{"id":1520,"date":"2015-05-24T10:14:16","date_gmt":"2015-05-24T00:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/?p=1520"},"modified":"2015-05-24T21:02:12","modified_gmt":"2015-05-24T11:02:12","slug":"moonee-ponds-a-proud-off-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/moonee-ponds-a-proud-off-market\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8230;.Moonee Ponds&#8230; a proud off-market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Only two weeks ago, Amy and I attended an auction in Ascot Vale&#8217;s &#8220;The Parade&#8221; &#8211; an enviable address with an easy walk on offer to Union Road&#8217;s cafes and the local rail station.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Lennox-bathroom.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/The-Parade.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-1527 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/The-Parade.jpg\" alt=\"The Parade\" width=\"214\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/The-Parade.jpg 456w, https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/The-Parade-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a>Keen buyers challenged us beyond our budget but an advocate from the Eastern Suburbs lurked at the back and slammed a final bid of $515,000 shocking the entire crowd.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Our buyer was pragmatic about it and accepted that it wasn&#8217;t meant to be his.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Within the week we received a phone call from the auctioneer himself. We couldn&#8217;t believe our luck &#8211; this sensationally renovated, gorgeous 2BR ground floor unit was available for sale with an existing happy tenant. And better still, the address was Moonee Ponds &#8211; a win for our client.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Lennox-Lounge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-1525 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Lennox-Lounge.jpg\" alt=\"Lennox Lounge\" width=\"213\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Lennox-Lounge.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Lennox-Lounge-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Lennox-Lounge-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Lennox-St-kitchen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-1523 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Lennox-bathroom.jpg\" alt=\"Lennox bathroom\" width=\"213\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Lennox-bathroom.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Lennox-bathroom-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Lennox-bathroom-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-1526 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Lennox-St-kitchen.jpg\" alt=\"Lennox St kitchen\" width=\"214\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Lennox-St-kitchen.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Lennox-St-kitchen-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Lennox-St-kitchen-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A quick inspection confirmed everything we&#8217;d hoped. A boutique block, a gorgeous tree-lined street with picturesque houses all lined up, and most importantly, a thoroughly renovated, groovy finish with high quality items internally. The polished concrete floors stole the show and the beautifully designed bathroom\/laundry gave this unit a real point of difference.<\/p>\n<p>Negotiations ensured into to the night between us and a passionate home-buyer who&#8217;s offer required vacant posession. The vendor thought a simple solution of offering an &#8216;enticement&#8217; for the tenant to break their lease could be advantageous, particularly given the other offer was 2% stronger than ours.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Fortunately for us though, the tenant named her price.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Her affection for the property meant that a small enticement was not going to work. If our vendors sold to the other buyers, they&#8217;d be more out of pocket based on the situation. Unbelievably, our lower offer of $495,000 secured us the property on the right terms for our happy client.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only two weeks ago, Amy and I attended an auction in Ascot Vale&#8217;s &#8220;The Parade&#8221; &#8211; an enviable address with an easy walk on offer to Union Road&#8217;s cafes and the local rail station. Keen buyers challenged us beyond our budget but an advocate from the Eastern Suburbs lurked at the back and slammed a&#8230;  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/moonee-ponds-a-proud-off-market\/\" class=\"more-link\" title=\"Read &#8230;.Moonee Ponds&#8230; a proud off-market\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sundayblog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1520"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1534,"href":"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1520\/revisions\/1534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}