Another look at Macgregor

I arranged to see the property at Macgregor. I took the camera with me and took a swag of photos to send to S. The house had become smaller since I was last there, and the block had become larger. It’s strange how your memory plays tricks like that.

A more careful inspection revealed things that were wrong with it that I hadn’t noticed earlier. Various things had been damaged and were not cared for. Doors had banged against objects and had dents in them. There was a roughness about the place. The garden seems to have died. I still quite liked the place despite this. Canberra doesn’t seem to have much more than conventional house design, unless you start to get very expensive. So, here is one that may be within my price range and a bit different to boot.

I had earlier studied a few of the brochures I had collected from properties in the vicinity during my travels. Following each open inspection I would note my impressions and other details. It’s good as a memory jog.

From what I’ve seen in the area, it seemed to me that this property might sell for $390 to $400k. However, having seen it again today, and seen the roughness of the property I wonder that perhaps $380 to $390k would be a better price.

The Macgregor property

I got a copy of the building report for the Macgregor property. There was nothing particularly horrible in the report that I noticed. It was a larger block of land than I’d thought, and there might be advantages to it being a corner block. The previous owner had plans for an extension that still fell within the time limit; which could be useful. The building report showed it as being one of the larger blocks of land in the vicinity, with an area of 951 sq m. Could this be our new home?

The real estate agent in Melbourne is faxing me documents to sign as part of our sale. It’s all a bit cumbersome with S and the house in Melbourne and me in Canberra.

Sold

An offer of $355,000 was made. This was the figure S and I discussed when considering what would be acceptable. So, that’s it. Sold! According to our real estate agent our buyer is a nurse, she liked the garden, and also liked the property because of its proximity to her work.

She paid $1000 in cash on signing the contract, promising the remainder of the deposit on Friday, with Settlement set to be on the 16th June. So, that’s it. At last. Home and hosed. What a relief. No more fretting. No more house cleaning for inspections. All we need now is place to live, and shift our stuff.

S had a look on the web at the house I’d spotted in Macgregor, and liked it. I rang the agent to arrange another inspection for me, and if I still liked it I’d check out the building report. If the building report was mostly okay, S would drive up to Canberra for the auction on Saturday.

Things are getting exciting!