Neighbouring deceased estates of a former South Sydney Mayor and his son are up for public sale in considered one of Redfern’s finest streets this Saturday.
Invoice Hartup, who was Mayor of South Sydney between 1969 and 1981 and died in 2014, purchased the charming double-fronted three-bedroom house on a 336sqm block at 54 Kepos St in 1969 with spouse Eileen for $12,000 in 1969.
Then in 1980 they purchased the two-bedroom house on a 107sqm block at No.50 Kepos St for circa $30,000, and 6 years later offered it to their son, Peter, who labored at Commonwealth Financial institution, for $55k.
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Now each Peter and his mom, Eileen, have handed away so each houses will go below the hammer one after the opposite at noon on Saturday by way of Simon Dahdah and Mark Foy of McGrath Surry Hills.
“We’ve already acquired seven pre-registered on every of the properties, with two events registering to bid on each,” Dahdah stated.
The smaller house at No.50, which is in a extra dilapidated state than the opposite, has a information of $1.3m. whereas the double-fronted house at No.54 has a information of $2.4m.
Not surprisingly, the properties are attracting the curiosity of house owners desirous to renovate and builders.
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“We’ve had 200 inquiries for No.50 and over 260 inquiries for No.54,” Dahdah stated.
“And we’ve even had a girl who grew up on the street excited about shopping for for her children.”
The house is in the identical road as a grand terrace owned by Sydney’s present Lord Mayor, Clover Moore.
She and husband, Peter, paid $45,000 for theirs in 1978, although they now stay in close by Moore Park Gardens.
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