{"id":37347,"date":"2022-03-13T09:19:39","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T20:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/?p=37347"},"modified":"2022-03-13T09:19:39","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T20:19:39","slug":"the-old-man-and-the-sea-98yos-waterfront-home-for-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/the-old-man-and-the-sea-98yos-waterfront-home-for-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"The old man and the sea: 98yo\u2019s waterfront home for sale"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHOTO: Dr Roy Scragg, 98, is selling his iconic home at 36 South Esplanade, Glenelg South. Picture Dean Martin<\/strong><\/p>\n

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IT was once lost in a game of two-up, and now one of the Adelaide’s\u2019 most recognisable waterfront homes could be yours as it hits the market for the first time in 15 years.<\/p>\n

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If you have a spare $4.5m to $4.95m, that is.<\/p>\n

Dr Roy Scragg, 98, and his late wife Joy bought the 36 South Esplanande, Glenelg South home in 2006, attracted by the its prime waterfront location, and its history.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe saw this one and we had to have it,\u201d Dr Scragg said. \u201cThat was it. It was the best home we\u2019d seen along all of Adelaide\u2019s waterfront. Location-wise it doesn\u2019t come any better down here. There aren\u2019t many big old houses down here on the waterfront still standing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The land was bought by George Kohler in 1909 and the house built shortly after. In 1920, Kohler was playing two-up with Charles Ephrain Moore in Broken Hill and ran out of money, betting his house on the next throw of the coins. At the end of the game Mr Kohler was down\u00a0\u00a3<\/span>3000 and told Mr Moore he would pay his debt with the transfer of his Glenelg South property.<\/p>\n

The pair arranged that Mr Moore would bring the money to Mr Kohler on a Friday in an effort to convince Mr Kohler\u2019s wife that he had sold the property and not lost it gambling. Kohler received the money and gave it back to Moore the following Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt really does have a fascinating history,\u201d Dr Scragg said.<\/p>\n

As well as a fascinating story, Dr Scragg said the four-bedroom property on a 1096sqm allotment offered an amazing outlook.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sunsets here are unbelievable \u2013 gold, red and grey \u2013 all different colours depending on the clouds and the sun, and there are always people down here taking photographs when you get a good sunset,\u201d Dr Scragg said.<\/p>\n

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