After gaining plenty of attention, including being one of the nation's most searched properties through realestatec.om.au during its first week on the market, the Speers Point Garage has been secured by a local buyer for $378,000.
Shaun Elms, of Ray White Newcastle Lake Macquarie, marketed the historic Lake Macquarie landmark at 155 Main Road.
It was set for auction on March 28 with a guide of $390,000 but due to coronavirus restrictions preventing public auctions Mr Elms instead put a closing date on offers. In all, six offers from local buyers were submitted with the sale made on March 27.
Built circa 1926, the Speers Point Garage serviced the community for over 70 years before ceasing operation as a service station around 30 years ago. The local heritage-listed building retains its original facade and is on a level 809 square metre block with a 21-metre frontage around 500 metres from Lake Macquarie. It is zoned R3 medium to high density.
"I'm not sure what the buyer's plans are yet; he just loves the building and will try to bring it back to its former glory," Mr Elms said.
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Street Property's Damon Sellis also reported "a good level of interest", including nationally, for Cooks Hill's Elizabeth House.
Mr Sellis is under instructions by liquidator Andrew Scott, from PricewaterhouseCoopers, to sell the 54-room boarding house at 82 Parkway Avenue through expressions of interest, closing May 1. A price guide has not been disclosed.
Built in 1954 as a hostel for the YWCA, the tri-level building is set on 1948 square metres of land with a second frontage to Corlette Street. It is zoned R3 Medium Density Residential.
Listings over $1m
First National Newcastle City are marketing a four-bedroom home with a pool and granny flat overlooking Gibbs Brothers Oval at 82 Rowan Crescent in Merewether for $1.95 million to $2.145 million.
Belle Property Charlestown have a Swansea Heads home with four bedrooms, three bathrooms, a pool and water views at 2 Opal Close for $1.58 million to $1.68 million.
LJ Hooker Toronto are selling a "super-sized" penthouse off-the-plan in development Victory Toronto at 15-16/34-3 Victory Parade for $2.6 million. The apartment is over two levels and will have three bedrooms, its own lift, two decks, sweeping water views and two car spaces.
$500,000 to $1m
PRD Newcastle and Lake Macquarie have listed a custom-built home with four bedrooms and three bathrooms at 40A Chilcott Street in Lambton with an auction guide of $990,000.
A three-bedroom, two-bathroom house at 10 Roxburgh Street in Stockton is being sold through Walkom Real Estate for $750,000 to $800,000.
A four-bedroom home at 27 Edith Street in Waratah is being sold by Green Street Property for $600,000 to $645,000. McKiernan Real Estate have a three-bedroom house at 69 Roslyn Street in Charlestown for $595,000 to $645,000.
Under $500,000
A four-bedroom home at 91 Wansbeck Valley Road in Cardiff is on the market through Andriessen Property for $490,000 to $530,000. Dowling Property Group have a three-bedroom house at 58 Barton Street in Mayfield for $470,000 to $510,000.
