A wild storm that ravaged this four-bedroom home did not stop it from selling for more than $1 million, after an emotional weekend auction for its old owners.
The house at 12 Elinga St, Jindalee, was wrecked in October 2025 when a gum tree was sent crashing through the roof.
Owners Jennifer and Eric Salzman were home at the time, only 2 metres away from where the tree landed by the rear sunroom.
The home at 12 Elinga St, Jindalee, was wrecked by a storm that forced its owners and builders to sell the house they’d lived in for 50 years.
Soon after it went on the market, it became the third most-viewed home going to auction across the country.
While the home they had designed and built together was insured, the 87 year-old couple were unable to handle the stress of the repairs.
When they decided to sell the house with Ray White Centenary, it soon became the most-viewed property up for auction in the state and with the third-most viewed in the entire country.
Ten registered bidders ended up showing up on the day, with seven of them actively participating in what became a tense and fast-paced bidding war.
Ten registered and seven active bidders were looking to make the home their own, starting bidding at $500,000 and soon shooting up past the $850,000 reserve.
58 bids passed before the home sold under the hammer for $1.01m, well above the vendor’s expected price.
More than 50 bids followed for the 1,153 sqm residence, starting at $500,000 and spiking past the expected reserve price of $850,000.
Soon, the auction had ended at 58 bids, and the damage to the home didn’t stop it from selling for a whopping $1.01m.
Ray White Centenary director Steven Kremer said the home would be going to a local family looking to renovate and restore the property, who bought the house on the day of the couple’s wedding anniversary.
The home will be going to a family hoping to renovate and restore the home and its history.
“We hit the reserve on the fifth bid,” he said. “The sellers are over the moon that they can now move on.
“This was a genuinely special result for genuinely good people … the sellers built this home with their own hands. They raised their children here. To see it sell for over a million dollars, and to know it’s going to a local family who wants to bring it back to life, that’s what this work is all about.
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