Hamilton Island, May 2025

Monday, June 23, 2025

House Progress

There has been quite a lot of interest in my house. Someone came from up country to look at it on Monday. Someone else came to look at it on Tuesday and yet someone else on Thursday. There were FIFTEEN registered viewings at the open inspection on Saturday.  I think that's more viewings in just over a week than the entire time that the house in Tupton was on the market. And I believe that there are also some online investors who have expressed a wish to see a video walk through. We didn't do a video walk through when the people came to take the photos but I expect one can be arranged.

Some of the people who have been through seem to be interested. I had a look on the real estate website and found that mine is the only place in Mount Helen that comes in under $525k. If you expand the search to include Buninyong there are a few more, and even more if you include Mount Clear. But if Mount Helen and Buninyong are your target, you don't have a lot of choice at the lower end of the market.

You never know. My place might actually sell in less than the three years it took to sell in Tupton. And there is the advantage here that once you put in a proper offer, you  have a three day (I think) cooling off period, pay a deposit and then you can't withdraw without forfeiting that deposit. You can, of course, make your offer conditional on something else happening but once that happens you can't withdraw. Much better than in England where a buyer can withdraw with no notice, at any point, up until contracts are exchanged.

I thought it was cold at my place when I dropped down on Saturday morning to check it over before the open inspection. And it was:


It was even colder outside

It was also foggy and damp. Outside, not inside!


So I put the heating on and turned on the lamps throughout the house.

Fortunately, by the time of the inspection the fog had cleared and the sun had come out. My place does look good when the sun is shining. It is bright and light.



I was in Daylesford yesterday for lunch at Gillie's house with the Sunday Lunchers. We had a delicious lunch which included parsnip and orange soup. I am not a huge fan of parsnips - I find them a bit bitter. But paired with orange the bitterness disappears and the soup was lovely. It was followed by a traditional British fish pie and then a peach and raspberry trifle.  All very delightful.  It was good to catch up with everyone and to hear Irene and Gillie's travel adventures.  A very good afternoon.


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