A single mum whose home was deliberately set ablaze just days before she was due to move in has put the fire-ravaged property on the market, ready to start the next chapter.
The mother and her adult daughter hope the sale of 28 Pix Road, Davoren Park will finally allow them to buy elsewhere, having lived in a rental since fire tore through the three- bedroom home in June.
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“It’s a sad story,’’ said selling agent Andrew Rose, of LJ Hooker Craigmore/Elizabeth/Salisbury.
“A single mother and her daughter bought (the home) together to live in and they spent a fair bit of time doing it up and getting it nice and ready to be lived in and then someone torched it.
“It was almost ready to go – (the fire occurred) like a week or two before they were going to
move in.
“It’s just very unfortunate … especially being a single mum and a daughter. They can’t get their lives back on track (until the property is sold).
“All their money is tied up in that block of land. Until they sell, they can’t go and buy anywhere else.’’
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An aerial view of the fire damaged property at 28 Pix Road, Davoren Park
The home will need to be demolished.
A sales pic of the home shows the property was once well cared for and loved
Mr Rose believed the fire was opportunistic, rather than a targeted attack on the family or the
northern suburb being riddled with crime.
“It’s like anything, when a home is left vacant these days it gets broken into,’’ he said.
“As far as the actual area (of Davoren Park) itself, the name (association with Adelaide’s north) is a lot worse than what the area is.
“The house is at the bottom end of a good suburb, near to the shopping centre at Eyre and good schools.
“Whoever buys (the property) will do quite well out of it.’’
Damage caused by the fire had left the home uninhabitable and it would have to be bulldozed and removed, at a likely cost to the new owner of $30,000, Mr Rose said.
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Firefighters at the scene of the fire. Image: Channel 7
The home was completely gutted by the fire. Image: Channel 7
The fire could be seen across the neighbourhood. Image: Channel 7
While no price guide for the sale has been released, he said the vendors – who paid $383,500 for the home last May, according to PropTrack – were “not greedy’’ and expected the 665sqm property to fetch current land values.
He said the size of the block would most likely appeal to investors who could subdivide and build two new dwellings.
“(The vendors’ price expectations) are very realistic,’’ Mr Rose said.
“Although I’m not too sure how much interest we will get, if I’m honest.
“The good thing is it’s on that 600sqm block and you can’t get anything that size at the moment but you do have to remove that home – you can’t save that, it’s done.’’
The property will be auctioned on Saturday, January 11, unless sold prior.
– BY LAUREN AHWAN
