{"id":27528,"date":"2020-09-14T09:44:03","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T21:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/?p=27528"},"modified":"2020-09-14T09:44:03","modified_gmt":"2020-09-13T21:44:03","slug":"the-trapped-melbourne-home-owners-who-cant-buy-or-sell-as-property-market-remains-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/the-trapped-melbourne-home-owners-who-cant-buy-or-sell-as-property-market-remains-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"The trapped Melbourne home owners who can\u2019t buy or sell as property market remains closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PHOTO: Selling a house in Melbourne has been incredibly difficult the past seven weeks during lockdown while private inspections have been banned. Photo: Peter Rae<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"first-para\">Natalie Brennan has not got through the past seven months by collapsing in a heap on the floor,\u00a0but speaking through the phone from her home in Berwick, her voice wobbles as she tells her story and it\u2019s difficult to imagine how she is still standing.<\/p>\n<p>It goes without saying that 2020 has been a year of intense struggle for anyone living in Melbourne. But for Ms Brennan, whose 49-year-old\u00a0 husband Gerard suffered two strokes \u2014 one in February and one in July \u2014 it has been emotionally and financially crippling.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did Gerard have another stroke in July, he also lost his job\u00a0as a forklift driver for a major pharmaceutical company. By the time\u00a0Melbourne went into stage 4 lockdown in August, the family were down to one single part-time income, with soaring medical expenses, two children at home and no one to help with Mr Brennan\u2019s care.<\/p>\n<p>They made the heartbreaking decision to sell their house to try to reduce their debt but quickly discovered it was going to be near impossible with the Victorian government\u2019s ban on private inspections.<\/p>\n<p>They decided to hang on until September 14, when it was expected the restrictions would be eased enough to allow private inspections again. 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