$1.31m sale for renovated Boronia family home

A Boronia home has rocketed $280,000 above its price guide, selling for $1.31m as seven bidders battled it out in a heated auction for one of the suburb’s best-finished family homes.

The five-bedroom, three-bathroom property at 11 Ronald Cres, had $940,000-$1.03m price hopes ahead of the onsite auction.

Eight bidders registered, seven competed in the auction.

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Ray White Ferntree Gully’s Blayze Fatchen said buyers were quick to recognise the home’s move in ready appeal.

“There was heat from the start,” Mr Fatchen said.

“We had hands flying early, families just want to move in and enjoy it.

“No one wants to deal with trades anymore.”

Bidding opened strongly and surged past the quoted range.

Mr Fatchen said the home was declared on the market above $1.1m, with three buyers pushing well beyond that mark.

“You could feel the urgency,” Mr Fatchen said.

“If it’s finished and done to a high standard, buyers will come from everywhere for it.”

Sellers Kristy and Damian Duke said the result was more than they’d hoped for.

“We’re absolutely stoked. It’s more than what we dreamt of,” Mrs Duke said.

The couple lived in the home with their three children, Imogen, Ethan and Elijah, and have already purchased a new property in Selby.

“We’ve bought on half an acre so the kids can have more space,” she said.

“We bought first, which was stressful, but Blayze talked us through everything. We felt prepared.”

The home sits on a 728sq m block and has been renovated and extended.

Features include a stone-topped kitchen, electric fireplace, three bathrooms, and a covered alfresco with Coonara wood heater.

There’s also a double garage with auto gate, solar panels, and CCTV.

Mr Fatchen said demand for move-in-ready homes in Boronia had surged.

“This is what’s driving premium results in the outer east,” he said.

“People are done with the reno dream, they want lifestyle, now.”

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