Easey St murders: How much is the Collingwood house worth now?
As new revelations about the infamous Easey St murder arise, the property where the tragic event happened has recently been valued, and the price may surprise you.
The Collingwood home where one of Victoria’s most-brutal crimes took place nearly 50 years ago has recently been valued for $1.12m.
In 1977, tenants Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Barlett were discovered stabbed to death in the two-bedroom house in what became known as the infamous Easey St murders.
It’s since had a troubled past in the inner-northern suburb’s housing market, selling at a discount compared to other properties nearby — and sitting empty for six years after the crime.
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Years after selling up, the landlord of the home at the time of the double murder revealed he had let it go at a discount on what it otherwise would have made when he listed it in 1983 — with the horror crime still fresh in the minds of Victorians six years on.
He paid $19,500 for the home in October, 1976, just months before it became the setting for one of Australia’s most-notorious cold cases.
Property records show the first time the property was listed for rent in 1993 for about $170 a week.
It sold again in 2011 for $571,000, and in June 2017 it made $1.095m.
When it was put on the market six years ago, its listing described that the home had a “revitalised identity” after a contemporary makeover.
One agent who works in the area said when he began his real estate career in 1980, there was still plenty of talk going around about the mysterious murders.
He added that prior to any listing of a home for sale with a troubled past, sellers were obliged to inform agents if, for example, someone had passed away in the property.
Nelson Alexander Fitzroy partner Roland Paterson said the agency had sold the home twice since 1977, and it was made very clear to prospective buyers what had occurred.
“There were quite a few people coming in to have a bit of a look (last time it was listed) obviously because it has quite an infamous house,” Mr Paterson said.
“It was a bit sort of eerie for the agents to sell it.”
Other agents revealed to the Herald Sun that some of the first real estate professionals to inspect the home were left traumatised when they noticed what were believed to be signs of blood on the wall years after the murders.
Mr Paterson sold the neighbouring two-bedroom house at 145 Easey St in August this year for $975,000.
Property records also show the three-bedroom house at 143 Easey St sold for $940,000 in December 2021.
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Originally published as Easey St murders: How much is the Collingwood house worth now?
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