By the time the hammer finally fell, the crowd had long gone, most of the agents had packed up and just two buyers were left standing.
Nearly 90 minutes after opening, the marathon auction of an old four-bedroom family home in one of Brisbane’s girl-next-door suburbs had stretched into more than just a battle of wills, but a record-breaking sale.
The sprawling dual-living family home at 186 Park Road, Yeerongpilly, which sits on a leafy 1277-square-metre block, sold under the hammer for $2.555 million on Saturday – smashing the suburb house price record by more than a quarter of a million dollars.
In front of a crowd of 100, bidding opened at $1.8 million, immediately sparking a fight between three active bidders until the auction screeched to a halt at $2.375 million.
An hour of lengthy negotiations followed as buyers battled over settlement terms, until one bidder attempted to break the deadlock with a bold jump to $2.48 million.
Rather than knocking out the competition it sparked a final fight for the keys among the last two buyers standing – a young couple with kids and a mum hunting for the perfect dual living property for her and her adult child’s family – with each trading $1000 and $2000 rises long after the crowd left.
The mum won the keys.
Selling agent Daniel Lazzaroni, of Ray White Bulimba, said the marath
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