The winning apartment from The Block’s first season has sold – Sydney Morning Herald

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A piece of television history is changing hands, generating enough interest for a deal to be struck before a looming auction.
The winning apartment from the inaugural season of The Block sold on October 6, listed with a price guide of $1.4 million. The sale sum is undisclosed.
In a boutique block of four at 1/67 Roscoe Street, the apartment in Sydney’s Bondi Beach was renovated by couple Adam Thorn and Fiona Mills on the 2003 season. The TV show airs on Nine, publisher of this masthead.
Their property was the last to be auctioned and sold for $751,000, earning them the highest profit of $156,000. They also took home the $100,000 prize money.
The garden-level apartment offers “relaxed coastal living at its best,” agents Sean Poche and Nate Chacon of PPD Real Estate say on the listing.
The home won the first season of The Block. Credit: PPD Real Estate
In a highly desirable locale, the property is just a short stroll from the shores of hotspot Bondi Beach, cafes, restaurants, bars and shops.
It offers a relaxed lifestyle near the beach.Credit: PPD Real Estate
Interiors are fresh and modern with polished timber floors, crisp whitewashed walls, Caesarstone benchtops in the kitchen and leadlight windows in the main living zone.
The soaring ceilings also give the illusion of never-ending space.
Adam and Fiona with then-host Jamie Durie at the original Block building.Credit: Natalie Boog
Perfect for those wanting to entertain, the apartment offers a terrace and undercover barbecue area at the rear.
The property was scheduled to go to auction at 6pm on October 11. Domain’s House Price Report for the June quarter 2023 reveals the median unit price for Bondi Beach is $1.4 million, an increase of 9.8 per cent over a five-year period.
The inaugural season of The Block was presented by Jamie Durie and starred real estate guru John McGrath as judge.
This article was first published at Nine.com.au.
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