{"id":820,"date":"2014-11-16T09:36:32","date_gmt":"2014-11-15T22:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/?p=820"},"modified":"2014-11-16T09:57:27","modified_gmt":"2014-11-15T22:57:27","slug":"converted-churches-special-yet-challenging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/converted-churches-special-yet-challenging\/","title":{"rendered":"Converted Churches… why they are special yet challenging"},"content":{"rendered":"

I received a call from a lovely past client on late Friday afternoon. Her friends were planning on bidding at auction for a landmark church, recently renovated and converted into a pair of townhouses, split neatly down the middle of the church and offering a beautiful 3BR interior with suspended bridge hallway in the old church’s vaulted ceiling. It was a sensational creation, and a bit of a magnet for interested potential buyers and locals.<\/p>\n

What it offered my buyers was exciting; a superbly recrafted party house, just moment\u2019s walk from both Yarravillle and Seddon villages. Yet it had a challenge or two. Firstly, the location on busy Williamstown Rd was not for everyone. It is a four lane stretch which carries traffic (including some trucks) from Footscray to Williamstown. Secondly, it\u2019s a church. Not everyone has the same appetite for historically sensitive properties.<\/p>\n

But as I find all the time, there is something for everyone. <\/p>\n

And this property had found its owners.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\"Church<\/a>\n

The much anticipated auction commenced and my nervous buyer stood in the crowd watching my bids unfold. I had competition, but not enough to buy this property under the hammer. This was no surprise\u2026. With stairs, a suspended walkway, limited yard space and a clean, open living area, this was not really a home for families or downsizers. The potential range of suited buyers was limited and I knew intuitively that my buyers had a good shot at this property.
\n\"Church<\/a>
\nThe property passed in to me and after 25 minutes of negotiations inside, I could proudly call my buyer to come inside and sign his contracts.
\n\"CHurch<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I received a call from a lovely past client on late Friday afternoon. Her friends were planning on bidding at auction for a landmark church, recently renovated and converted into a pair of townhouses, split neatly down the middle of the church and offering a beautiful 3BR interior with suspended bridge hallway in the old… Read more »<\/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-820","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\/820","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=820"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":827,"href":"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820\/revisions\/827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catebakos.com.au\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}