‘Gobsmacked’: Hobart family shocked by two-day home sale

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TWO days was all it took.

Property owners Amanda and Scott Jones were blown away by the experience of selling their updated family home in April.

There were no signs of nervous buyers, lowball offers, or a market in decline here. Quite the opposite.

The Poplar Rd property hit the market on the Tuesday before Easter, with nearly 30 groups coming to see it.

By Thursday Fall Real Estate agent Justin Atkinson had returned with five contracts in hand.

Saturday’s open home? Cancelled.

However, a dozen more groups turned up for a look.

“We were gobsmacked,” Mr Jones said.

“We have a contract on another house, so we had 45 days to sell our home.

“But we never expected it would be done and dusted so quickly.

“One of the offers, wow, it was amazing.”

In the three years since Covid reached Tasmania, Risdon Vale houses have grown in value by 58 per cent, per PropTrack data.

Mr Atkinson said Jones’ home had sold for a sensational price.

“It was well above our expectations,” he said.

“Amanda and Scott have put so much love into it. The feedback from potential buyers was that they could not fault it.”

The three-bedroom property features a pool, jacuzzi, huge sheds, a man cave, multiple decks and a well-appointed kitchen with modern appliances.

Mr Jones said he had renovated the house himself, and that he would miss living there.

“But we are happy to be able to sell it to first-home buyers, a young local family,” he said.

Mr Atkinson said just one pause in the interest rate cycle had made a notable impact on the property market.

“We had just one break, and then saw a good level of confidence in the market,” he said.

“There is activity, and we have had a few cash offers in recent weeks.”