Huge suburban crowd cheers for luxury house sale at sausage sizzle auction

A crowd of neighbours and homebuyer hopefuls enjoyed a Saturday morning snag at the huge sale for this deluxe home.

Around 150 people celebrated the sale of a new luxury home on the market with a sausage sizzle, at the massive Saturday morning auction.

The five-bedroom, four-bathroom house at 68 Burn Street, Camp Hill, drew 6 registered bidders for the 604 sqm property.

Named ‘Casa Agape’, the home was built by the vendors as a luxury two-level residence, sitting on a corner block with a Mediterranean design.

68 Burn St, Camp Hill

The house was built by its owners, who were looking to sell it on Saturday morning at auction.

Place Camp Hill agent Antonio Puopolo said the mood for the auction was already energised with the sausage sizzle taking place before the sale.

“We get a good vibe going before the auction,” he said. “You’re filling people’s bellies and having a good time. It’s just something different that no one else does.”

“There was a lot of people walking through, a lot of excitement about the home … people were eager to see where it would end up.”

Families of all ages gathered for the morning sausage sizzle before the wild auction battle.

The crowd totalled to around 150 people at the peak of the excitement.

With 3 active bidders, the starting offer of $3.5 million priced some potential buyers out, already representing the highest sale price on the street.

There was a quick jump to $3.6 million in the bidding process, before offers quickly went back and forth with rising bids of $25,000.

After more than $200,000 offered on top of the starting bid, the auction was paused for negotiation – before selling for a final price of $3.91 million.

The deluxe, Mediterranean home sold for $3.91 million.

The home was bought for a mother moving up from the Gold Coast to be closer to her family.

Mr Puopolo said the vendors, a mum and dad couple of owner-builders, were “over the moon” at the sales result.

Meanwhile, the home was bought by an older couple purchasing on behalf of their adult daughter, who was unable to attend in person.

“She’s moving up from the Gold Coast to be closer to her Mum and Dad, as she’s just had a baby,” Mr Puopolo said.

“They love the home … [and] the parents are very excited for their kids to be closer to them.”

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