Mount Druitt shop trashed by vandals to get hot auction

It has boarded up windows, mountains of junk and plants have taken over the roof – but an abandoned convenience store is expected to be hot property at auction.

The property in Mount Druitt, which has been vacant since the early 2000s, will go under the hammer this weekend with expectations of selling at a price over $800,000.

Selling agent Greg Okladnikov of Starr Partners said numerous buyers had indicated their willingness to bid on the Mount Druitt Rd property.

It’s currently fenced off to keep people off site and possibly to ward off vandals, who appear to have been a problem at the site in the past: much of the former shop is covered in graffiti.

A video walkthrough of the property revealed piles of junk in the backyard, metre-high grass and an untamed vine growing across what used to be a small house connected to the back of the shop.

The back is pretty overgrown.

Mr Okladnikov said the property was being sold “as is, with everything you see … nothing has been cleared out”.

He told The Daily Telegraph the current structure was “not salvageable” and most of the buyer interest was from those who wanted to redevelop the site.

“The condition has been horrible,” he said. “Someone has stolen the copper pipes, so there is no water. No one is looking at it from a renovation point of view.”

A TikTok video of the property has drawn mixed reactions, with some talking fondly of their memories of the site when it was still an actively running shop, while others were perplexed by the condition.

One commentator said they remembered playing the arcade game Street Fighter outside the shop and “buying lollies”.

There is a lot of junk out the back.

There is expected to be tough competition at auction.

Mr Okladnikov said an old sign inside the shop gives an indication of just how long it’s been since the property was used as a shop. “It says 50 cents cokes and $1 pies,” he said.

Other online commentators were baffled with the offering.

“Who the hell wants to live in that ****hole area and secondly no one’s gunna (Sic) pay that much then a ****load more to reno or knock it down and get another house built.”

“I’ll give you $10.00 firm. I ain’t going any higher,” said another comment.

Others assumed the price would be expensive and came up exaggerated guesses of what they thought the property would be worth. “Asking price $6m,” said one TikTok user.

Much of the place is boarded up.

Mr Okladnikov said he did not know how the property came to be in its current condition and why it was left vacant for so long, but he expected it would be a solid auction result.

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