Brighton beach boxes: Six-figure sale of iconic coastal shack in Melbourne’s south east
The box at Brighton beach, used for beach equipment, sold for a six-figure sum.
A Brighton bathing box has sold for a six-figure sum that could cover more than half the cost of a median-priced Melbourne unit.
The navy- and white-painted beach shack, which does not have a bathroom, was listed with a $350,000-$390,000 asking range.
Nick Johnstone Real Estate director Nick Johnstone declined to comment on the price but industry insiders put it near the range’s top end.
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This would more than cover 60 per cent of a $583,000-median priced Greater Melbourne unit, according to PropTrack.
And it’s almost 40 per cent of the city’s $895,000 typical house value.
Mr Johnstone said the bathing box had been scheduled to go under the hammer next week but the listing generated so much interest that it sold ahead of time.
“We had a bit of a mini-auction between two buyers, both of whom were local,” he said.
His agency will soon list another Brighton beach box, number 11, for private sale with a $400,000 price tag.
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Inside the beach box, featuring cupboards and a small table.
In the 1860s, bathing boxes started being built on bayside Melbourne’s beaches so people could get changed into their swimming gear. There’s now 96 such boxes on Brighton beach.
Mr Johnstone said that he believed this was good value for one of the iconic coastal sheds, especially compared to the $1m that a Mount Martha beach box sold for earlier this week.
That sale, managed by Danckert Real Estate director Alex Corradi, set a new record for beach boxes in Victoria – although there are unconfirmed rumours that Portsea beach boxes have fetched more in the past.
The 26 South Beach address fetched a price much higher than its $650,000-$700,000 asking range.
The beach box at 26 South Beach, Mount Martha, sold for $1m.
The inside is minimalist and modern.
Another boatshed at 105 South Beach, Mount Martha, is also for sale with a $580,000-$620,000 price tag.
The blue shack with a yellow door is listed with Warlimont & Nutt Mt Martha’s
Richard Sullivan.
Victoria recorded a preliminary 63.3 per cent clearance rate from 215 early auction results last week, PropTrack figures show.
About 833 homes across the state will go under the hammer next week.
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