A house that recently sold for almost $3million has immediately gone on the market to rent for a princely sum despite its less-than-royal condition.
The property in Sydney’s north shore is for rent for either $700-a-week, or $800-a-week, depending on whether you look on a property site or details from the guided tour on YouTube.
Clearly sold as a fixer-upper, it looks like not much fixing up was done before the photos and video showing mould and a weird ‘third bedroom/study’ featuring random bits of wooden shelves were loaded up online.
The property’s street number is listed as X on the rental site, though its proper address is listed on YouTube – and either way, potential renters are not impressed, with one describing the house as ‘a conceptual art piece’.
The photos show clear mould in a bedroom and in the kitchen, but strangely there are no pictures of the bathroom.
In the video, though, the letting agent shows the bedroom and says it has recently been painted.
The mould is no longer visible, but he doesn’t say whether it has been treated or just painted over.
Nor does he say why the pre-paint job photo was the one use on the letting site.
When the video takes a turn into the bathroom, it’s clear why no photos of it were used on the property website – there is mould there too, and it clearly has not been painted over.
This photo shows a bedroom with mould in it, but the owner wants up to $800-a-week in rent for the house
A bizarre ‘third bedroom or study’ (pictured) features random bits of wooden shelving
The kitchen photo shows what are either mould or smoke stains, or possibly both, but nothing compares to the bizarre room described as being used either as a third bedroom or a study.
But given the very odd clutter of wooden structures in it – which seem to block access to the window and blinds – it wouldn’t be much use for either.
It looks like it may have previously been used for a raised, overhead bed, or that may have been the plan and whoever was doing it just gave up.
The back of the property, with its untidy and dishevelled appearance, is also unlikely to entice anyone to think ‘I must have this property, this is the one I’ve been dreaming about.’
Online commenters were not impressed with the property, with one writing that it ‘Stinks of ‘we’re going to knock this down and rebuild, but we’ll rent it out till then.”
Another commented on the third bedroom/study, saying ‘That guillotine room has me convinced this is a conceptual art piece, because there’s no way that’s an actual room of an actual house meant to be lived in.’
The kitchen (pictured) of the home also features mould or smoke stains, or possibly both
The bathroom did not feature in photos on a property site, but was included in a YouTube video. The reason a photo wasn’t included might be due to the mould (pictured)
Some commenters were reduced to using profanities, with one writing ‘That’s absolutely f*****. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry, maybe both.’
The NSW Government’s housing website says ‘Landlords, agents and tenants have responsibilities to report and fix mould issues in a rental property.
‘Mould has been associated with respiratory illness and can cause serious health problems.’
The owners spent $2.91million to buy the Lane Cove West property, but maybe they had nothing left over to fix up the fixer-upper.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted the letting agent for comment.
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