Single mum forced to sell dream family home after fire – realestate.com.au
A single mother whose house was set on fire just days before she was due to move has put her fire-ravaged property on the market, ready to start the next chapter.
A mother and her adult daughter are hoping 28 Pix Road, Davoren Park, will be sold, allowing them to finally buy elsewhere as they have been renting since a fire broke out in the three-bedroom house in June.
“It's a sad story,” said selling agent Andrew Rose of LJ Hooker Craigmore/Elizabeth/Salisbury.
“A single mother and daughter bought (a house) together to live in and they spent quite a bit of time doing it and making it nice and livable and then someone burned it down.
“It was almost ready to go – (the fire happened) a week or two before they left
go inside.
“It's unfortunate… especially being a single mother and daughter. They cannot get their lives back on track (until the property is sold).
“All their money is tied up in that block of land. Until they sell, they cannot go and buy elsewhere.''
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An aerial view of the fire damaged property at 28 Pix Road, Davoren Park
The house will have to be demolished.
The sale image of the home shows that the property was once well cared for and loved
Mr Rose believed the fire was opportunistic rather than a targeted attack on the family or others
The northern suburbs are rife with crime.
“It's like anything these days, when a house is vacant, it gets broken into,” he said.
“As for the actual area (Davoren Park) itself, the name (associated with Adelaide's north) is worse than the area.
“The house is in a good suburb, close to Eyre shopping center and good schools.
“Whoever buys (property) will be much better off.”
The fire damage made the house uninhabitable and it had to be bulldozed and demolished, likely to cost the new owner $30,000, Mr. Rose said.
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Firefighters at the scene of the fire. Photo: Channel 7
The house was completely burnt during the fire. Photo: Channel 7
The fire could be seen next door. Photo: Channel 7
Although no price guide has been released for the sale, he said the sellers, who paid $383,500 for the home last May, according to PropTrack, were “not greedy” and expected the 665-square-metre property to fetch current land prices.
He said the size of the block would likely attract investors who could subdivide and build two new apartment buildings.
“(Sellers' price expectations) are very realistic,” Mr Rose said.
“Honestly, I'm not sure how much interest we'll get.
“The good thing is it's on a 600 square meter block and you can't get anything that size at the moment, but you've got to knock that house down – you can't keep it, it's done.”
The property will be auctioned on Saturday 11th January, unless it has already been sold.
– By LAUREN AHWAN
