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News.com.au
2 days ago
- Business
- News.com.au
Belmont home joins $2m+ club in post-auction sale
A modern, architect-designed residence has become the third house to sell for more than $2m in Belmont. The four-bedroom house designed by Dylan Barber Building Design and built in 2019 by TVD Group sold for $2.075m after being passed in at Saturday's auction. The 826sq m Downshire Rd property attracted interest from two bidders, who opened the auction at $1.92m before the auction closed at $2.05m. Amazing off-grid farmhouse cuts cord to power bills Buxton Highton agent Tony Moorfoot had listed the four-bedroom residence. He declined to speak after the auction. The home showcases a contemporary design using high-end fixtures and light-filled indoor-outdoor living in the residence that uses a mixture of building materials. The contemporary facade uses reclaimed brick and timber finishes, with a central hallway leading through the length of the home that showcases polished concrete floors, 3.4m ceilings, an internal brick feature wall and ambient lighting. The house zones the main bedroom suite at the front, with three more bedrooms in a separate wing centred on a main bathroom. At the centre is an open-plan living zone comprising a high-end stone kitchen, dining and living areas that opens to a deck in an internal courtyard and a separate covered outdoor patio complete with an outdoor kitchen with a concrete benchtop, built-in barbecue, drinks fridge and sink. The expansive outdoor living area allows dining and living zones and overlooks a solar-heated in-ground pool complete with remote-controlled feature lighting. The property offers extensive family space, including an area with synthetic turf area and a separate basketball area, equipped with a basketball ring. The garden has fruit trees, and passionfruit vines, all maintained by an automated watering system. Geelong buyers advocate Tony Slack said the riverside pocket of Belmont was the best part of the suburb for buyers looking to be close to Newtown. Belmont has one of Geelong's biggest suburbs with more than 240 sales recorded in the past 12 months with a median house price of $700,000. 'This was an exceptional home as far as build quality goes. And we know of you're going to be spending the best part of $2m, that's the precinct,' Mr Slack said. 'It was an architect designed home and it was substantial in size and to also have the pool and the outdoor area and the basketball court, so as far as ticking boxes it really had everything a family was looking for in a top-end home.' The home was the third house to sell for more than $2m in Belmont. Downshire Rd is close to Barwon River parkland. The most expensive sale is a three-bedroom house on a 1604sq m Mount Pleasant Rd property, which sold for $2.2m in 2022. The first $2m-plus sale was in Leonard St in 2021.
Yahoo
19-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Music shop closure brings fear for industry's future
A drum salesman said he is "heartbroken and devastated" by the closure of a city music shop. Professional Music Technology (PMT) went into administration in June. It first opened it's Norfolk store in Anglia Square, Norwich, in 2008, before moving to Botolph Street in 2012. Administrators Interpath said rising costs, dwindling margins, and the cost of living had led to "challenges too difficult to overcome" in keeping it open. Dan Moss, who worked as the store's percussion expert, said that the music store industry was "definitely and gradually dying." Mr Moss first heard the news on the day the store went into administration. "It was pretty heavy, it completely came out of the blue. We had no idea it was going to happen," he said. He added that the closure created a "void" for musicians in the county. "Youngsters would come in and get inspired. The whole community could come in and see instruments in person," he said. "It's going to have a massive impact on Norfolk." Norwich-based sound engineer and tour manager, Dylan Barber, said music stores like PMT were "paramount" in helping him get into the music industry. The 24-year-old bought his first guitar from the store and said he was worried about the impact music shop closures will have on the music industry. "There's nothing quite like the physical element of picking up an instrument and feeling connected to it," he said. "The fact that there's less of that available presents as a bit of a stark warning that we need to do something if we want to keep the industry flowing." Interpath said: "Our immediate priority is to provide support to those employees who have been made redundant." Mark Hedges of Cookes Band Instruments in St Benedicts St said while his own business was thriving, he was "sorry" to see PMT close. "They're all passionate people who love music and want to pass on their knowledge," he said. Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X. Musical instrument shop will be 'sorely missed' 'Music is too often neglected by policymakers' Boy, 11, becomes piano prodigy by watching YouTube
BBC News
19-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Norwich music store closure brings fear for industry's future
A drum salesman said he is "heartbroken and devastated" by the closure of a city music shop. Professional Music Technology (PMT) went into administration in June. It first opened it's Norfolk store in Anglia Square, Norwich, in 2008, before moving to Botolph Street in Interpath said rising costs, dwindling margins, and the cost of living had led to "challenges too difficult to overcome" in keeping it Moss, who worked as the store's percussion expert, said that the music store industry was "definitely and gradually dying." Mr Moss first heard the news on the day the store went into administration. "It was pretty heavy, it completely came out of the blue. We had no idea it was going to happen," he said. He added that the closure created a "void" for musicians in the county. "Youngsters would come in and get inspired. The whole community could come in and see instruments in person," he said."It's going to have a massive impact on Norfolk." Norwich-based sound engineer and tour manager, Dylan Barber, said music stores like PMT were "paramount" in helping him get into the music industry. The 24-year-old bought his first guitar from the store and said he was worried about the impact music shop closures will have on the music industry."There's nothing quite like the physical element of picking up an instrument and feeling connected to it," he said."The fact that there's less of that available presents as a bit of a stark warning that we need to do something if we want to keep the industry flowing." Interpath said: "Our immediate priority is to provide support to those employees who have been made redundant." Mark Hedges of Cookes Band Instruments in St Benedicts St said while his own business was thriving, he was "sorry" to see PMT close. "They're all passionate people who love music and want to pass on their knowledge," he said. Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
