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A local builder has run away with a $2.7 million post-auction deal on a rundown 1890s Ascot Vale racing stable complex. Goodwood, at 42 Myross Ave, was once home to late harness-racing trainer and driver William “Bill” Davin for 60 years.
The property was quoted at $2.5 million-$3 million, but John Paul Kavanagh, and his wife Erin, were the only ones to raise their hands at the auction of the 1336sq m block on Whiskey Hill, which comprised an original heritage-listed home and nine stables.
“We live just around the corner and we’d been looking for a bigger block in the area, but they’re aren’t too many of them around,” he said.
“I’d been keeping a bit of an eye on this property though and I’ve met with heritage advisers so I know what we can and can’t do to the home.”
By Charlotte Durut
Reprinted with permission of news .com.au
