Young family can’t go past renovated Edwardian house in blue chip Newtown street
A builder’s own renovation and extension to a period home in blue chip Newtown was too good to pass for a young family.
A builder’s own renovation and extension to a period home in blue chip Newtown was too good to pass for a young family.
The decade-old renovation had expanded and revamped the early 1900s Edwardian house at 45 Roebuck St.
The now five-bedroom period home has sold for $1.41 million.
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Buxton, Newtown agent Tom Butters said the buyers had checked out a number of properties in the area but couldn’t go past the stunning home.
“They’re a young family looking to move down from Melbourne to get their kids into a good school down here,” Mr Butters said.
“They loved it.
“Their kids are still very young, they’d been looking in Geelong and wanted to secure a good piece of real estate.”
Mr Butters said the quality of the work impressed the buyers.
“They looked at a few properties with us and they said you just can’t go past the work that has been done in there.”
He said the seller was a builder who had done a beautiful job throughout.
“It was an old Edwardian home and they’d left the front and built a complete kitchen and living room, and upstairs was two bedrooms and a double garage.
“So they had done a full job — extension and makeover. But they kept the beautiful facade and extended it out.”
The home first hit the market in November and was last offered with a $1.38 million to $1.42 million price guide.
The house offers 358sq m of floorspace and retains original features like baltic pine floorboards and 3.6m pressed metal ceilings in the entry.
The large hallway leads to the open plan kitchen, living and dining area where large picture double glazed doors open to a deck.
Three bedrooms and second living area were downstairs, while the first floor contained two more bedrooms, a study nook and home office.
Originally published as Young family can’t go past renovated Edwardian house in blue chip Newtown street