Parkville home, Mentone sells at $3.72 million
Jonathan ChancellorJune 1, 2016
One of Parkville’s most expensive houses sold under the hammer last weekend.
The four-bedroom home had been quoted at $3 to $3.3 million before auction.
The offering at 81-83 Park Drive, Mentone sold for $3.72 million.
There had been just the five owners since it was built in 1885 with a striking Hawthorn brick facade and a decorative cast iron balustrade.
The property last changed hands in 1999 for $962,500.
Parkville’s top residential sale price of $4.875 million was 260 The Avenue in 2014.
Records show Nocklofty at 551 Royal Pde had held the suburb’s second biggest house price of $3.7 million until last weekend.
Jonathan Chancellor
Jonathan Chancellor is one of Australia's most respected property journalists, having been at the top of the game since the early 1980s. Jonathan co-founded the property industry website Property Observer and has written for national and international publications.
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