Fairhaven clifftop house sells for $3 million before Easter auction

A Fairhaven holiday house has sold for $3 million before its scheduled Easter Sunday auction.

The double storey home at Lialeeta Road was listed with $2.75 million to $3 million price expectations by Marty Maher and Mim Atkinson of Great Ocean Properties Aireys Inlet.

While Maher says there is often strong interest in the tightly held holiday homes in Aireys Inlet, the Lialeeta Road house is "certainly a standout property".

"There have only been a handful of $3 million plus sales in the area," says Maher.

The home's location, with easy access to the Fairhaven Surf Lifesaving Club, along with its clifftop position, set it apart from other properties in the area.

The vendors had held the property, used as a holiday home, for 19 years. The three bedroom house on a 920 square metre parcel was renovated in 2010, with timber featuring prominently.

"It had quite a lot of people looking through it, but affordability is an issue at that end," says Maher.

Ultimately, there were two interested parties, with buyers from Melbourne making the $3 million offer pre-auction and securing the property. It will be used as a holiday home.

Its auction was to be one of a number Victorian coastal properties going under the hammer on the traditionally quiet Easter long weekend.