The Block's Simon and Shannon bring back auctioneer Damien Cooley
Auctioneer Damien Cooley will be selling Simon and Shannon's apartment on The Block Glasshouse, marking Cooley's sixth appearance on The Block.
This time, he's teaming up with Andrew McCann at Jellis Craig Bennison MacKinnon, a managing director at the agency.
Cooley was most recently seen on The Block Fans v Faves, where he auctioned Kyal and Kara's apartment. The pair won $565,250 after Cooley secured a $2.44 million price for their three storey Albert Park conversion. Kyal and Kara came third overall last season, after winners Steve and Chantelle, who sold their apartment for $2.47 million ($636,000 above the adjusted reserve) and twins Alisa and Lysandra, whose offering attracted a $2,375,000 bid ($616,000 above the reserve).
Tasmanian brothers Simon and Shannon will be hoping Cooley can repeat his performances on the second and sixth seasons of The Block, where he secured wins for Andrew and Jamie and Phil and Amity respectively.
Cooley's debut on The Block came in season two, when he auctioned the winning apartment. Andrew Rocheford and Jamie Nicholson's renovated manly apartment earned the then couple $78,000 plus an additional $100,000 winner's prize.
He returned for the show's third season, auctioning Mark and Duncan's renovated apartment. The duo made the lowest profit of any of the teams that season, with a $47,000 profit.
But Cooley improved greatly on that result with the sale of Phil and Amity's apartment in The Block All Stars.
The winning couple made a $295,000 profit when Cooley secured a $1.67 million bid for the two bedroom Bondi apartment.
Cooley also auctioned Matt and Kim's apartment on The Block Sky High, delivering a $1,205,000 million price for the couple, who took home a $250,000 profit.
The auctioneer is no stranger to television outside of The Block. He has also appeared on The Renovators, Under the Hammer, Hot Auctions and Selling Houses Australia.
All the teams on The Block Glasshouse have secured agents ahead of their 11 October auctions. Maxine and Karstan have already begun their marketing campaign, advertising their apartment on listing websites. Early in the season, the couple also discussed creating a marketing book for prospective buyers to thumb through on their way through the home.
Ray White agent Matt White has also been busy marketing Michael and Carlene's unit, with two private invitation only inspections. So far, 130 people have inspected the apartment.
White said the apartment received a positive response at the exclusive inspections.
"The inspections weren’t open to anyone, we selected serious buyers and investors, buyers agents and Ray White colleagues with active buyers in the area to view the property," said White.
The public will have a chance to see the apartments for themselves at a rather less exclusive event - the open for inspections. All five apartments will be open to the public on the weekend of 20 September and 21 September.
Picture courtesy of Channel 9.
