I'm not seeing a price. Don't they put the price on Australian real estate ads?

Sometimes they do... I know what we got for it, almost 10 years ago, and that was before work was done on the place, so I imagine that it's gone up a hell of a lot since then.

The neighbourhood is very exclusive - it's just next to the Bridal / Designer shopping strip of Melbourne. And it's in a particularly expensive and exclusive street in the exclusive and expensive suburb.

I'm not seeing a price.

It's an auction.

I used the left-hand column to search comparables in Armadale (3 BR, 1 BA), and I found a range from AU$300,000 to AU$3,000,000 (US$200,000 to US$2,000,000).

Wowowowowow. That is a motherfucking gorgeous house.

Why ever did you leave?

Oh I LOVE the fireplaces and bay window, the rooms have perfect size, we have to get you this house back! Its YOURS dangit!

Honestly, even if it is way out of your pricerange, call the realtor, tell them that your dad grew up there and that you lived there until X years of age, and that you'd really like to see it and want to know how the bidding goes because your really interested in it - emotional attachment and all. You never know, maybe it won't be going for way out of your price range. And worst case scenario, at least you got to have another look at it.

I go to showings all the time, usually because I'm helping a friend find something, often just because I'm curious. Last weekend I went to a huge apartment here in the city with a gorgeous room, bay windows and other 100-details that usually skyrocket the price. The realtor called me and revealed that there's only one bid and it's below the suggested price, it's a steal. (so now I wish I was on the market for such an apartment, aargh!).

also, dude, they're saying "with scope for renovation" and they're only showing living and diningroom - no bedroom, no bath, no kitchen - which could mean that in this market (where renovating hobbyists and flippers have stepped off), there might not be that much interest in the house. Go see it, you'll regret it if you don't.

I'd love to buy it back, but even if it was selling for $300,000 it's still double my price range - and we sold it for way more than that 10 years ago, before they tidied it up. Add to that my recent unemployment, and I'd never get a mortgage.

The good thing is - it's connected to the house next door - so unless they manage to buy that one too, they can't knock it down. I'm definitely going to try to take a look around. I'd be mad not to.

And in a further coincidence - a few pages across in the newspaper was a house my uncle and aunt used to own. Kind of strange having so many memories in one day. I had a dream the other week about the pool in that one - except it was a jungle, and a turtle flew into it while I was swimming. Weird.

Wow, love that house too, trippy! Lovely, wow I could totally live there.

Also, I read this too fast and read turtles in dream definition: " "Turtles signify the odd and the unusual in your life and if you dream of seeing one you will have an odd coincidence befall..., and I was going to say "odd coinciences indeed" but that wasn't what it said at all. ;)

Huh... interesting. A lot of those definitions say that my business conditions will improve. Ironic! Though I'm going to choose to believe it means I'm about to find something better. :)

Yeay! I'm going with that too. I'm guessing you're not a pregnant woman as one of those definitions suggested. ;))

Yeay! I'm going with that too. I'm guessing you're not a pregnant woman as one of those definitions suggested. ;))

.. or wait, maybe you are? dum dum DUM!

How the heck did I manage to post twice?