Warum kommt da keiner?

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This aerial photo shows LESS THAN HALF the property. The remaining five acres-plus continue along the bottom of the photo.

A = Main Building, B = Self-contained Guest Cottage,
C = Workshop/Outside Bathroom/Carport, D = Gazebo,
E = Equipment Shed, F = Pondhouse, G = Library/Home Entertainment Centre

The property marked 1 directly above "Riverbend" sold for $950,000 in 2011.
The property marked 2 is a vacant block which sold for $750,000 in 2011.
The property marked 3 is an older house and on sale for $875,000.
The property marked 4 is a modern house with pool and on sale for $1,825,000.

All waterfront properties along Sproxton Lane are on blocks of approx. 1,500 - 1,700 square metres. The some 20 times larger "Riverbend" (over 7 acres) is for sale at around $2 million.

 

Warum kommt da keiner? Ich meine, warum kommt da kein Käufer? Billiger kann ich es den Leuten doch gar nicht anbieten!

Das letzte unbebaute Grundstück in Sproxton Lane wurde vor fünf Jahren für $750.000 verkauft. Und das waren bloß 1.500 Quadratmeter Land gewesen.

Beim "Riverbend" läufst Du vom Einfahrtstor über 5.000 Quadratmeter ehe Du erst zum Haus kommst. Und dann sind da einen halben Kilometer am Fluss entlang noch über 25.000 Quadratmeter hinterm Haus.

"Riverbend" ist in gelb markiert; das Grundstück markiert in rot
wurde für insgesamt $1.700.000 verkauft

Und das ganze, mit Haus, Gästehaus, Werkstatt, Schuppen, Klubhaus am Teich, voller Einrichtung und allem Drum und Dran, kann man für $2.000.000 kaufen. Oder $1.975.000. Oder sogar noch weniger.

So, warum kommt da kein Käufer?

 

P.S. Hier und hier gibt es noch viel mehr zu sehen.

Münzstraße 2

 

"Warum in die Ferne schweifen? Sieh, das Gute liegt auf der Internet", denn dort fand ich gerade diese alte Aufnahme von der Münzstraße in Braunschweig wo ich in den frühen 60er Jahren hinter den Fenstern im obersten Stockwerk des Gebäudes vor dem der alte Mercedes geparkt ist meine Lehre absolvierte.

 

 

A Nightingale emailed from Londonderry

Merv Nightingale, my boss on the Bougainville Island contract with the Camp Catering Services Group almost forty years ago, sent me this message:

"Oh I thought that I better let you know that I have been working my way through your various blogs and am both amazed and impressed by your ability to produce such items. I must admit to also being very impressed with your obvious computer skills and your excellent command of the English language. If all else fails you would have no trouble in switching to journalism such is your ability ... I was fascinated by the blog on the Islands, but still have not come accross the old camp office. Brings back a lot of memories, but looking at the areas and the people, I am glad that things turned out the way that they did as I think that it would have proven to be a disaster had we all stayed. Hope all are well down there, and while I think of it, you look well in your photos and obviously the area agrees with you. Best wishes, Merv Nightingale"

Thank you, Merv, but of course you were always most flattering of my abilities, as testified by the glowing reference you gave me when I left Bougainville to take up the position of Financial Controller in Camp Catering Services' head office in Sydney. This reference, together with some fifty other similarly glowing ones, is now slowly yellowing around the edges and fading away just as I am.

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And here's a photo of the old office, Merv: