A hoarder home where a mummified body was found 16 years after the man’s death has sold in Sydney for over $2million.
The three-bedroom property went to auction on Saturday with an enormous crowd, despite the haunting memory of deceased attempted robber, Shane Snellman.
Over 200 interested buyers attended the previously decrepit home at 31 Greendale Street, Greenwich, on Sydney’s lower North Shore.
A hoarder home where a mummified body was found after 16 years sold in Sydney for over $2 million
Over 200 interested buyers attended the previously decrepit home at 31 Greendale Street, on Sydney’s lower North Shore
The three bedroom property went to auction on Saturday with an enormous crowd, despite the haunting memory of deceased attempted robber, Shane Snellman
The property sold for $2.07 million, $270,000 over the initial asking price, shocking many locals, who described the property as the ‘ghoul of Greenwich,’ realestate.com reported.
Local builder Rob West purchased the home on behalf of an expatriate family currently residing in Singapore.
He was not concerned with the home’s horrific history.
A mummified body found in a hoarder’s home was found to have been shot, with investigators speculating that the man was a ‘was executed on the spot after being caught in the act’
The property sold for $2.07 million, $270,000 over the initial asking price, shocking many locals
‘Lots of people die in old houses … every house has a history and this one is just a bit more interesting,’ Mr West said.
The body was found wrapped in a carpet inside a bedroom within the home.
He allegedly died from a bullet wound in his shoulder.
The property’s reclusive owner, Bruce Roberts, who died of a heart attack last year, allegedly shot the burglar when he entered his home.
The body, which was identified to be a man named Shane Snellman, had a gunshot wound in his left shoulder
Shane Snellman’s body, which was wrapped under a roll of carpet, was in the property for 16 years until it was found by cleaners last May
Mr Snellman’s body was in the property for 16 years until it was found by cleaners last May.
Mr Snellman was a small-time criminal who was released from jail in 2002 for a number of break-and-enter cases, Yahoo 7 News reports.
‘This is particularly a bizarre case. Extreme unusual,’ Detective Chief Inspector Simon Jones said.
‘We did find some air fresheners that were located around his body, which obviously would indicate someone in the house knew he was there.’
Police also reported that over time, household items and rubbish piled up near Mr Snellman’s body.
The property’s owner, Bruce Roberts, died from a heart attack last year, leaving the house up for sale
Mr Roberts was known to be a recluse hoarder – police found that household items and rubbish were piling up near Mr Snellman’s body
‘We did find some air fresheners that were located around his body, which obviously would indicate someone in the house knew he was there,’ Detective Chief Inspector Simon Jones said
Shane Snellman (pictured) was a small-time criminal who was released from jail in 2002 for a number of break-and-enter cases
Detective Jones also added that the mummified body was found with injures following a preliminary post-mortem examination.
It was a chilling twist in a case that shocked and puzzled many, especially after more eerie photos of the North Sydney home emerged after it went on sale.
Real estate agents had treating the house’s ‘interesting history’ as a selling point, after photos of the house showing blood-stained floorboards, a burnt kitchen and holes in its peeling walls.