A Lara charity home built entirely by volunteers will go under the hammer this Good Friday, with all proceeds going towards a good cause.
The two-storey Electra 35 charity home designed by Henley Homes and situated in Lara’s Coridale community will be auctioned off on Good Friday, April 7.
Oliver Hume Property Group sales executive Malak Ross said Villawood Properties donated the 512 square metres of land on which the house was built.
“This will be sold under what we call a non-reserve auction. So, this gives a chance to everyone to participate because there is no set price for the house,” she said.
“Bid will go to the highest bidder on the day.
“All the money raised will go to the Royal Children’s Hospital.”
Villawood Properties communications manager Noel Murphy said the home was “100 per cent volunteer-built”, and everything in the house would be included.
Mr Murphy said that a small army of volunteers helped build the home and that he felt the community had put in an extraordinary amount of effort to help raise money for an important community facility.
“They’ll (volunteer tradesmen) come in. It’ll take them a day or two to do a part of the house. But all the materials are supplied,” he said.
“All the tradies and all sorts of people been coming in here and doing it for next to nothing.
“All the furnishings, interior, and decorations, that’s all been donated and will be sold with the home.”
The home auction of 3 Coridale Boulevard in Lara is on Good Friday, and Mr Murphy said the day includes activities and is more than a standard auction.
Jena Carr
