Neighbours fanatic buys second 'Ramsay Street' house
An expatriate Neighbours fanatic living in the UK paid $867,000 to secure his second 'Ramsay Street' house at weekend auction.
Andrew Whitney, who directs a private jet and helicopter charter flight company in the UK, outbid seven for the Pin Oak Court, Vermont South offering.
Also known as 30 Ramsay Street, the home of Jarrod 'Toadie' Rebecchi, it was offered through Barry Plant Real Estate.
The former Blackburn North resident bought another Pin Oak Court house 16 years ago before moving to the UK.
Mr Whitney told the Herald Sun that he knows the street better than anyone.
"I record every episode of Neighbours," he said.
It was sold by the downsizing vendor Faye Pierce, with the buyer able to join the other court residents who are paid a substantial annual fee by the show's producers in agreeing to avoid changes to their facades without consultation and allowing external regular filming.
The four-bedroom home was built with her husband in 1973 with its expansive covered rear deck having elevated views over Billabong Park.
