Bondi Rescue star sells his 1930s Bondi Beach semi-detached home for a whopping $6.5million making it the most expensive of its kind in the suburb… and it’s not even renovated
Bondi Rescue lifesaver Bobby ‘Yak’ Yaldwyn has sold his unrenovated 1930s semi-detached home in Bondi Beach for $6.5million.
He managed to secure a buyer for the three-bedroom property, which his family purchased in 1991 for $246,000.
According to Domain, Bobby sold the home off-market and the sale has made it the most expensive house of its kind in Bondi Beach.
It’s a deal! Bondi Rescue’s Bobby Yaldwyn (pictured) sold his unrenovated Bondi Beach semi-detached home for $6.5million
The property is set on 323 square metres behind a double garage.
The semi-detached home also has timber flooring throughout and features spacious open plan living.
It still has its original features, including high ceilings and is a short stroll from the sand.
Successful: According to Domain , Bobby sold the home off-market and the sale has made it the most expensive house of its kind in Bondi Beach
Bobby was a lifesaver on Channel Ten’s hit reality program Bondi Rescue but left the show five years ago.
The sale comes as Sydney’s median house prices have climbed by $129,400 in just six months.
New research shows property price records are being set in more than two-thirds of Australia’s housing sub markets.
Spacious: The semi-detached home has timber flooring and features spacious open plan living
In the beachside suburb of Copacabana on New South Wales’ Central Coast, house prices have surged by $575,000 or 68 per cent in one year.
Sydney’s Easter long weekend auction clearance rate stood at 85.9 per cent but the Ryde area in the city’s north had an even higher 93.8 per cent success rate, on par with Canberra, CoreLogic data showed.
Meanwhile, national home values last month surged by 2.8 per cent -the fastest pace since October 1988.
Location: It still has its original features, including high ceilings and is a short stroll from the sand