Hunters Hill 1870s Didier Joubert home snapped up pre-auction

Hunters Hill 1870s Didier Joubert home snapped up pre-auction
Jonathan ChancellorNovember 16, 2014

McGrath agent Tracey Dixon sold one of Hunters Hill's historic Didier Joubert-built treasures (pictured above) pre-auction.

No price was given but Property Observer wouldn't be surprised if it fetched $5 million.

It was among the 58 pre-auction sales notched up amid the 164 McGrath weekend offerings. Some 21 of the 58 pre-auction sales were price undisclosed.

Elsewhere some 32 of the 91 weekend auctions conducted by Cooley Auctions were sold before, Damien Cooley told 2GB's Ray Hadley Saturday program.

Pre-auction sales are increasingly utilised as the sellers take the best on offer.

Auctions have noted the number of registered bidders has been in decline as auction volumes have picked up in spring.

"Bookings for 6 and 13 December certainly indicate we are in for a very strong auction month in Sydney particularly in the regions of Western Sydney and Northern Districts/Hills where auction volume seem to be at a robust level," auctioneer Rocky Bartolotto at Auction Services said.

It is not to say there aren't still big numbers for some listings. A 5 Marion St, Leichhardt the $990,000 sale was $40,000 over reserve after 12 registered parties gathered to secure a property through Alfio Musumeci at Ray White, which was auctioned by Scott Dalton at Auction Services.

The Bungalow, the Hunters Hill property occupying a 2,276 square metre block at 22 Avenue, was a Victorian sandstone home built in 1879 by Didier Joubert on farmland originally owned by Mary Reibey. 

It was offered by cardiac surgeon Dr Matthew Bayfield and Deputy Mayor paediatrician Dr Meredith Sheil had been hoping for offers of more than $4.25 million.

The sandstone cottage was owned by the Joubert family until 1941.

It last traded in 1999 for $1.7 million when sold by Dr Edmund Sweeney.

Jonathan Chancellor

Jonathan Chancellor is one of Australia's most respected property journalists, having been at the top of the game since the early 1980s. Jonathan co-founded the property industry website Property Observer and has written for national and international publications.

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