Suspicious Geelong West hearth triggers uncommon vacant block sale

The police investigation into final 12 months’s suspicious hearth at 20 Clarence St, Geelong West, stays open. Image: Brad Fleet

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A Geelong West property ravaged by a suspicious hearth is on the lookout for a recent begin a 12 months on from the blaze.

The three-bedroom weatherboard home that previously occupied 20 Clarence St sustained important harm when it was engulfed by flames final Could and has since been demolished.

Now the 418sq m parcel of vacant land has been listed on the market with $675,000-$725,000 worth hopes.

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The now vacant block at 20 Clarence St, Geelong West, is a rarity so near Pakington St.

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The property is only a few doorways down from Pakington St.

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A police investigation into the blaze, which long-term resident Avril Leishman escaped unhurt, stays ongoing.

“The fireplace remains to be being handled as suspicious, and the precise trigger is below investigation,” a Victoria Police spokeswoman stated.

The destruction of the home creates a uncommon clean canvas in a premium Geelong West place only a few doorways down from Pakington St’s purchasing and cafe strip.

Whitford, Newtown director John Moran stated he’d already had a suggestion on the property and a number of other different inquiries inside days of it hitting the market.

“When it comes to a block that near Pakington St I went again the previous few years and I can’t discover something that has been vacant land in that proximity so it’s a fairly uncommon providing,” he stated.

“Clearly it’s an unlucky scenario with the fireplace however with the heritage overlay you wouldn’t have been capable of pull the home down so each cloud has a silver lining.”

The entrance of the home was considerably broken. Image: Brad Fleet

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The entrance part of the character home that after stood on the property was burnt past salvation.

Mr Moran stated the very fact it had been demolished created a freedom not often discovered within the heritage neighbourhood.

He expects a stand-alone dwelling to be constructed there.

“With this one you’ll be able to simply go for it,” he stated.

Solely a handful of vacant blocks have been listed on the market in Geelong West in latest occasions, with just one altering arms final 12 months.

Data present that 798sq m allotment at 12 Sargeant St, Geelong West, as soon as a part of the Ropeworks website, offered for $680,000 in August.