Martin Friedrich-designed Brighton home sells

Martin Friedrich-designed Brighton home sells
Jonathan ChancellorDecember 7, 2020

A contemporary Brighton home struggled for bids at weekend auction, but found a buyer post-auction.

The home at 1 Laburnum Court was designed by architect Martin Friedrich to be his own home. It was sold by him at $2,925,000 in 2014.

Buxton Brighton auctioneer John Clarkson took an opening bid of $3 million, which was followed by a vendor’s bid of $3.05 million.

The Laburnum Court home passed in at auction but sold later at an undisclosed price to a professional couple moving to the bayside area for the first time.

The four bedroom home had price expectations of $3.2 million-plus.

It was one of 677 auctions across Melbourne this week, recording an 75 percent clearance rate, according to CoreLogic.

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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