House with 19 bedrooms, 5 showers expected to fetch $1 million

The property looks like a normal suburban home from the outside – but its floorplan shows it’s hiding a very unusual interior.

A house listing is causing a stir because of the insane amount of bedrooms hidden within its walls.

The South Australian house appears ordinary on the outside but inside it has a whopping 19 bedrooms.

Real estate firm Harcourt Packham recently listed the property, based in the Adelaide suburb of Seacliff, and is holding an inspection this Saturday.

However, the house only has four bathrooms – which means residents have to share a toilet with at least three other people.

The bedrooms vary in size, some with enough room for a couch, while others can only fit a single bed.

First built in the early 1900s, the house underwent a drastic makeover in the 1980s to add more bedrooms to act as a retirement home.

In the years since, it has turned into more of a boarding house, primarily for student accommodation.

Its most recent owner, an elderly lady, lived there along with her tenants.

The house has 19 bedrooms.

it looks like an ordinary house from the outside.

Selling agent James Packham said the previous owner managed the house and kept it in good condition while living there as well as raking in cash from her booming rental business.

“It was owned by an older lady who lived in the front of the property and rented the rooms out the back and that was her home and business all in one,” he told The Advertiser.

“She was very engaged – she was living in it and managing it and it would have been very well-run.

“Now it’s a deceased estate and the family changed its commercial classification back to residential.”

This is how the 19 bedrooms can fit into the 900 square metre space.

The property has only been on the market for a week and has already attracted a lot of interest, including from developers who might knock the whole thing down.

Buyers have been advised that the property is worth at least $1 million, if not more.

Despite the sprawling property, only five people currently reside in the home, with many empty bedrooms.

They are reportedly only paying $185 per room, which also includes all bills related to household costs.

Some of the bedrooms are massive.

There are only five renters currently living there.

Other bedrooms are incredibly cramped, however.

The house is expected to sell for at least $1 million.

It comes as Australia is caught in the throes of a rental crisis, as the national rental vacancy rate is at an all-time low at just 0.9 per cent.

News.com.au previously reported on a house listing in Sydney which raised eyebrows because of its blatant advertising around the property’s rental return.

“Here is the perfect home to add to your portfolio with a possible rental return over $75,000 per annum approx,” the sale listing began.

A tenant advocate said the move was “disappointing” given the lack of affordable houses across the country while a real estate expert said the marketing was strange because it alienated owner-occupiers.