suburb to fetch more than $1 million but Mr Willatt said they often had multiple levels and sweeping views of the Gold Coast.
He noticed demand for single level homes in the area had surged recently.
“I think people are over the bigger homes,” he said.
Mr Willatt said it was for this reason the property at 23 Skywatch Circuit had attracted strong interest from the moment it hit the market in early December.
“We came on the market two weeks before Christmas,” he said.
“We generated quite a lot of interest even in the Christmas period.”
He said a mix of local and interstate buyers from young couples to retirees were interested in the property.
“(One) flew from Sydney for the day just to see that property,” he said.
“I had five written offers throughout the campaign.”
There were three main contenders vying for the property.
Local buyers who had sold their home in the area weeks earlier were the ones who snapped it up.
“They actually came through in week one then went overseas for a holiday for six weeks,” Mr Willatt said. The home, which was built in 2013, is on a 709sq m block and has four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
It has an open floorplan that flows seamlessly outside onto an alfresco area.
Neutral tones, hardwood timber floors and floor-toceiling windows are featured throughout while modern fixtures and fittings give it a contemporary edge.
A saltwater swimming pool, media room with surround sound and stone display walls inside and out are among its standout features.
Mr Willatt said the seller designed and built the home to suit her style but her attention to its finer details was what appealed to house hunters most.
“The attention to detail is really what drew the buyers,” he said.
According to property WITH ALEISHA DAWSON & JESSICA BROWN records, the highest sale on Skywatch Circuit was previously set by the house at no. 15 when it sold for $915,000 in December 2017.
CoreLogic data showed the median house price in Reedy Creek was $789,500.
It had increased five per cent in the past year, 18.6 per cent in the past three years and 30 per cent in the past five years.