It was famously dubbed "Australia’s worst house" when it was sold at auction nearly four years ago.
The dilapidated shack in one of Brisbane’s hottest inner-city suburbs is now back on the market - but it's changed quite a bit since first making the headlines.
It been demolished and replaced with a brand new, five-bedroom home.
The pre-1946 property at 50 Deighton Rd, Dutton Park, sold at auction for a shock A$668,000 in 2015 — A$168,000 above the reserve price.
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Owners, Steven and Rina Zlatkin, say everyone thought they were “crazy” to buy the home considering its crumbling condition, but they are now out to prove the doubters wrong.
Mrs Zlatkin said she saw past the boarded up windows, loose bricks and rusted tin roof.
“I’m very artistic and the location was absolutely perfect,” Mrs Zlatkin said.
The timbers were rotten and the house uninhabitable.
“I had a vision of what I wanted to create — and it wasn’t a Queenslander.
“I think it’s about time for something exciting to come to the area to give it a bit of a lift.”
Three years of rigorous inspections, council approvals and an expensive demolition job later and the Zlatkins’ hard work could be about to pay off.
Mrs Zlatkin said she bought the property with the aim of creating their dream, forever home, but a change in circumstances meant a move to Melbourne.
The new house that stands in the original's place.
Inside the new house.
And outside.
“It’s been a lot of hard work, but worth it,” she said.
“We designed it in mind for a family — it’s very comfortable and very spacious.”
The median house price in Dutton Park is now just over A$1 million.
The bathroom is on trend.
Marketing agent Gunther Behrendt of Ray White Stones Corner, who sold the home in its original state in 2015, said the hovel had undergone a complete transformation.
“New houses are rarely available so close to the city, so this large family home within the Brisbane State High School catchment is very exciting indeed,” Mr Behrendt said.
The new house is Hamptons-inspired, with multiple open-plan, indoor and outdoor living areas.
It comes with three bathrooms, a media room and a landscaped backyard featuring a grassed area and in-ground pool.
- news.com.au
