{"id":30187,"date":"2021-01-20T10:09:50","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T21:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/?p=30187"},"modified":"2021-01-20T10:09:50","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T21:09:50","slug":"victorian-couple-splash-525k-on-their-first-home-in-brisbane-but-had-only-viewed-it-on-facetime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/victorian-couple-splash-525k-on-their-first-home-in-brisbane-but-had-only-viewed-it-on-facetime\/","title":{"rendered":"Victorian couple splash $525k on their first home in Brisbane but had only viewed it on FaceTime"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With the pandemic causing lockdowns and borders to be closed, more Aussies have been willing to risk purchasing a property sight-unseen.<\/p>\n

Buying your first home is a big deal but imagine doing it when you\u2019ve never set foot inside it.<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s what one Melbourne couple did when they forked out $525,000 for a Brisbane house last year, which they will move into in February.<\/p>\n

Daniel and Phil, both 35, were in lockdown in Melbourne when they spotted their dream home but couldn\u2019t fly interstate to view it.<\/p>\n

Instead Hayden Gay, sales agent from Image Property, spent 10 minutes over FaceTime showing the couple everything from the view of the street through to the features of the 12-year-old home.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did a tour around the complex and then downstairs, upstairs and the courtyard. It\u2019s a three bed townhome and I just gave them a detailed description, showed them cupboards and literally everything that I could think of to marry up with photos and the floor plan that were already available to them,\u201d he told news.com.au.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey already had information on the property condition, size and features and that was reconfirming that as close to in person as possible, but with FaceTime.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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