Hot property is in need of a lot of love
IT may be unsafe to enter and packed with retro furniture but this house in North Queensland certainly captured the imagination of buyers and property watchers.
Located in Gulliver, a suburb in Townsville, the large 1950s Queenslander was the state’s most viewed auction property this week, and the fourth most clicked on property in Australia, according to Proptrack, the data arm of property portal, realestate.com.au.
Obscured by vines and greenery, the house cannot be viewed by potential buyers after the front and rear stairs were deemed “unsafe”.
But listing agent Ian Clarke, who is selling on behalf of the Public Trustee, managed to climb up a ladder to get a peek inside, finding a treasure trove of old worldly items, many of which would blow the minds of the younger tech generation.
Listing photographs show some of the contents included in the sale of the property, from an old-school TV that would weigh more than a five-year-old, to an antique piano and an ornate, vintage Singer sewing machine.
Mr Clarke said the house was like a time capsule.
“It is a big house, maybe 140sq m under roof, and it would have been a grand house in its day,” Mr Clarke said previously.
The house has four bedrooms, a huge central living area with an archway, an eatin kitchen, an additional kitchenette attached to one of the bedrooms, and a bathroom. It is set on a 809sq m block.
Mr Clarke said aerial photographs from the 1950s suggested the house was built between 1955 and 1959, with the vast majority of the residence in its original condition.
He said the 3D tour had been popular.
The property will go to auction on Saturday, and will be sold sight unseen.