Bondi hoarder house off the market after Bobolas family repays almost $200,000 to Waverley Council

THE OWNERS of the Bondi hoarder house have saved their home from going under the hammer to pay close to $200,000 in outstanding cleaning debts.

Home owned by Boboblas family on Bonnara Road, Bondi. Picture Cameron richardson

THE Bobolas are staying!

The family of hoarders who make life a misery for their Bondi neighbours were faced with having their squalid, rubbish-filled home forcibly sold from under them.

Despite reports that the family had come with $180,000 to pay back Waverley Council, the Sheriff’s Office says they are yet to receive a cent. Picture Cameron richardson

A cat sits on mounds of rubbish yesterday morning in the front yard of the home. Picture: Cameron Richardson

There are at least some Bondi residents who enjoy the piles of rubbish. Picture: Cameron Richardson

But Mary Bobolas, and her adult daughters, Elena and Liana, came up with $180,000 to pay Waverley Council’s cleaning and legal bills just hours before their home was to go under the auctioneer’s hammer last night.

The NSW Sheriff’s Office had commissioned Raine & Horne Real Estate to sell the house in Boonara Ave to ­recoup a portion of the $350,000 in ratepayers’ money spent on 15 clean-ups over 17 years.

Last year the hoarder house was placed on the market after the Sheriff’s Office was instructed to recover $180,000 of the those costs on behalf of the council.

Cleaning crews work at the Bondi home in April last year as police stand guard. Picture: Ross Schultz

Mrs Bobolas, who owns the home, outside as crews clean up. Picture: Ross Schultz

Liana Bobolas looks out from behind the pile of rubbish earlier this year. Picture: John Fotiadis

But at 2.30pm yesterday the money was handed over to a sheriff’s representative at the Downing Centre Courts in Sydney.

Now, dismayed and disappointed neighbours fear they will have to put up with the foul smells, vermin and flies for years to come.

As yesterday’s photographs (above) taken by The Daily Telegraph show, the rubbish is already spreading.

Neighbours will have to wait until at least April for ­another clean-up when council applies for an order from the Land and Environment Court. The council will also chase the family through the courts for another $160,000 in cleaning and legal fees.

“We feel for the family and we have sought to connect them with local support services and agencies,” a council spokesman said.

Estate agent Ric Serrao, who organised last night’s auction, said 63 contracts had been handed out ahead of the sale and bids as high as $2 million were expected.

Mary Bobolas bought the house in 1973 for $15,000.